News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
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!
Be on the lookout for an email from Alumni Relations this week containing a discount code that unlocks your $25 employee pricing! You must follow the link in that email to receive the discount.
If you do not receive your email by April 8, please contact alumni@up.edu.
After a three-year hiatus, Alumni Reunion is back! We encourage faculty and staff to join hundreds of alumni who will return to campus this summer.
Celebrating groups include the resilient Classes of 2020 and 2021, 50-Year Club inductees from the Classes of 1970–1972, and Villa Alumni.
The weekend kicks off on Friday with a 2020 & 2021 Commencement Celebration, followed by a Welcome Soirée & Alumni Awards. Honors program alumni will recognize John Orr’s retirement after 29 years of service to UP. Saturday features our Happy Harbors BBQ on the Academic Quad with lots food and live music!
All events are free for UP faculty and staff. When registering on Eventbrite, please enter the appropriate promo code in the upper left-hand corner above the All-Access Weekend Event Passes heading:
ALUMFACSTAFF – For UP alumni employees. Proceed with registration based on your UP class year.
FACSTAFF22 – For all other UP employees. Please register under classes of 1973–2009 and type faculty or staff in the UP class year field.
For more information, visit up.edu/reunion. Questions? Contact the Office of Alumni & Parent Relations at x7328 or alumni@up.edu.
Faculty and staff members are encouraged to join the hundreds of alumni who return to campus to participate in the annual Alumni Reunion, June 23-26. The faculty/staff registration form is available at this link (link will pre-fill the discount code). All events are free for faculty and staff and their families, with the exception of the Alumni Golf Tournament.
Reunion is the largest alumni event of the year, annually drawing more than a thousand alumni, faculty, staff, and friends to campus for a weekend of reconnection and reminiscing. This year, we celebrate Pilots Baseball, Upsilon Omega Pi’s 65th Anniversary, Granada and other Spanish study abroad programs, the Chapel Choir, the milestone class of 1966, and all classes ending in 1 and 6.
Friday’s Alumni Golf Tournament kicks off the weekend, along with a tidepool trip led by biology professor Tara Maginnis, the Tapas Time welcoming social, and an Alumni BBQ and baseball night game.
Saturday features the Old Stomping Grounds 5K run, the 50 Year Club Mass and Bunch, a farmer’s market trip led by Kirk Mustain, Alumni College sessions (hosted by Matthew Warshawsky, Maria Echenique, Thom Faller, Ray Bard, and Brian Doyle), campus tours, and the signature event of the weekend, the Welcome Home BBQ.
The weekend concludes on Sunday with the All-Alumni Mass and Brunch.
For more information, contact the alumni office at 7328 or alumni@up.edu.
Faculty and staff members are encouraged to join the hundreds of alumni who return to campus to participate in the annual Alumni Reunion. Registration is available online, and those who would like to attend are asked to fill out the form by Friday, June 19. Reunion will take place on campus June 26-28. The faculty/staff registration form is available at http://bit.ly/r15facstaff (this link will pre-fill the discount code). Most events are free for faculty and staff and their families, as indicated on the registration form.
The following events are not free and require payment: Alumni Golf Tournament, and the Columbia Gorge Fruit Loop bus tour. To register for these paid events, please contact the alumni office directly.
Reunion is the largest alumni event of the year, annually drawing more than a thousand alumni, faculty, staff, and friends to campus for a weekend of reconnection and reminiscing. This year, Reunion celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mehling Hall, the 80th birthday of the School of Nursing, the Entrepreneur Scholars program, the Cross Country program, the milestone classes of 1965 and 1990, and all classes ending in 0 and 5.
Friday’s National Alumni Board Golf Tournament kicks off the weekend, along with a bus tour, the Purple Flamingo welcoming reception, and the Mehling Alumnae Rooftop Soiree. Saturday features the Old Stomping Grounds 5K run, the return of Alumni College session classes (hosted by Brian Doyle, Fr. Charlie Gordon, Stephanie Salomone, Gary Malecha, and Brad Franco), the 50 Year Club Mass and Lunch, a men’s basketball alumni game, River Campus and Beauchamp Center tours, receptions for the classes observing quinquennial anniversaries, and the signature event of the weekend, the Welcome Home BBQ and Dance. The weekend concludes on Sunday with the All-Alumni Mass and Brunch.
For more information contact the alumni office at 7328 or alumni@up.edu.