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06-03-2019

Beauchamp Center Updated Summer Fitness Schedule 

June 28, 2019

The Beauchamp Center is offering a variety of fitness classes for Summer Session II, according to Kaitlin Bourne, recreational services. Faculty/Staff Weightlifting on Tuesday mornings at 7:15 a.m. and Kickboxing on Thursdays at 12:05 p.m. have been a big hit. This week, Weightlifting will take place on Tuesday but there will not be a Kickboxing class on Thursday, as the Beauchamp […]

Filed Under: 05-20-2019, 06-03-2019, 06-10-2019, 07-01-2019, Athletics, Recreational Services Tagged With: Kaitlin Bourne, Recreational Services

Pilot House (Happy) Hours, Bauccio Commons Too

June 28, 2019

Starting on June 14, the Pilot House will be offering $3 pints of beer from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Friday throughout the summer, according to Samantha Zizza, Bon Appetit. All are welcome to join colleagues and friends for this special summer happy hour offering. Pilot House hours for the summer are 3-7 p.m., Monday […]

Filed Under: 06-03-2019, 06-10-2019, 07-01-2019, Bon Appetit, Campus Services Tagged With: Bon Appetit, Samantha Zizza

Complimentary Faculty/Staff Tickets to Reunion 2019, June 27-30

June 7, 2019

Faculty and staff are encouraged to join the hundreds of alumni who return to campus to participate in the annual Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 27-30. This year we’ll be celebrating Salzburg, Entrepreneur Scholars, and the Classes of 1969 and 1999! All events are free for faculty and staff. Enter promo code FACSTAFF at up.edu/reunion. We’ll kick-off […]

Filed Under: 05-27-2019, 06-03-2019, 06-10-2019, Alumni Tagged With: Alumni relations, Reunion 2019

High School Graduation Ceremonies Galore!

June 7, 2019

Portland area high schools will be holding their commencement rehearsals and exercises in the Chiles Center through June 14, and parking is likely to be impacted on campus as well as in the surrounding neighborhood. Scheduled ceremonies include: June 10: Sunset HS commencement ceremony, 7:30-9 p.m. June 11: Milwaukie HS commencement ceremony, 7-9 p.m. June […]

Filed Under: 06-03-2019, 06-10-2019, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: High School Commencements, University events

Soccer Season Tickets: 50% Discount for Faculty, Staff

June 7, 2019

University of Portland faculty or staff members are eligible to receive 50% off season tickets for the upcoming Pilots soccer season. You can attend all 21 men’s and women’s home soccer games starting at just $45 for general admission bleachers, $70 for bench back seats, and $110 for stadium chairs. Secure your seats to the […]

Filed Under: 06-03-2019, 06-10-2019, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Pilots Soccer

Mock’s Crest Productions Presents “The Yeoman of the Guard”

June 7, 2019

This 30th anniversary season of the University’s Mock’s Crest Productions will present Gilbert and Sullivan classic operetta The Yeomen of the Guard on June 8-9, 14-16, and 20-23. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. on Sundays) in Mago Hunt Center Theater. Tickets are $34 for general admission, $29 for seniors/non-UP students, and $27 for groups of ten or […]

Filed Under: 06-03-2019, 06-10-2019, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: David De Lyser, Larry Larsen, Mock's Crest Productions, Performing and Fine Arts

Latest Murdock Grants Total $178,427

May 31, 2019

The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust recently awarded three grants totaling $178,427 to the University of Portland to support scientific research. The three grants include the following: One grant to the biology department to advance scientific understanding of how chemotherapy drugs affect immune system cells, potentially improving the ability of some of these cells to attack […]

Filed Under: 06-03-2019, Academics, College of Arts & Sciences, Development Tagged With: College of Arts and Sciences, Development Office, Murdock Charitable Trust

Please Load Scholarly Activity On The Portal

May 31, 2019

Faculty members are reminded to load their scholarly activity on the portal in PilotsUP by May 31, 2019. Data obtained through the portal will be used to populate A Community of Scholars, published by the provost’s office. Faculty members use their school’s report on the home tab of the Scholarly Activity Portal to send the data to their […]

Filed Under: 05-13-2019, 05-20-2019, 05-27-2019, 06-03-2019, Academics Tagged With: John Orr, Michele Leasor, Scholarly Activity Portal

Campus Archaeology: On the Shoulders of Giants

May 31, 2019

Dundon-Berchtold Hall excavations recently disclosed a lost, unknown, unidentified building frame inches below the surface of campus.  A real live mystery for the University Archives! According to museum coordinator Carolyn Connolly, “We aced it in a day with the assistance of databases left by earlier archivists, but this report has taken longer.” Read the archives and museum blog post […]

Filed Under: 06-03-2019, Campus Services Tagged With: Carolyn Connolly, University Museum and Archives

Saturday Academy Special Offer for Faculty & Staff

May 31, 2019

Saturday Academy is now offering a 20% discount to UP faculty and staff who would like to sign up their children for classes and summer camps. The organization values UP’s partnership and the campus community for its continued support. Register using this link. Please use code UP20  to receive the discount. This year, we are offering […]

Filed Under: 06-03-2019, Academics, Campus Services, Saturday Academy Tagged With: Saturday Academy

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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.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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