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04-18-2022

Apply For Sabbaticals (by Jun. 15)

May 31, 2022

Applications for sabbaticals for the 2023 – 2024 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2022. All materials including letter from the Dean to the Provost are due to the Provost by September 1, 2022. Faculty eligible to apply for a sabbatical must have completed […]

Filed Under: 04-18-2022, 05-02-2022, 05-16-2022, 05-31-2022, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: Provost's Office, Sabbaticals

New Faculty and Staff Photos (May 17)

May 16, 2022

Are you a new faculty or staff member who has not yet had their professional photo taken for the UP directory? The Office of Marketing and Communications has scheduled a professional photographer for photos on Tuesday, May 17. Please email Suzanne Frey at freys@up.edu to schedule a five-minute headshot session.

Filed Under: 04-18-2022, 05-02-2022, 05-16-2022, Marketing & Communications Tagged With: Suzanne Frey

Stryker Chair Training (May 13)

May 2, 2022

Environmental Health & Safety will host a Stryker chair training on May 13 at 2 p.m. for those interested in learning how to use the Stryker chair in their building for safe evacuation for disabled or injured persons. If you are interested in learning how to use the Stryker chair, please email ehs@up.edu to sign up for the […]

Filed Under: 04-18-2022, 05-02-2022

Complimentary Faculty/Staff Event Passes to Reunion 2022 (Jun. 24–26)

May 2, 2022

After a three-year hiatus, Alumni Reunion is back! We encourage faculty and staff to join hundreds of alumni who will return to campus this summer. Celebrating groups include the resilient Classes of 2020 and 2021, 50-Year Club inductees from the Classes of 1970–1972, and Villa Alumni. The weekend kicks off on Friday with a 2020 […]

Filed Under: 04-04-2022, 04-18-2022, 05-02-2022 Tagged With: Alumni Reunion, Reunion

Presentation by a Candidate for the Director of Student Wellness (Apr. 20)

April 18, 2022

Franz Hall

The office of Student Affairs invites the UP community to attend a presentation by a candidate for the Director of Student Wellness position. Presentation to be held on Wednesday, April 20, from 10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. in Franz Hall, room 120. The candidate’s 30-minute presentation begins at 10:15 a.m., and Q&A for 15 minutes. For […]

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Public Research Fellows Spring 2022 Showcase—All are Welcome! (Apr. 22)

April 18, 2022

Need a break during Dead Week? Drop by the Public Research Fellows Showcase Thursday, April 21 (5 p.m. – 7 p.m., Franz Hall lobby and environs). For the better part of this year, three interdisciplinary faculty-staff-student working groups have been working on their projects—an archive of UP community members’ pandemic experiences; an experiential project testing the effects […]

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Thirst Friday – A No-Agenda Social for All Staff and Faculty (Apr. 22)

April 18, 2022

All staff and faculty are invited to the year’s final Thirst Friday no-agenda social on April 22, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., in the Garaventa Center (Franz Hall, 3rd floor). Join us for great conversation, laughter, and some creative stress busting. Bring your own glass and/or a friend for 17 extra credit points!  Questions? Contact Karen Eifler, eifler@up.edu.

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Confirmation Mass (Apr. 24)

April 18, 2022

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be bestowed on our candidates at the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 24, in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. His Excellency, the Most Rev. Alexander K. Sample, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Portland, will preside and celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation with our students. Please keep them in your prayers! All […]

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Call for 2022–2023 Exhibit Proposals for the Covert Gallery (due by Apr. 25)

April 18, 2022

The Clark Library invites students, faculty, and staff to submit exhibit proposals for the Dr. James T. Covert Gallery. Selected proposals will be exhibited during the 2022–2023 academic year. We welcome your art, whether painting, photography, or mixed media, and suggest that you propose 9-10 pieces for display. We will assist you with transforming your artwork […]

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Call for Candidates for Initial Director of Center for Teaching & Learning (submit by Apr. 28)

April 18, 2022

Please find a position description for an exciting and long-awaited new University of Portland position—the Director of Teaching & Learning. The Director will organize a collaborative effort forming the Center for Teaching & Learning. The first year of the Director’s appointment will bring the Center of Teaching & Learning (as described in CTL Design Concept.pdf […]

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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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