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2025-06-09

Upcoming High School Graduations On Campus (Jun. 5-12)

June 9, 2025

graduates tossing their caps into the air

Portland area high schools will be holding their commencement rehearsals and exercises in the Chiles Center through June 12, and parking is likely to be impacted on campus as well as in the surrounding neighborhood. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-06-09, Issues, University Events Tagged With: University events

Covert Gallery: Call for Exhibit Proposals (Jun. 30)

June 9, 2025

The Clark Library invites students, faculty, and staff to submit exhibit proposals by June 30, 2025. Selected proposals will be exhibited in the Library’s main-level Covert Gallery during the 2025–26 academic year. We welcome your art, whether painting, photography, or mixed media. If you have 9-10 pieces that you like, we will assist you with transforming them into an exhibit! (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-06-09, 2025-06-23, Issues Tagged With: Dr. James T. Covert Gallery

Welcome a High School Work Study Student to Your Team

June 9, 2025

two people standing next to each other in front of bookshelves

The 25-26 academic year will be the third consecutive year that UP has participated in De La Salle North Catholic’s Corporate Work Study program. This is a way for UP staff to support a high school student in their personal and professional development while getting a part time employee at no cost to your department! (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-06-09, Issues

PilotsUP Announcements – New Submission Process for Faculty and Staff

May 27, 2025

Faculty and staff can now submit announcements to the PilotsUP Digest using a Request Announcement form, accessible on the PilotsUP dashboard. This process ensures all required details are captured, to streamline communication and improve tracking. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-05-26, 2025-06-09, Issues Tagged With: PilotsUP

Cohort 26 Graduation: Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education (Jun. 20)

May 27, 2025

Commencement for the 26th Cohort of the Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education (PACE) will take place at the Chapel of Christ the Teacher on Friday, June 20, 2025. All University of Portland Faculty and Staff are welcome to attend to help celebrate the success of this year’s graduates. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-05-26, 2025-06-09, Academics, Issues Tagged With: PACE

Required Annual Heat and Wildfire Smoke Training

May 27, 2025

As we prepare for summer, it is time to complete the Required Annual Heat and Wildfire Smoke Safety Training for 2025. We ask that you complete this 15 minute training, available for on Moodle, at your earliest convenience. Deadlines for completion of the training are: July 1, 2025 for Staff and September 1, 2025 for Faculty. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-05-26, 2025-06-09, Issues Tagged With: Environmental Health and Safety, Heat and Wildfire Smoke Training

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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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