Mark your calendar for April 3-4, noon to noon, and get ready for one of the biggest days of the year for the University of Portland! #PilotsGive is a day of worldwide Pilot pride that raises critical support for scholarships, programs, innovative learning experiences, and student success. Will you help the University set a record with $1M in annual […]
03-11-2019
“Turning a Pope’s Reputation Upside Down,” March 27
Mark Ruff, professor of history at Saint Louis University, will offer a lecture entitled “Turning a Pope’s Reputation Upside Down: Pope Pius XII and Nazi Germany” on Wednesday, March 27, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. The lecture is free and open to all. In his talk, Ruff will examine how, after the […]
TIAA Representative on Campus March 26-28
A representative from TIAA, which administers the University’s retirement accounts, will be on campus on March 26-28, according to Laura Barnard, human resources. Financial counseling appointments with Rebecca Rohleder (pictured) are available during work hours on those days in the Career Center in Orrico Hall. Schedule your appointment today at www.tiaa-cref.org/schedulenow or by calling TIAA at 877.842.2028 (press 5 […]
Poetry Reading: Laura Read, March 26
Poet Laura Read will present her work in a reading on Tuesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore. The reading is free and open to all. Laura Read’s chapbook The Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You won the Floating Bridge Chapbook Award in 2010, and her first full-length collection, Instructions […]
“Amazing Grace” with Christopher Pramuk, March 20
The Garaventa Center invites all faculty, staff, students, and the public to a free lecture, “Amazing Grace: Diversity, Deep Listening, and the Anatomy of a Song,” presented by Christopher Pramuk, on Wednesday, March 20, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. Pramuk, who serves as chair of Ignatian Thought and Imagination at Regis University, […]
Call for Participants: CAS Fellows Program Pilot Initiative
Are you interested in developing innovative undergraduate research projects in a supported environment? Have you considered connecting your teaching and scholarship with the wider public but haven’t been sure where to start? The Humanities Collaborative invites faculty from across all disciplines to an informational meeting on Thursday, March 14, at 8:30 a.m., in the Clark […]
Nominations Welcome for Oddo Scholarship
Shortly after his untimely death in 1989, University president Rev. Thomas Oddo, C.S.C., was memorialized by faculty, staff, students, and friends with the establishment of an endowed scholarship fund named after him. Every year the University awards scholarship funds in Fr. Oddo’s name to one or more students who meet a set of criteria which includes demonstrated […]
International Night, March 22: All Welcome!
The University of Portland will celebrate its annual International Night in support of continuing Diversity Dialogues on Friday, March 22, beginning at 5 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. The annual event is a night for the campus and community to come together and celebrate everything that international cultures contribute to the world. The event is free and […]
Visiting Professor Wei Feng Lectures, March 18, 19
The English Department and the Honors Program are sponsoring Dr. Wei Feng, Fangwu Professor of English at North East Normal University in Changchun, China, to present two lectures on campus. Feng is currently a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Yale University, where he is working on a project titled “Americanizing Shakespeare in the Nineteenth Century: A […]
Faith & Intellectual Life Discussion Group, March 22
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be Friday, March 22, 3:30 to 5 p.m., in the Clark Library Conference Room (please note the change of venue from previous meetings this year). We will be reading “Archbishop Desmond Tutu: The Essence of What It Means to be Human” by Keymanthri […]