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Health & Counseling Center Vaccine Clinic (Oct. 28)

The Health & Counseling Center is partnering with Safeway to bring flu and COVID vaccines to campus! This vaccination clinic is open to students and employees.  Safeway will bill your insurance for the vaccines and most major insurance plans are accepted.  Kaiser is accepted for the flu vaccine only.

Date: Monday, October 28

Time: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Location: Clark Library Conference Room (2nd floor, room 222) 

How to sign up and what you need to bring:

1. Use the link below to schedule an appointment.   

Appointment Sign Up

2. Bring a printed copy of your insurance card.

Hope to see you there!

Pilot Games (Oct. 26)

Mark your calendars for the event of the semester—The Pilot Games! The Health Holistic and Fitness (UPH2F) club in partnership with Army ROTC will be hosting a fitness competition that will test your endurance, strength, and overall fitness through five different events. These events consist of upper body, lower body, 1.54-mile run, Humvee push/pull, and the final push which will test your team’s ability to work together.

The Pilot Games are for all students, staff/faculty, and surrounding community members. Competitors may recruit their own four-person team, which can be comprised of any four people of any age/gender/etc. OR you may sign up individually and choose the option to be assigned to a team.

This competition will take place at 12 p.m. on October 26 at Pru Pitch

To participate in this event, sign up your team at the link below:

Pilot Games Signup

This is a free event and the goal is to challenge teams physically and mentally to build a stronger fitness community on campus. We highly encourage team members to coordinate outfits within their team for team spirit, but all you need to do is just show up in your comfortable workout attire and do your best.

If you have any questions, please contact Larry Yauney (Yauney26@up.edu).

Sign up for the challenge today and get ready to see who has the best team on campus!

Faculty & Staff Autumn Retreat (Nov. 8)

The Mission Committee, the Office of the Provost, and Human Resources invite all faculty and staff to attend a day-long spiritual retreat on Friday, November 8, 2024. The retreat will be held on campus from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and will highlight themes of Catholic Social Teaching. Retreat leaders are Dr. Jordan Skornik, Executive Director of the Borland Free Clinic & Adjunct Faculty in Theology and Fr. Peter Walsh, CSC, Co-Director of the Garaventa Center.

The goal of the retreat is to provide a time for individual and communal spiritual reflection and renewal, to deepen faculty and staff connections to one another and to the University’s Catholic, Holy Cross mission and identity, and to invite staff and faculty to reflect on and embrace their vital contributions to our shared mission.

For more information and the retreat schedule, visit the link below. 

AUTUMN RETREAT

Please note that participation in the day-retreat will be considered a regular workday for staff, per supervisory approval.

To sign up for the retreat, please send an RSVP to Shannon Mayer, Co-Director of the Garaventa Center, at mayers@up.edu. You can also contact Shannon with any questions about schedule, participation, accommodations, etc.

Pre-Play Reception & Panel: “You Can See All The Stars” (Oct. 5)

Ticket show holders for You Can See All The Stars, a story by local playwright E.M. Lewis, are invited to join us for a complimentary small bites reception and expert led pre-show panel discussion.

Saturday, October 5, Brian Doyle Auditorium (DB004).

Reception at 6:15 p.m. – Panel Discussion from 6:45-7:15 p.m – Show at 7:30 p.m.

Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center.

Performing & Fine Arts Presents: “If Music Be the Food of Love” (Oct. 5)

You are cordially invited to a Fall choral concert featuring the UP Chamber Choir, Bel Canto and Singers. This literary inspired event features musical settings of Shakespeare by Verdi and others, as well as additional music by Clara Schumann, Morten Lauridsen, Sarah Quartel and Portland’s own Judy A. Rose

Saturday, October 5, 2:00 p.m. – Buckley Center Auditorium

Admission is FREE and we hope to see you there!

Poetry Reading with Joan Naviyuk Kane (Oct. 7)

Join award-winning Inupiaq poet and Reed College Professor Joan Naviyuk Kane for a reading of her latest work on Monday, October 7 at 5:15 p.m. in the UP Bookstore. A graduate of Harvard and Columbia for her M.F.A., Kane has taught at numerous campuses, including Santa Fe’s Institute of American Indian Arts. Her poems explore the intersection between language, the environment, and indigineity.

The event is free and open to the public, and details can be found at the link below:

Poetry Reading with Joan Naviyuk Kane

Interested poet-aspirants may join a workshop prior to the reading (4:10-5 p.m.), to try out a few of her techniques. Email Lars Larson (larson@up.edu) to sign up.    

Campus Community Brand and Web Refresh Workshops (Oct. 22-23)

The Division of Enrollment Management, Marketing, and Web Services is pleased to announce an exciting new project underway at University of Portland: as of this month, we have officially broken ground on our highly anticipated Brand Refresh and Web Redesign!   

