School of Business

MEET THE PORTLAND PICKLES OWNER! (Oct. 3)

September 29, 2025

Meet Alan Miller, Owner of the Portland Pickles baseball, Portland Bangers soccer, and the Official League lifestyle brand for a conversation about sports entrepreneurship and community building.

Cultivating Digital & Social Media Wellness (Oct. 7)

September 29, 2025

Join us to learn practical strategies and insights to foster a healthier relationship with social media & digital technologies.

Northwest AI Summit (Oct. 15)

September 29, 2025

In partnership with Women in Big Data (WiBD) Northwest, UP School of Business is proud to present this one-day conference featuring keynote speakers, panels, Q&A, vendors onsite and networking reception on October 15. To be held in the Bauccio Commons Dining Hall.

Learn Blue Ocean Strategy: Examples from Wine, Beer & Spirits (Sep. 18)

September 15, 2025

An interactive workshop about the business approach for creating new, uncontested market spaces where competition is irrelevant.

Ian’s Coffee Shop: Jump into Qualtrics (Oct. 2)

September 15, 2025

Join this interactive workshop led by Dr. Ian Parkman and conduct a fun survey design activity!

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.

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.