04-04-2022

The Brian Doyle Scholarship for Creative Writing was established in 2018 by University of Portland regent Ralph Bliquez in memory of Brian Doyle, who passed away in May 2017. One aspiring writer will receive a $35,000 scholarship award for the 2022-2023 academic year. Applications are being accepted from now until April 8, 2022. Faculty and staff are […]

As the University prepares to celebrate Holy Week, Campus Ministry invites the community to join us for a bevy of prayer, liturgies, and Mass opportunities. Holy Week begins with the Celebration of the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, April 10. Masses with the blessing and distribution of palms will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. and […]

Campus Ministry will offer extended hours of Eucharistic Adoration and the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Tuesday evening of Holy Week (April 12). Adoration will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until 9 p.m. The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be available during that time as well. Please consider stopping by to join us in prayer!

Join us for 30 minutes of contemplative prayer focusing on a sacred illumination from The Saint John’s Bible. Visio Divina is an ancient form of Christian prayer in which we allow our hearts and imaginations to enter into a sacred image to see what God might have to say to us. Wednesday, April 13, at 12:45 p.m., Chapel of […]

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is pleased to announce the return of Faculty Development Day, which will be an in-person event on May 3. The schedule and number of programs are still to be determined. However, the committee is now accepting proposals for 45-minute sessions on topics related to the keynote theme or on a topic of interest to you and your peers.  Please submit […]

Please join us for the 56th Annual University of Portland Jazz Festival on Wednesday, April 13, and Thursday, April 14! The guest artist for this year’s festival will be saxophonist Caroline Davis, who will give a master class and perform in concert with the UP Jazz Ensemble each day. A calendar of events for the UP Jazz […]

In summer 2022, Techsmith will retire their Knowmia video platform. Knowmia is a popular video streaming service often used for capturing lectures and other academic-related video. Information Services will work with Techsmith to migrate our existing Knowmia videos over to our Kaltura Mediaspace platform (available via http://myapps.up.edu). What should I do until the switch? Nothing […]

A friendly reminder for those who bring pups to The Bluff. All dogs must be on a leash while on the University of Portland campus and all dog waste must be cleaned up immediately.  Animals are not allowed in any campus building, including residence buildings, with the exception of guide or service dogs (see policy), animals used specifically in […]

On behalf of the committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS), committee chair Jennette Lovejoy announces the Butine Development Faculty Fund Spring 2022 Award winners. Warm congratulations to all. Sherry Abbasi, Engineering, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, $2,000 Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, Catholic Theological Society of America, $1,140 Itzel Cruz Megchun, Business, Decolonizing parks: narrativization of urban […]

The Archives & Museum has a new PortLog post highlighting the change in technology tools students have used to succeed academically. Today’s students rely on laptops, and the Clark Library is the only location on campus where they can borrow laptops for emergency or semester-long use. The library is part of PilotsGive and raising funds to […]