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10-07-2019

Prayers for Peace, Nov. 11

November 8, 2019

All are invited to come together on Monday, November 11, at 2 p.m., at the International Peace Garden by Buckley Auditorium as students, faculty, staff, and religious from our UP community offer prayers for peace in multiple languages and faith traditions. The event is co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and international student services. For ADA […]

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, 10-14-2019, 10-21-2019, 10-28-2013, 11-04-2019, 11-11-2019, Campus Services, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Prayers for Peace

“The Reaction” Featuring Carl DuPont, Oct. 23

October 17, 2019

In this second performance of the Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., Memorial Concert Series, widely celebrated bass-baritone Carl DuPont of the Peabody Conservatory, whose research focuses on transformative inclusion in higher music education, offers a free recital of African-American art song, accompanied by pianist Gregory Thompson. The concert is Wednesday, October 23, at 7 p.m., in […]

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, 10-14-2019, 10-21-2019, Academics, Garaventa Center, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: C.S.C., Carl DuPont, Fr. Claude Pomerleau, Garaventa Center, Memorial Concert Series, Performing and Fine Arts

Inaugural Helen Schwarten Foundations of Freedom Lecture, Oct. 24

October 17, 2019

Please join the political science and global affairs department on Thursday, October 24, at 5 p.m. in the Brian Doyle Lecture Hall (Dundon-Berchtold 004) for the inaugural Helen Schwarten Foundations of Freedom Lecture. The speaker is Michael Munger of Duke University, who will discuss his new book, Is Capitalism Sustainable? (American Institute for Economic Research, […]

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, 10-14-2019, 10-21-2019, Academics, Political Science Tagged With: Archbishop Alexander Christie, Michael Munger, Political Science Department

2019 Silent Auction Fundraiser: Donations Welcome!

October 17, 2019

The annual Silent Auction fundraiser will benefit the Tanzania and Peru Immersions in early December. The Moreau Center needs faculty and staff to help them out. Donations are the backbone to the success of this annual fundraising event. People may donate individually or as a group. We appreciate a wide range of items, from inexpensive […]

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, 10-14-2019, 10-21-2019, Campus Services, Moreau Center Tagged With: 2019 Silent Auction, Moreau Center, Theresa McCreary

“Pray to Love” with Artist Anne Goetze, Oct. 22

October 17, 2019

For over 20 years, Anne Goetze traveled to Annecy, France to visit with her aunt, a contemplative nun in the cloistered Monestère de la Visitation. Inspired by this small community of women who dedicate their lives to prayer, she began to document their beauty through photography, which evolved to a series of paintings. Join the […]

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, 10-14-2019, 10-14-2019, 10-21-2019, Academics, Campus Services, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Anne Goetze, Garaventa Center

“The Last Days of the Mighty Mekong,” Oct. 24 

October 17, 2019

Brian Eyler, the Energy, Water, Sustainability Program director for Southeast Asia at The Stimson Center in Washington, DC, will be speaking about his new book, The Last Days of the Mighty Mekong, on Thursday, October 24, at 1 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. His talk will touch on environmental issues, ethnicity, and the history of China […]

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, 10-14-2019, 10-21-2019, Academics, Honors Program Tagged With: Brian Eyler, honors program

2020 Alumni Award Nominations Due Oct. 15

October 10, 2019

The University of Portland’s mission centers on teaching and learning, faith and formation, service and leadership. Through the annual Alumni Awards, we honor those individuals who embody this mission in their life and work, and demonstrate the power of the University to prepare people who respond to the needs of the world and its human […]

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, 10-14-2019, Alumni, Campus Services Tagged With: Alumni and Parent Relations, Alumni Awards

Staff Professional Development Week, Oct. 14-18

October 10, 2019

The second annual Staff Professional Development Week will take place October 14-18, 2019. Although this week has been developed for staff, faculty are welcome to attend the sessions on October 14 and to sign up for other trainings and workshops as well. All sessions on Monday, October 14 are mandatory for staff (unless they have […]

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, 10-14-2019, Campus Services, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resources, Staff Professional Development Week

Fr. Mark Ghyselinck, C.S.C. Art Show, Oct. 17-Jan. 5

October 10, 2019

The Clark Library will host an art exhibit by Fr. Mark Ghyselinck, C.S.C., from October 17 to January 17, with a reception in the Covert Gallery on Friday, October 25. The show is called “Down Around the Corner” and is made up of a series of Fr. Ghyselinck’s landscape paintings. For more information contact the […]

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, 10-14-2019, Academics, Congregation of Holy Cross, Library Tagged With: Clark Library, Dr. James T. Covert Gallery, Rev. Mark Ghyselinck

No Talent Show Seeks Nontalented Folks, Oct. 25

October 10, 2019

In the vein of last year’s Story Slam event, the Brian Doyle Humor Project will offer the No Talent Show on Friday, October 25, at 7 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Humor Project participant Georgia Paulk ’21 explains: “It resembles a talent show, which is a celebration of different peoples’ skills in a […]

Filed Under: 10-07-2019, 10-14-2019, Academics, Events, Student Activities Tagged With: 2019 No Talent Show, Brian Doyle Humor Project, Georgia Paulk '21

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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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