Religious sisters have been part of life on The Bluff since the early days of the University, as caretakers, students, and professors. While most student-nuns enrolled in nursing and education courses, one did not, opting instead to enroll in an engineering course. The story of this nun and her interesting background is the subject of our latest post from the University Museum and Archives. Click this link to read more.
For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.
The University remembers Rowena Bramlette, former associate vice president of budgeting and member of the UP class of 1988, who passed away on January 23, 2020. To celebrate the life of our friend and colleague, the University Museum has a photo display of Rowena in the Buckley Center first floor display case next to the Diversity Center (BC 102). All are welcome to stop by the display and remember Rowena.
The University’s Track and Field program has been in existence for over a century and known for its excellence. Early on, the program established the Northwest Invitational Track Meet as a signature annual event. The modern program continued to gain distinction under former coach Mike Johnson and current coach Rob Conner. We invite you to visit this exhibit featuring historic photographs, trophies, medals, and a pair of early track shoes replete with spikes. The exhibit will be on display in the Covert Gallery on the Clark Library’s main floor through March.
From early years—when Archbishop Alexander Christie would come to campus to celebrate his Name Day, i.e., later becoming Founder’s Day—UP has been privileged to share the life and wonders of its campus with friends and families. For a brief retrospective of the recent Junior & Senior Family Weekend, plus news of a picnic under the pines in 1934, 
Dundon-Berchtold Hall will be dedicated this week, but a new addition to the family needn’t obscure the birthdays of earlier arrivals and campus siblings. Swindells Hall is also celebrating its birthday this month, dedicated twenty years ago on September 23; and the Bell Tower was dedicated on September 18 ten years ago. To mark the Bell Tower dedication anniversary, the University Museum and Archives provide 
Congratulations to our retiring faculty members! The University Archives and Museum announces a new blog post featuring these four members of the University of Portland family. Visit 
April 18, 2019 marks the 50 year anniversary of the University’s Great Fire of ’69, according to museum coordinator Carolyn Connolly. Education Hall, located near the present-day Mago Hunt Center caught fire in the early morning hours and was a total loss, causing the drama, music, and education departments to lose their physical homes on campus along with decades worth of instruments, costumes, the University’s auditorium, and personal and professional documents and items.
On July 20, 1969, an estimated 530 million people watched Apollo 11 astronauts take the first steps on the moon. The whole world remembers Neil Armstrong’s small step and giant leap in human achievement. And was there a local connection? Read about UP’s brush with fame in 
The Dundon-Berchtold academic building is on schedule and even hosting tours. Looking back 50 years, Buckley Center was new to campus then. Students and faculty moving in for spring semester of 1969. A new academic building with all of the modern furnishings. Visit the 
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