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State of UP Address, Feb. 27: Reserve By Feb. 19

February 16, 2018

All University community members are welcome to join University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., as he presents the 2018 State of the University address on Tuesday, February 27, at the Sentinel Hotel in downtown Portland. He will share his vision on how our work shapes lives on and beyond The Bluff. Kathy Perko ’84 will also speak about how UP helped form her into the person she has become and how the lessons she learned while at UP have guided and helped her in the healthcare profession. Kathy won our Oddo Service Alumni Award in 2008.

Doors open at 11:15 a.m., and the program will run from noon to 1 p.m. Cost is $20 per person and $160 for a table of eight. Please register online at giving.up.edu/stateofup by Monday, February 19. The program will take place on the fourth floor; the Sentinel Hotel is located at 614 SW 11th Ave.

For more information, email Hannah Pick at pick@up.edu or call x7397.

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