The University history department and its Rho Pi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honors society, hosted the Northwest Regional Conference on April 4-6. It is the largest regional conference in the country and included 140 student presenters from over 20 different schools around the region, including University of Idaho, Montana State University/Billings, Gonzaga University, Western Washington University, Portland State, and Linfield College. Eight students from UP presented their research at the conference. The conference program can be found at http://wordpress.up.edu/history/2013-pat-conference-info/.
Events
Africa Live! Coming to UP
The International Club is hosting Africa Live! on Saturday, April 13, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., in the Mehling Ballroom. This event showcases the African culture and heritage represented by international students on campus. Julius Achon, former Lord’s Resistance Army child solider and a 1996 and 2000 Olympian for Uganda, will speak about his life and his organization, the Achon Uganda Children’s Fund. Congolese musician Melodie d’Amour will close out the party with a performance of Afrobeat. Students will share stories about their home country and a light dinner of dishes spanning the African continent will be served. This event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Krista Kennedy, international student services, at kennedyk@up.edu.
Peter Ames Carlin Lecture
Portland author Peter Ames Carlin will present a lecture, “Revolving Sounds: How the Beatles and the Beach Boys Created Art-Rock in the 1960s,” on Tuesday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. His talk is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.
Carlin has written critically acclaimed biographies of Paul McCartney (Paul McCartney: A Life, 2010), Brian Wilson (Catch A Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, 2007), and Bruce Springsteen (Bruce, 2012). His talk will contrast the personal and creative stories behind the work of Lennon & McCartney and Beach Boys founder and composer Brian Wilson. Carlin will explore an intriguing paradox: while the Beatles’ creative explosion was fueled by confidence and collaboration, Brian Wilson’s creativity grew out of deep-seated fear and a stiffening resistance to his creative impulses, yet both sets of creators were chasing the same ideal and inspiring one another along the way. The lecture is an offshoot of the honors course in progress, “Beatles, Beach Boys, and God,” led by Brad Franco, history, and Michael Cameron, theology.
For more information contact Cameron at 7369 or cameronm@up.edu.
2013 Bauccio Lecture: Larry Baer
San Francisco Giants chief executive officer Larry Baer will deliver the annual Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneurship on Thursday, April 11, at 4:15 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.
Baer is known as a leading visionary in the world of professional sports. Under his direction, the Giants opened Pacific Bell Park in 2000 to widespread acclaim, won baseball’s World Series in 2010 and 2012, and are one of only four teams to exceed three million in attendance for eight consecutive years (2000-2007). Baer was marketing director for the Giants from 1980 to 1983 and has been a key strategist for the organization since 1992, when he was named executive president. He has been CEO since 2012.
The Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneurship was established with a $250,000 Defining Moment Campaign gift from Fedele Bauccio ’64, ’66 and his wife, Linda. The gift enables the University to offer a forum for guest speakers to share ideas and experiences about how new ventures are created. A major portion of each lecture is devoted to a spirited question and answer session. Bauccio, who paid his way through school and began his career by working in the University’s cafeteria, is now CEO of Bon Appétit, an onsite custom restaurant company with more than 400 cafés in colleges and businesses around the country. For more information contact the Center for Entrepreneurship at 7769 or ecenter@up.edu.
Theology Thursday Lecture
Sr. Kathleen McManus, OP, theology, will present “Light of Nations? Reading Lumen Gentium in the 21st Century” as part of the Theology Thursdays lecture series on Thursday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center room 310. The lecture is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.
Lumen Gentium (The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church), one of the principal documents of the Second Vatican Council, set forth a prophetic vision of the Church as sign and source of communion for the world. After tracing the evolution in ecclesiology that paved the way for Vatican II, and examining the theological evolution of the document itself, McManus will draw upon insights emerging from the interface of theology and evolutionary science in order to explore the fertile promise of Lumen Gentium for today’s paradoxically globalized yet painfully fragmented world.
For more information contact the theology department at 7274 or theo@up.edu.
Theology Thursday Lecture
Sr. Kathleen McManus, OP, theology, will present “Light of Nations? Reading Lumen Gentium in the 21st Century” as part of the Theology Thursdays lecture series on Thursday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center room 310. The lecture is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.
Lumen Gentium (The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church), one of the principal documents of the Second Vatican Council, set forth a prophetic vision of the Church as sign and source of communion for the world. After tracing the evolution in ecclesiology that paved the way for Vatican II, and examining the theological evolution of the document itself, McManus will draw upon insights emerging from the interface of theology and evolutionary science in order to explore the fertile promise of Lumen Gentium for today’s paradoxically globalized yet painfully fragmented world.
For more information contact the theology department at 7274 or theo@up.edu.
Science And Religion Lecture
Shannon Mayer, physics, and Rev. Thomas Hosinski, C.S.C., theology, will discuss the possibilities surrounding the integration of science and faith when they present “Science and Religion” on Wednesday, April 10, at 4 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. Their talk, sponsored by the Garaventa Center, is free and open to all.
Mayer will provide examples of how faith and science are integrated in the life of a professional scientist. Hosinski will reflect on how religion and science complement each other, so that together they give us a deeper understanding of reality. The lecture will be preceded by a brief ceremony presenting the annual Garaventa High School essay contest awards, beginning at 4 p.m. For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or powell@up.edu.
Founders Day, Tuesday April 9
The University’s annual Founders Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 9. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after 4 p.m. will be held as usual. Founders Day was first celebrated at the University in 1902, when University founder Most Rev. Alexander Christie visited the school he had established on The Bluff the summer before. For more information, including a schedule of the day’s events, go to www.up.edu/foundersday.
Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise”
The performing and fine arts department will present Franz Schubert’s Winterreise (“Winter’s Journey”) on Sunday, April 7, at 3 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Schubert’s masterwork will be performed by acclaimed pianist John Wustman, who will join faculty member Nicole Leupp Hanig in performing the set of twenty-four songs with texts by German romantic poet Wilhelm Müller. Wustman’s musical career began in the 1950s with Robert Shaw and went on to include lengthy associations with singers such as Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig, Carlo Bergonzi, and Luciano Pavarotti. For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.
Science And Religion Lecture
Shannon Mayer, physics, and Rev. Thomas Hosinski, C.S.C., theology, will discuss the possibilities surrounding the integration of science and faith when they present “Science and Religion” on Wednesday, April 10, at 4 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. Their talk, sponsored by the Garaventa Center, is free and open to all.
Mayer will provide examples of how faith and science are integrated in the life of a professional scientist. Hosinski will reflect on how religion and science complement each other, so that together they give us a deeper understanding of reality. The lecture will be preceded by a brief ceremony presenting the annual Garaventa High School essay contest awards, beginning at 4 p.m. For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 503-943-7702 or powell@up.edu.