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06-05-2017

Still Room in Pilot Kids Camp: Registration Open Now

June 30, 2017

Pilot Kids Day Camp registration for summer 2017 is now open. The camp is for children entering grades 1-6 in fall 2017 and is staffed by University of Portland students, who lead small groups of campers in active games and sports as well as arts and crafts and drama projects. Cost is $155 per session through May 12, $170 per session after May 12. Children […]

Filed Under: 04-10-2017, 04-17-2017, 06-05-2017, 06-12-2017, 06-19-2017, 06-26-2017, 07-03-2017, Athletics, Recreational Services Tagged With: Brian Dezzani, Pilot Kids Camp, Recreational Services

Tuition Remission Application Deadline: July 1

June 23, 2017

Faculty and staff applications for tuition remission for Fall 2017 are due by Wednesday, July 1. Forms can be accessed through the human resources website at www.up.edu/hr/. Since deadlines need to match those in student accounts, employees are asked to please keep the following deadlines in mind: Fall term: July 1 Spring term: November 15 Summer term: April 5 Please note […]

Filed Under: 06-05-2017, 06-12-2017, 06-19-2017, 06-26-2017, Academics, Campus Services, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resources, tuition remission

Mock’s Crest Productions Presents “The Pirates of Penzance,” June 22-25

June 16, 2017

Mock’s Crest Productions will present Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance in Mago Hunt Center Theater on June 22-25. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday – Saturday and 2 p.m. Sundays. Dinner and brunch will be served on the lawn in front of the Hunt Center prior to show times. Tickets are available at Mago Hunt Box […]

Filed Under: 06-05-2017, 06-12-2017, 06-19-2017, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Mock's Crest Productions, Performing and Fine Arts

Faculty, Staff Invited to Reunion, June 22-25

June 16, 2017

Faculty and staff members are encouraged to join the hundreds of alumni who return to campus to participate in the annual Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 22-25. This year, attendees will celebrate Shipstad Hall’s 50th birthday, the Hawai’i Club, the milestone class of 1967, and all classes ending in 2 and 7. This year also marks the inclusion […]

Filed Under: 05-22-2017, 05-29-2017, 06-05-2017, 06-19-2017, Alumni, Events Tagged With: 2017 Reunion, Alumni

Seven Seals Award for Pamplin School of Business

June 9, 2017

The Pamplin School of Business has been presented with the NW Military Summit’s Seven Seals Award. Dean Robin Anderson and ROTC director Dave Romero accepted the award on behalf of the Pamplin School. The Seven Seals Award is the broadest and most inclusive award given by Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) and is presented […]

Filed Under: 06-05-2017, 06-12-2017, Academics Tagged With: Pamplin School of Business, Seven Seals Award

High School Graduations in Chiles Center

June 9, 2017

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. Milwaukie High School commencement, June 12, 7 p.m., Chiles Center. Rex Putnam High School commencement, June 13, 7 p.m., Chiles […]

Filed Under: 06-05-2017, 06-12-2017, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: High School Commencements

Career Center Launches Handshake Platform

June 2, 2017

The Career Center has launched Handshake, an online tool which enables UP students and alumni to connect with employers, learn about career programs and events, and develop customized career plans. This dynamic platform provides an opportunity for students and alumni to find internships, part-time and full-time opportunities, and receive customized recommendations based on their interests. There […]

Filed Under: 05-22-2017, 05-29-2017, 06-05-2017, Campus Services, Career Services Tagged With: Amy Cavanaugh, Career Center, Handshake

In Memory: Brian Doyle: 1956-2017

June 2, 2017

The staff of the University Archives and Museum expresses sympathy on the passing of Brian Doyle with a memorial post on the Museum Blog. We invite you to read our post recalling Brian’s own telling of the writer’s life at this link. For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu or x8038.

Filed Under: 06-05-2017, Campus Services Tagged With: Brian Doyle, Carolyn Connolly, University museum

Are You First to Go to College in Your Family?

June 2, 2017

A first-generation (or FGEN) college student is defined as an individual who attends college when neither that person’s mother or father attended college on their own. The Shepard Academic Resource Center is developing programming specifically for the University’s FGEN students, and is seeking faculty and staff who were FGEN students students themselves. If you were an FGEN […]

Filed Under: 05-29-2017, 06-05-2017, Academics Tagged With: FGEN students, Matthew Daily

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Natalie Nelson-Marsh presented “From fieldnotes to futures: Organizational communication in the age of AI”. National Communication Association Pre-Conference, Elevating Organizational Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. November, 2025.

Ian Parkman, Business, published “Lead Value Design Insight: Leveraging the Van Westendorp PSM for Design for Meaningfulness Pricing Strategies.” Co-author: Arto Ruokonen. Design Management Review (Vol. 36, No.4)

Three faculty members from International Languages and Cultures participated in the 122nd annual conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), November 20-23 in San Francisco. Verena Hutter presented “Embodied Memory: Holocaust Tattoos and Postmemory,” served as presiding officer of all three sessions of Austrian Studies, and chaired one of them. María Echenique presented “A Precursor of ‘Feminism from the Zulos’ by Dahlia de la Cerda” and served as presiding officer and chair of the session Spain, Portugal, and Latin America: Jewish Culture and Literature in Trans-Iberia. Matthew Warshawsky presented “A ‘Tenth Muse’ in 1600s Sephardic Amsterdam: Isabel Rebeca Correa, Translator, Poet, and Feminist” and served as presiding officer and chair of the Jewish Literature and Culture session. 

Andra Davis, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “Nursing faculty perceptions and Integration of primary palliative care content in undergraduate education: National and local institution assessments.” Co-authors: Lippe, M., Wolf, A., Cormack, C. L., Ehrlich, O., Glover, T. L., and Kirkpatrick, A. J.  Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 27(6), 280-289.

Don Norton, Performing and Fine Arts, performed a Tour of Louisiana with jazz quartet Facing West, with performances at Nicholls State University (Thibodaux), University of Louisiana at Monroe, and Louisiana Tech University (Ruston). November 5-7, 2025.

Kristin Sweeney, Environmental Science, published “Topographic, climatic, and age controls on the reworking of volcanic debris avalanche deposits.” Co-author: Major, J.J. Bull Volcanol 87, 115 (2025).

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “Rethinking Advent Hope as Covenantal Bond. Reflections on the Readings for First Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. November 30, 2025. Aihiokhai also published “A Disruptive Content of Hope: Awakening the Human Imagination to New Possibilities. Reflections on the Readings of the Second Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 7, 2025. 

Rachel Wheeler, Theology, presented “Traces in the Sand: Wisdom from the Christian Desert Tradition for a Time of Collapse.” Aldo & Estella Leopold Writing Residency lecture presented at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM, November 18, 2025.

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, presented “Difficult-To-Treat Depression: Bottlenecks, Evolving Biology, and Where Ketamine-Class Treatments Fit.” An invited presentation for the Behavioral Health Integration ECHO, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ (virtual). December, 2025.

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