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03-24-2014

Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneur­ship, March 27

walter-robb150The 2014 Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneurship will be delivered by Whole Foods Market co-CEO Walter Robb III on Thursday, March 27, at 4:15 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to all faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the public.

Robb joined Whole Foods in 1991, operating the Mill Valley, Calif., store until he became president of the Northern Pacific Region in 1993. In that capacity he grew the region from two to 17 stores. He became executive vice president of operations in 2000, chief operating officer in 2001, and co-president in 2004. In 2010, Robb was named co-CEO (along with John Mackey) and joined the Whole Foods Market board of directors. Robb is an ardent organic advocate who works in his own organic garden. He serves on several boards and is chairman for the Whole Kids Foundation.

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 stage a series of lectures with visiting entrepreneurs. Bauccio is CEO of Bon Appetit, an onsite custom restaurant company which controls all beverage and food at over 170 locations in 26 states and employs more than 8,000 people.

Past lecturers include San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer, polar explorer and environmental leader Robert Swan, Continental Mills CEO John Heily, former WalMart executive Jack Shewmaker, and, in 2003, Fedele Bauccio.

For more information contact Peter Rachor, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, at 7782 or rachor@up.edu.

Larson, Hiro Receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grants for 2014-2015

MollyLars150University professors Lars Erik Larson and Molly Hiro have been selected to receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar Teaching Grants to India for the 2014-2015 academic year. Larson and Hiro are both English professors at the University, and a married couple as well. They joined the faculty in 2005. Larson and Hiro anticipate that they will serve for one semester at a university or set of universities in India, possibly New Delhi. The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board will inform them of their destination at a later date.

Hiro was an award-winning teacher at UCLA before coming to UP, and currently serves as chair of the English department. Her academic areas of expertise include African-American writers, American women writers, multi-ethnic American literature, American literature and social change, nineteenth-century American literature, and American modernism.

Larson also taught at UCLA before coming to Portland, and his academic interests include twentieth-century American literature, nineteenth-century American literature, western American literature, literature and the visual arts, cultural geography, literature of the environment, and spatiality nonfiction. He received the University of Portland Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award in 2013.

Since 1996, there have been a total of 13 Faculty Fulbrights awarded to professors at the University of Portland, including business professor Arjun Chatrath in 2005; English professor John McDonald, education professor Blaine Ackley, and business professors Richard Gritta and Mark Meckler in 2007; and biology professor Katie O’Reilly in 2012.

The United States Fulbright program began in 1946 after World War II to “assist in the development of friendly, sympathetic and peaceful relations between the United States and other countries of the world” through the exchange of students, scholars and professionals. The program operates in more than 140 countries worldwide.

For more information contact Molly Hiro, English, at hiro@up.edu.

2013-2014 Butine Recipients

FrederkingMarch10The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined the award recipients of the 2013-2014 Butine Faculty Development Fund spring cycle, according to committee chair Lauretta Frederking, political science. Due to the large number of proposals received and the limited amount of funds available ($17,730), the committee was unable to fund all qualified proposals. This spring’s Butine Award recipients are:

  • Ami Ahern-Rindell, biology: Society of Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) Annual Meeting, $842
  • Barbara Braband, nursing: Association of Community Health Nurse Educators (ACHNE), $1,500
  • Hannah Callender, mathematics: Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, $1,500
  • Andrea Castanette, international languages and cultures: Nicaragua Service-Learning Immersion Program, $1,500
  • Sr. Carol Dempsey, theology: Catholic Biblical Association of America International Conference, $759
  • Alice Gates, social work: Annual Meeting, Assoc. Of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD), $1,012
  • Cara Hersh, English: International Congress of the New Chaucer Society, $995
  • Sr. Angela Hoffman, chemistry: National American Chemical Society Meeting, $1,500
  • Rev. Tom Hosinski, C.S.C., theology: Special Divine Action 2014 Ian Ramsey Center Conference, $1,500
  • Kevin Jones, social work: The 31st Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, $1,422
  • James Jurinski, business administration: Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual National Conference, $800
  • Katie O’Reilly, biology: Pacific Seabird Group 41st Annual Meeting, $1,500
  • Jacqueline Waggonner, education: American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, $1,400
  • Rev. Ron Wasowkski, C.S.C., environmental studies: A Roman, Jewish, and Christian Necropolis in Pollentia, Mallorca, $1,500.

