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Music At Midweek, Feb. 5

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Patrick Murphy, performing and fine arts, will discuss his recent trip to Moscow during this week’s Music at Midweek, on Wednesday, February 5, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. The event is free and open to all. Murphy will focus on the trials and tribulations he faced in attempting to obtain musical materials from the Soviet era, despite the opinion of other researchers that “it simply can’t be done.” From stories of being held at gunpoint to photos of Lenin’s tomb, all are welcome to look and listen into one of the world’s greatest musical enigmas.

David De Lyser, performing and fine arts, will also present “Hosanna Filio David: The compositional process from concept to performance” (or, “How to compose a work that includes your own name”). De Lyser will discuss his process of fulfilling a commission for an original choral work written for and premiered by the Palm Sunday Chorus of Central Wisconsin. For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

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Speech & Debate Union Results

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The University of Portland’s Speech and Debate Union competed last weekend at the Fred Scheller Memorial Speech and Debate Tournament at Pacific University, according to Brian Simmons, communication studies. Congratulations are due to the following students on their impressive accomplishments at that speech and debate tournament:

Patrick Dolan (FR, biochemistry) finished in the top 10 and earned the 7th Best Speaker overall in the Novice division.

Lakshmi Diener (FR, communication studies) finished in the top 10 and earned the 1st Best Speaker overall in the Novice division.

Chelsea Roberts (JR, communication studies) finished in the top 15 and earned the 11th Best Speaker overall in the Junior division.

John Russell (SR, civil engineering) finished in the top 4 and earned the 10th best Speaker overall in the Open division).

For more information contact Simmons at 8025 or simmonsb@up.edu.

UP Alumni on Portland Business Journal “Forty Under 40” List

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Three University of Portland alumni have been named to the Portland Business Journal’s annual “Forty Under 40” list, which recognizes forty up-and-coming business leaders in the Portland area that are both professionally accomplished and civically engaged. The three UP alumni recognized this year are:

 

 

  • Thomas Brenneke ’03, founder and president, Network Redux
  • Dan Brown ’98, principal and vice president, Cascade Energy
  • Augusto Carneiro ’01, owner, Nossa Familia Coffee.

The winners will be honored at Portland’s The Nines Hotel with a lunch on Thursday, February. 13. The University of Portland is Oregon’s only comprehensive university with schools of business, education, engineering, nursing, a College of Arts and Sciences, and a graduate school. UP students and alumni provide a rich resource for research, internships, and full-time employment in the Portland area and beyond. More than half of University of Portland’s 31,000 alumni reside in the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area. To learn more about why University students and alumni make excellent employees, visit Career Services at www.up.edu/career.

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Music At Midweek, Feb. 12th

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This week’s Music at Midweek performance will feature pianist Aszemar Glenn on Wednesday, February 12, at 12:30 p.m., in Hunt Center recital hall. Glenn will perform “Waltz in A Minor Op. 12, No. 2” by Evard Grieg, “Sonata in Eb Major, Hob. XVI No. 53 by Joseph Haydn, “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Modeste Mussorgsky, and his own composition, “Distant Bells.” The performance is free and open to all. For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

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Spring Internship Fair, January 29th

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Come connect with select employees currently recruiting for spring, summer or fall! Current employers include: Fred Meyer. Northwest Children’s Theater and School, I have a Dream Oregon, OHSU, Albertina Kerr Centers, and more! To be held on Wednesday, January 29th, from 1:00pm-4:00pm at the University of Portland in the Franz Hall main lobby.

 

Come to Career Services to prepare!

“How to work an internship fair”

Career Services, Orrico Hall lower level

  • Mon., Jan. 27 at 1:00pm-1:30pm & 4:00pm-4:30pm
  • Tues., Jan. 28 at 1:00pm-1:30pm & 4:00pm-4:30pm

Spring drop in hours for resume review

  • Mon. – Wed. 2:00pm-4:00pm
  • Thurs. & Fri. 10:00am-12:00pm

Pilots with Paychecks: Social Media Professions, Jan. 27th

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A panel discussion series dedicated to help students learn about how UP graduates are putting their degree to work!
Come to BC 163 and have some cookies, listen to the pros and get some awesome tips! Don’t miss out on Monday, January 27th, 2014 7:30pm-9:00pm!

Watch the Career Services Facebook and Pilot Portal for updated info!

Bonnie Meltzer Exhibit, Jan. 13-Feb. 6

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North Portland mixed media artist Bonnie Meltzer will show her work in the “Coal: Not in Any Back Yard” exhibit from January 13 to February 6 in the Buckley Center Gallery. Meltzer’s concern over proposed coal exports being routed through her North Portland neighborhood and Columbia River Gorge inspired her to create the works featured here. Additional artworks by painter Kelly Neidig and ceramist Thom Caccamo will be included as well. For more information contact Pat Bognar, performing and fine arts, at 7792 or bognar@up.edu.

Music at Midweek, Jan. 22

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The performing and fine arts department will present Elisa Doughty, soprano (pictured), and Susan McDaniel, piano, in the next Music at Midweek performance on Wednesday, January 22, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. The performance is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Selections will include Six Elizabethan Songs by Dominick Argento; Myrthen Lieder, Op. 25 by Robert Schumann; Le Rossignol des Lilas (Dauphin) by Reynaldo Hahn, and others. For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Math Colloquium, Jan. 22

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The next Math Colloquium will be held on Wednesday, January 22, from 4-5 p.m., in Buckley Center room 209. The speaker will be Albert Kim from Reed College, who will present “A Bayesian model for cluster detection.” Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Carol Bruce, mathematics, at 7166 or bruce@up.edu.