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August 30, 1964 – Gute Reisen

August 27, 2014 By Carolyn

This year marks the University of Portland’s first fifty years in Salzburg, Austria.  On August 30, 1964 the University sent its pioneer group of 30 students and director, Fr. Ambrose Wheeler, C.S.C., to enter a two-semester European adventure.  Beginning the University’s oldest and most popular overseas study program.

First Salzburg Group with Fr. Ambrose Wheeler, C.S.C., 1964-65 (click to enlarge photo)
First Salzburg Group with Fr. Ambrose Wheeler, C.S.C., 1964-65 (click to enlarge photo)
Fr. Ambrose Wheeler, C.S.C., 1962 (click to enlarge photo)
Fr. Ambrose Wheeler, C.S.C., 1962 (click to enlarge photo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since that beginning, between 30-40 undergraduate students pursue their Portland degree each year through classroom study, cultural excursions, and individual travel in Europe.  According to student and alumni reports, there is no down-side.

At the all-alumni reunion in June 2014, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the University’s 50 years in Salzburg, friends in Salzburg presented this gift of a statue of St. Ambrose, a pillar of Western learning and patron of our founding director, to reside at the home campus in the Clark Library.   With summer sessions also hosted in the Merianstrasse site since the 1990s, nearly 2000 University of Portland alumni can claim the City of Mozart as part of their college curriculum.

St. Ambrose Statue, Clark Library, 2014 (click to enlarge photo)
St. Ambrose Statue, Clark Library, 2014 (click to enlarge photo)

For more Salzburg study abroad photos from the University Archives and Museum, click on this link:
https://sites.up.edu/museum/salzburg-trips/

 

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