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10-10-2016

Pilot Basketball Season: Only One Month Away!

October 7, 2016

A new era of Pilots college basketball is quickly approaching as the home opener—Terry Porter’s first game as Pilots head coach—is one month away. The Pilots open their season on Friday, November 11, at 7 p.m., in the Chiles Center as they take on the visiting Highlander from UC Riverside. Single game tickets go on sale […]

Filed Under: 10-10-2016, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Pilots Basketball, Terry Porter

Need Help with Promotion Dossier? Ask SOPHIA

October 7, 2016

As part of the SOPHIA mission to support senior faculty development, a new program is being implemented to match faculty who are seeking promotion to professor with faculty who have successfully gone through the promotion process and are willing to read and respond to promotion files, according to Terry Favero, biology. Faculty who are seeking promotion and […]

Filed Under: 10-10-2016, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: SOPHIA, Terry Favero

Music At Midweek: Denise Westby and Susan McDaniel

October 7, 2016

The next Music at Midweek performance will feature flutist Denise Westby and pianist Susan McDaniel on Wednesday, October 12, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., in Hunt Center Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to all. Westby is the principal flute with Sinfonia Concertante Orchestra and 5tet Woodwind Quintet. She is the flute instructor at […]

Filed Under: 10-10-2016, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Denise Westby, Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts, Susan McDaniel

How To Prepare For Flu Season? Get Your Shot!

October 7, 2016

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends yearly influenza vaccination and the University Health and Counseling Center encourages all campus community members to follow that recommendation. The timing of flu season is unpredictable and can vary from season to season. Flu activity most commonly peaks in the U.S. between December and February. However, seasonal flu activity can […]

Filed Under: 09-26-2016, 10-10-2016, Campus Services, Health Center Tagged With: Health Center, Influenza vaccination

Pilot Volleyball Returns Home for WCC Games

October 7, 2016

Make plans this week to see the Pilots volleyball team return home for two West Coast Conference games. The action starts on Thursday night as the Pilots take the court versus Brigham Young at 7 p.m. Then on Saturday the Pilots take on San Diego at 1 p.m. For more information, please visit portlandpilots.com. For tickets, […]

Filed Under: 10-10-2016, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Volleyball

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Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

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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