Category: Featured Class

Prof. Mark Meckler on Classic Institutional Theory and Parkinson’s Law in the war on Parking Permits in Portland!

  • Publication date May 11, 2017
Prof. Mark Meckler

People sure are funny about money! We’re weird about money. So why should we expect government to be any different? A few weeks ago the line outside the Portland State University Ben & Jerry’s stretched from the shop to the PSU Recreation Center and then looped back around a few weeks ago, when the ice…Continue Reading Prof. Mark Meckler on Classic Institutional Theory and Parkinson’s Law in the war on Parking Permits in Portland!

Leader Certificate Program Awards

  • Publication date May 4, 2017

We want to congratulate all our students who completed the Leader Certificate Program. The University’s Leader Certificate Program is focused on preparing the next generation of leaders with the knowledge, tools, and mindset that model, motivate, and engage others to make right and just choices for the common good. There are three courses that make up…Continue Reading Leader Certificate Program Awards

The Most Diverse Class – Cross Cultural Management BUS 511

  • Publication date April 28, 2017

Diversity and inclusion is the hot topic on many people’s minds. Here at the University of Portland, in the Pamplin School of Business, we are especially proud to say that we have the most diverse faculty and staff on campus. As far as classes go, Dr. Sam Holloway’s class, Cross Cultural Management BUS 511, easily personifies…Continue Reading The Most Diverse Class – Cross Cultural Management BUS 511

Nine Operations and Technology Management Students Receive Scholarships!

  • Publication date April 25, 2017

We are proud to announce that our Operations and Technology Management Students have won nine scholarships this year! Two graduate students and seven undergraduate students were given this honor. The Society for Information Management (SIM) Portland Chapter President Mr. Pardeep Kumar awarded their Operations  and Technology Management Scholarship Awards to the following undergraduate students, Ashley…Continue Reading Nine Operations and Technology Management Students Receive Scholarships!

Design Week Portland: Designing a New Innovation Minor at UP with Prof. Ian Parkman

  • Publication date April 7, 2017

What do you wish you could have learned when you were in college? Practitioners, educators, students, and all other stakeholders in the Portland design community are invited to participate in a collaborate workshop helping the Innovation Task Force at the University of Portland apply tenets of design thinking to develop the structure, content, and mission…Continue Reading Design Week Portland: Designing a New Innovation Minor at UP with Prof. Ian Parkman