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03-21-2022

Tired of Changing Your Network Password Every 4 Months?

May 31, 2022

Information Services is pleased to announce all faculty and staff will be moved to a two-year password expiration with the completion of the 2022 Cyber Security Training and registration into the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) program.  2022 Cyber Security Training is now available for all Faculty and Staff through Moodle (https://learning.up.edu). This is a required annual training program focused […]

Filed Under: 03-21-2022, 05-02-2022, 05-16-2022, 05-31-2022, Information Services Tagged With: Help Desk

Ceremony and Reception for 2022 Retirees (Apr. 20)

April 17, 2022

A ceremony and reception for all 2022 retirees will take place on Wednesday, April 20, at 3:30 p.m. on the patio of the Bauccio Commons Quiet Side. For more information contact Kathleen Staten at x7105 or staten@up.edu. The following faculty members have announced their retirement at the conclusion of the spring 2022 semester, according to Kathleen […]

Filed Under: 03-21-2022, 04-04-2022, 04-18-2022

UPBeat Spring Schedule

April 4, 2022

UPBeat will continue on an “every-other-week” schedule during Spring 2022. Please remember to send any submissions the Thursday prior to publication.  

Filed Under: 01-24-2022, 02-07-2022, 02-21-2022, 03-07-2022, 03-21-2022, 04-04-2022, 12-06-2021, 12-20-2021, 2022-01-10

DEADLINE to register for Pilot Venture Challenge – Apr. 1

March 20, 2022

The deadline to register to compete in the Pilot Venture Challenge is Friday, April 1 at 5 p.m. Pilot Venture Challenge is UP’s premier pitch competition and is open to all UP students. You can enter as an individual or as a team up to 5 members. Top 3 winners in each category win cash prizes. […]

Filed Under: 03-21-2022

Deadline for Entrepreneurship Scholars Applications – Mar. 30

March 20, 2022

The deadline for applying to the Entrepreneurship Scholars Program is fast approaching. For priority consideration please submit your application by March 30.  Students across all majors and disciplines are encouraged to apply to join the 2022-23 cohort. E-Scholars is a highly selective program that accepts up to 25 students each year. The year-long academic program challenges students to […]

Filed Under: 03-21-2022

Staff Senate: Next Steps

March 20, 2022

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Thank you to all staff members who attended the listening sessions or completed the survey! Based on your feedback, there is a consensus in support of a Staff Senate that will provide a formal structure that represents staff and provides a means for two-way communication between administration and staff. The Staff Senate Working Group is […]

Filed Under: 03-21-2022

UP Employee Transportation ECO Survey: Please Respond

March 20, 2022

The State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) requires the University to participate in the Employee Commute Options (ECO) program. The University is required to provide commute options to employees designed to reduce the number of cars driven to work in Portland and surrounding areas. To plan for this, we need to survey all […]

Filed Under: 03-07-2022, 03-21-2022

Covert Gallery: Remembering Marc Covert

March 20, 2022

The Clark Library is celebrating Marc Covert, UP alumnus and UP colleague for more than 25 years, with an exhibit featuring his cartoons and other memorabilia. The exhibit is in the gallery on the library’s main floor through mid-April. Also, please mark your calendars and join us for a reception in the gallery on March […]

Filed Under: 03-07-2022, 03-21-2022

ASACCU Conference 2022 at the University of Portland

March 20, 2022

University of Portland will be hosting the annual Association of Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASACCU) conference on-site, June 21 to 24. The conference will be an opportunity for us to gather to heal, renew, and reinvent ourselves as a community of professionals dedicated to the education and success of our students. Register before Friday, April 1, […]

Filed Under: 03-07-2022, 03-21-2022

Rank and Tenure: 2022 Tenure, Promotions

March 20, 2022

The provost’s office has announced the following promotions and grants of tenure, effective July 1: Lauren Alfrey, Sociology: Tenure, Promotion Martin Cenek, Engineering: Tenure Eli Goldwyn, Math: Tenure, Promotion Paige Hall, Chemistry: Tenure, Promotion Randy Hetherington, Education: Tenure, Promotion Ryan Kenton, Biology: Tenure, Promotion Kala Mayer, Nursing: Tenure, Promotion Giannina Reyes-Giardiello, Spanish: Tenure, Promotion Buck […]

Filed Under: 03-21-2022

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Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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