News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Members of the Oregon Symphony, including Charles Noble, performing and fine arts (pictured), will join together as the Arnica String Quartet to perform works by Beethoven and Shostokovich at this week’s Music at Midweek, performance, on Wednesday, February 3, at 12:30 p.m., in Hunt Center recital hall. All are welcome to this free performance.
For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.
A collective gasp spread through the campus at the news of John Furey, marketing and communications, retiring at the end of this month. Furey, “the man, the myth, the legend,” has seen the University grow and change over his 19 years on The Bluff. Renowned around campus and beyond as “Everyone’s best friend,” Furey has long been an essential part of the marketing and communications team. His boisterous laugh, his endless amount of yarns and tall tales, and his unwavering love of both the Pilots and the Beavers will be missed.
Marketing and communications will host a Farewell Furey party in the Terrace Room on Wednesday, January 27, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. All are welcome to come and wish Furey the very best as he begins this next phase of his epic journey of life.
For more information, contact marketing and communications at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.
The Music at Midweek performers for Wednesday, January 27 are Marla Fogderud, soprano, and Susan McDaniel, piano. They will perform a lecture recital entitled, “The Golden Age of Norwegian Song.”
Music at Midweek performances take place in Mago Hunt Center recital hall at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, and are free and open to all. For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.
All University of Portland community members are invited to celebrate the feast day of Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C., founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, on Wednesday, January 20, at 5 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Karen Eifler, co-director of the Garaventa Center, will be honored as a recipient of the 2015 Spirit of Holy Cross Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Congregation upon its lay collaborators.
The award is given annually to lay collaborators of the Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers. The award recognizes lay collaborators who devotedly work to make Blessed Basil Moreau’s vision and mission to “make God known, loved, and served” a reality at the Congregation’s education, parish and mission apostolates. Honorees receive a proclamation of gratitude signed by Provincial Superior Fr. Tom O’Hara on behalf of the entire U.S. Province.
For more information, contact Campus Ministry at 7131 or ministry@up.edu.
The performing and fine arts department will present a screening of Buster Keaton’s classic silent film, “The General,” accompanied by a live soundtrack by the University Orchestra, on Saturday, January 23, in Buckley Center Auditorium. The soundtrack was written by student composer Dana Coppernoll-Houston. A pre-concert talk on film music will be presented by Edmund Stone, host of the nationally-syndicated film music radio show, “The Score,” at 6 p.m., followed by the screening and concert at 7 p.m.
This event is co-sponsored by the dean’s office of the College of Arts and Sciences and the McNerney-Hanson Endowed Chair in Ethics as an “Ethics and the Arts” initiative.
Admission is free, but tickets are required. Please call the PFA office at 7228 for tickets.
Brian Doyle, award-winning essayist, novelist and editor of Portland magazine, will read from several of his new books at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January 19, in the Pilot House bookstore. Doyle is the author of many books of essays, poems, and fiction, among them the sprawling Oregon novel Mink River and the sea novel The Plover. Doyle’s most recently published books include So Very Much the Best of Us (essays), How the Light Gets In (poems), Reading in Bed (essays), Martin Marten (novel), and A Book of Uncommon Prayer (prayers). The reading is sponsored by the Garaventa Center.
For more information or ADA accommodations, contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
Employee awards for 2015 were presented at the annual employees’ holiday banquet on Monday, December 21. The winners:
Employees were also honored for milestone years of service to the University, including Maria Petterson, Anthony Box, Samuel Williams, Lisa Chambers, Colin Pfaff, Karen Davis, Tracie Gerber, Trevor Harvey, Andrew Keippela, Christopher Greene, Daniel Herman, Molly Walsh, Leland Hansen, Ronald Miller, Carolyn Blumenson, Christa Hill, Br. Thomas Giumenta, C.S.C., Rosalie Healy, and Jacob Caniparoli (5 years); Matthew Deschner, Aaron Gross, Adam Linnman, Stacey Boatright, Michael McNerney, Bethany Sills, and Theresa Landtiser (10 years); Niang-Hoon Chew, Tanya Wangsmo, Christine Naylor, Amy Cavanaugh, Kathy Hansen, Darcy Huebner, Heidi Keller, Lori Ungern, Lynn Benedict, Petrus Tiofil, Melanie Gangle (15 Years); Carolyn Connolly, Susan Campbell-Gross, Linda Gill (20 years); Robert Connor, James Wells (25 years); and Bill Reed and Jim Kuffner (30 years).
See photos from the luncheon at this link.
For more information contact human resources at 8987 or hr@up.edu.
Please join the University events office in extending best wishes to Carol Welch, who is retiring on January 15, 2016. Carol has been an esteemed member of the University Staff for 25 years, with 13 years in payroll, 8 years in HR, and 4 years in University events. Carol has been an integral member of the events team through her wonderful smile as she greets customers, her great sense of humor, and her willingness to help with any event. She will be greatly missed by all.
Tickets for the big Pilot basketball game vs. Gonzaga go on sale on Monday, January 11, at 11 a.m., and the athletics team hopes to pack the Chiles Center with UP community members. Tickets will be available for purchase on Ticketmaster.com, in person at the Pilots box office, or over the phone by calling x7525. It is recommended that people try to use Ticketmaster.com for tickets, as they can help thousands of people at once.
Make plans to join the Pilots men’s basketball team in the Chiles Center this week for two West Coast Conference basketball games. The action starts on Thursday night with a game against University of San Diego. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m., and staff tickets are still available at 50 percent off on general admission through the Pilots box office. Then on Saturday night the action continues as the Pilots welcome Brigham Young University to the Chiles Center for a big West Coast Conference faceoff. Tip-off for this game is at 3 p.m. and once again staff can purchase GA tickets for 50 percent off at the Pilots box office.
For more information contact athletics at 7117 or go to www.portlandpilots.com.