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10-24-2016

Nominations for Staff Awards – Last Call

October 28, 2016

There is still time to make your nominations for Staff Awards through Friday, November 4. Please make your nominations at this link. Winners will be announced at the Staff Christmas Luncheon on Monday, December 19. For more information, contact HR at hr@up.edu.  

Filed Under: 10-24-2016, 10-31-2016, Human Resources Tagged With: Annual Staff Awards, Human Resources

Attention, Boys and Ghouls: HALLoween, Oct. 31

October 28, 2016

Faculty, staff, and neighborhood families are invited to participate in the annual HALLoween trick-or-treating night in selected UP dorms on Monday, October 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. Children through sixth grade can trick-or-treat, a great way to celebrate Halloween in a safe and controlled environment. All children wishing to participate in HALLoween must be accompanied by […]

Filed Under: 10-10-2016, 10-17-2016, 10-24-2016, 10-31-2016, Campus Services, Residence Life Tagged With: Campus Program Board, Halloween, Residence Life

Open School MAT Residency Program: Spread the Word to Your Students

October 28, 2016

In 2015, the School of Education launched the Open School Master of Arts in Teaching (OMAT) Residency Program at Open School East, a 7th-12th grade college preparatory and leadership alternative school in east Multnomah County. The OMAT program prioritizes the recruitment and development of aspiring teachers of color to better represent the diversity of local schools, […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2016, 10-24-2016, 10-31-2016, Academics Tagged With: Anne Rassmussen, Open School, Peter Thacker, School of Education

Fields Hall Trivia Night: Friday, Nov. 4

October 28, 2016

Fields Hall will present its signature event, the annual Trivia Night, a fundraiser for the Holy Cross Missions, on Friday, November 4, from 10 to 11:30 p.m., in the Pilot House. Faculty, staff, and students are advised to form their five-member teams early. It’s great fun and open to all members of the UP community. Prizes […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2016, 10-24-2016, 10-31-2016, Campus Services, Residence Life Tagged With: Fields Hall Trivia Night, Fr. Edwin Obermiller C.S.C., Fr. Gerry Olinger C.S.C., Fr. Jim Gallagher C.S.C., Fr. John Donato C.S.C., Fr. Mark L. Poorman C.S.C>, Sr. Sue Bruno

Trick-or-Treaters Invading Waldschmidt Hall, Oct. 31

October 28, 2016

Waldschmidt Hall will play host to a gaggle of young ghosts, goblins, ghouls, superheroes, and archvillians when the University’s daycare house denizens come trick-or-treating through offices on Monday, October 31, at approximately 10 a.m. For more information contact Andrea Palacios, Vermont Hills Family Life Centers, at 503.283.9688 or andreap@vhflc.com.

Filed Under: 10-17-2016, 10-24-2016, 10-31-2016, Campus Services Tagged With: Trick or Treat, University Daycare, Waldschmidt Hall

Summer Research Poster Session: November 2

October 28, 2016

Students from all academic disciplines will be presenting posters documenting the research they completed both at UP and at other institutions across the nation this summer. Students will be sharing their results from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2 in both the Franz Hall Lobby and in Shiley Hall’s 3rd Floor Atrium. Please come […]

Filed Under: 10-24-2016, 10-31-2016, Academics Tagged With: Michele Leasor, Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Donations Needed for Nicaragua Silent Auction, Nov. 28-Dec. 2

October 28, 2016

Donations from faculty and staff have been the backbone of the success of the annual silent auction fundraiser for the Moreau Center’s Nicaragua Immersion service program. All faculty, staff, students, and UP friends are welcome to participate in the silent auction, either as a donor of items or a bidder. This year’s auction will take […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2016, 10-24-2016, 10-31-2016, Campus Ministry, Campus Services, Moreau Center Tagged With: Moreau Center, Nicaragua Silent Auction, Theresa McCreary

Pilots Rowing Team Open House and Regatta, Oct. 30

October 21, 2016

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join the UP rowing team at their home race, the Portland Fall Classic Regatta and Open House on Sunday, October 30, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the Portland Boathouse on 1515 SE Water Avenue. The Portland Boathouse is “next to” Omsi and under the Hawthorne Bridge. Follow exits  #300 from […]

Filed Under: 10-24-2016, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, UP Rowing

PACE Information Night, Oct. 27

October 21, 2016

PACE, the Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education, a program of the School of Education, is hosting an information meeting Thursday, October 27 at 7 p.m. in  Franz Hall Room 034. PACE is a post-graduate teacher education program through the University of Portland in which candidates earn tuition-free graduate degrees in education while they serve as teachers in Catholic schools.  Over the […]

Filed Under: 10-24-2016, Academics, School of Education Tagged With: Leah Nusse, PACE, School of Education

Presidential Campaigns at UP

October 21, 2016

The University Museum and Archives is continuing their election series featuring past presidential candidates who have visited The Bluff with a post about Senator John F. Kennedy and his campaign in the 1960 election.  Follow this link to our blog post and return to the Museum and Archives site for more entries in the election series between […]

Filed Under: 10-24-2016, University Archives, University Museum Tagged With: Carolyn Connolly, University Archives, University museum

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Nick McRee, Sociology and Social Work, published “Academic debate and civic engagement in adolescence and young adulthood: evidence from a national longitudinal study.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 61(3–4), 323–338. He also published “When Chairs Shield Faculty from Service Opportunities: Protecting Colleagues or Hindering Community?” The Department Chair, 36(3), 11-13.

Katie Danielson, Education, was awarded a grant from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $374,940.00 for the “Collaborating Towards Transformational Visions for Digital School Systems” project. Danielson also published “Learning to let go: Transformations in teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about classroom discussion.” Co-authors: Gotwalt, E., Kavanagh, S. Teaching and Teacher Education. January 2026

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “From monoamine deficits to multiscale plasticity: Twenty-five years of ketamine and the neurophysiology of depression.” Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00516.2025.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, facilitated a multi-day series of invited leadership development workshops for the staff team at Lutherhaven Ministries in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Houglum led six interactive sessions focused on DiSC-informed leadership, coaching-centered leadership, servant leadership and accompaniment, powerful feedback, and the co-creation of team commitments to support healthy culture and sustainable impact. In addition, Houglum provided multiple individual leadership coaching sessions for staff members throughout the engagement. January 2026.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published the following articles in VoiceAfrique.org: “The Saturated Wisdom of Saint Joseph: Relevant Virtues for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025). December 19, 2025. “The Gift of the Nativity is Grounded in an Ethics of Neighborliness.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025). December 24, 2025. “The Spirituality of Ambition and the Grace of the Incarnation.” Reflections on the Readings for the Vigil Mass of Christmas, 2025. December 24, 2025. “The Theotokos: A Mirror in Which We Discover Ourselves as Bearers of God’s Life to Each Other.” (Reflection on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.) December 31, 2025. “Jesus Christ: The Revealer of the Grace of Encounters and an Embrace of Difference.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. January 4, 2026.) January 3, 2026. “Christian Baptism as a Summon for Global Justice: What We Must Embrace for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. January 11, 2026.) January 10, 2026. Aihiokhai also published a review of The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza. Edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer. Orbis Books, 2025. Catholicbooksreview.org

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.

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