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Move-Out Donations to help UP Students, Faculty, and Staff

April 28, 2021

At the end of each year, we see many perfectly re-usable items and non-perishable food get thrown away by students during move-out. This semester, Residence Life, Printing & Mailing Services and several other UP community members have worked together to coordinate opportunities for students to donate their unwanted items and share them with our UP […]

Filed Under: 05-03-2021, 05-10-2021, Campus Services, Mail Services, Printing Services, Residence Life Tagged With: Joshua Bode, Renee Byrd

Printing and Mailing Services: New Hours for 2021

January 8, 2021

New hours of operation for postal and shipping services in the Printing and Mail Services Office will take place effective Monday, January 4, according to director Mary Scroggins. The new hours will be 8 a.m. to noon; 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, with faculty and staff personal mailing package hours from 10 […]

Filed Under: 01-04-2021, 01-11-2021, Academics, Campus Services, Mail Services, Printing Services Tagged With: Mail and Printing Services, Mary Scroggins

Mailing Rates Increasing Jan. 26

January 17, 2020

The U.S. Postal Service has announced increases from 2-4.1 percent overall for Priority, Express, Media, International, and special services such as Certified Mail starting January 26, 2020. First-class letter mail remains the same with no increase and is .55 for a first-class stamp. Mailing services director Mary Scroggins would like to provide this information as […]

Filed Under: 01-20-2020, Campus Services, Mail Services, Printing Services Tagged With: Mailing Services, Mary Scroggins

Printing Services: New “My Order Desk” Software Launch

January 10, 2020

Printing services is announcing the launch for their new Web to Print software program, “My Order Desk,” according to director Mary Scroggins. All future print requests and paper orders will be placed through the new site. The program offers tools to track and see costs, view project histories, order reprints, and more. To get started, […]

Filed Under: 01-13-2020, Campus Services, Mail Services, Printing Services Tagged With: Mary Scroggins, Printing and Mailing Services

Personal Packages? Please Don’t Send to Campus

December 13, 2019

Due to the high volume of packages that are received for on-campus students and official University of Portland business, personal packages for faculty, staff, and off-campus students are not to be sent to the University address, according to Mary Scroggins, printing and mailing services. For more information contact the mail center at x7179.

Filed Under: 12-09-2019, 12-16-2019, Campus Services, Mail Services Tagged With: Mail services, Mary Scroggins

Spring Book Orders, Course Pack Submissions Due by Friday, Nov. 1

October 25, 2019

All spring 2020 book orders and course pack submissions are due to printing services no later than Friday, November 1. The lead time is needed to assure all copyrights are properly adhered to and to allow time for large large print orders. How to place book orders Website (www.uportland.bncollege.com), go to Faculty Resources, located in […]

Filed Under: 10-14-2019, 10-21-2019, 10-28-2019, Academics, Bookstore, Mail Services, Printing Services Tagged With: Bookstore, Erin Cave, Mail services, Mary Scroggins, Printing Services

Personal Packages? Please Don’t Send to Campus

November 30, 2018

Due to the high volume of packages that are received for on-campus students and official University of Portland business, personal packages for faculty, staff, and off-campus students are not to be sent to the University address, according to Mary Scroggins, printing and mailing services. For more information contact the mail center at x7179.

Filed Under: 12-03-2018, Campus Services, Mail Services, Printing Services Tagged With: Mary Scroggins, Printing and Mailing Services

Summer Course Packs Due, Please

May 12, 2017

All faculty and instructors must turn in their course pack materials for summer classes to the printing services office as soon as possible, according to Kassie Hansen, printing services. In addition, course packs for fall 2017 are due before leaving campus at the conclusion of spring semester. The lead time is needed so printing services […]

Filed Under: 04-24-2017, 05-01-2017, 05-08-2017, 05-15-2017, Academics, Mail Services, Printing Services Tagged With: Course Packs, Kassie Hansen, Printing Services

New Window Hours for Personal Mail

June 3, 2016

Faculty and staff can bring personal mail and packages to the printing and mailing services office during the hours of 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday-Friday for processing. Other hours of the day are reserved for students and official departmental mailings. Please remember that packages need to be fully sealed and addressed. Due to […]

Filed Under: 06-06-2016, Campus Services, Mail Services Tagged With: Mailing Services, Mary Scroggins

President’s Day Mail, Feb. 15

February 12, 2016

President’s day is celebrated this year on Monday, February 15, which means no incoming mail delivery, according to Mary Scroggins, mailing services. Outgoing mail must be received in the mail center by 2:30 p.m. to be taken to the downtown post office. For more information contact Scroggins at 7179 or scroggin@up.edu.

Filed Under: 02-15-2016, Campus Services, Mail Services Tagged With: Mail services, Mary Scroggins, President's Day mail

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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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