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Reading by Former U.S. Poet Laureate, Feb. 13th

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The University of Portland’s Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series will welcome former U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück to campus on Thursday, February 13, at 7 p.m., where she will read from her work in Buckley Center Auditorium. The event is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.

Glück recently released Poems 1962-2012, a collection spanning her entire career. The collection was awarded the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The author of more than 10 books of poetry, Glück explores, as Donna Seaman noted, “the turmoil of family life; the fever, bliss, and misery of lust and love; the circular battle with the self; age and death.”

The Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series was founded in 1988 by Rev. Arthur Schoenfeldt, C.S.C., of the University’s Holy Cross community, and his sister, University regent Suzanne Schoen­feldt Fields, in honor of their late parents. The series is designed to honor and celebrate the art of writing by bringing some of the finest writers in the United States to the UP campus. For more information contact John Orr at 7857 or orr@up.edu.

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University of Portland Pre-Law Society Law Panel, Feb. 13th

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The University of Portland Pre-Law Society (UPPLS) is an undergraduate student-run organization interested in sustaining a dialogue on contemporary legal issues and in helping students pursue legal educations or careers.

 

We have our first event, a law panel, this Thursday, February 13th, at 5 pm in the Holy Cross Lounge in Franz Hall.  The associate deans of Willamette University College of Law and Lewis & Clark’s Business Law Program will be speaking about law school including how to apply.  Additionally, Steven Bell, a professor here at UP, as well as Amanda Nadell, deputy district attorney and University of Portland alum will be speaking about their experiences in law.

 

We hope that all students even entertaining the notion of attending law school, or who have an interest in law, will attend and listen to the advice and insights of these industry professionals.

 

Light refreshments will be provided (including cookies!)  See you there!

UP Orchestra Concert, Feb. 22nd

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The University of Portland Orchestra will present Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade” on Saturday, February 22, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to all. “Scheherazade,” Rimsky-Korsakov’s epic musical tale based on the story of The Arabian Knights, is one of the most popular works ever composed for orchestra. It tells the story of the sea and Sinbad’s ship, the Kalendar Prince, and the Festival of Baghdad, among others. For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

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Craige Champion Lecture, Feb. 17

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Craige Champion, associate professor of history at Syracuse University, will give a lecture, “To Believe or Not to Believe: Roman Senators and the State Religion,” on Monday, February 17, at 7 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 319. Champion will present the findings of his recently completed manuscript on ancient Roman religion (Pax Deorum: Elite Religious Practices in the Middle Roman Republic, Yale University Press). Countering an embedded, widely-held interpretation over two thousand years old, he argues that Roman governing elites did indeed believe in their gods, rather than being the skeptical and incredulous manipulators still perceived by most scholars on Roman religion. The argument should be of interest to anyone who is concerned with questions of the intersections between politics and religion, and elite/non-elite social relations in any historical society.

The lecture is sponsored by the history department with the support of the Distinguished Historian Fund, founded by Fr. James Connelly, C.S.C. For more information contact Brad Franco, history, at 7192 or franco@up.edu.

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Teaching and Scholarship Faculty Award Winners, 2013, Presentations, March 4th

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The Teaching and Scholarship Committee invites all faculty and staff to presentations offered by the teaching and scholarship faculty award winners, 2013. Lars Larson, Winner of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, will present “Dialectical Teaching in a Righteous Age” and Russ Butkus and Steve Kolmes, Winners of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship, will present “Children in Jeopardy: Anthropogenic Toxins and Childhood Exposure”. The presentations will take place on Tuesday, March 4 at 4:30pm in BC 163. Coffee and cookies will be served. Contact Lauretta Frederking frederki@up.edu if there are any questions.

Careers in Bio-Technology Panel, Feb. 13th

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Come hear from UP Alumni who are in this dynamic field and learn about how they came to their career path!

Some alumni speakers include… 

Claire Yearian

OHSU

 

Kelly Brandenburg

Genentech

 

Mary Waller Bullard

RevMedx, Inc

 

and more!

Thursday, February 13    6:00 pm – 7:00 pm   BC 163

Check pilot portal and up.com/career for updated info!

Life After The English Major, Feb. 10

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Please join the English department for “Life after the English Major,” a panel discussion featuring recent English major alumni, on Monday, February 10, at 4 p.m., in Franz Hall room 128. All humanities majors and the humanities-curious are welcome. The panel will feature:

  • Kelly Brown ’08, finance & marketing administrator for Tears of Joy Theatre
  • Dan Caccavano ’05, software developer for RightSignature
  • Rachel Good ’08, proposal specialist at Ecova
  • Win Martin ’07, associate at Perkins Coie.

For more information contact English department chair Molly Hiro at hiro@up.edu.

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State of Faith-Friendly Media, Feb. 6

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Fr. David Guffey, director of the Film, Television, and Video Department with Family Theater Productions in Hollywood, Calif., will present “Grace and Cinema,” a free talk on Thursday, February 6, at 7:30 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 301. His lecture is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Movie snacks will be provided. Listen to his live interview with Dina Marie that morning on KBVM Radio (FM 88.3). For ADA accommodations or other questions, contact Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center, at 7702 or powell@up.edu.

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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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