Maitripa College, the first and only Tibetan college in the Pacific Northwest, will host His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, on the University of Portland campus on Thursday, May 9, for the first of two public Portland events of The Dalai Lama Environmental Summit on May 9 and May 11. The University is […]
Events
Impact Of Catholic Education
All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend “The Impact of Catholic Education in America,” a conference to be held June 20-22, 2013 on the University of Portland campus, according to Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center. The conference, coordinated and cosponsored with the School of Education and the PACE program, brings together teachers, school administrators, […]
Baccalaureate Mass
The Baccalaureate Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, May 4, at 5:30 p.m., in the Chiles Center. Graduates and faculty will assemble at 4:30 p.m. in the north corridors of the Chiles Center. The academic procession will begin promptly at 4:50 p.m. Academic regalia will be worn. According to campus ministry, this will be the […]
Let Us Commence
Noted ethicist and scholar Kirk Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, will address the 2013 University of Portland spring commencement exercises, set for 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 5 at the Earle A. and Virginia H. Chiles Center. Hanson will receive an honorary doctorate as part of […]
McNerney-Hanson Ethics Bowl
The first annual McNerney-Hanson Ethics Bowl was held on Saturday, April 20, according to CAS dean Michael Andrews. The event was sponsored by Andrews, who serves as the McNerney-Hanson Endowed Chair in Ethics, with additional support from the Dundon-Berchtold Ethics Grant. Two UP teams took part: one team of graduate students from Pamplin School of […]
Bringing Eyes Of Faith To Film
The Garaventa Center will present the spring semester’s final installment of the Bringing Eyes of Faith To Film Series with a screening of “The Avengers” on Wednesday, April 24, at 7:15 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 319. The movie and presentation are free and open to all. Series hosts Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., of the […]
“A Fierce Green Fire” Screening
The University of Portland and Neighbors for Clean Air (NCA) will present a screening of the film “A Fierce Green Fire: Stories of the Environmental Movement,” followed by a question and answer session with environmental activist Lois Gibbs, on Saturday, April 27, from 4 to 6:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The screening and Q […]
UP Orchestra Concert
The University of Portland Orchestra closes the 2012-2013 concert season with “Light out of Shadow,” a joint concert with the Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland. Performances are Saturday, April 20, at All Saints Parish, 3847 NE Glisan St., Portland, and Tuesday, April 23, in Buckley Center Auditorium, both at 7:30 p.m. The groups will perform […]
The Great Fire of 1969
Early on the morning of April 18, 1969 a five-alarm fire destroyed three wooden structures on campus on the site of what are now Mago Hunt Center and the Oddo Memorial by Franz Hall. Lost in the blaze were Education Hall (which housed the theater and AFROTC), Music Hall, and a smaller building which was […]
Sam Jam Basketball Fundraiser
The second annual Sam Jam will take place on Tuesday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m., in the Chiles Center. Members of the Pilot men’s and women’s basketball teams will compete in a wheelchair basketball game against the Portland Wheelblazers of Oregon Disability Sports to raise money for Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA). Sam Jam was […]