News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
The University events office has tickets for free admission to the Build, Remodel & Landscape Show on January 8, 9, and 10, 2016, according to Carol Welch, University events. Employees are welcome to e-mail Carol for free tickets; she can send tickets via campus mail, or employees can stop by the events trailer in person.
For more information contact Welch at 7461 or welch@up.edu.
All University faculty and staff are invited to wish Laurie Kelley a fond farewell on Friday, December 18, from 2 to 3 p.m., in the Pilot House. Laurie will be leaving her position as vice president of University relations to become president and chief development officer for the Providence Foundations throughout the Oregon region.
She joined the University as director of marketing and communications in October 2006, and has directed many of the University’s signature events including Focus the Nation, the Rise Campaign launch and conclusion ceremonies, the Salute to Heroes, the State of UP, the Pamplin School of Business’ 75th Anniversary, the School of Nursing’s 75th Anniversary, and the Rise for Scholarships Event, which raised over $1.3 million for scholarships. She joined the administration as vice president for University relations in February 2014 after serving in an interim capacity since October 2013.
Prior to coming to UP, Laurie was vice president of marketing and planning at Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). Please plan to attend and thank Laurie for leaving such a lasting imprint on the University of Portland, whose future and mission have always been near and dear to her heart, not to mention the focus of her boundless energy and enthusiasm.
The Advent Concert is scheduled for Saturday, December 5, at 8 p.m., at St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Advent Concert is the highlight of the year for the University Singers, directed by Michael Connolly, and Women’s Chorale, directed by Kathryn Briggs. The featured composition is “A Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten, accompanied by UP faculty member Jenny Lindner on harp. Advent readings and Christmas carols will get everyone in the mood for the festive Christmas season.
Tickets are free, but they are required to make sure everyone can be accommodated, since this event brings a full audience. Request tickets at x7228 or in the PFA office in Buckley Center 235.
International Education Week is here, and from November 16-22, the University of Portland is hosting campus-wide events open to the broader UP community and the public. All during the week, international cuisine will be featured in the Bauccio Commons; photos can be sent using #UPIEW and #IEW2015 for a chance to win $25; and tickets to Riverdance on November 11 can be purchased for $15 through the performing and fine arts department.
For more information contact international student services at iss@up.edu.
The gender and women’s studies program and Committee on Rank and Tenure will present a woman-to-woman mentoring seminar, “Promotion to Professor: A Woman’s Journey,” on Friday, November 13, from 12:30 to 2 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The event is free and open to all; bring a sack lunch for this informal, conversational event. In this demystifying round-table discussion, ten women professors representing all five colleges on campus will share personal anecdotes and wisdom about navigating from assistant to associate to professor, in the hopes of creating transparency and encouragement for women faculty at differing stages in their careers.
For more information contact Vail Fletcher, communication studies, at fletcher@up.edu.
The University is sponsoring a free STEM family night on Thursday, November 19, from 7-8:30 p.m., at the Howard Hall gym. All employees and family members are invited to attend the event, which will provide hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to pique everyone’s interest in those fields.
For more information contact Patricia Morrell, education, at 8013 or morrell@up.edu.
The performing and fine arts department will present Sarah Treem’s “Mirror, Mirror” from Wednesday, November 18 to Sunday, November 22, at 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sunday) in Mago Hunt Center Theater. Treem’s “Mirror, Mirror” is a brooding and fanciful comedy deeply inspired by the classical tale of Snow White. Set in a far-off kingdom teeming with dangerous magic, ten teenagers experience love, loss, and betrayal, all in one weekend. The cast features Sara Gibbons (Gretchen Black), Michael Wardrop (Badger Biers), Micah Bobick (Costen Lyons), Theresa Foley (Libby Sunday), Steven Kellar (Hoyt Monroe), Kristen Schmidt (Laurel Buchanan), Lauren Arkoosh (Honey), Joseph Flory (Donnie), Michael Flickner (Ronnie), and Jacob Orr (Rose White). Tickets can be purchased at the Mago Hunt box office at x7287.
For more information, contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.
Colonel Christian Rees, Chief of Staff, Land Component Command of the Oregon Army National Guard, will be the featured speaker at the University’s annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11, at the Praying Hands Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs, will recognize campus members who have served during times of war, including World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Gulf War veterans. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
Rees was formerly director of installations for the Oregon Military Department. He earned a bachelor of science at Cornell University, an M.Arch. in architecture at the University of Oregon, and a master’s degree in strategic studies at the U.S. Army War College in 2012.
Also on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m., the University will have calls for world peace at the International Peace Garden located outside of Buckley Center Auditorium. A few short readings will be given by international students, along with personal messages and prayers in their own languages and religions calling for world peace.
The Praying Hands Memorial was built by the University’s Class of 1948, in honor of the 69 University of Portland students killed during World War II.
For more information on the Veterans Day observation, contact Pete Wood, Army ROTC, at x8058 or woodpe@up.edu. For information on Prayers for Peace, contact the Garaventa Center at x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
Faculty from the theology department will engage in a forum-style discussion on the outcomes and implications of the 2015 Synod on the Family on Thursday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m., in Shiley Hall Room 301. Many complex issues are being addressed by the Synod, including the status of divorced and remarried Catholics and that of homosexual members of the Church; artificial birth control in married life; issues of economic justice and immigration; as well as other topics pertaining to family life situations in a wide variety of cultural settings in the contemporary world. Starting with the historical context of the Synod, the forum will address the complex ethical issues and problems pertaining to these topics.
For more information contact the theology department at x7274 or theo@up.edu.
UP theology professor Michael Cameron shares from his new book, Unfolding Sacred Scripture: How Catholics Read the Bible, on Monday, Nov. 9, at 7:15 p.m., in the Pilot House Bookstore, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Constitution on Divine Revelation from the Second Vatican Council. In his book, Cameron presents a distinctively Catholic way of understanding Scripture as an “audible sacrament” – a way that Christ offers himself to humankind in the form of spoken words. The event is free and open to all, and is sponsored by the Garaventa Center. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or garaventa@up.edu.