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Pilot Stories (Video Series)

April 28, 2023

Marketing & Communications and Admissions recently launched our second set of videos in our ongoing series that captures students’ transformative experiences while attending UP. The short videos are in each student’s own words and highlight them engaging in some of their favorite activities on campus. Marketed on social media, the videos aim to help prospective students imagine themselves […]

Filed Under: 2023-05-01 Tagged With: admissions, Marketing and Communications

Pilot Stories (Video Series)

February 3, 2023

Marketing & Communications and Admissions recently teamed up to launch an ongoing series of videos that capture students’ transformative experiences while attending UP. The short videos are in each student’s own words and highlight them engaging in some of their favorite activities on campus. Marketed on social media, the videos aim to help prospective students imagine […]

Filed Under: 2023-02-06, 2023-02-20 Tagged With: admissions, Marketing & Communications, Pilot Stories

Tuition Exchange Benefit: Fill Out Request by Dec. 16

November 1, 2019

Faculty and staff who would like to use the University’s tuition exchange benefit (TES or CCCTE) for dependent children for the fall 2020 semester need to visit the HR website and fill out a request for approval by Monday, December 16, 2019, according to Jason McDonald, Dean of Admissions. For more information contact Jason at x7751 or mcdonaja@up.edu.

Filed Under: 11-04-2019, Admissions, Campus Services Tagged With: admissions, Jason McDonald, Tuition Exchange Benefit

Silver, Merit Awards in 2017 Graphis Design Annual

September 23, 2016

The Graphis Design Annual, an international competition that began in Switzerland more than seven decades ago, recently announced the winners of its 2017 competition. Lightner Design, working closely with the University’s marketing and communications office, received a Silver award for its work on the University of Portland’s admissions brochures, a series including Preview, Campus Visits, […]

Filed Under: 09-26-2016, Campus Services, Marketing & Communications Tagged With: admissions, Marketing & Communications, Outcomes Brochure

Farewell Party for Alex Gonzalez, April 7

April 1, 2016

The admissions office invites all faculty and staff to join them for happy hour on Thursday, April 7, at 4 p.m., in the Pilot House Pub. Admissions staff are bidding farewell to Alex Gonzalez, who has accepted a position at the ECMC Scholarship Program of Oregon. A tap of beer has been donated to the […]

Filed Under: 04-04-2016, Admissions, Campus Services Tagged With: admissions, Alex Gonzalez, Pilot House Pub

Tuition Exchange Benefits for Fall 2015

September 22, 2014

Faculty and staff who would like to use the University’s tuition exchange benefit for dependent children for the fall 2015 semester need to visit the HR website and fill out a request for approval by December 1, 2014, according to Jason McDonald, admissions.  The link is http://tinyurl.com/nnuvj6k. For more information contact McDonald at 7751 or […]

Filed Under: 09-15-2014, Academics, Human Resources Tagged With: admissions, Human Resources, Jason McDonald, Tuition Exchange

Welcome, Class of 2018!

August 25, 2014

The University is welcoming the Class of 2018, beginning as freshmen moved into their dorm rooms on Thursday, August 21. It is the largest and among the most diverse and academically gifted classes in school history. More than 100 incoming students arrived on campus early to volunteer in the local community as part of the […]

Filed Under: Academics, Admissions Tagged With: admissions, Class of 2018, Jason McDonald

Fall 2014 Shaping Up As Record Class Year

May 12, 2014

The University has received a record number of deposits – 1,145 for incoming freshmen – and the school is anticipating Fall 2014 to be the largest first-year class in its 113-year history. Jason McDonald, dean of admissions, anticipates the University’s incoming freshman class could be about 1,100, exceeding the previous record of 888. He notes […]

Filed Under: 05-12-2014, Academics, Admissions Tagged With: admissions, Jason McDonald

Employee Discount For Membership in World Affairs Council of Oregon

March 17, 2014

Thanks to the University of Portland’ status as a sponsor of the Speaker Series of the World Affairs Council of Oregon, all UP employees are being offered a 20 percent discount on all levels of individual membership, according to John Goldrick, university relations. Membership starts at $40. If employees choose to join as individual members, […]

Filed Under: Admissions, Campus Services Tagged With: admissions, Hilary Rodham Clinton, Jackie Roth, John Goldrick, Sen. Ron Wyden, World Affairs Council of Oregon

2012 University Staff Awards

January 8, 2013

Employee awards for 2012 were presented at the annual employees’ holiday banquet on Thursday, December 22. The winners are: Sandy Galati, physical plant, won the MargaretW. Henzi Award for outstanding office/clerical employees, and was cited as “the primary conduit through which literally thousands of work orders pass every year…by virtue of the nature of her […]

Filed Under: Human Resources Tagged With: admissions, awards, physical plant

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Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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