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04-13-2015

Course Packs Due, Please

May 4, 2015

All faculty and instructors must turn in their course pack materials for summer classes to the printing services office before leaving campus at the end of the spring semester, according to Kassie Hansen, printing services. The lead time is needed so printing services staff can obtain copyright permissions and organize the packs for production before […]

Filed Under: 04-13-2015, 04-20-2015, 05-04-2015, Campus Services, Printing Services, University Relations Tagged With: Course Packs, Kassie Hansen, Printing Services

Stationery Orders Due Soon

April 20, 2015

University administrative assistants and office managers are asked to order stationery for the fall 2015 semester, according to Linda Gill, printing services. And order form is available at http://tinyurl.com/lybl8ty. It can be filled out and submitted to stationery@up.edu. Printing services would like to be able to schedule printing of departmental letterhead and envelopes over the […]

Filed Under: 04-13-2015, 04-20-2015, Campus Services, Printing Services Tagged With: Printing Services, Renee Byrd, Stationery Orders

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

New website – we need your help!

April 13, 2015

University of Portland has recently selected Hannon Hill’s Cascade Server as the new content management system for UP’s public website, up.edu. The new CMS will replace Sherpa. To coincide with the installation of the new CMS, the University is also making plans to redesign our public-facing website, up.edu, and we need faculty and staff feedback. […]

Filed Under: 04-13-2015, Academics, Information Services, Marketing & Communications Tagged With: Amy Shelly, CMS, Lisel Stancil

$100K Challenge Venture Competition, April 25

April 13, 2015

The Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation is proud to announce this year’s $100K Challenge Venture Competition on Saturday, April 25, in Shiley Hall room 301. This competition provides students with the opportunity to receive feedback from experts in the entrepreneurial community, win monetary prizes, and acquire legal, accounting and other services that will […]

Filed Under: 04-13-2015, Academics, Franz Center for Leadership Entrepreneurship and Innovation Tagged With: $100K Challenge Venture Competition, Franz Center for Leadership Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Peter Rachor

Immersion Accompanier deadline extended to April 17

April 13, 2015

There’s still time to apply for an Immersion Accompanier position for the 2015-16 year. The application deadline has been extended to Friday, April. 17. If you have a desire to walk alongside students serving and learning from other cultures, socio-economic groups and countries, you are encouraged to apply. All that is required is a commitment […]

Filed Under: 04-13-2015, Campus Services, Moreau Center Tagged With: Dave Houglum, Moreau Center

Via Con Dios, Jamie Powell

April 13, 2015

After a decade at the heart of the Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell will be moving on from The Bluff to Napa, California, at the end of this month. Please join her many UP friends and colleagues for a farewell open house Friday morning, April 24. Drop by the Garaventa Center on the 3rd floor of […]

Filed Under: 04-13-2015, Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell

Teaching Resources of the week from TLC

April 13, 2015

College classrooms are seeing large increases of numbers of students who are on the autism spectrum or with Asperger’s Syndrome. While accommodation plans offer specific directions for each individual, professors might find it useful to understand the variety of ways Asperger’s Syndrome present in people, and valuable to absorb some basic interventions that are not […]

Filed Under: 04-13-2015, Academics Tagged With: Karen Eifler, Teaching & Learning Collaborative

Apply For Sabbaticals by June 15

April 13, 2015

Applications for sabbaticals for the 2016-2017 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2015. Faculty eligible to apply for a sabbatical must have completed seven years of full-time teaching at the University of Portland, or have completed at a minimum an additional seven years of […]

Filed Under: 04-13-2015, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: Faculty Handbook, Provost's Office, Sabbaticals

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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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