Printing services will be closed for the entire day of Friday, June 28, according to Mary Scroggins, printing services director. The closure will allow staff to conduct their annual inventory. Please plan printing projects accordingly. For more information contact Scroggins at 8334 or scroggin@up.edu.
Campus Services
Looking Forward to UP Soccer
The 2013 men’s and women’s soccer schedule has been released and features a total of 25 home games between the two teams. The women’s schedule features 6 home games versus teams that made the 2012 NCAA playoffs, while the men’s schedule features 5 home games versus 2012 NCAA playoff opponents. Faculty and staff can reserve season tickets now, starting at just $88 for new season tickets only, general admission seats. Current season ticket holders can expect renewal information in the mail in the near future. All University of Portland faculty and staff can receive 50 percent off their season ticket purchase by visiting the box office and presenting a valid UP ID card. For more information or to order your season tickets, please call 7525.
Personnel Changes
The financial aid office would like to congratulate Alex Gonzalez, who has been hired full-time by the Office of Admissions. Alex has been working part-time in financial aid as the document imaging clerk. Congratulations also go to Brian Flynn, who was recently hired by the Office of Web and Administrative Services. Both Alex and Brian will transition out of the financial aid office on July 1. For more information contact Janet Turner, financial aid, at 7311 or turnerj@up.edu.
From Our Past
In June 1941, thirty-three University of Portland students were called to active duty by the United States Marine Corps as the U.S. prepared for the possibility that it might be pulled into the ever-deepening hostilities of World War II, according to a chapter in Jim Covert’s University of Portland history, A Point of Pride. The U.S. Marine Corps had established their first college reserve unit in the nation on the University of Portland campus in September 1940. Before the semester concluded, word came from Marine headquarters in Washington, D.C., ordering the reservists to active duty at Quantico, Virginia. University president Rev. Charles Miltner, C.S.C. (pictured), was visibly upset because the campus reserve program had guaranteed that student reservists would not have their college education interrupted; he was convinced that parents would think the University had engineered their sons into a misrepresented program. Come June, the thirty-three students were called to active duty, but the controversy at the University of Portland may well have been an important factor in the decision of the Marine Corps to abandon its projected reserve programs at other campuses. Thereafter, the other branches of the armed services developed and expanded their campus reserve training programs, although there was no longer any assurance that student reservists would be allowed to remain in college until graduation.
For more history from this week, see the University of Portland Almanac at www.up.edu/almanac/.
Service For David Alexander
A memorial service for David Alexander will be offered on Saturday, June 22, at 11 a.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher, with a reception to follow in St. Mary’s Student Center. Refreshments will be available. All faculty and staff are welcome to pay their respects to Alexander, who passed away after a two-year battle with cancer on May 23. For more information contact campus ministry at 7131 or mccreary@up.edu.
Museum Hours For Reunion 2013
The University museum will be open for special hours on Saturday, June 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., during the 2013 Alumni Reunion. All are welcome to visit the museum in the basement of Shipstad Hall, room 014. The museum contains photographs and memorabilia illustrating the University of Portland’s historical, religious, social, and educational history. In addition to the regular collection there are special exhibits and displays in the museum and Shipstad Hall. Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu or 8038 for more information.
Aaaaaaaaaargh!
Faculty, staff, and students are reminded that the bluff area on campus is perhaps the world’s most efficient breeding ground for poison oak, an innocent-looking plant that causes intense itching, swelling, and oozing blisters on the skin of those unfortunate enough to brush against it, or to pet a dog which has recently rolled in a big juicy patch, or any number of surreptitious poison-oak-delivery systems. The resulting misery will not soon be forgotten.
The best way to avoid poison oak is to stay away from the sloping sides of the campus bluff altogether. If your job makes it necessary to climb down the bluff, it would be best to learn to identify the plant (“leaves of three, leave it be”), which typically has shiny green leaves and white berries— but not always. For more information, contact campus horticultural whiz Jim Haines, physical plant, at 7306 or haines@up.edu.
Reunion Registration Cards
Alumni Reunion registration packets were recently sent via campus mail to all faculty and staff. Unfortunately, some packets received the wrong RSVP card–the correct card has “Faculty & Staff Reservation Card” on the cover (the incorrect card reads only “Reservation Card” on the cover). If your packet didn’t contain the correct card, please e-mail reunion@up.edu and we’ll drop a new one in the mail. See you at Reunion 2013, June 27-30!
Chapel Open, Masses Return
The Chapel of Christ the Teacher renovations are complete and the chapel is open once again for prayer and regularly scheduled liturgies. Mass is celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays, and Monday through Friday at 12:05 p.m. Reconciliation is scheduled every Wednesday from 5 to 5:30 p.m. For more information contact Theresa McCreary, campus ministry, at 7131 or mccreary@up.edu.
New Help Desk Hours
In order to provide the most efficient, timely service to the University community, the help desk will be changing its hours of operation on July 1, according to Dan Sandaal, information services. The new hours of operation will be 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday throughout the entire calendar year, except for University holidays and closures. This change will allow more balanced staffing of both full-time and student employees, which will enable the help desk to better assist the University community and work with the other members of information services. For more information contact Sandaal at 7882 or sandaal@up.edu.