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10-30-2017

Columbia Sportswear Employee Store Offer: Nov. 3-26

November 17, 2017

All University employees are invited to shop at the Columbia Sportswear Employee Store from November 3 to November 26. Each employee can bring four guests to shop and can use the invitation multiple times during the date range listed above. The invitation can be found at this link. The store features employee pricing, and discounts can vary. Items […]

Filed Under: 10-30-2017, 11-06-2017, 11-13-2017, 11-20-2017, Campus Services, University Relations Tagged With: Columbia Sportswear Employee Store

Prayers for Peace, Nov. 10

November 3, 2017

All are invited to join international students and others from the UP community to offer prayers for peace on Friday, November 10, at 2 p.m., at the International Peace Garden next to Buckley Center Auditorium. All students, faculty, and staff of all faiths, spiritual traditions, and languages are warmly invited to participate by offering a […]

Filed Under: 10-23-2017, 10-30-2017, 11-06-2017, Campus Services, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Prayers for Peace

Free Concert: “Immigration & The American Dream,” Nov. 10, 11

November 3, 2017

Performing and fine arts students will present the Lyric Theater Workshop Showcase: Immigration & The American Dream, at 7:30 p.m., on Friday, November 10 and Saturday, November 11, in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. All are welcome and admission is free. The concert will include staged scenes from Ragtime, In the Heights, West Side Story, and more. Co-sponsored […]

Filed Under: 10-30-2017, 11-06-2017, Academics, Garaventa Center, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Performing and Fine Arts

Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group: Nov. 10

November 3, 2017

The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be Friday, November 10, at 3:30 p.m., in the Murphy Conference Room. The group will be discussing the article “We Weren’t Built to Live in the Moment” by Martin Seligman and John Tierney and the poem “Nostalgia” by Billy Collins. Readings can be […]

Filed Under: 10-30-2017, 11-06-2017, Academics, Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group Tagged With: Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Garaventa Center, Norah Martin

Annual UP Month of Remembrance

October 27, 2017

Catholics believe in the Communion of Saints—the spiritual connection with those loved ones who have gone before us and the saints that lived as examples for us. Through the month of November we remember all of those who have gone before us in faith, especially our loved ones who have died.   Campus Ministry invites the […]

Filed Under: 10-16-2017, 10-30-2017, Campus Ministry, Campus Services Tagged With: Campus Ministry, Month of Remembrance

Scholarly Activity Portal Always Ready For Faculty Input

October 27, 2017

The Scholarly Activity Portal is always ready for faculty input on PilotsUP under the “Academics” tab. Faculty members are encouraged to update their scholarly activity as it occurs; the portal offers a one-stop opportunity to update recent activity. Faculty members will download the report for their school and send the PDF copy of the report […]

Filed Under: 10-30-2017, Academics, Provost's Office, Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement Tagged With: John Orr, Michele Leasore, Office of the Provost, Scholarly Portal

2017 Wellness Fair and Open Enrollment: Nov. 1-17

October 27, 2017

The UP Wellness Fair, which takes place in the Beauchamp Center on Wednesday, November 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., will kick off the 2017 Open Enrollment for employee benefits. This year, the Open Enrollment period will run from November 1 through Friday, November 17, closing at 4:30 p.m. All benefited employees will be required […]

Filed Under: 10-16-2017, 10-23-2017, 10-30-2017, Campus Services, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resources, Open Enrollment, UP Wellness Fair

Digital Humanities Brown Bag Workshop, Oct. 30

October 27, 2017

The Teaching and Learning Collaborative will host a brown bag workshop on the possibilities of “Digital Humanities” on Monday, October 30, from noon to 1 p.m., in the library’s Digital Lab. Trina Marmarelli of Reed College and UP’s own Spanish professor Lora Looney will tag team to present both a) an overview of how humanities […]

Filed Under: 10-23-2017, 10-30-2017, Academics, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Digital Humanities, Garaventa Center, Lora Looney

2017 Advent Concert, Dec. 9: Get Tickets Starting Nov. 1

October 27, 2017

The University’s annual Advent Concert will take place on Saturday, December 9, at 8 p.m., at Saint Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Tickets will be available starting November 1; admission is free but tickets are required due to limited seating. The Advent Concert will feature the University Singers and Women’s Chorale, with Michael Connolly […]

Filed Under: 10-23-2017, 10-30-2017, Academics, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Advent Concert, Michael Connolly

Migration and Integration: European and American Perspectives

October 27, 2017

The German Studies program invites students, faculty, and staff to a panel discussion on migration and integration from both European and American perspectives on Monday, November 6, at 7:30 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 124. Holger Mahnicke, head of the Department for Communication and Culture at the German Embassy, will give a short presentation on Germany’s response to […]

Filed Under: 10-30-2017, Academics, International Languages & Cultures Tagged With: German Studies, Holger Mahnicke, Laura McLary

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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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