For more information contact Frederking at tas@up.edu.

DJ Wilson Leadership Speaker Series Lecture, March 24

DJ WilsonDJ Wilson, president and general manager of KGW Media Group Portland since 2007, will be the guest speaker for the University of Portland’s Leadership Speaker Series at 7:10 p.m. on Monday, March 24, in Buckley Center Auditorium. Her talk is free and open to faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the public.

Wilson is president of the Professional Advisory Board for the Edward R. Murrow College of Communications at Washington State University, and has served two terms on the board of governors of the WSU Foundation. In 2012, Wilson was inducted into the Edward R. Murrow Hall of Achievement and received the Portland Business Journal “No Glass Ceiling” female leadership award.

The Leadership Speaker Series features business leaders and innovators from around the region and is sponsored by the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation and the Pamplin School of Business Administration. For more information contact the Franz Center at 7769 or the Pamplin School at 7224.

Andrew Cohen Lecture on Using Language, Culture Learning, March 26

Andrew Cohen pic_2.jpgAndrew D. Cohen will present a lecture on using language and culture learning strategies to develop higher levels of proficiency and intercultural competency on Wednesday, March 26, at 4:15 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 123, according to Jeffrey White, international languages and cultures. The lecture is free and open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the public.

Cohen is a leading researcher in the applied linguistics field of language and culture learning strategies. He co-edited Language Learning Strategies with Ernesto Macaro, (2007), co-authored Teaching and Learning Pragmatics with Noriko Ishihara (2010), and most recently authored the second edition of Strategies in Learning and Using A Second Language (2011).

The presentation has been made possible through funding from international languages and cultures, the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Education, School of Engineering, School of Nursing, the McNerney-Hanson Endowed Chair in Ethics, and the Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO). Cohen’s visit will include a full day of meetings with a variety of UP faculty, staff, and students who are involved with efforts to internationalize curriculum and programming.

For more information, contact White at 7141 or white@up.edu.

Lenten Services

station_10Campus ministry and the Garaventa Center host Visio Divina each Wednesday during Lent at 12:45 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. All are welcome to spend time in contemplative prayer, focusing on beautiful images from the St. John’s Bible.

On Fridays during Lent, the Stations of the Cross are prayed at 4:30p.m. in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. This prayer walks participants through the story of Christ’s passion and crucifixion.

For more information contact campus ministry at 7131 or ministry@up.edu.

Bringing Eyes of Faith To Film: “Thor,” March 25

thorThe Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film Series will present “Thor: The Dark World” on Tuesday, March 25, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 006. Hosts Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C. use the series to illuminate unexpected themes of grace and redemption in popular contemporary movies. In “Thor: The Dark World,” when Jane Foster is possessed by a great power, Thor must protect her from a new threat of old times: the Dark Elves. Free, public welcome, movie snacks provided. For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or powell@up.edu.

Beacon Staffers Win Ethics-Focused Journalism Internships

BEACONSnowdenInternsNastacia,Kate,Kelsey.jpgThe Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism has chosen three Beacon staffers for its paid summer internship program, which places student journalists at media outlets around the state of Oregon.

Beacon “Living” editor Kate Stringer will divide her time reporting for the Portland Tribune and Forest Grove News-TImes; editor-in-chief Kelsey Thomas will report for the Mail Tribune in Medford; and Beacon reporter Nastacia Voisin will intern for the News-Register in McMinnville. Each will have an experienced mentor editor, who will work closely with them for 10 weeks.

The Snowden Program is based at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication, and honors the legacy of Charles Snowden, a longtime editor at the Oregon Journal and Oregonian. A key component of the internship program is reviewing ethical practices in the context of journalism. Interns are chosen based on their potential for successful media careers based on journalism experience, commitment to ethics, passion for journalism and academic achievement.

For more information contact Nancy Copic, stuent activities, at 7470 or copic@up.edu.

RefWorks Workshops Available Now

refworks2The Clark Library is offering introductory RefWorks workshops, according to Diane Sotak, library. RefWorks can be used to manage information sources and used with Word to create footnotes, in-text citations, and bibliographies in many citation styles. Faculty, students, and staff are welcome to attend. More details available here: http://tinyurl.com/mmalkev.