The University recently held a Cyberbullying Conference for local highschoolers, featuring faculty from Communication Studies and the School of Education. Vail Fletcher was interviewed by KATU.
Charity Taylor, Political Science Major, 2013
When Charity Taylor speaks of her experience at UP, her enthusiasm is nearly overwhelming. A Political Science major, a Mock Trial team member, an aspiring teacher and law student–Charity is a perfect example of the way CAS has made a difference in a student’s life.
Charity discusses why she chose UP, her experiences here, and her hopes for the future on an upcoming episode of Speaking UP!
“On the Verge” Review
By Kate Stringer , Staff Writer stringer14@up.edu
From THE BEACON
When traversing into the wilderness it is important to take three things: a machete, a Victorian pith hat, and an umbrella for poking hippopotami.
At least that’s the advice given by the characters in UP’s production of “On the Verge”, a play by Eric Overmyer about three female explorers from the Victorian era setting out to discover a new world, Terra Incognita.
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While they don’t encounter a hippopotamus, the women undergo bizarre occurrences. Foreign objects mysteriously appear in their luggage. Strange words begin pouring from their tongues. Women walk around in trousers.
Terra Incognita forces the women to confront their fears and anticipations of the unknown. While Alex (sophomore Emily Clare Biggs) demands they embrace their new world, Fanny (junior Danielle Renella) is as accepting of the future as she is of “cyclones, pit vipers, and bad grammar.” [Read more…] about “On the Verge” Review
Students Color Up the City
UP students participate in The Color Run at PIR
By Amanda Blas , Staff Writer blas13@up.edu
From THE BEACON
I’ll be honest and admit that I hate running. I dread doing it for exercise and there is no way you will ever get me to do it just for fun. So imagine my surprise when I came across a 5K that made me actually want to run. That’s right: the Portland Color Run got this anti-runner to move her feet for five kilometers, and with a smile and some laughs, too.
The Color Run is definitely not a 5K set on making the best run time. Instead, it is all about having a good time and supporting a good cause. In this case, the run supported Child Aid, an organization that works with indigenous people in some of Latin America’s poorest communities to create opportunity and alleviate poverty. Running, painting and giving to charity: do you need any more reason to go for a run? Not really, if you ask me.
Just like everyone else who showed up for the Color Run, I started as a blank slate. In other words, I was wearing a white shirt that was just waiting to be painted on. But while I decided to be the “runner next door” and just wear a white shirt and running pants, some people decided to be a little more creative, with wedding dresses and tutus being popular outfits of choice. Most 5K runners would never be caught dead with such attire. But for the Color Run, color is encouraged, and these outfits were definitely welcome.
After waiting for a few waves to go by—yes, there were that many runners—we finally got to cross the starting line. [Read more…] about Students Color Up the City
Collaboration on “Intergenerational Conflict”
Dr. Renee Guarriello Heath (Communication Studies – CST) shares news of a just-published research article entitled Generational Perspectives in the Workplace: Interpreting the Discourses That Constitute Women’s Struggle to Balance Work and Life. Co-authored with CST M.A. graduate Linda Williams Favero, Heath said this national report adds evidence and insight for “anyone who has ever encountered the concepts of ‘paying your dues’ or needing to put in ‘face-time’ at work. Those who have experienced intergenerational or gendered conflict over these ideas may be especially interested.”
The study investigated how and why professional women may clash about managing work-life balance due to being socialized within different generations. Using interpretive focus group findings, the study explored “paying one’s dues” and “face-time” as two prime discourses women use to unpack and interpret their thoughts, feelings, and actions about that key workplace tension. “Organizational communication research is very interested in the idea of how we use communication to produce and reproduce what work/life balance means. Ultimately the idea of work/life balance is negotiated through communication at and around work” says Renee. This study deconstructs these women’s interpretations and offers a hopeful starting point for conversations that can help bridge perspectives regarding work/life balance. [Read more…] about Collaboration on “Intergenerational Conflict”
Who Have We Become?
By Kate Stringer , Staff Writer stringer14@up.edu
From THE BEACON
Their hair was bigger, their student loans were smaller and Facebook didn’t distract them from their homework. Welcome to life at UP twenty years ago.
University of Portland isn’t what it used to be, and that’s not just because we have a gutted library. Students have been evolving over the years, and these changes have not gone unnoticed by faculty and staff. Paul Myers, Director of Health Services, has been studying how students have changed in the last 19 years and said everything from the way students interact to how they use technology has shifted.
Despite the changing face of the UP college student, Myers said that “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” [Read more…] about Who Have We Become?
Students show off ocean creature research
By Hannah Kintner , Staff Writer kintner13@up.edu
From THE BEACON
So you spent your summer at the beach? So did seniors Tim Luethke and Matt Ortman, but they got to bring the beach back to school with them.
Over the summer, Luethke and Ortman worked with biology professor Tara Maginnis as Crab Lab interns. Crab Lab is a research programMaginnis started where students can study animal limb regeneration and animal behaviors.
The lab was set up last year and mainly focused on crab research. The program was expanded this year when Luethke and Ortman took it upon themselves to create miniature ecosystems in each of the holding tanks so they can take their research to a new level. [Read more…] about Students show off ocean creature research
Students rock out to the sound of their own beat
By Amanda Blas , Staff Writer blas13@up.edu
From THE BEACON
Meet the bands that are rocking The Bluff
Focus Motel
Take two UP students, a couple of Portland State graduates and a love for the band Radiohead and you have the band Focus Motel.“Aside from music, we also love going out and getting pancakes late at night,” junior George Brockett, keyboard and vocals, said.Made up of Brockett, UP grad student Gordon Ashby and PSU graduates Jeremy Ward and Matt Tabor, Focus Motel was formed last August. The band evolved from Brocket, Ashby and Ward’s original band, Fallen Parrot, which played a different style of music.“We decided to start a new kind of project,” Brockett said.Brockett describes Focus Motel as a balance between guitar andsynth, which refers to algorithm-generated electronic tones played through a keyboard.“It’s a dance rock kind of thing,” Brockett said. “But we definitely try to make it as musical as possible.”Focus Motel’s unique sound can be attributed to its wide range of musical influences. They pull keyboard influences from electropop band Lali Puna, vocal influences from the alternative rock band The Pixies and some guitar influences from singer and songwriter St. Vincent.
“It’s a nice hodgepodge of influences, but I think we’re all on the same page when it comes to influences,” Brockett said. “It comes together nicely.” [Read more…] about Students rock out to the sound of their own beat
English Blog Launched
The English Department has launched a new blog site, to better serve English students and alumni, and to “build a sense of community, of current, past, and future students; faculty; and others who value the mission of the University of Portland English department and the study and enjoyment of literature.”
Click on the image to go to the site!
Sister Angela Hoffman Named ACS Fellow
Sister Angela Hoffman, OSB, a University of Portland chemistry professor, has been chosen a 2012 American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow and was recognized for her “outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession, and the Society.” Election as an American Chemical Society Fellow requires a peer nomination as well as a formal committee review.“It’s pretty awesome to be recognized in this way,” Hoffman said. “I am very honored to be included on the list.”
[Read more…] about Sister Angela Hoffman Named ACS Fellow