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02-04-2019

Clark Library Digital Lab: Last Week of Spring Workshops

February 1, 2019

It’s not too late to try something new in 2019! There is still space in the last few spring Digital Lab workshops. Creating Electronic Music will introduce recording basics using GarageBand and Ableton Live 9. Introduction to Illustrator will focus on creating posters. Lighting Basics will cover techniques that can be used when making videos […]

Filed Under: 02-04-2019, Academics, Library Tagged With: Clark Library, Clark Library Digital Lab

Clark Library Survey: Jan. 28 – Feb. 11

February 1, 2019

The Clark Library surveys the University community every three years to better understand everyone’s needs, and to gauge satisfaction with our current services and resources. We invite staff and faculty to take the survey by using this link. Responses are anonymous, but you can provide an email to be included in drawings for Powell’s gift […]

Filed Under: 01-28-2019, 02-04-2019, Academics, Library Tagged With: Clark Library, Clark Library Survey

ReadUP Website: See the Latest!

February 1, 2019

The ReadUP website has been updated to include several photos of people all over campus reading this year’s book, and also a video by Lars Larson, English, highlighting compelling elements and possible takeaways from the book, at this link. For more information contact Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, at eifler@up.edu.

Filed Under: 02-04-2019, Academics, Campus Services, Garaventa Center, ReadUP Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler, Lars Larson, ReadUP

CISGO Diversity, Inclusion, and Internationalization Grants – Deadline extended

February 1, 2019

In support of Vision 2020 and the University of Portland mission, the Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) will continue the University-wide efforts to infuse a greater sense of internationalization and diversity into the UP community. Faculty and professional staff are invited to submit a grant proposal to advance diversity and inclusion on […]

Filed Under: 02-04-2019, 04-01-2019, Academics, Campus Services, CISGO Tagged With: CISGO, Eduardo Contreras Jr., Lisa Reed, Vision 2020

Music at Midweek: Jonathan Govias Lecture, Feb. 6

February 1, 2019

The next Music at Midweek will feature orchestral faculty candidate Jonathan Govias lecturing on music history at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Free and open to all. For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 02-04-2019, Academics, Music at Midweek, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Jonathan Govias, Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts

2019 Difference Award Winners

February 1, 2019

The athletics department would like to acknowledge this year’s winners of the Difference Award. Each year, student-athletes nominate professors on campus who made a difference in their life. The definition is left intentionally vague, allowing students to reflect on the many ways a Professor may have made a difference to them. This year’s professors are: […]

Filed Under: 02-04-2019, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Difference Award, Jeffrey White, Matt Welch, Shannon Mayer, Todd Easton

Men & Women Pilot Basketball, Feb. 7, 9

February 1, 2019

Pilot basketball fans can look forward t0 a week full of WCC action and fun promotions. First, the Pilots men’s basketball team takes on BYU for “Portland Night” on Thursday, February 7. Come celebrate everything that makes this city special, with tip-off set for 7 p.m. Next up is Saturday, February 9, another double-dribble day […]

Filed Under: 02-04-2019, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics

Revised CISGO Vision and Mission Statements

February 1, 2019

The Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) has new vision and mission statements, according to Lisa Reed, business. In fall 2018, CISGO sponsored a Vision and Mission Review workshop for staff and faculty. Under the facilitation of CISGO executive board member Casey Shillam, nursing, the group contributed ideas about what the CISGO values […]

Filed Under: 02-04-2019, Academics, Campus Services, CISGO Tagged With: Casey Shillam, CISGO, Kimberly Ilosvay

Upcoming Thirst Friday, Feb. 8

February 1, 2019

All staff and faculty are warmly invited to enjoy tasty food, drinks, and good company at the next Thirst Friday from 4-6 p.m. on February 8 in the Garaventa Center, Franz 330. Celebrate friendships old and new, discover potential cross-campus collaborations, and try this month’s tasting menu! Accompanying our usual array of snacks and beverages […]

Filed Under: 01-28-2019, 02-04-2019, Academics, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler, Napoleon Dynamite, Thirst Friday

Concerts A-Plenty: Feb. 10, 17

February 1, 2019

The performing and fine arts department will present a number of concerts in the coming weeks, according to David De Lyser, PFA: Brothers Sing On: A Celebration of Male Choral Singing, Saturday, February 10, 3 p.m., Buckley Center Auditorium. Free, all welcome. Featuring men’s choruses from the University of Portland, Pacific University, PCC-Rock Creek, Liberty High School, Pacific […]

Filed Under: 02-04-2019, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: David DeLyser, Performing and Fine Arts

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Natalie Nelson-Marsh presented “From fieldnotes to futures: Organizational communication in the age of AI”. National Communication Association Pre-Conference, Elevating Organizational Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. November, 2025.

Ian Parkman, Business, published “Lead Value Design Insight: Leveraging the Van Westendorp PSM for Design for Meaningfulness Pricing Strategies.” Co-author: Arto Ruokonen. Design Management Review (Vol. 36, No.4)

Three faculty members from International Languages and Cultures participated in the 122nd annual conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), November 20-23 in San Francisco. Verena Hutter presented “Embodied Memory: Holocaust Tattoos and Postmemory,” served as presiding officer of all three sessions of Austrian Studies, and chaired one of them. María Echenique presented “A Precursor of ‘Feminism from the Zulos’ by Dahlia de la Cerda” and served as presiding officer and chair of the session Spain, Portugal, and Latin America: Jewish Culture and Literature in Trans-Iberia. Matthew Warshawsky presented “A ‘Tenth Muse’ in 1600s Sephardic Amsterdam: Isabel Rebeca Correa, Translator, Poet, and Feminist” and served as presiding officer and chair of the Jewish Literature and Culture session. 

Andra Davis, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “Nursing faculty perceptions and Integration of primary palliative care content in undergraduate education: National and local institution assessments.” Co-authors: Lippe, M., Wolf, A., Cormack, C. L., Ehrlich, O., Glover, T. L., and Kirkpatrick, A. J.  Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 27(6), 280-289.

Don Norton, Performing and Fine Arts, performed a Tour of Louisiana with jazz quartet Facing West, with performances at Nicholls State University (Thibodaux), University of Louisiana at Monroe, and Louisiana Tech University (Ruston). November 5-7, 2025.

Kristin Sweeney, Environmental Science, published “Topographic, climatic, and age controls on the reworking of volcanic debris avalanche deposits.” Co-author: Major, J.J. Bull Volcanol 87, 115 (2025).

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “Rethinking Advent Hope as Covenantal Bond. Reflections on the Readings for First Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. November 30, 2025. Aihiokhai also published “A Disruptive Content of Hope: Awakening the Human Imagination to New Possibilities. Reflections on the Readings of the Second Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 7, 2025. 

Rachel Wheeler, Theology, presented “Traces in the Sand: Wisdom from the Christian Desert Tradition for a Time of Collapse.” Aldo & Estella Leopold Writing Residency lecture presented at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM, November 18, 2025.

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, presented “Difficult-To-Treat Depression: Bottlenecks, Evolving Biology, and Where Ketamine-Class Treatments Fit.” An invited presentation for the Behavioral Health Integration ECHO, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ (virtual). December, 2025.

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