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Veteran’s Day Ceremony: Save the Date

October 30, 2020

University of Portland Air Force and Army ROTC are proud to host the 2020 Virtual Veteran’s Day Ceremony on Wednesday, November 11, from 10:50 a.m. to 12: 25 p.m. No RSVP is necessary. We invite our University community to gather with us virtually at that time to honor all who have served to protect our […]

Filed Under: 11-02-2020, Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Campus Services Tagged With: AFROTC, Army ROTC, Veterans Day Ceremony

Virtual Veterans Day Ceremony, Nov. 11

October 23, 2020

The University of Portland’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 695 and Army ROTC “Pilot Battalion” will host this year’s Veterans Day Ceremony to be held virtually via Zoom on November 11 from 10:50 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. All members of the campus community are invited to gather virtually at that time to honor all who have […]

Filed Under: 10-26-2020, Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Campus Services Tagged With: AFROTC, Army ROTC, Veterans Day

UP and Oregon Tech Finalize Air Force ROTC Crosstown Agreement

August 6, 2020

A crosstown agreement between University of Portland and Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) was signed, according to Carolyn Strong, Air Force ROTC. A crosstown agreement allows students to attend an institution while simultaneously taking Air Force ROTC classes at the host university. The Air Force ROTC General Military Course and/or Professional Officer Course is […]

Filed Under: 08-10-2020, Air Force ROTC Tagged With: Air Force ROTC

Veterans Day Vigil, Ceremony: Nov. 10-11

November 8, 2019

The University of Portland will host its annual Veterans Day commemoration ceremony on Saturday, November 11, at 11 a.m., at the Praying Hands/Broken Wall Memorial. The ceremony will commence at the close of a 24-hour vigil at the Praying Hands, and is sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs. It will recognize campus […]

Filed Under: 11-04-2019, 11-11-2019, Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Campus Services Tagged With: Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Veteran's Day Vigil, Veterans Day Ceremony

Honor and Remembrance at UP

November 10, 2017

The bricks of the Praying Hands Memorial carry the names of UP alumni who lost their lives in war. Each year the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC cadets mark Veterans Day by posting a 24-hour honor guard at the Praying Hands/Broken Wall Memorial for these and the many alumni and alumnae who have served our country in the […]

Filed Under: 11-13-2017, Air Force ROTC, Archives & Artifacts, Army ROTC, Campus Services, University Archives, University Museum Tagged With: Carolyn Connolly, University museum, Veterans Day

Honoring Veterans: Annual Veterans Day Ceremony, Nov. 11

November 3, 2017

The University will host its annual Veterans Day commemoration ceremony on Saturday, November 11, at 11 a.m., at the Praying Hands/Broken Wall Memorial. The ceremony will commence at the close of a 24-hour vigil at the Praying Hands, and is sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs. It will recognize campus members who […]

Filed Under: 11-06-2017, Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Campus Services Tagged With: Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Veterans Day

Honoring Those Who Served: Veterans Day Ceremony, Nov. 11

November 4, 2016

The University will host its annual Veterans Day commemoration ceremony on Friday, November 11, at 11 a.m., at the Praying Hands/Broken Wall Memorial. The ceremony will commence at the close of a 24-hour vigil at the Praying Hands, and is sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs. It will recognize campus members who […]

Filed Under: 11-07-2016, Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Erin Adelmann, Praying Hands Memorial, Veterans Day Ceremony

Veterans Day Vigil, Ceremony, Nov. 10-11

November 6, 2015

Colonel Christian Rees, Chief of Staff, Land Component Command of the Oregon Army National Guard, will be the featured speaker at the University’s annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11, at the Praying Hands Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs, will recognize campus members […]

Filed Under: 11-09-2015, Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Events Tagged With: Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Veterans Day

Veterans Day Vigil, Ceremony

November 10, 2014

Colonel Doug Edwards, an Air Force ROTC and 1967 University of Portland alumnus, will be the featured speaker at the annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 11, at the Praying Hands Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs, will recognize campus members who have served […]

Filed Under: Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Events Tagged With: AFROTC, Army ROTC, Colonel Doug Edwards, Praying Hands Memorial, Veterans Day

Veterans Day Vigil, Ceremony

November 3, 2014

Colonel Doug Edwards, an Air Force ROTC and 1967 University of Portland alumnus, will be the featured speaker at the annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the Praying Hands Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs, will recognize campus members who have served during times […]

Filed Under: Air Force ROTC, Army ROTC, Events Tagged With: Veterans Day

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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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