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10-17-2022

Join the Pilot Club

October 30, 2022

It is an exciting time to be a Pilot! Support the continued success of our student-athletes by joining Pilot Club. Current Faculty and Staff receive 50% off Pilot Club, with memberships starting at $250 a year ($20.84 per month). As some of our most loyal fans, Pilot Club donors are invited to enjoy Pilot Club […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2022, 10-31-2022 Tagged With: Pilot Club

Honors Reading Courses Available to Faculty

October 30, 2022

Faculty members interested in offering an Honors Program reading course during the 2023–2024 academic year are invited to send a course proposal to program director Cara Hersh by Monday, November 7. Honors students, in their junior and senior years, take two one-credit reading courses. Courses are limited to 15 students and are offered pass/no pass. […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2022, 10-31-2022 Tagged With: Cara Hersh, honors program

Reminder: UP Campus-Wide Transportation Survey, Please Respond 

October 30, 2022

We need as many faculty and staff as possible to respond to the transportation survey to help inform a comprehensive transportation and parking management process as required by the City of Portland.   Click here to take the survey  https://uportland.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4ZwUXuYbb4dcgQK The survey is open through the end of the month. At the end of the survey, […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2022

Tired of Changing Your Network Password Every 4 Months?

October 30, 2022

Student typing on laptop

Information Services is pleased to announce that all faculty and staff will be moved to a 2-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. This is a required annual training program […]

Filed Under: 10-03-2022, 10-17-2022, 10-31-2022 Tagged With: Information Services

Post-Grad Service Day (Oct. 25) 

October 15, 2022

The Moreau Center for Service & Justice’s Post-Grad Service Panel & Dessert is coming up right after Fall Break on Tuesday, October 25, from 5:30–7 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons (Quiet Side).  This event is an opportunity for students who are considering a time of service after graduation to hear from recent alums, faculty, and […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2022 Tagged With: Sophie Charles

Perspectives on the Midterm Elections (Oct. 25, 7 p.m.) 

October 15, 2022

Join faculty members (Maye Henning, Jeffrey Gauthier, and Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi) in discussion on state, local, and national topics related to the midterm elections.  Tuesday, October 25, at 7 p.m.  Dundon-Berchtold Hall 133  Coordinated by the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs, the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Program, Student Affairs, and ASUP.   For ADA […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2022

Groundbreaking for the Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation (Oct. 26) 

October 15, 2022

Faculty and staff are invited to join UP benefactors, leadership, alumni, and friends at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation.  Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at 4 p.m.   At the former UP Physical Plant location (between Mehling Hall and the L-P Tennis Center).  Made possible by a generous lead gift from […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2022 Tagged With: Shiley School of Engineering, Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation

Annual Helen J. Schwarten Foundations of Freedom Lecture (Oct. 27) 

October 15, 2022

Please join us Thursday, October 27, at 5 p.m. in DB 004 (Brian Doyle Lecture Hall) for the annual Helen J. Schwarten Foundations of Freedom Lecture. This year our speaker is philosopher James R. Otteson who will deliver his talk: “Adam Smith on Justice and Social Justice.” Professor Otteson is the John T. Ryan Professor […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2022 Tagged With: Bill Curtis, Freedom Lecture

Swamp Thing—What Sci-Fi Movies Get Right and Wrong About Actual Science (Oct. 27) 

October 15, 2022

Toxic blood and whipping vines, radioactive spider bites, shimmering beings refracting DNA, and all those evil scientists. On October 27 at 5 p.m. in Franz Hall 120, professors Weilhoefer, Kenton, Prestholdt and Wynne, of UP’s department of biology, will explore how nature is portrayed in film and TV, and may even inspire your inner ecological […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2022 Tagged With: Beckman Humor Project, Garaventa Center

Open Meeting of the Disability Affinity Group (Oct. 28) 

October 15, 2022

October is Disability Employment Awareness Month. Allies and folks who are curious about the Disability Affinity Group for UP employees are warmly invited to an open meeting on Friday, October 28, at 2 p.m. with members of the group. Staff, faculty, and students are all invited. This will be a hybrid meeting with an in-person […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2022 Tagged With: Disability Affinity Group, Sarah Nuxoll

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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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