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2018 Faculty Award Winners Announced

May 11, 2018

The University’s Faculty Awards were presented on Tuesday, May 8, at the Faculty Awards Dinner, with the following results: The James Culligan Award, established in 1953 in memory of a dedicated servant of the University and presented annually to a faculty member in recognition of distinguished service, was presented to Matthew Kuhn, Br. Godfrey Vassallo […]

Filed Under: 05-14-2018, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: 2018 Faculty Awards, Alexandra Hill, Anissa Rogers, Lorretta Krautscheid, Matthew Kuhn, Tara Prestholdt

Summer 2018 Provost’s Initiative Awards

May 4, 2018

The provost’s office is pleased to announce recipients of the Summer 2018 Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research awards. These faculty members have been selected to collaborate with and mentor an undergraduate on a co-designed research experience during the 2018 summer semester: Ruth Dittrich, economics: “Salmon recovery efforts in the Willamette River and the John Day […]

Filed Under: 04-23-2018, 04-30-2018, 05-07-2018, Academics Tagged With: Alexandra Hill, John Orr, Katie O'Reilly, Loretta Krautscheid, Ruth Dittrich, Summer Provost Initiative Awards

Engineering/German Student Lands Germany Internship

February 19, 2016

Paul Munn, a double major in mechanical engineering and German studies, has been awarded a prestigious Cultural Vistas Summer Internship in Germany for summer 2016. The paid internship will be with a German engineering firm yet to be determined. Munn will join more than 300 students and professionals who take part in Cultural Vistas programs […]

Filed Under: 02-22-2016, Academics, Shiley School of Engineering Tagged With: Alexandra Hill, Deborah Munro, Paul Munn, Shiley School of Engineering

Graves Award in the Humanities for Alexandra Hill

February 17, 2014

Alexandra Hill, international languages and cultures, has been awarded an Arnold L. and Lois S. Graves Award in the Humanities. This competitive award, offered biennially, is “intended to encourage and to reward outstanding accomplishment in actual teaching in the humanities by younger faculty members.” The Graves Awards are administered by Pomona College under the auspices […]

Filed Under: Academics, College of Arts & Sciences, International Languages & Cultures Tagged With: Alexandra Hill, College of Arts and Sciences, Graves Award, International Languages and Cultures, Terry Favero

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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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