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07-31-2017

You Be the Judge! Annual Dorm Competition, Aug. 24

August 11, 2017

The annual UP Dorm Decoration Competition is right around the corner, and we are looking for 10 staff and faculty members to be judges. This is a great chance to interact with students and kick-off the school year with an extra dose of Pilot Pride. The judging will take place Thursday, August 24. You will […]

Filed Under: 07-31-2017, 08-14-2017, Campus Services, Dorm Decoration Competition

New Assistant Director: Eliot Altschul

July 28, 2017

Eliot Altschul has been hired as the new assistant director for counseling and training at the Health and Counseling Center. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and has been in practice for over 25 years. He has most recently served as director of counseling at Clark College in Vancouver and prior to that position, he […]

Filed Under: 07-31-2017, Campus Services Tagged With: Eliot Altschul, Student Affairs

Soccer Is Coming! Get your Tickets Today!

July 28, 2017

The 2017 Pilots soccer season is quickly approaching for the men’s and women’s teams and now is the best time to buy tickets. Come out to support your student-athletes on the men’s soccer team as they look to repeat as West Coast Conference Champions and be there for all of the women’s soccer action as […]

Filed Under: 07-17-2017, 07-24-2017, 07-31-2017, Athletics

Join Us for the Pilots Men’s Basketball Scrimmage and Send-off to London

July 28, 2017

Make plans to join other faculty, staff, and basketball fans in the Chiles center on Thursday, August 10, at 7 p.m., when the men’s basketball team will hold a public scrimmage at the Chiles Center as the team concludes preparations for its upcoming foreign tour to London. General admission tickets will be $5 and open […]

Filed Under: 07-31-2017, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Pilots Basketball

TIAA Representative on Campus Sept. 11-13

July 28, 2017

A representative from TIAA, which administers the University’s retirement accounts, will be on campus on September 11-13, in the Clark Library conference room (no. 222), according to Laura Barnard, human resources. Financial counseling appointments are available during work hours on those days in Oricco Hall, but appointments must be scheduled at www.tiaa-cref.org/schedulenow or by calling call […]

Filed Under: 07-31-2017, Campus Services, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resources, TIAA

Latest Pollentia Expedition: Home at Last

July 28, 2017

Chemistry faculty Valerie Walters and Kara Breuer, along with Fr. Mark Ghyselinck, C.S.C., and Andrea Nelin-Roth, development, have just completed a four-week Archaeology Field School in Alcúdia, Spain, in collaboration with the Consortium of the Roman City of Pollentia and its directors, Miguel Cao Ontiveros and Esther Chávez Álvarez. This UP faculty and staff team, […]

Filed Under: 07-31-2017, Academics Tagged With: Pollentia Expedition

Campus Resource Fair, Aug. 17: You’re Invited!

July 28, 2017

The Office of Residence Life will be hosting a Campus Resource Fair during their hall staff training in August, and all departments are invited to participate. The Resource Fair will be held on Friday, August 17, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. This is an opportunity to connect resident assistants (RAs) to as many departments on campus […]

Filed Under: 07-31-2017, Campus Services, Residence Life Tagged With: Bryn Rose, Campus Resource Fair, Residence Life

9th Annual Bite on the Bluff Returns Aug. 25

July 28, 2017

Orientation is right around the corner, and that means the annual Bite on the Bluff  is also coming up. This year’s event will happen on the Friday night of Orientation, August 25, and will precede the Orientation soccer game featuring the Pilots men’s soccer team and UNLV at 7 p.m. Buy your tickets today and mark […]

Filed Under: 07-24-2017, 07-31-2017, Athletics

Have You Considered Becoming a Dexheimer Leadership Fellow?

July 28, 2017

The Franz Center is providing free leadership training and development during the 2017-18 academic year for faculty and staff who want to learn more about becoming a Dexheimer Leadership Fellow. There are over 70 faculty and staff from across the University who have been trained as Dexheimer Leadership Fellows, and the Franz Center would like to […]

Filed Under: 07-03-2017, 07-10-2017, 07-24-2017, 07-31-2017, Academics, Franz Center for Leadership Entrepreneurship and Innovation Tagged With: Dave Houglum, Dexheimer Leadership Fellows, Franz Center for Leadership Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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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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