The Clark Library is seeking exhibit proposals from University of Portland students, faculty, and staff to be displayed in the Library’s main level gallery during the 2018–19 academic year. The gallery exhibits work that features the diversity of scholarship and culture on campus, as well as UP’s history. Visit the gallery page for more details and the […]
04-09-2018
An Earth Day Challenge: What Can You Do To Help?
This April, Fr. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C. and the Presidential Advisory Committee on Sustainability (PACOS) are challenging the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Portland to make a commitment to take at least one tangible step that is within your own control toward increasing sustainability on campus. Turn off your office lights? Use […]
2018 Founders’ Day: Tuesday, April 10
The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 10. 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 […]
2017-2018 Butine Faculty Development Spring Cycle Recipients
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2017-2018 Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring cycle, according to committee chair Matthew Kuhn, engineering. Congratulations are in order for the Butine award recipients: Aihiokhai, Simon: Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, Sarjevo, Bosnia-Hezogovina, July 26-29, 2018—$2000 Astorga, Christina: Catholic Theological Society of […]
UP Relay For Life, April 14
On Saturday, April 14, ASUP will be hosting the annual Relay for Life as a part of the Molly Hightower Day of Service. The University of Portland is one of many groups holding similar events around the nation to raise money for the American Cancer Society and build community bonds in support of cancer fighters. […]
TLC Blog: National Campaign to Change Direction
How would it look to think about student mental health as less a matter of individual intervention, and more a collective cultural endeavor? This week’s installment of the mental health series on the Teaching & Learning Community Blog considers that question by drawing resources from the national Campaign to Change Direction, a public health effort to shift […]
The UP/C.S.C. Connection Runs Deep
Did you know about the University of Portland/Holy Cross connection? Members of the Congregation of Holy Cross have been at the University of Portland since 1902. The way that UP does its work is very much influenced by the history and charisms of Holy Cross. Fr. Jim Gallagher, C.S.C., Campus Ministry, explains the deep connections […]
Moliere’s “Tartuffe” Opens April 13
The performing and fine arts department will present Tartuffe by Moliere, directed by Gregory Pulver, from April 13-15 and 19-21, in Mago Hunt Center Theater. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., except Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are available by calling the Hunt Center Box Office at x7287 or magohuntboxoffice@up.edu. One of Moliere’s most famous and influential theatrical […]
Big Wins for The Beacon
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) just announced winners and finalists in its Mark of Excellence Awards for college media in Region 10, which is made up of colleges and universities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Beacon won nine First Place awards, and those winners advance to the national SPJ Mark of Excellence competition in these categories: […]
Apply For Sabbaticals by June 15
Applications for sabbaticals for the 2019-2020 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2018. All materials including letter from the dean to the provost are due to the provost’s office by September 3, 2018. Faculty eligible to apply for a sabbatical must have completed seven […]