As the nation commemorates 100 years of Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps excellence this year, the University of Portland celebrates the 20th anniversary of being a host campus for Army ROTC cadets. Please join Army ROTC on Friday, April 1, at 6 a.m., for their Anniversary Run around campus, followed by light breakfast refreshments afterward. Runners will meet up at Prusynski Pitch and wil finish in front of the Pilot House and then move into Howard Hall for refreshments.
For more information, visit the Army ROTC office in Howard Hall or call 8060, or email Dennis McGee, Army ROTC, at mcgee@up.edu.
University offices will be closed and no classes will be held on Friday, March 25, in observance of Good Friday, according to Tom Greene, provost. The closing actually begins at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 24; no classes should continue beyond that time, and other events, apart from those connected with the religious observance of Holy Week, should not be scheduled from that time through Monday, March 28.
Campus Ministry will offer a number of services in celebration and observance of Holy Week, all in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher:
Give yourself the gift of quiet meditation during this most holy time of Lent. Join with members of the UP community as we pray with illuminations from The Saint John’s Bible each week on Tuesdays during Lent (except for Spring Break week) at 12:45 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. This form of prayer is called Visio Divina. You will be guided through a 40-minute meditation using one of the stunning illuminations from The Saint John’s Bible as the focal point. Visio Divina is co-sponsored by Campus Ministry and the Garaventa Center.
Mitchell R. Wayne, a professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, will present the 2016 Hesburgh Lecture, “Einstein: How One Mild-Mannered Physicist Changed the Way We Understand Our World,” on Monday, March 21, in Franz Hall Room 120, at 7:15 p.m. His talk is free and open to the public.
All University community members are invited to meet in Mehling Ballroom on Tuesday, March 22, from 7-8:30 p.m., for an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to come together, share personal experiences, and collaborate about how to make UP a more racially inclusive community. This event is co-sponsored by the Presidential Advisory Committee on Inclusion (PACOI), Black Lives Matter@UP, The Student Association of Social Workers and the Office of Student Activities.
Author, commentator, and New York Times columnist David Brooks will speak on Wednesday, March 16, at 7 p.m., in the Chiles Center. Tickets are $25 for reserved floor and theater seats and $20 for reserved bleacher seats. Faculty and staff are able to purchase two tickets at a reduced price of $10 through the Chiles Center Box Office only. Faculty and staff wishing to purchase additional tickets will pay the stated rates of $20 or $25 per ticket depending on the section. A total of 650 free tickets are available for UP students with a limit of one ticket per person. When those tickets are gone, UP students may purchase a ticket for $10.
Award-winning essayist and critic William Deresiewicz will present the keynote lecture, titled “The Self in Society and the Humanity in Both,” for English department’s annual Northwest Undergraduate Conference on Literature (NUCL) on Saturday, March 19, at 1:45 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. His lecture is free and open to the public.
Dale Recinella, chaplain for Florida’s death row, will explore challenges to the death penalty rooted in sacred Scripture on Monday, March 14, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 120. His talk is free and open to all.
On Thursday, March 17, at approximately 10:15 a.m., the University of Portland will conduct an emergency lockdown drill. All members of the UP community are asked to shelter in place for a short period of time. All will receive notification when the emergency drill begins and will also be notified at the end of the drill. The lockdown drill is part of a regular series of emergency preparedness exercises at the University.