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Athletics

Beauchamp Center Updated Summer Fitness Schedule 

After Memorial Day (Monday, May 27), the Beauchamp Center will be offering a noon-hour fitness class each day of the week. All Summer Fitness classes are open to faculty, staff, and students. Please feel free to join recreational services for afternoon classes as well as noon-hour classes. Please note: Sweaty 20 and Zumba are faculty and staff only classes.

See the newly updated Fitness Schedule for Summer 2019 here.

For more information contact Kaitlin Bourne, recreational services, at bourne@up.edu.

Men’s & Women’s Soccer Camps: 20% Discount for Faculty, Staff

The UP men’s and women’s soccer programs are both offering a discount to all faculty and staff for their upcoming soccer camps:

  • Women’s Soccer Camps: Look here for more information. Use promo code GOPILOTS for a 20 percent discount
  • Men’s Soccer Camps: Look here for more information. Use promo code EMPLOYEE for a 20 percent discount.

NIKE Employee Store Access for Faculty & Staff

Alumni relations and the athletics office are excited to provide all UP faculty and staff access to the Nike Employee Store from June 1 to June 17. Family are welcome to join as well. More information and registration can be found here.

Contact Anna Horlacher, alumni relations, at horlache@up.edu or Karina Handeland, athletics, at handelan@up.edu with any questions.

Summer 2019 Faculty, Staff, Alumni Trips

Hey, faculty and staff! This summer the Outdoor Pursuits program has some pretty neat trips for you!  The trips and programs are designed for faculty, staff, and alumni to attend. Whether you are looking for a casual day hike or want to learn a new skill such as backpacking, Outdoor Pursuits has got the trips for you. All food, equipment, transportation, and instruction is included with OPP trips.

See the full schedule here. Register at the Outdoor Pursuits office in the back of the Beauchamp Recreation Center or contact Matthew Libby at libby@up.edu.

 

 

Faculty & Staff Summer Fitness

Faculty and staff fitness classes will continue in May on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in Studio 30, according to Kaitlin Bourne:

  • Mondays –Yoga with Karen, 12:05 p.m. (Please bring your yoga mat)
  • Wednesdays – Sweaty 20 with Julee, 12:05 p.m.
  • Fridays – Zumba with Brady, 12:05 p.m.

After Memorial Day, we will expand the schedule. For more information contact Bourne at bourne@up.edu.

Pilot Kids Camps Coming Up

The Pilot Kids Camp takes place again this summer with sports, games, arts and crafts, and much more.  The Camp will be based in the Beauchamp Recreation & Wellness Center and is open to children entering grades 1-6 in fall 2019, minimum age of 6 years. Camps will run on June 17-21, June 24-28, July 8-12, July 15-19, and August 5-9.

See this year’s brochure here. Registration and instructions are at this link.

For additional information regarding the program, contact Brian Dezzani, Pilot Kids Camp director, at dezzani@up.edu or x7177.

Faculty & Staff Appreciation Day at Etzel Field: April 23

This Tuesday is Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day (April 23) at Joe Etzel Field. Come by the Pilot Box Office from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to pick up your free ticket and food voucher. You will receive:

  • Free Admission
  • Free hot dog
  • Free seat cushion

What better way to spend an afternoon that watching the Portland Pilots take a swing at Washington? The game starts at 6 p.m. at Joe Etzel Field.

For more information contact athletics at x7117 or go to www.portlandpilots.com.

New Women’s Basketball Coach: Michael Meek

Michael Meek has been hired as the new head coach for the Pilots women’s basketball team. Meek comes to Portland from George Fox University where we he was head coach for nine seasons.

Meek led the Bruins to remarkable results including NCAA Division III championship game appearances in 2012 and 2015. He guided George Fox to eight NCAA Tournament appearances – including the last six seasons – six Northwest Conference (NWC) championships, and his teams were ranked at the end of the year seven times.

With a career collegiate coaching record of 230-35 (.868), Meek ranks fourth in career winning percentage among active coaches with five-plus years of experience at all divisions of women’s college basketball. He was named the D3hoops.com NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year in 2012 and was three times named the NWC Coach of the Year, including in 2019. He coached four players to All-America recognition, while Hannah Munger also earned Academic All-America honors in 2012.

For more information contact athletics at x7117 or portlandpilots.com.