About the Grotto Did you know that there is a 62-acre shrine, The National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, (aka “The Grotto”) located here in Portland, Oregon? The Grotto is a Roman Catholic ministry of the Order of Friar Servants of Mary and during 2019, The Grotto hosted roughly 375,000 visitors. It is considered amongst…Continue Reading Join Jordan and the Grotto Mission
Category: Academics
Alumni Spotlight: Noah Schutte (MBA ’18, MSOTM ’19)
How did a graduate degree help you? In my 3 years at the University of Portland I ended up doing two graduate degrees (MBA and MSOTM). Being able to take a wide range of courses is something I found very valuable. At the same time, the quality of the courses is something that I was…Continue Reading Alumni Spotlight: Noah Schutte (MBA ’18, MSOTM ’19)
Alumni Spotlight: Ben Berry (MSOTM ’18)
How did a graduate degree help you? My graduate degree was a Master of Science in Operations and Technology management which I received while working full time for a large company. I went for this specific track after reviewing the list of potential courses I would be eligible to take. My career could be summarized…Continue Reading Alumni Spotlight: Ben Berry (MSOTM ’18)
Q&A with Dr. Adrangi
What do you teach?… In the last few years, my teaching assignments have been mainly upper-division undergraduate courses: EC 310 (Econometrics); EC 319 (Intermediate Microeconomics); EC 440 (International Economics); and two foundation graduate courses: Bus 500 (Business Statistics); and Bus 501(Economic Analysis). My educational philosophy is to teach students to think critically, to continuously learn,…Continue Reading Q&A with Dr. Adrangi
Team rePLA Wins Visionary Award at InventOR
~Contributed by Kay Molkentin, UP Director Entrepreneurship Over the past six weeks two University of Portland student teams participated in the 2021 Invent Oregon Bootcamp and Competition. Our two teams – Carver Tools with Ben Messerly ’21 and Nick Robinson ’21, and rePLA with Melissa Tran ’23, Evangeline Muyano ’21, Rachel Hu ’21, Addie Zhao…Continue Reading Team rePLA Wins Visionary Award at InventOR
Alumni Spotlight: Trish Skoglund (MBA ’07)
How did a business graduate degree help you? My graduate degree helped open many doors for me in my career. The course work helped prepare me for a diverse career in business management that would take me all the way to Alaska and south to Houston and Florida. What are you doing now? After 13…Continue Reading Alumni Spotlight: Trish Skoglund (MBA ’07)