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. on Fridays. Forms and more information are available at this link. Pilot Kids Camp has special pricing for UP faculty, staff, and students as well.
Pilot Kids Camp Dates, Summer 2018:
- June 18-22
- June 25-29
- July 9-13
- July 16-20
- Aug 6-10
“Pilots Kids Camp is not sponsored by the University of Portland. It is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the University of Portland. Authorized use of University of Portland logos and trademarks does not imply an endorsement of the camp or program.”
Contact Brian Dezzani, recreational services, with any questions at x7177 or dezzani@up.edu.
Faculty and staff are encouraged to join the hundreds of alumni who return to campus to participate in the annual Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 21-24. The faculty/staff registration page is available at 
A first-generation (FGEN) college student is defined as an individual who attends college when neither their mother nor father earned a four-year college degree. The Shepard Academic Resource Center is continuing to develop programming specifically for FGEN students, and can use your help. They would love to update their master roster of current UP faculty and staff that were FGEN students themselves. If you were an FGEN student, please take a moment and contact Matt Daily, program manager for special populations in the Shepard Center, at 
All University of Portland employees are invited to send their kids to this summer’s Portland Pilots Basketball Day Camps and enjoy a special discount. Day camps run June 18-22, June 25-29, August 6-10, and August 13-17. While the normal fee is $350, UP employees can pay only $297.50 if they register online and enter the code “GOPILOTS.”
Bon Appétit Management Company has been recognized by the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) for decades of leadership in the sustainable purchasing movement, which emphasizes using their purchasing power to advance the long term health and vitality of society, economies, and the planet. Bon Appétit received the SPLC’s Leadership Award for Overall Sustainable Purchasing Program, the council’s highest honor.
The University’s student-run news source, The Beacon, has won six national Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. Winners include:
We are proud of our graduates and enriched as a family with every commencement weekend, and would like to remind everyone that the bows and ribbons, programs and schedules, the details both large and small for the big show, are expertly managed by the UP events staff, who work behind the scenes to insure a successful and memorable University of Portland commencement weekend. This year marks Bill Reed’s 28th and final commencement (29th counting his own graduation 1972). Bill is retiring this summer as director of university events, hard as that is to believe. The University Museum and Archives gives thanks and appreciation to Bill in the latest post on the 
The NCAA has announced that the University of Portland men’s tennis and beach volleyball teams have earned Public Recognition Awards based on their most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rate. The awards are given each year to teams with APRs in the top 10 percent their respective sport. Both programs logged perfect scores of 1,000 during the multi-year rates from 2013-17. A total of 42 University of Portland teams have earned Public Recognition Awards since the program’s inception in 2005.
Are you teaching a course this summer? As you plan, remember that the librarians are here and available to provide library instruction. We will work with you to make sure key concepts are covered and can also create course guides to support your students in their academic research and projects. To schedule a class meeting, please email preferred dates and times to Heidi Senior at 
The Beauchamp Center is offering fitness classes every day of the week during the noon hour and a few Monday, Tuesday, Friday classes before or after work, according to Kaitlin Bourne, recreational services. Classes begin May 21 and run until August 3 and are open to everyone. Below is the schedule. Please register on the Beauchamp Center’s new portal at