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2025-03-31

PFA Faculty Recital (Apr. 2)

March 31, 2025

Dr. Rebecca Hays, Soprano and Associate Professor of Music in Texas A&M’s Department of Performance, Visualization and Fine arts will join UP faculty Susan McDaniel and Nicole Leupp Hanig to perform a recital of music curated from art song and operatic repertoire. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-31, Events, Issues Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts

Women’s Month Celebration Breakfast (Apr. 3)

March 31, 2025

On behalf of all the great women at UP, the Howard Hughes Inclusive Excellence Grant and Garaventa Center are excited to invite you to our first-ever breakfast celebration for women faculty and staff. This event is all about fun, connection, and celebrating the incredible contributions of women in our workplace. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-31, Events, Issues Tagged With: Women's History Month

Connelly Lecture Series presents: “Making History in the Parks: The Intersection of Scholarship and Stewardship” with Sarah Payne, PhD (Apr. 3)

March 31, 2025

Making History in the Parks: The Intersection of Scholarship and Stewardship explores how the National Park Service integrates—or sometimes overlooks—historical scholarship in the stewardship of cultural and natural resources. Sarah R. Payne, PhD, is an Associate Professor of History at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, and the incoming Director of CSU’s Public & Environmental History Center. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2025-03-31, Issues Tagged With: Connelly Lecture Series, History

Environmental Studies Student Panel (Apr. 5)

March 31, 2025

Join UP professor Neil Oculi and his students as they discuss their experiences attending the most recent UN organized climate conference (COP) held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The students will discuss what they learned about climate policy, global negotiations, and advocacy during the conference. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-31, Events, Issues Tagged With: Constructive Dialogue

District 2 Portland City Councilors Panel (Apr. 7)

March 31, 2025

Join us in welcoming newly elected North Portland City Councilors Sameer Kanal, Elena Pirtle-Guiney, and Dan Ryan to campus. The elected officials will answer your questions about city concerns and happenings. The public is welcome to this event. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-31 Tagged With: Constructive Dialogue

AI in Education: Critics, Curious, and Cultivators (Apr. 9)

March 31, 2025

The Center for Teaching and Learning invites you to join a lunch discussion exploring the spectrum of AI engagement in student learning and development. Whether you’re skeptical about AI’s role in education, curious about its possibilities, or actively cultivating AI-enhanced learning experiences, this conversation offers a space to share perspectives and discover practical approaches for thoughtful integration. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-31, Academics, Issues Tagged With: Center for Teaching and Learning

UP Theater Presents: “Pride & Prejudice, An Original Devised Production” (Apr. 9-13)

March 31, 2025

UP Theater’s final mainstage show, “Pride & Prejudice, An Original Devised Production,” explores charged scenes as moments of queer potentiality, claiming the novel as ours to read, love, and embody! (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-31, Events, Issues, Uncategorized Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts

Pre-Play Reception and Panel for “Pride & Prejudice” (Apr. 12)

March 31, 2025

Ticket holders for Pride and Prejudice – A Devised Adaptation are invited to enjoy a complimentary small bites reception and an expert pre-show panel discussion courtesy of the Garaventa Center. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-31, Events, Issues Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Mago Hunt Center Theater, Performing and Fine Arts

This Is Our Calling: Songs of Hope and Unity (Apr. 12)

March 31, 2025

UP Performing & Fine Arts Department, Center for Gender and Sexuality, and Diversity and Inclusion Programs present This Is Our Calling: Songs of Hope and Unity! Featuring UP Bel Canto, Chamber Choir and Singers, with powerful music of love, social justice, celebration and peace. Admission is free and open to all! (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-31, Issues Tagged With: Center for Gender and Sexuality, Performing and Fine Arts

Beginner’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence (Apr. 15)

March 31, 2025

Curious about artificial intelligence but not sure where to start? This beginner-friendly presentation demystifies AI, covering what it is, how it works, and where you encounter it in daily life. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-31, 2025-04-14, Human Resources, Issues Tagged With: Human Resouces

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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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