The public safety office will present a “Personal Preparedness and Disaster Response” brown bag lunch on Monday, June 23, in Buckley Center room 163. All campus members are welcome to come and learn about personal preparedness tips in response to any type of disaster. Environmental health and safety officer Jeff Rook will be presenting from noon to 1 p.m. For more information contact Rook at 7161 or rook@up.edu.
Campus Services
Portsmouth Avenue Entrance Closure, Detour
The campus road that runs from Portsmouth Avenue (the “back entrance” onto campus) toward Bauccio Commons will be temporarily closed due to maintenance and repairs on the underground steam and condensate lines that provide heat to most campus buildings, according to Andre Hutchinson, physical plant. Traffic will be temporarily detoured around the back side of the physical plant building in order to get to and from the Bauccio Commons. Please drive carefully and proceed with caution when using this route. Physical plant staff and repair crews apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate everyone’s cooperation. For more information contact the physical plant at 7306 or physicalplant@up.edu.
Network Expansion to 1.5Gbps Complete
The final stages of the campus network bandwidth expansion to 1.5Gbps were completed on Thursday, June 5, according to Michelle Sunderland, information services. Over the course of the past five months the IS infrastructure team has taken campus bandwidth from 320Mbps to 1.5Gbps, an increase by 4.6 times. The upgrade included transitioning service providers by bringing TW Telecom and Comcast to the campus. Having two carriers with unique routes to the UP campus provides redundant service in the case of a service outage.
We are excited about the resulting performance and reliability improvements this upgrade will bring to the campus network. This past year users experienced many challenges streaming video content and getting reliable and high speed results when using Google. The IS infrastructure team has completed the initial validation of the new network and reports that video streaming and performance issues have been addressed.
If users experience any issues with network performance they are encouraged to reach out to the help desk at 7000 or help@up.edu to report them.
Engineering Building 65th Anniversary, June 12
June 12 marks the sixty-fifth anniversary of the dedication of the 45,000 square foot, three-story Engineering Building (now Shiley Hall) in 1949. In what was perhaps the ultimate cost-saving measure in all of UP history, the new building’s basement was dug after its completion—by hand—by Brother Godfrey Vassallo, C.S.C., and a team of industrious faculty and students. The University archives and museum have a new post about the Engineering Building dedication on their WordPress blog at http://tinyurl.com/kyhadh4. Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at 8038 or piatz@up.edu for more information.
From Our Past: University Archives
The University archives were officially established by Rev. Paul Waldschmidt, C.S.C., on June 1, 1966, under the direction of Bro. David Martin, C.S.C. (pictured), the newly retired director of the Clark Memorial Library and the University’s first archivist. In the ensuing 48 years, the archives have been maintained by only four archivists: Bro. Martin served from 1966 to 1983; Rev. Barry Hagan, C.S.C., served from 1983 to 1999; Rev. Bob Antonelli, C.S.C., was archivist from 1999 to 2012; and the affable and able Rev. Jeffrey Schneibel, C.S.C., took the helm in 2012. One would be remiss not to mention Martha Wachsmuth, who spent 29 of her 41 years as a University employee in the University archives, serving as assistant archivist under Fr. Hagan and Fr. Antonelli.
Bro. Martin and Fr. Hagan collected many thousands (millions, most likely) of documents and photographs from University offices, colleges, schools, departments, and individuals as well as copies of many different University publications over the years. The cavernous archives space in the basement of Shipstad filled steadily, and despite their best efforts it proved difficult to keep up with the steady flow of new materials. Finding Fr. Hagan or Martha within the stacks of papers and boxes often involved negotiating a labyrinth of pathways without so much as a skein of thread to find one’s way out.
Until 1999, the University archivist reported directly to the academic vice president. Beginning with the tenure of Fr. Antonelli, the archives became a part of the University library. Mountains of documents were catalogued and neatly shelved; computers were added, compact shelving and climate control were installed, online database finding aids were compiled, and two digital collections were made available via the library web page.
For more University history visit the University Almanac at www.up.edu/almanac.
Summer Construction Projects, Detours
Construction on both the main Willamette Blvd. entrance and the Beauchamp Recreation and Wellness Center will be causing traffic detours and pedestrian access route changes this summer.
