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Alumni & Family Engagement Has a New Home!

October 24, 2025

The Alumni & Family Team has moved to Waldschmidt Hall.

Filed Under: 2025-10-27, 2025-11-10, Alumni, Alumni & Parent Relations, Issues Tagged With: Alumni, Alumni & Family Engagement, Alumni & Parent Relations

Complimentary Admission to Reunion 2025 | June 26–29

April 24, 2025

Faculty and staff, join in on Alumni Reunion 2025! Reconnect, celebrate, and enjoy a weekend full of Pilot pride with complimentary admission for UP employees. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-04-28, 2025-05-12, Issues Tagged With: Alumni, Alumni Reunion

Faculty/Staff Discount for Alumni Reunion 2024 | June 27–30

April 1, 2024

It’s time to register for Alumni Reunion 2024! Join us for boatloads of fun as we celebrate class years ending in 4 and 9, and the 60th Anniversary of both Mehling Hall and our Salzburg Study Abroad Program! (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-04-01, 2024-04-15, 2024-05-13, Issues Tagged With: Alumni, Alumni Reunion

Card Campaign Supporting Bill Reed ‘72

December 18, 2023

For those that may not know, longtime UP staff member and alum Bill Reed ’72, recently began his treatment journey for bladder cancer. Bill is doing remarkably well and maintaining an incredible spirit throughout this challenging time, and we’ve decided to organize a heartwarming card campaign in response to numerous inquiries about how you can show your support. (Read More)

Filed Under: 12-18-2023, Issues Tagged With: Alumni

Faculty, Staff Invited to Reunion, June 22-25

June 16, 2017

Faculty and staff members are encouraged to join the hundreds of alumni who return to campus to participate in the annual Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 22-25. This year, attendees will celebrate Shipstad Hall’s 50th birthday, the Hawai’i Club, the milestone class of 1967, and all classes ending in 2 and 7. This year also marks the inclusion […]

Filed Under: 05-22-2017, 05-29-2017, 06-05-2017, 06-19-2017, Alumni, Events Tagged With: 2017 Reunion, Alumni

Online Registration for Reunion Closes Sunday, June 18

June 9, 2017

A reminder to faculty and staff members to register for the 2017 Alumni Reunion Weekend by Sunday, June 18. All events are free for faculty and staff and their families. The faculty/staff registration form is available here (link will pre-fill the discount code). This year, Reunion will celebrate Shipstad Hall’s 50th birthday, the Hawai’i Club, the […]

Filed Under: 06-12-2017, Alumni Tagged With: Alumni, Alumni Awards, Reunion

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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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