The president of the Alumni Association reports that a ‘treasure box of papers and relics’ was sealed into the cornerstone and foundation of Howard Hall in 1927. And in fact during the 2017 demolition of Howard, a time capsule was recovered. Unfortunately, the ‘capsule’ was neither a capsule nor airtight, nor much of a success […]
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The Walls Came Tumbling Down
The dedication of Howard Hall was celebrated on 19 February 1928 with a student assembly, speeches, swim-races, dinner and dancing, basketball and orchestral entertainment: the several and wildly different activities all hosted in Howard Hall to showcase the diversity of design and purpose for the new building. The cornerstone was laid previously on Homecoming Game […]
Registering Prerequisites
First Year students arrive on campus and from day-one leap into classes and studies. The first day of term is the first day of classes with no padding or delay jumping right into work. The assignment of desks, classrooms, instructors are locked in over the summer at the same time as enrollment is processed– and […]
It’s Time for a Parade! UP’s 1987 Rose Festival Float
A volunteer army of alumni and friends worked together to create the University of Portland’s entry “Becoming” for the 79th Annual Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade. Volunteers labored around the clock from May 31 until Parade Day June 6 to produce an award winner, the 1987 UP float earning the prized Queen’s Trophy. So what […]
In Memory: Brian Doyle, November 6, 1956 – May 27, 2017
Brian Doyle was recruited to come to the University of Portland and edit Portland Magazine, our alumni newsletter, in 1991. In his twenty-five years of service, the magazine became an award winning literary journal through essays and profiles highlighting University Events, Accomplishments, Alumni , and all the stories of why the University of Portland is […]
In Memory: Rev. Charles David Sherrer, C.S.C., September 21, 1935 – April 13, 2017
Rev. Charles David Sherrer, C.S.C., died at the age of 81 on Holy Thursday, April 13, 2017 at home at Notre Dame surrounded by members of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Fr. Sherrer studied at Notre Dame as a seminarian, taking his BA in 1958. He set foot in a UP English classroom for the […]
2017 Retiring Faculty
At the end of the 2016-17 academic year, five members of the University of Portland faculty will retire after many years of service to this institution and making a difference in the lives of untold number of students. The University gives thanks to our retiring faculty for their dedication and commitment to teaching and […]
Hearty Congrats
Congratulations to the Gonzaga Bulldogs, West Coast Conference Champions, for their appearance in the Championship Game of the 2017 NCAA Basketball Tournament. UP and Gonzaga were founding members of the WCC in 1952, two Catholic colleges competing before and since. A not always polite rivalry. Although the last Men’s Conference game held in venerable Howard […]
How do you spell….?
Once upon a time, the content of a library centered on books, and the content of the books depended on words! And so in the geography of a library — long ago and far away in another time but in this same place (UP, the Bluff) — the library study carrels stood clustered in obeisance […]
UP Trivia / Bar Bets: Who put Sol in the Solar System?
Positioned above the interior doorway of the University Museum is a large-scale yellow Pickett N4-ES Vector Hyperbolic Log Log Dual-Base Slide Rule. With moving parts. Somewhat easier to use than a Rubik’s Cube. The moving parts were the point, allowing classroom demonstrations. Slide rules are the trombones of scientific equipment (the abacus = the xylophone?), […]
Ugly Sweaters and cool hats
Winters in Oregon feature scenic views of snow-covered mountains beckoning skiers and snow boarders to the slopes. Mount Hood — the closest, just two and half hours from Portland — has been a skiing destination spot for UP students from likely before the campus Ski Club was formed in 1939. The club still going […]
In Memory: Rev. Ronald Wasowski, C.S.C., March 31, 1946 – December 5, 2016
Rev. Ronald J. Wasowski, C.S.C., associate professor of Environmental Science, passed away unexpectedly the evening of December 5, 2016 at the age of 70; in phased retirement and his last year of classroom teaching. At UP since 1998, offering general and upper division science courses, and contributing to student life as Mehling Hall Pastoral Resident, […]
Library Dedication, 1958
The University Library was in the basement of Christie Hall from the 1930s until 1958. The basement space was quickly outgrown and the book collection put at risk from leaky water pipes — with as many as fifty-one leaks in one year! — but there were no resources to move or replace the library and […]
In Memory: Rev. Joseph Browne, C.S.C., June 12, 1929 – October 30, 2016
Fr. Joseph P. Browne, C.S.C., died Sunday, October 30, 2016 at Notre Dame at the age of 87. He gave many years of faithful service at the University of Portland, most notably as director of the Clark Library. Ordained a Holy Cross priest in 1955, Fr. Browne’s academic career began as an instructor in moral […]