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04-11-2016

Pilot Kids Camps Are Here!

June 15, 2018

Pilot Kids Camp registrations are still being accepted by the recreational services office for all sessions. The ever-popular camps offer games, arts and crafts, sports, and tons of fun for kids who will be in grades 1-6 in fall 2018.  Camp runs 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]

Filed Under: 03-26-2018, 04-02-2018, 04-09-2018, 04-11-2016, 05-14-2018, 05-21-2018, 05-28-2018, 06-04-2018, 06-18-2018, Athletics, Campus Services, Recreational Services Tagged With: Brian Dezzani, Pilot Kids Camps, Recreational Services

Pilot Kids Camp Coming Up

April 22, 2016

Kid camper with counselor

Pilot Kids Camp registrations are now being accepted by the recreational services office. The ever-popular camps offer games, arts & crafts, sports, and tons of fun for kids from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., M-Th., and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Fridays over summer. Forms and more information are available at this link. Special pricing is offered for UP […]

Filed Under: 03-21-2016, 04-11-2016, 04-25-2016, Athletics, Recreational Services Tagged With: Brian Dezzani, Pilot Kids Camp, Recreational Services

Anchors Away, April 28: You’re Invited!

April 22, 2016

All University of Portland faculty and staff are invited to attend Anchors Away on Thursday, April 28, on the bluff behind Bauccio Commons. Please join us as the entire UP family gathers together to celebrate the conclusion of the 2015-16 academic year with a BBQ, beer garden, live music from the Junebugs, and lots of […]

Filed Under: 04-11-2016, 04-25-2016, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Anchors Away, CPB, University events

“The Sacredness of the Ordinary,” with Fr. Tom Hosinski, C.S.C., April 20

April 15, 2016

All are welcome to join the Garaventa Center in honoring distinguished theologian Fr. Tom Hosinski, C.S.C., as he offers his final lecture before retiring at the end of the spring 2016 semester. His lecture, “The Sacredness of the Ordinary,” is set for Wednesday, April 20, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 120. The sacred […]

Filed Under: 04-11-2016, 04-18-2016, Academics, Garaventa Center, Theology Department Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Rev. Thomas Hosinski C.S.C., Theology

Retiring Faculty Ceremony, Reception, April 22

April 15, 2016

The following faculty members have announced their retirement at the conclusion of the spring 2016 semester, according to Kathleen Staten, provost’s office: Robert Butler, environmental sciences Howard Feldman, business Drew Harrington, library Rev. Thomas Hosinski, C.S.C., theology James Seal, business Larry Lewis, business. A ceremony for all 2016 retirees will take place on Friday, April […]

Filed Under: 02-29-2016, 04-11-2016, 04-18-2016, Academics Tagged With: Bob Butler, Drew Harrington, Faculty Retirements 2016, Howard Feldman, Jim Seal, Rev. Thomas Hosinski C.S.C.

$100K Challenge Venture Competition, April 23

April 15, 2016

The Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation will present its annual $100K Challenge Venture Competition on Saturday, April 23, in Shiley Hall room 301. This competition provides students with the opportunity to receive feedback from experts in the entrepreneurial community, win cash prizes, and acquire legal and other services that will help advance an […]

Filed Under: 04-11-2016, 04-18-2016, Academics, Franz Center for Leadership Entrepreneurship and Innovation Tagged With: $100K Challenge Venture Competition, Franz Center for Leadership Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Peter Rachor

Columbia Sportswear Invitation to UP Employees

April 15, 2016

Columbia Sportswear has generously provided University faculty and staff access to their employee store from April 8 through May 8, according to Fr. Gerry Olinger, C.S.C., vice president for University relations. All invitees must bring a form of work ID listed below. This invitation offers UP employees the same pricing as Columbia Sportswear employees; All products […]

Filed Under: 04-11-2016, Campus Services, University Relations Tagged With: Columbia Sportswear, Rev. Gerry Olinger, University Relations

Founders’ Day: Tuesday, April 12

April 8, 2016

The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 12. 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 4 p.m. will […]

Filed Under: 04-04-2016, 04-11-2016, Academics Tagged With: Archbishop Alexander Christie, Founders Day, Provost's Office

Annual Scholarship Luncheon, April 12

April 8, 2016

The University will host its annual Scholarship Luncheon as part of Founders’ Day on Tuesday, April 12, in the Chiles Center. The invite-only luncheon provides an opportunity for scholarship donors and supporters to connect with the students they help to support. During the luncheon, the University will recognize the many alumni, parents, and friends whose […]

Filed Under: 04-11-2016, Academics, Development, Events, University Relations Tagged With: Brian Doyle, John and Patricia Beckman, Ralph Miller, Scholarship Luncheon

“This I Believe,” April 12

April 8, 2016

University of Porltand mathematics students will explore personal axioms for living as they share their responses to the prompt, “This I Believe,” on Tuesday, April 12, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 120. The event is co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Dundon-Berchtold Applied Ethics Initiative. For more information contact the Garaventa Center […]

Filed Under: 04-04-2016, 04-11-2016, Academics, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, This I Believe

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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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