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Sam Jam Basketball Fundraiser

The second annual Sam Jam will take place on Tuesday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m., in the Chiles Center. Members of the Pilot men’s and women’s basketball teams will compete in a wheelchair basketball game against the Portland Wheelblazers of Oregon Disability Sports to raise money for Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA). Sam Jam was started by University of Portland student Sam Bridgman, who was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia when he was 15 years old.

Admission is free, though a $5 donation is recommended at the door. Donations can also be made online at http://tinyurl.com/cq7h76c. Learn more about Sam Bridgman’s story at http://vimeo.com/43579515, or RSVP on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/cgel3ol.

Peter Ames Carlin Lecture

Portland author Peter Ames Carlin will present a lecture, “Revolving Sounds: How the Beatles and the Beach Boys Created Art-Rock in the 1960s,” on Tuesday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. His talk is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.

Carlin has written critically acclaimed biographies of Paul McCartney (Paul McCartney: A Life, 2010), Brian Wilson (Catch A Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, 2007), and Bruce Springsteen (Bruce, 2012). His talk will contrast the personal and creative stories behind the work of Lennon & McCartney and Beach Boys founder and composer Brian Wilson. Carlin will explore an intriguing paradox: while the Beatles’ creative explosion was fueled by confidence and collaboration, Brian Wilson’s creativity grew out of deep-seated fear and a stiffening resistance to his creative impulses, yet both sets of creators were chasing the same ideal and inspiring one another along the way. The lecture is an offshoot of the honors course in progress, “Beatles, Beach Boys, and God,” led by Brad Franco, history, and Michael Cameron, theology.

For more information contact Cameron at 7369 or cameronm@up.edu.

2013 Bauccio Lecture: Larry Baer

San Francisco Giants chief executive officer Larry Baer will deliver the annual Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneurship on Thursday, April 11, at 4:15 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.

Baer is known as a leading visionary in the world of professional sports. Under his direction, the Giants opened Pacific Bell Park in 2000 to widespread acclaim, won baseball’s World Series in 2010 and 2012, and are one of only four teams to exceed three million in attendance for eight consecutive years (2000-2007). Baer was marketing director for the Giants from 1980 to 1983 and has been a key strategist for the organization since 1992, when he was named executive president. He has been CEO since 2012.

The Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneurship was established with a $250,000 Defining Moment Campaign gift from Fedele Bauccio ’64, ’66 and his wife, Linda. The gift enables the University to offer a forum for guest speakers to share ideas and experiences about how new ventures are created. A major portion of each lecture is devoted to a spirited question and answer session. Bauccio, who paid his way through school and began his career by working in the University’s cafeteria, is now CEO of Bon Appétit, an onsite custom restaurant company with more than 400 cafés in colleges and businesses around the country. For more information contact the Center for Entrepreneurship at 7769 or ecenter@up.edu.

Founders Day, Tuesday April 9

The University’s annual Founders Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 9. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after 4 p.m. will be held as usual. Founders Day was first celebrated at the University in 1902, when University founder Most Rev. Alexander Christie visited the school he had established on The Bluff the summer before. For more information, including a schedule of the day’s events, go to www.up.edu/foundersday.

Jim Murphy Lecture

Jim Murphy, a 1991 MBA graduate of the University and executive vice president/international at Costco Wholesale, will be a featured speaker for the Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. School of Business Administration’s 2013 Leadership Speakers Series on Tuesday, April 2, at 7:10 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons Board Room. His lecture is free and open to all.

Murphy is responsible for directing the activities and expansion of Costco’s operations outside of North America and for U.S.-based global buying and export groups. Murphy also serves on the University’s board of regents. For more information contact Pete Rooks, Center for Entrepren­eur­ship, at 8914 or rooks@up.edu.

Margaret Hogan Lecture

Margaret HoganUniversity of Portland professor emerita Margaret Monahan Hogan will present a lecture, “Resistance: Its Costs and Its Limits,” on Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. Her talk is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Hogan’s presentation will provide a framework to consider the costs and limits of resistance. Her lecture will include Thomas Aquinas’ teachings on obedience; examples of resistance in recent history including the Kreisau Circle and its opposition to the Nazi Party during World War II; and present day religious liberty. For more information contact Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center, at 7702 or powell@up.edu.

$50,000 Campagna Gift To RISE

The University has announced a RISE Campaign donation of $50,000 from Dr. Mario Campagna ’49 and his late wife, Edith Campagna ’51. The donation will provide scholarships for nursing and pre-med students. Edith Campagna, a nursing graduate of the University, passed away in February 2013.

The Campagnas have supported the University’s mission for many years, establishing two scholarships in 2002: the Edith and Mario Campagna Endowed Scholarship in Nursing and the Dr. & Mrs. Mario Campagna Endowed Scholarship for pre-medical students, contributing more than $300,000 over the years.

The Campagnas’ gift is part of the University’s RISE Campaign, which seeks to raise $175 million over the next several years.For more information contact development at 7395.

Nominate For Oddo Scholarship

Shortly after his untimely death in 1989, Univer­sity president Rev. Thomas Oddo, C.S.C., was memorialized by faculty, staff, students, and friends with the establishment of an endowed scholarship fund named after him. Every year the University awards scholarship funds in Fr. Oddo’s name to one or more students who meet a set of criteria which includes demonstrated commitment to service and to service learning. Criteria for the Father Thomas C. Oddo, C.S.C. Memorial Scholarship are:

  • Minimum 3.0 G.P.A.
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Junior or senior student standing in the 2013-2014 school year
  • Demonstrated commitment to service and service learning
  • Open to any academic major.

A nomination form is available at http://tinyurl.com/abu4o2m and is due to Theresa McCreary, campus ministry, by 4 p.m. on Friday, March 29, 2013. For more information contact McCreary at 7131 or mccreary@up.edu.

Advisory Committee On Inclusion

The Ad Hoc President’s Advisory Committee on Inclusion is hosting community listening sessions at the following times and locations:

  • Tuesday, April 2: Staff Listening Session with Stacey Watanabe and Br. Thomas Giumenta, C.S.C., noon to 1 p.m., Buckley 015
  • Wednesday, April 3: Faculty Listening Session with Gary Malecha and Elayne Shapiro, noon to 1 p.m., Franz 107
  • Wednesday, April 3: Student Listening Session with Austin Veiga and Lauretta Frederking, 7-8 p.m., Buckley 310
  • Thursday, April 4: Student Listening Session with Kirsten Rivera and Bob Duff, 5-6 p.m., Buckley Auditorium.

Any community members who cannot attend listening sessions may submit anonymous comments and suggestions using the form found at http://tinyurl.com/d7596dz. For ADA questions regarding accessibility of listening sessions or the anonymous survey contact Paul Myers, health center, at 7134 or myers@up.edu.

Hard Hat Library Tours

The next building tours for the Clark Library are scheduled for Tuesday, March 26 and Wednesday, March 27. Reserve your spot by e-mailing Kathy O’Connell Riddell, library, at oconnell@up.edu. Tours meet at 3:45 p.m. in the Franz Hall lobby and last 45 minutes to an hour. Closed-toe shoes are required. See photos of the progress at http://wordpress.up.edu/library/photos/.