The University museum and archives have created another post for the Museum WordPress site on Founders’ Day, celebrated this year on Tuesday, April 8. This post covers the origins of Founders’ Day, which in years past featured an annual visit from Portland Archbishop Alexander Christie, who founded what was then named Columbia University in 1901. […]
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New Museum Displays: Lewis & Clark Expedition, World War I
Museum coordinator Carolyn Connolly and archivist Fr. Jeff Schneibel, C.S.C., have created two new posts for the University Museum WordPress site: for April 3, 1806 and the Lewis and Clark Expedition; and for April 6, 1917 and the U.S. entry to World War I. The Lewis and Clark posts connects to the Clark memorials on […]
Museum Feature: Feast of the Annunciation, March 25
The Feast of the Annunciation takes place on Tuesday, March 25, and the University Museum has included a post on its WordPress site at http://tinyurl.com/n27352z. All are invited to learn more about this important feast day and more. For information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at 8038 or piatz@up.edu.
From Our Past: Howard Hall Fire of 1949; Feast of St. Joseph
The University museum has posted new entries on its WordPress site at http://wordpress.up.edu/museum/. One contains information on the 1949 fire that did heavy damage to Howard Hall; the other is about the Feast of St. Joseph and St. Andre Bessette, C.S.C. See the Howard Hall story at https://wordpress.up.edu/museum/march-19-1949-howard-hall-fire/ and the Feast of St. Joseph post […]
New Museum Displays
University community members are invited to view two new museum displays, according to museum coordinator Carolyn Connolly. Blue Key Display: Blue Key has been part of University of Portland since receiving its local charter in April 1951 and inducting the first class of honor society members the following month. From its beginning, Blue Key has […]
From Our Past: Br. Raphael Wilson, C.S.C. Inauguration
March 11, 1979 was the date of the inauguration of Brother Raphael Wilson, C.S.C., as the sixteenth president of the University of Portland. He had served as professor of biology at University of Scranton and on the UP faculty prior to becoming president. In 1982 he left the University and in 1996 was ordained a […]
From Our Past: Inauguration of Rev. David Tyson, C.S.C.
On March 3, 1991, the University celebrated the inauguration of its 18th president, Rev. David T. Tyson, C.S.C. Prior to his election by the board of regents, Father Tyson served as the vice president for student services at the University of Notre Dame, where he also held an appointment to the faculty of the School […]
From Our Past
The University’s need for a dedicated library facility had been a pressing concern for many years before librarian Br. David Martin, C.S.C., wrote a strongly worded article published in the February 1943 edition of The Bookman, stating: “The greatest need of the University of Portland is a new Library. The need is so great that […]
Schoenfeldt Series Museum Displays, Postings
The University museum now offers a post about the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers Series on the UP Museum WordPress site. Click here for the page with the new post, or here for the post itself. This year marks 25 years of the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers Series, founded by the late Rev. Arthur Schoenfeldt, C.S.C. […]
25 Years of Schoenfeldt Writers
This year marks 25 years since the first Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writer, Barry Lopez, appeared on campus. Since the Schoenfeldt Writers Series was founded by the late Rev. Arthur Schoenfeldt, C.S.C. (pictured, with the right half of novelist David James Duncan) and his sister, the late Suzanne Fields, many of the finest writers in the […]