The recreation center fencing is up and delineates accessible sidewalks skirting the construction site. Access to and from University Village will be on the SW side of Strong Street and the NE side of Warren street. Parking will be open around the construction site on both Strong and Warren, but eliminated on Van Houten between Strong and Warren. Please be cautious and reduce speed to 20 MPH on Portsmouth in front of the recreation center site due to truck traffic on an offsite. The construction will extend through the 2014/2015 academic year and be complete in June 2015. These traffic measures will be in place for the duration of the project.
Main entrance construction will commence the week of June 1 and will be complete in late August. Traffic will be reduced to campus entry only, with traffic exiting through the main lot and Portsmouth or via the Kenna exit to Willamette. Pedestrian access will be on the NW side of the main entry or SE side of Shipstad. The main entrance will be open to incoming traffic at all times. Drive carefully when encountering possible gravel road conditions, and please keep speed to 10-15 MPH through the area. Sidewalk and road closure signs will be set up to guide drivers. A map is available on the Facilities Planning and Construction page at www.up.edu/facilitiesplanning.
Please have patience with the inevitable construction issues. Everyone’s safety is our priority. If you have questions call facilities planning and construction at 8874.
Holy Cross Jubilee Celebrations
The list of Congregation of Holy Cross priests celebrating jubilee years in last week’s upbeat failed to mention Rev. Michael Belinsky, C.S.C., who marks 25 years with the Congregation this year. Fr. Belinsky served at Holy Redeemer parish from 2006 to 2007, and worked in the University’s campus ministry office from 2007 to 2012. His career as a priest has included working at hospice centers and with developmentally disabled adults, serving at Andre House in Phoenix, Ariz., ministering to people with AIDS in San Francisco, and social justice ministry. He is currently associate pastor at Christ the King Church in South Bend, Ind. We regret the omission.
Next UP HIVE Event on June 4
The next UP HIVE event will feature behavioral investigator Vanessa Van Edwards as she presents “The Science of Influence,” sharing seven scientifically proven ways to increase one’s influence and charisma, on Wednesday, June 4, at Portland’s Fox Tower (805 SW Broadway, Suite 2600), beginning at 5:30 p.m. Refreshments and appetizers will be served. Van Edwards will share the latest research that shows leaders have certain qualities that make them memorable and persuasive, and that it’s possible to learn those qualities. Please join us for a wonderful evening of networking and learning. Created by alumni for alumni, the UP HIVE is an open forum for University of Portland alumni of all ages and degrees. For more information or to RSVP go to http://uphive.weebly.com/upcoming-events.html.
Pilots Experience Card Free to Faculty, Staff Through August
For the past year now the Pilots Experience card has made it easier for students, faculty, staff, and alumni to check out what the local area has to offer by allowing for discounts of up to 20 percent at participating restaurants, stores, service providers, and more. The cards are free to all active University of Portland students and are now free for all UP alummi, faculty, and staff through the month of August. After August, faculty, staff, and alumni can buy the cards for $10, with 50 percent of proceeds going to the University of Portland Alumni Association.
Currently you can obtain Pilots Experience cards at the UP alumni relations house at 6625 N. Portsmouth Ave., or at CopyPilot (4784 N. Lombard St, Ste #B). Check out the list of over 50 participating vendors, which includes Burgerville, the T-Room, Green Zebra, Ace Hardware, It’s A Dog’s Life, and many others, at the Pilot Experience page and start saving!
This program is provided by the University Park Business District. For more information contact alumni relations at 7328 or alumni@up.edu, or contact Darrell Grenz of Darrell Grenz Insurance at 503-206-6736 or darrellgrenz@gmail.com.
Columbia Prep, 1901-1955
From 1901 to 1955 the University of Portland (originally named Columbia University) maintained the Columbia Preparatory school for boys while working to establishing itself as a collegiate university. The prep school had a strong academic program and excelled in athletics, and many of its graduates went on to enroll at the University. The University continues to honor the legacy of Columbia Prep at an annual reunion each year, with the Preppers and their families gathering on campus for Mass and brunch this past Sunday, June 1. The University Museum and Archives have a new post on their WordPress blog about the history of Columbia Prep and a gallery of photos to share the story of the Prep boys.
https://wordpress.up.edu/museum/columbia-prep-1901-1955/