News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Aziz Inan, engineering, had his article, “Papal Brainteasers,” published in the September 29 edition of the Catholic Sentinel. See the article at http://tinyurl.com/naq7q2b. Michael Cameron, theology, has produced an anthology, with extended general introduction, of sermons on the Psalms of the Bible by Saint Augustine of Hippo (d. 430). Entitled Essential Expositions of the Psalms […]
Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., Garaventa Center, was interviewed for Think Out Loud, an Oregon Public Broadcasting radio program, on the subject of the papal visit to the United States. That interview was followed by an appearance on “The Talk Box,” part of the KGW TV program Live at Seven. The radio program can be heard […]
John Orr, English, was one of three keynote speakers at the Northeast Asia International Language and Culture Annual Conference at Jilin University in Changchun, China. His topic was “Memory, Memorials, and the Literature of World War I.” Gary Malecha, political science, was quoted in an article, “55 Percent of Charlie Hales’ Political Contributions from Real […]
Jackie Waggoner, education, published “Increasing parental involvement of English Language Learner families: What the research says” (with Tarasawa, B.) in Journal of Children and Poverty (http://tinyurl.com/o8l4y9e). She also presented (with McGunnigle C., O’Connor, D., Treasure, T., Cranley, L., and Davie, S.) “It’s okay. I’m a…teacher. Is professional status important to teachers?” in the Proceedings at […]
Jackie Waggoner, Jim Carroll, Hillary Merk, and Bruce Weitzel, education, published “Critics and critical analysis: Lessons from 19,000 P-12 students in candidates’ classrooms” in Teacher Education Quarterly, 42(1), 97. See the article at http://tinyurl.com/op836wf. Rene Sanchez, theology, was quoted in an article, “Proud Mary,” in the September 2, 2015 edition of Willamette Week, on the […]
Brian Doyle, marketing and communications, was invited to read from his work during the First Draft Writers’ Series on Thursday, August 20, at Pendleton Center for the Arts in Pendleton, Ore. The event was sponsored by the Oregon Cultural Trust. Bob Butler, environmental studies, was an organizer and lead instructor of an Earthquake and Tsunami […]
Patrick Murphy, performing and fine arts, has been named Guest Conductor of the Southwest Washington Wind Symphony, a professional-level wind band based in Vancouver. Murphy is also the conductor of the Symphonic Band of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony and the Portland Community Wind Band. Aziz Inan, engineering, published his article titled, “Seven brainteasers to honor […]
Aziz Inan, engineering, published his article titled, “Neil Armstrong’s 85th birthday signifies his birth date,” in the Antelope Valley Times, August 5, 2015. See the article at http://tinyurl.com/ocsb9tw. It also appeared in the Wapakoneta Daily News, p. 2A, August 5, 2015. Kevin Jones, social work, was a Research Fellow at The Summer Institute on Youth […]
Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon C.S.C., Garaventa Center co-directors, published “Being Christ-Like Together” in the most recent issue of Update, the newsletter of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. The full text of their article can be found here. Molly Hiro, English, was featured on WGN Channel 8 TV on July 15, where […]
Hannah Callender, mathematics, wrote “Faculty Change: A Longitudinal Study Exploring Instructional Beliefs while Implementing Model-Eliciting Activities” (with coauthors Tamara Moore, S. Selcen Guzey, Gillian H. Roehrig, Micah Stohlmann, Mi Sun Park, Young Rae Kim, and Hon Jie Teo) in J. Eng. Educ. 104(3) 279-302. DOI: 10.1002/jee.20081, July 2015.