Senior communication studies majors will present their capstone research projects on Tuesday, December 11, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in Buckley Center room 163, according to Dann Pierce, communication studies. All faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend. For more information contact Pierce at 7340 or pierce@up.edu.
12-10-2012
Portland Magazine Wins Bronze
The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has announced that the University’s quarterly journal, Portland Magazine, won a national bronze medal for writing for Brian Doyle’s summer 2011 editorial essay, “Boots.” The medal is the most recent of Portland Magazine’s uninterrupted 19-year run of national medals for excellence. For more information contact […]
Northwest Passages First Again
The spring 2012 edition of the history department’s student journal, Northwest Passages, has again been awarded first prize in the Gerald D. Nash History Journal competition, the second year in a row that the journal has received first prize and the fourth time overall. Special recognition goes to faculty advisor Mark Eifler and student editors […]
Udall Scholarships
Faculty members are requested to nominate students for the Morris K. Udall Foundation scholarships, available to current sophomore or junior students who meet one or more of these criteria: Students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment; Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to public […]
Alumni Employees Luncheon
The Office of Alumni Relations cordially invites all UP employees who are also UP alumni to attend the Sixth Annual UP Alumni Employee Luncheon on Thursday, December 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons boardroom. RSVP to alumni@up.edu or 7328 by Monday, December 12. All degreed and nondegreed UP alumni are […]
$500,000 Hollman Gift
The University has announced a $500,000 RISE Campaign gift from graduates Joe Hollman ’64 and Travis Hollman ’92, who own and operate Hollman, Inc., a Dallas-based company that designs and creates locker facilities worldwide. The gift was part of recent renovations of the Chiles Center, spearheaded by a major gift from University regent Earle M. […]
Faculty Update
Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, and Russell Butkus, theology, wrote “Water Quality Standards: A Scientific and Theological-Ethical Analysis,” an ethical analysis of environmental issues using Catholic social teaching, in the November/December 2012 issue of Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. Environment is a major environmental magazine which is now in its 54th year (http://tinyurl.com/bcxc2m2). Larry […]