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04-06-2015

Founders’ Day: Tuesday, April 14

April 13, 2015

The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 14. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after […]

Filed Under: 02-09-2015, 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Academics Tagged With: Founders Day

Retirement, Investment Counseling Sessions: April 14-16

April 13, 2015

University employees’ TIAA-CREF investment counselor, Preston Watts, will be on campus a number of times this spring for individual financial counseling sessions on campus. The next one-on-one counseling sessions will take place on April 14, 15, and 16. Go to www.tiaa-cref.org/schedulenow or call TIAA-CREF at (877) 842-2028, press 5 to schedule an appointment today.

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Campus Services, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resources, Preston Watts, TIAA-CREF

Summer and Fall Book Orders: Please Submit ASAP

April 6, 2015

Faculty who have not already submitted summer and/or fall book orders are asked to please do so as soon as possible. The bookstore will be undertaking a significant remodel during the summer and this will affect the timeline for arrival of the books. Orders can be submitted online at https://www.facultyenlight.com/​ or via e-mail at bright@up.edu. […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Academics, Bookstore, Campus Services Tagged With: Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Erin Bright

Holocaust Remembrance Week, April 12-17

April 6, 2015

The University will host a week of Holocaust Remembrance on campus from April 12-17. All events are free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. To begin the week, the White Rose Exhibition will be in the Clark Library from Sunday, April 12 to the following Sunday, April 19. The exhibit, consisting of […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Holocaust Remembrance Week, Laura McClary, Mikayla Posey, Miriam Greenstein

First Avenue Career & Graduate School Expo, April 9

April 6, 2015

The First Avenue Career and Graduate School Expo will be held on Thursday, April 9, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Chiles Center. There will be more than 100 organizations recruiting for summer, part-time, full-time, and graduate school opportunities. In addition, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., over 30 professionals will share information about […]

Filed Under: 03-16-2015, 04-06-2015, Campus Services, Career Services Tagged With: Career Services, First Avenue Career & Grad School Expo

Divine Laughter Lecture, April 9

April 6, 2015

The Garaventa Center will host a lecture by Anita Houck, “God, Humor & Humanity: From The Iliad to The Onion” on Thursday, April 9, at 7:15 p.m., in the Holy Cross Lounge in Franz Hall. Her talk is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Houck is chairwoman of religious studies at […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, Academics, Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Anita Houck, Beckman Humor Project, Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler

Engineering Student Chika Eke Wins NSF Fellowship

April 6, 2015

Senior mechanical engineering student Chika Eke has been awarded a prestigious graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Eke, of Sacramento, Calif., has accepted an offer to join the master’s program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The fellowship includes a $34,000 annual stipend for each of three years, and an additional $12,000 is […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, Academics, Shiley School of Engineering Tagged With: Chika Eke, National Science Foundation, Shiley School of Engineering

Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters,” April 10-17

April 6, 2015

The performing and fine arts department will present Anton Chekhov’s play, Three Sisters, from April 10-12 and 15-17, at 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sunday), in Mago Hunt Center Theater. The Prozorovs, a middle-class Russian family stuck in a small provincial town, long for the bright lights of the big city, Moscow. But fortunes are changing […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, Three Sisters

Six UP Students Awarded Fulbright Grants

April 6, 2015

Six University of Portland students have been awarded prestigious Fulbright grants to work and study abroad. Four of the Fulbrights are for English teaching positions in Germany, one is for an English teaching position in Turkey, and the other is for an English teaching position in Mexico. Recipients of the German teaching grants are Megan […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, Academics Tagged With: Erin Petersen, Fulbright Scholars, John Orr, Megan Fitzgerald, Megan Lester, Michelle Wilcox, Mikayla Posey, Rebecca Park

Pre-show Panel, Social for “Three Sisters,” April 11

April 6, 2015

Prior to the Saturday, April 11 performance of Three Sisters by Anton Chekov, all ticket holders are invited to enjoy complimentary wine and cheese while listening to campus experts Candace McLean, theology, Mindi Logan, theater, and Elise Moentmann, history, as they highlight production details and illuminate important themes in the play. The reception begins at […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, Academics, Events, Garaventa Center, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Anton Chekov, Candace McLean, Elise Moentmann, Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler, Mindi Logan, Performing and Fine Arts, Three Sisters

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Nick McRee, Sociology and Social Work, published “Academic debate and civic engagement in adolescence and young adulthood: evidence from a national longitudinal study.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 61(3–4), 323–338. He also published “When Chairs Shield Faculty from Service Opportunities: Protecting Colleagues or Hindering Community?” The Department Chair, 36(3), 11-13.

Katie Danielson, Education, was awarded a grant from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $374,940.00 for the “Collaborating Towards Transformational Visions for Digital School Systems” project. Danielson also published “Learning to let go: Transformations in teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about classroom discussion.” Co-authors: Gotwalt, E., Kavanagh, S. Teaching and Teacher Education. January 2026

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “From monoamine deficits to multiscale plasticity: Twenty-five years of ketamine and the neurophysiology of depression.” Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00516.2025.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, facilitated a multi-day series of invited leadership development workshops for the staff team at Lutherhaven Ministries in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Houglum led six interactive sessions focused on DiSC-informed leadership, coaching-centered leadership, servant leadership and accompaniment, powerful feedback, and the co-creation of team commitments to support healthy culture and sustainable impact. In addition, Houglum provided multiple individual leadership coaching sessions for staff members throughout the engagement. January 2026.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published the following articles in VoiceAfrique.org: “The Saturated Wisdom of Saint Joseph: Relevant Virtues for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025). December 19, 2025. “The Gift of the Nativity is Grounded in an Ethics of Neighborliness.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025). December 24, 2025. “The Spirituality of Ambition and the Grace of the Incarnation.” Reflections on the Readings for the Vigil Mass of Christmas, 2025. December 24, 2025. “The Theotokos: A Mirror in Which We Discover Ourselves as Bearers of God’s Life to Each Other.” (Reflection on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.) December 31, 2025. “Jesus Christ: The Revealer of the Grace of Encounters and an Embrace of Difference.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. January 4, 2026.) January 3, 2026. “Christian Baptism as a Summon for Global Justice: What We Must Embrace for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. January 11, 2026.) January 10, 2026. Aihiokhai also published a review of The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza. Edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer. Orbis Books, 2025. Catholicbooksreview.org

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

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