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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 14, 2013

The University will honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. starting Monday, January 21 with “Dream UP: Six Weeks of Service,” according to Bethany Sills, student activities. This federal holiday is traditionally observed as a national day of service. Many volunteer opportunities for students, staff, and faculty will be available during the first six weeks of school to honor Dr. King. During the day, opportunities to sign-up for community service will be available in the Bauccio Commons from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Also, enjoy a DJ spinning tunes, free MLK Day items, and more. For more information contact Sills in Multicultural Programs at 8198 or sills@up.edu, or Melissa Marley in the Moreau Center at 7132.

Newsmakers

January 9, 2013

Aziz Inan, engineering, was featured in an article titled “12/12/12 and the Myriad of Number Patterns in Dates” in the Surprising Science blog at Smithsonian.com on December 12 (http://tinyurl.com/b6vyvnm). His recent article titled, “Happy December 12, 2012–12-12-12 (121212)” was published in the blog thorugh a link to his website at http://tinyurl.com/br9bqav, also in articles in The Columbian (http://tinyurl.com/a4oty4l), The Seattle Times (see the article at http://tinyurl.com/a3559ef), and Turkish newspaper Haberturk (http://tinyurl.com/buohe5o). Science writer Dan Vergano from USA Today posted a link to Inan’s article on his Muck Rack blog at http://tinyurl.com/a6jvk25.

An American Dream—an opera by librettist/Portland Magazine editor, Jessica Murphy Moo, and composer Jack Perla—was produced by OperaLab Japan in Tokyo (November 2024) and Manhattan School of Music (December 2024).

Larry Larsen, Performing and Fine Arts, designed the scenery for this year’s production of Nordic Fire for the Portland Revels that is playing at the Alberta Abbey from December 13 through December 22. He also is designing the lighting for Lakewood Theatre Company’s production of The Maltese Falcon based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett, which plays at the Lakewood Center in Lake Oswego from January 3 through February 9.

Lizhong Hao, Business, presented “The Impact of Auditor and Client Bargaining Power on Audit Pricing: A Two-Tier Stochastic Frontier Approach.” The 2024 Corporate Behavior and New Development of Financial Markets International Conference. Chongqing, China. November, 2024.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, was a discussant and participant at the International Congress on the Future of Theology ‘Legacy and Envisioning.’ Organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education. Vatican City. December 9–10, 2024. Aihiokhai was also a discussant and participant at the General Assembly of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (INSeCT). Rome, Italy. December 8 – 13, 2024.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, completed the training requirements to be certified in the DiSC assessment on December 19, 2024. The DiSC assessment is a powerful tool that helps individuals and teams improve communication, collaboration, and workplace dynamics by providing insights into behavioral and communication styles. If you’d like to explore using the DiSC assessment for your individual or team’s leadership development, please contact Dave Houglum.

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