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News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

04-13-2015

UP Orchestra Concert, “American Voices,” April 21

orchestra1The University of Portland Orchestra will present “American Voices” on Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Highlighting works of American composers and performers, the concert will feature Aaron Copland’s stirring Lincoln Portrait, with narration by All Classical’s Edmund Stone.  Also on the program will be the premiere of Prometheus, composed by University of Portland senior Dana Coppernoll-Houston, and arias by the 2014 Student Concerto/Aria contest winner, Amelia Segler.

For more information contact David De Lyser, performing and fine arts, at 7382 or delyser@up.edu.

ATS Workshop: Getting Started with iBooks

iBooks copyAcademic technology services will offer a training workshop on how to create multi-touch iBooks using iBooks author on Monday, April 20 from 2-3:30 p.m. in the library classroom. Peter Pappas, adjunct instruction in the School of Education, will demonstrate features of multi-touch iBooks and the key steps in designing an iBook. Attendees of all tech skill levels are welcome.

This is the first of two sessions. It will give participants an intro to iBooks Author and prepare them for a second hands-on session on iBooks design. Refreshments will be provided provided.

For more information, please contact Academic technology services at 7000.

“Seashells of the Red Sea,” Lecture April 16

shellsThe Garaventa Center will host a lecture by Mary Lyn Rusmore-Villaume, “Seashells of the Red Sea,” on Thursday, April 16, 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.

Rusmore-Villaume is the author and photographer of Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The Illustrated Handbook, and will be highlighting the mystery of different seashells. She has spent her career examining seashells of the Red Sea in Egypt. She will share some of her favorite examples of improbable marine success stories, the variety of sea life to be found so near to the desert, and her conviction “that God does indeed love a good laugh of delight.”

For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 8014 or eifler@up.edu.

Wind Symphony Concert, April 19

WS Seniors copyThe UP Wind Symphony presents its final concert of the year on Sunday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium. Included on the program is the World Premiere of Shattering Infinity by Benjamin Taylor. The UP Wind Symphony is the lead commissioner of this piece and is joined in a consortium by such notable universities as Indiana University, San Diego State University, and the University of South Carolina. In addition, the Wind Symphony honors its graduating seniors in their final UP performance with a rousing performance of Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Summer and Fall Book Orders: Please Submit ASAP

bookstoreFaculty 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. Even if you are not using a textbook in a particular class, please let us know so we can alert students that they do not need to purchase one.

For assistance contact Erin Bright, manager, at 7125 or bright@up.edu.

Holocaust Remembrance Week, April 12-17

white rose picture copyThe 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 47 life-size posters documenting the White Rose group’s history, has traveled from Germany to the U.S. to inform viewers of the group’s non-violent resistance towards the Nazi regime. An opening reception will take place on Monday, April 13, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., in the Library Conference Room. Laura McLary, international languages and cultures, will present information and research on the White Rose exhibit.

On Thursday, April 16, there will be a screening of “Sophie Scholl: Die Letzten Tag,” at 7 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans, both members of White Rose, were convicted of high treason on February 22, 1942 and summarily executed. The film emphasizes the personal courage of the members in the organization, and symbolizes the resistance against National Socialism.

Holocaust survivor Miriam Greenstein was scheduled to speak on Friday but had to cancel her appearance. Greenstein’s immediate family members perished at the hands of the Nazis when she was nine years old. After her liberation in 1945 by British troops, Greenstein was able to communicate with her only known relatives, who lived in downtown Portland. She is a regular speaker for the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center, and the author of In the Shadow of Death; A Young Girl’s Survival in the Holocaust.

For more information about the week of Holocaust remembrance, please contact Mikayla Posey at posey15@up.edu.

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

hThe 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 everywhere in the years before the political and social turmoil that will sweep aside their way of life.

Tickets are available through the Hunt Center box office at 7287. For more information, contact performing and fine arts at 7228 or pfa@up.edu.

Pope Francis Wants You!

Pope FrancisFr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., Garaventa Center, will present “Living the Joy of the Gospel With Pope Francis,” a fantastic précis of this papal exhortation, on Tuesday, April 14, at 3 p.m., in the Franz Hall Holy Cross lounge. All members of the UP community are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. Winners of the Garaventa Center’s annual High School Essay Contest will be presented with their prizes immediately prior to Fr. Charlie’s talk. For more information contact the Garaventa Center at garaventa@up.edu.

Gabriela Rivera Lecture, April 16

rivera copyHuman rights lawyer Gabriela Rivera will present “Women and Transitional Justice in Guatemala” on Thursday, April 16, from 4 to 5 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. Her talk is free and open to all. Rivera works with the Association of Women Transforming the World, part of the Alliance for Breaking the Silence and Ending Impunity. She has a long history of working with women survivors of sexual violence and other forms of deprivation of freedom for women. Her talk is sponsored by the departments of international languages and cultures and philosophy.

For more information contact Maria Echenique, international languages and cultures, at echeniq@up.edu.

University Singers Musical Feast, April 18

1aSingers150The University Singers, directed by Michael Connolly, invite all UP community members to the inaugural Musical Feast on Saturday, April 18, in the Bauccio Commons. The evening includes a no-host social (beer and wine) at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30, and a 7 p.m. show by the choir and UP jazz combo Secret Sauce. The theme of the performance is “A Century of Love Songs,” with music from the ragtime era to the present. Tickets are $25 for non-students and $15 for students. Bon Appetit meal points may be used for purchase for both students and their guests. Tickets must be purchased in advance by Friday, April 10, in the performing and fine arts office in Buckley Center 235, or by phone at 7228. Credit cards are accepted.

For more information, contact Connolly at 7292 or connolly@up.edu.