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Early Career Award for Alice Gates

March 20, 2020

Alice Gates, social work, was selected as this year’s recipient of the Council on Social Work Education Early Career Faculty Award for Service and Leadership in Social Work Education.  Founded in 1952, the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is the national association representing social work education in the United States. Its members include over 800 […]

Filed Under: 03-23-2020, Academics Tagged With: Alice Gates, Social Work

A Conversation on Why Pronouns Matter, Oct. 2

September 27, 2019

This Wednesday, October 2, bring a lunch and explore the background of why so many syllabi and email signatures include ‘his/him,’ ‘she/her,’ or ‘they/their.’ The Teaching & Learning Collaborative will host a brownbag lunch conversation around the question “Why do pronouns matter?” in the Murphy Room from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The conversation will […]

Filed Under: 09-30-2019, Academics Tagged With: Alice Gates, Karen Eifler

Exhibit: “The Architecture of Internment: The Buildup to Wartime Incarceration,” March 3-9

March 2, 2018

The Social Justice Program will bring a nationally recognized exhibit, “The Architecture of Internment: The Buildup to Wartime Incarceration,” to the UP campus from Saturday, March 3 to Friday, March 9, in St. Mary’s Student Center. Produced by Portland-based Graham Street Productions, which creates “socially relevant documentaries, books and exhibits to educate, inspire and mobilize audiences,” the exhibit explores how Oregonians participated […]

Filed Under: 02-26-2018, 03-05-2018, Academics, Campus Services Tagged With: Alice Gates, Graham Street Productions, Social Justice Program

Congratulations to 2017 Faculty Award Winners

May 26, 2017

The University’s Faculty Awards were presented on Tuesday, May 9, 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 Terry Favero, biology (pictured). Winners […]

Filed Under: Academics Tagged With: 2017 Faculty Awards, Alice Gates, Maximilian Schlosshauer, Molly Hiro, Terry Favero, Tisha Morrell

Rank and Tenure: 2017 Tenure, Promotions

February 3, 2017

The provost’s office has announced the following promotions and grants of tenure, effective July 1, 2017: Alice Gates, social work: tenured, promoted to associate professor Anne Santiago, political science: tenured, promoted to associate professor Elinor Sullivan, biology: tenured, promoted to associate professor Sarah Weiger, English: tenured, promoted to associate professor Christine Weilhoefer, biology: tenured, promoted […]

Filed Under: 02-06-2017, Academics Tagged With: Alice Gates, Anne Santiago, Christine Weilhofer, Elinor Sullivan, Rank & Tenure, Sarah Weiger

Alice Gates Wins Marie O. Weil Outstanding Scholarship Award

November 6, 2015

Alice Gates, sociology and social work, is this year’s winner of the Marie O. Weil Outstanding Scholarship Award, co-sponsored by the Association of Community Organizations and Social Administration (ACOSA) and Taylor & Francis Publishing. Gates’ article, “Integrating social services and social change: Lessons from an immigrant worker center,” was based on her multi-year ethnography of […]

Filed Under: 11-09-2015, Academics Tagged With: Alice Gates, Sociology and Social Work

CISGO Seed Grant Recipients

January 27, 2014

The Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013-2014 CISGO Seed Grants, according to Kate Regan, international languages and cultures. The grants are for projects related to increasing international issues and learning on campus, and support faculty, staff, and student projects that increase international awareness and […]

Filed Under: Academics, International Languages & Cultures Tagged With: Alice Gates, Aurora Myer, Brad Franco, CISCO, David Taylor, Howard Feldman, Jeanette Lovejoy, Jeffrey White, Kate Regan, Mark Meckler, Sally Hood

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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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