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So You Want an Internship? Workshop, March 30

March 23, 2021

Do you know students who are looking for an internship? This workshop will help them create an Internship Search Action Plan, and orient them to the resources that will help them along the process! If your students are thinking about gaining professional experience over the summer, but don’t know where to start or feel stuck: […]

Filed Under: 03-29-2021, Academics, Career Services Tagged With: Career Center

Grad School Panel: Advice for BIPOC Women by BIPOC Women, March 16

March 9, 2021

Applying to, and succeeding in, grad school is a challenge under the best circumstances. Among the challenges are navigating the often-unspoken rules and norms of how to be an ideal candidate and student. When you add racism and sexism, both implicit and explicit, to the mix it’s even harder. Join us for a Zoom panel […]

Filed Under: 03-15-2021, Academics, Career Services Tagged With: Erin Currie, Sarina Saturn

Celebrating Local Leaders & Connecting with Future Change-Makers, March 30

March 9, 2021

Join UP’s I Am Psyched PDX, psychological sciences, social work, and the Career Center to celebrate local organizations serving QT/BIPOC communities working towards social justice and equitable practices in Oregon. The event will take place on Tuesday, March 30 from 6:30 – 8 p.m. Learn more about the amazing ways they are serving our community, […]

Filed Under: 03-15-2021, 03-22-2021, 03-29-2021, Academics, Career Services, College of Arts & Sciences Tagged With: Erin Currie

Career Center presents “Job Search 401 for the Class of ’21,” March 11

February 25, 2021

The Career Center is hosting Job Search 401 for the Class of ’21, a 3-part series to help graduating students prepare now for life after graduation. Topics include: career exploration, job search strategies, wellness, resumes/cover letters, what employers are hiring, and transitioning to life after college. The program begins on Thursday, March 11 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. via […]

Filed Under: 03-01-2021, 03-08-2021, Academics, Campus Services, Career Services Tagged With: Career Center

Destination Declared workshop, March 8 and 10

February 25, 2021

The Career Center and the College of Arts and Sciences are hosting Destination: Declared – a 2 session workshop series designed to help students explore majors and choose one that will be a good fit. Faculty and staff who know students who may be thinking about changing their major and/or need to declare a major […]

Filed Under: 03-01-2021, 03-08-2021, Academics, Campus Services, Career Services, College of Arts & Sciences Tagged With: Career Center, College of Arts and Sciences

Virtual Career Treks, March 4

February 25, 2021

The Career Center is collaborating with Pacific Northwest institutions to host a series of virtual career treks. By attending virtual career treks students will have an opportunity to: hear from employees about company culture and career paths, learn about internship and entry-level career opportunities and how to apply, and cultivate and expand their professional network. […]

Filed Under: 03-01-2021, Academics, Career Services Tagged With: Career Center

SWE STEM Virtual Career Fair: Feb. 26

February 17, 2021

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) STEM Virtual Career Fair will be held on Handshake from 1 – 4 p.m. on Friday, February 26. The career fair is open to all students, though employers are specifically interested in connecting with the following STEM majors: biology, bio-chemistry, biomedical engineering (graduate level), chemistry, civil engineering, computer science, […]

Filed Under: 02-22-2021, Academics, Campus Services, Career Services Tagged With: Career Center, SWE Job Fair

“Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Your Internship and Job Search, Jan. 27

January 22, 2021

As part of Diversity Dialogues, the Career Education Center is hosting “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Your Internship and Job Search” on Wednesday, January 27, at 5:30 p.m. UP alumnus Marcus Carter will be sharing his personal and professional journey that led him to his current role as director of social equity at Cinder, a […]

Filed Under: 01-25-2021, Campus Services, Career Services Tagged With: Amy Cavanaugh, Career Education Center

Career Center Hosting “Job Search 401 for Class of ’21,” Nov. 5

October 30, 2020

The Career Center is hosting “Job Search 401 for the Class of ’21,” a three-part series to help graduating students prepare now for life after graduation. Topics include: career exploration, job search strategies, wellness, resumes/cover letters, which employers are hiring, and transitioning to life after college. The program begins on Thursday, November 5 from 2:30-3:30 […]

Filed Under: 11-02-2020, Campus Services, Career Services Tagged With: Amy Cavanaugh, Career Center

ESTEEM Master’s Program Virtual Information Session: Nov. 5

October 30, 2020

UP alumni Declan Kerwin ’20 and Kevin White ’20, who are currently in the ESTEEM master’s program in Entrepreneurship, Technology, & Innovation for STEM Students, will host a virtual information session on Thursday, November 5, at 4:30 p.m., according to Amy Cavanaugh, Career Center. Notre Dame’s ESTEEM program prepares students with STEM backgrounds to become […]

Filed Under: 11-02-2020, Academics, Campus Services, Career Services Tagged With: Amy Cavanaugh, Career Center, STEM

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Nick McRee, Sociology and Social Work, published “Academic debate and civic engagement in adolescence and young adulthood: evidence from a national longitudinal study.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 61(3–4), 323–338. He also published “When Chairs Shield Faculty from Service Opportunities: Protecting Colleagues or Hindering Community?” The Department Chair, 36(3), 11-13.

Katie Danielson, Education, was awarded a grant from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $374,940.00 for the “Collaborating Towards Transformational Visions for Digital School Systems” project. Danielson also published “Learning to let go: Transformations in teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about classroom discussion.” Co-authors: Gotwalt, E., Kavanagh, S. Teaching and Teacher Education. January 2026

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “From monoamine deficits to multiscale plasticity: Twenty-five years of ketamine and the neurophysiology of depression.” Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00516.2025.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, facilitated a multi-day series of invited leadership development workshops for the staff team at Lutherhaven Ministries in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Houglum led six interactive sessions focused on DiSC-informed leadership, coaching-centered leadership, servant leadership and accompaniment, powerful feedback, and the co-creation of team commitments to support healthy culture and sustainable impact. In addition, Houglum provided multiple individual leadership coaching sessions for staff members throughout the engagement. January 2026.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published the following articles in VoiceAfrique.org: “The Saturated Wisdom of Saint Joseph: Relevant Virtues for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025). December 19, 2025. “The Gift of the Nativity is Grounded in an Ethics of Neighborliness.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025). December 24, 2025. “The Spirituality of Ambition and the Grace of the Incarnation.” Reflections on the Readings for the Vigil Mass of Christmas, 2025. December 24, 2025. “The Theotokos: A Mirror in Which We Discover Ourselves as Bearers of God’s Life to Each Other.” (Reflection on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.) December 31, 2025. “Jesus Christ: The Revealer of the Grace of Encounters and an Embrace of Difference.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. January 4, 2026.) January 3, 2026. “Christian Baptism as a Summon for Global Justice: What We Must Embrace for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. January 11, 2026.) January 10, 2026. Aihiokhai also published a review of The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza. Edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer. Orbis Books, 2025. Catholicbooksreview.org

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.

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