Please join the political science and global affairs department on Thursday, October 24, at 5 p.m. in the Brian Doyle Lecture Hall (Dundon-Berchtold 004) for the inaugural Helen Schwarten Foundations of Freedom Lecture. The speaker is Michael Munger of Duke University, who will discuss his new book, Is Capitalism Sustainable? (American Institute for Economic Research, […]
Archbishop Alexander Christie
From Our Past: Christie Hall Groundbreaking
June 8, 1911 saw the groundbreaking for Christie Hall, at a ceremony attended by Portland archbishop Alexander Christie, the building’s namesake, who turned the first spadeful of earth himself. When the property on which the University stands was purchased in 1901 from the University Land Company, the terms called for the construction of “a major […]
Founders’ Day: Tuesday, April 12
The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 12. Student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after 4 p.m. will […]
Founders’ Day: Tuesday, April 12
The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 12. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after […]
From Our Past
Fr. Michael Quinlan, C.S.C. (pictured), the second president and first Holy Cross president of the University of Portland, died on August 29, 1944, at age 70. He served as president from 1902 to 1906, succeeding Fr. Edward P. Murphy, a Portland archiocesan priest who had been appointed president by archbishop Alexander Christie. Fr. Quinlan’s tenure […]
Founders’ Day Celebration, April 8
The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 8. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after 4 p.m. will be held […]
From Our Past
July 13, 1964 saw the death, at age 74, of Br. Ferdinand Moser, C.S.C., pictured. He had come to the University in 1933 and became, in addition to his teaching, the University’s first landscape architect, establishing the beginnings of a remarkable collection of varieties of camellias as well as rhododendrons, azaleas, holly, and other plantings, […]
From Our Past
July 13, 1964 saw the death, at age 74, of Br. Ferdinand Moser, C.S.C., pictured. He had come to the University in 1933 and became, in addition to his teaching, the University’s first landscape architect, establishing the beginnings of a remarkable collection of varieties of camellias as well as rhododendrons, azaleas, holly, and other plantings, […]
From Our Past
June 8, 1911 saw the groundbreaking for Christie Hall, named for Archbishop Alexander Christie of the Portland Archdiocese, founder of Columbia University (renamed the University of Portland in 1935). When the campus property purchased in 1901 from the University Land Company, the terms called for the construction within ten years of a major building. A […]
Founders Day, Tuesday April 9
The University’s annual Founders Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 9. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after 4 p.m. […]