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12-12-2016

Coming Soon: Office365 Email for Faculty, Staff

January 6, 2017

As part of an ongoing effort to improve services, staff and faculty mailboxes will be migrated from on premise email servers to Office 365 cloud servers. The Advisory Council for Enterprise Services (ACES) approved the migration plan earlier this fall in anticipation of several key benefits including enhanced collaboration and security features. Information services staff have been […]

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 01-09-2017, 12-12-2016, 12-19-2016, Campus Services, Information Services Tagged With: Information Services, Office 365 Email

Spring 2017 Provost’s Initiative Awards

January 6, 2017

The Provost’s office is pleased to announce recipients of the Spring 2017 Provost’s Initiative on Undergraduate Research awards. These faculty members have been selected to collaborate with and mentor an undergraduate on a co-designed research experience during the 2017 spring semester: Janet Banks, Nursing: “Clinical learning environments manuscript experience” with Cara FitzGerald and Andrea Hernandez-Garibay […]

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 01-09-2017, 12-12-2016, 12-19-2016, Academics Tagged With: Provost's Initiative on Undergraduate Research, Provost's Office

Popular Books and DVDs: We’ve Got ‘Em

January 2, 2017

Looking forward to some time to read and watch movies over the winter break? The Clark Library has a collection of popular books and DVDs available for checkout. Come and choose your titles for the break, located on shelves right next to the Service Desk.

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 12-12-2016, 12-19-2016, Academics, Campus Services, Library Tagged With: Clark Library

Portland Leads WCC Commissioner’s Cup After Fall Season


January 2, 2017

The University of Portland sits atop the West Coast Conference Commissioner’s Cup standings after a historic fall season on The Bluff. The Pilots claimed league titles in men’s soccer and women’s cross country and had three WCC Coach of the Year honorees after a spectacular start to the 2016-17 sports season. In addition to earning […]

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 12-12-2016, 12-19-2016, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, WCC Commissioner's Cup

Did You Participate in Post-Grad Service? Let Us Know

January 2, 2017

If you or a colleague have ever participated in post-graduate service, the Moreau Center would like to know. Please email us at moreaucenter@up.edu. Why do we want to know? Possibilities: to let students know how many UP faculty and staff have participated in post-graduate service, perhaps to connect a student with you if they have questions about […]

Filed Under: 01-02-2017, 12-12-2016, 12-19-2016, Campus Services, Moreau Center Tagged With: Moreau Center, Post-Graduate Service

2016 Holiday Payday Information

December 9, 2016

Payroll will be processing paychecks on an accelerated pay schedules due to the Christmas holiday and the winter break. Please be informed of the following important dates, times, and instructions. Monthly (exempt) employees must submit their time records for any exception hours such as sick and vacation hours by 3 p.m. on Monday, December 19, for […]

Filed Under: 12-05-2016, 12-12-2016, Campus Services, Payroll Tagged With: Holiday Payday, Payroll

Donate to the Clark Library Holiday Food Drive until Dec. 16!!

December 9, 2016

You have one week left to make donations to the Library Holiday Food Drive! Any food donations will help families in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The most needed foods include canned meat, canned and boxed meals, nut butters, canned or dried beans and lentils, pasta and rice, canned fruits and vegetables, juice, and cooking oil. […]

Filed Under: 12-12-2016, Academics, Campus Services, Library Tagged With: Library, Library Holiday Food Drive

Mass for Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 12

December 9, 2016

Campus Ministry invites the campus community to celebrate the Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe on Monday, December 12. A Mass in Spanish (homily in English) will be offered at 4:45 p.m. in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. After Mass the celebration will continue in St. Mary’s lounge with traditional food and a reenactment of the […]

Filed Under: 12-12-2016, Campus Ministry, Campus Services Tagged With: Campus Ministry, Our Lady of Guadalupe

TLC from the TLC: Students (and Instructors) as Political Animals

December 9, 2016

It is highly likely, across the past few months, that America’s 2016 election has worked its way into your classroom or even your curriculum.  In this week’s Teaching & Learning Tip, Lars Erik Larson corrals a series of insights from NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt (pictured), who helps explain some unexpected roots beneath our political […]

Filed Under: 12-12-2016, Academics, Garaventa Center, Teaching & Learning Collaborative Tagged With: Jonathan Haidt, Lars Larson, Teaching & Learning Collaborative

Joshua Brinkerhoff Lecture, “Go With The Flow,” Dec. 13

December 9, 2016

Joshua R. Brinkerhoff, an engineering professor with the University of British Columbia Okanagan, will present “Go With The Flow: Using Computers to Investigate Turbulent Flows in Technology, the Environment, and the Human Body” on Tuesday, December 13, from 5 to 7 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 034. Brinkerhoff’s talk will explore sustainable transportation, efficient energy utilization, and […]

Filed Under: 12-12-2016, Academics, Shiley School of Engineering Tagged With: Joshua Brinkerhoff, Shirley School of Engineering

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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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