University of Portland has retained Carnegie Higher Education to partner with us on this important research and consensus-building project to clarify and define who we are, as well as provide opportunities for growth in enrollment, awareness, and reputation for the institution.  

Carnegie is an industry leader in reputation research and strategy, specializing in crowd-sourced and consensus-driven processes to achieve authentic results. This project will take several months to complete, and ultimately culminate in a new reputation strategy and communication platform for University of Portland.  

This project will only succeed with YOUR involvement. Carnegie’s method is entirely built around the input of the people who know University of Portland the best—and that means you!  

On October 22 and 23, the team from Carnegie will be on campus to conduct a series of in-person workshops. There will be a total of six sessions held throughout the two days. 

Please register by October 16 at the link below. 

REGISTER HERE

Workshops are limited to 50 participants per session, so be sure to register ASAP to secure a seat.

The central question across all of the workshops is: Who is University of Portland at its best? As you will learn, the “who” is a very important variable to understand, and Carnegie’s proprietary philosophy will help us crystalize this. The results will unify the communication—and thus the reputation—of the institution for years to come.  

The first workshops will be Brand Personality Workshops. These workshops will work to define the authentic human personality of University of Portland, both today and tomorrow. The following day, we will be holding Brand Messaging Workshops. These workshops will take the insights gained from the Brand Personality Workshops and cascade these insights into messaging outcomes for the University. 

Participation in both workshops over the two days is highly encouraged to maximize your experience and input. However, if you can only make it to one day, we still want your participation.  

Your voice is essential to the success of this important work. Please register today and encourage other colleagues and stakeholders to attend as well.  

 Questions? Contact mktg@up.edu

OUTober Celebration and the NEW Center for Gender and Sexuality 

LGBTQ+ October History Month is a time to recognize and celebrate the rich history, contributions, and struggles of the LGBTQ+ community. It provides an opportunity to learn about the significant events, individuals, and movements that have shaped LGBTQ+ history and culture, and to honor the resilience and activism of LGBTQ+ people throughout time. For University of Portland’s Center for Gender and Sexuality (CGS) the observance and celebration is uniquely known as OUTober, a programming series presented by the Center and a variety of campus partners and organizations during LGBTQ+ History Month.  

ALL Students, Faculty and Staff are welcome at ALL programing! 

Schedule of Programming:

  • CGS Grand Opening and National Coming Out Day Celebration! All Welcome! – October 9, 3-5 p.m. – CGS (Orrico Hall, ground floor). Please join us for a celebration of our new space. Light refreshments will be served.
  • Transgender Day of Remembrance Candlelight Vigil – October 9, 7:30 p.m. at the Bell Tower 
  • Healthy Relationships – October 10, 2-3:15 p.m. – Orrico Hall 
  • International Pronouns Day & UP Celebration – October 23, 2-4 p.m. – Library Courtyard 
  • Sexual Health and Wellness  – October 24, 5-6 p.m. – Orrico Hall 
  • Meditation with Mylea (Held in Orrico Hall) 
    • October 4 – 10-10:30 a.m.
    • October 25 – 3-3:30 p.m. 
    • October 30 – 9-9:30 a.m. 
  • Fiction, Faith and Sexuality  – October 29, 4-5 p.m.

Orrico Hall Film Screening Series:

  • Pride – Thursday October 10, 7 p.m. 

Gay and lesbian activists in the UK work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.  

  • Hocus Pocus – Thursday October 24, 7 p.m. 

After moving to Salem, Mass., teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) explores an abandoned house with his sister Dani (Thora Birch) and their new friend, Allison (Vinessa Shaw). After dismissing a story Allison tells as superstitious, Max accidentally frees a coven of evil witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy) who used to live in the house. Now, with the help of a magical cat, the kids must steal the witches’ book of spells to stop them from becoming immortal.  

Questions? Email the Center for Gender and Sexuality (centergs@up.edu).

Film Screening and Discussion: “Everybody’s Work: Healing What Hurts Us All” (Sept. 19)

The School of Nursing & Health Innovations, along with Nurses of Color Collective and the Oregon State Board of Nursing, will host a documentary film screening and panel discussion of Everybody’s Work: Healing What Hurts Us All,  Examining What is Being Done to Address Racism in Nursing and Healthcare by SHIFT Films. 

This compelling documentary, directed by Chad Tingle and produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, uncovers the pervasive issue of racism in healthcare, revealing its harmful effects on patients and nurses alike. The film focuses on the stories of courageous nurses and patients of color across the country, confronting viewers with the reality that racism impacts us all.

Event Details:

Thursday, September 19 – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Buckley Center Auditorium

RSVP is appreciated but not required.

RSVP Here