News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Please join the University community in officially welcoming Fr. Mark Poorman, C.S.C., as our 20th president on Wednesday, September 24, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons dining room and patio. This casual reception will feature light snacks (including some of Fr. Mark’s favorites), an assortment of hors d’oeuvres, full bar, and soft drinks.
Please send regrets only to university events at events@up.edu.
Monday, September 15 is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, the patronal feast of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Mass will be celebrated in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher at 5 p.m., and all are welcome to attend. For more information contact Theresa McCreary, campus ministry, at 7131 or mccreary@up.edu.
The University’s TIAA-CREF investment counselor for employees, Preston Watts, will be on campus a number of times this fall for individual financial counseling sessions. The next one-on-one counseling sessions will take place on September 16, 17, and 18. Go to www.tiaa-cref.org/schedulenow or call TIAA-CREF at (877) 842-2028 (press 5) to schedule an appointment today.
For more information contact Andy Sherwood, human resources, at 8981 or sherwood@up.edu.
The human resources office has been working over the summer to negotiate the best possible healthcare renewal for 2015. We will have some important updates to share with you on how this is going and what we should expect with our Open Enrollment this year. HR will host open forums to share what we know thus far. These will take place on Wednesday, September 17, at 9 a.m. in the Waldschmidt Hall 3rd Floor Conference Room; and at noon on Thursday, September 18, in the Terrace Room.
For more information contact Andy Sherwood, human resources, at 8981 or sherwood@up.edu.
The University of Portland has received an additional $293,477 from the estate of Elizabeth James, which brings the total gift from her estate to $1.64 million.
A portion of the gift, more than $1 million, was dedicated to the renovated Clark Library, where a state-of-the-art conference room was named in her honor. In addition, the Elizabeth A. James Endowed Scholarship Fund was established and has received the remaining portion of the estate’s gift. The scholarship fund goes to help students enrolled in the Pamplin School of Business.
James was director of finance for Providence Health Systems in Portland when she passed away in 2012 at the age of 57. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1977 and an M.B.A. in 1986, both from UP. She worked as an auditor for Blue Cross, Blue Shield. In 1983, she joined Providence, where she worked for most of her career.
She volunteered extensively for numerous organizations and causes she supported. For more than 20 years she served as the assistant treasurer for Glenwood Community Church. For 12 years she handled the books for Heart of Hope Ministries International.
For more information contact the development office at 7395 or hanna@up.edu.
The 2014 Zahm Lecture in American Catholic Education will take place on Thursday, September 11, at 7:15 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Rev. Kevin G. Grove, C.S.C., will present “Memory, Desire and Searching for God.” His lecture is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public; refreshments will be served. The Zahm Lecture serves as the keynote for the University’s academic year.
Father Grove is a Gates Scholar and is studying philosophical theology at the University of Cambridge. Using resources from Scripture and the writings of St. Augustine, his presentation will explore two of the most important ways people attempt to describe how it is we can know and experience God: memory and desire. He is co-editor of The Cross, Our Only Hope, a collection of spiritual reflections of Holy Cross priests and brothers on their religious order, and is the author of You Have Redeemed the World and the recently published Basil Moreau: Essential Writings.
The Zahm Lecture in American Catholic Education was established in 1999 to honor Fr. John Zahm, C.S.C., an eminent Holy Cross priest/scientist of the late 19th and early 20th century. Zahm, superior of the Holy Cross in America when the University was founded in 1901, contributed counsel, money, and Holy Cross men to the nascent University. The Zahm lecture honors both his memory and the legacy of Holy Cross priests and brothers on The Bluff by addressing important issues surrounding American Catholic education.
For more information, please contact Karen Eifler, eifler@up.edu, co-director of the Garaventa Center, which hosts the lecture.
A memorial Mass for Kate Regan will be celebrated on Tuesday, September 9, at 4:45 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Everyone is welcome to attend this liturgy. For more information contact Theresa McCreary, campus ministry, at 7131 or mccreary@up.edu.
Please join colleagues, students, and alumni for “Querida Profe: Student readings to Professor Regan,” a memorial reception for Kate Regan, on Tuesday, September 9, following her memorial Mass at 4:45 p.m. in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. The student and alumni-led memorial for Profe will be held in St. Mary’s Student Center at 7 p.m. Organizers we will be reading a collaborative spoken letter to Kate by providing an open mic to all students and alumni who wish to participate. All are welcome to read, speak, or listen; give a eulogy, read a favorite literary text, read from course notes, tell a story, give “Kate quotes,” read an original letter, poem, or essay, or just say farewell. Those who wish to speak may sign up when they arrive, and will have four minutes each. Acompáñanos en esta despedida de nuestra Querida Profe. (“Join us for this farewell of our Dear Profe”).
For more information contact Maria Echenique, international languages and cultures, at 7190 or echeniqu@up.edu.
Faculty are asked to help spread the word to their students that public safety is conducting a meeting open to all off-campus students on Wednesday, September 10, at 7 p.m., on the quiet side dining area of the Bauccio Commons. Topics and amenities will include:
For more information contact public safety at 7161 or publicsafety@up.edu.
A Peace Corps recruiter will be on campus all day on Tuesday, September 9, according to Pat Ell, Moreau Center. Sarah Kassel, regional Peace Corps representative for Portland, will have an information table in the Pilot House and will also make short classroom visits throughout the day. She will also host an informational session, “From Pilot to Peace Corps,” in the career services office from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. For more information contact the Moreau Center at moreau@up.edu.