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Gerhardt Award Nominations

January 14, 2013

The Office of Alumni Relations is accepting nominations for the 2013 Thomas A. Gerhardt Award for Student Leadership, according to Ken

Hallenius, alumni relations. Criteria for selection:

  • Student must be a graduating senior;
  • Student must have demonstrated leadership throughout his or her undergraduate career;
  • Student must demonstrate consistent dedication to the University and the community through service to God and neighbor.

Nominations are due to Bryant by Wednesday, January 25. Please attach a letter of recommendation, detailing reasons for nomination. For more information, contact Hallenius at Bryant at halleniu@up.edu or 8326.

Filed Under: 01-14-2013, Alumni Tagged With: awards

Doyle In The Running

January 14, 2013

Brian DoylePortland Magazine editor Brian Doyle has been nominated for two Oregon Book Awards: Bin Laden’s Bald Spot was nominated for the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction, and his Cat’s Foot was nominated for the Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature. Winners will be announced at the 26th Oregon Book Awards ceremony on April 8, 2013. For a complete list of finalists, please click here: http://www.literaryarts.org/oba-home. Bin Laden’s Bald Spot is a collection of short stories published by Red Hen Press, while Cat’s Foot is a novella published by Corby Books about a man who goes in search of the foot he has lost in a war. Last year, Doyle’s debut novel Mink River was also a finalist for the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction. Doyle is the author of twelve books and has been nominated for seven Oregon Book Awards in four different categories. For more information contact Doyle at bdoyle@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-14-2013, Featured, Marketing & Communications Tagged With: awards, Brian Doyle

Conner named coach of the year

January 9, 2013

Pilots cross-country coach RobConner has been named the Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year for the West Region, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced on Tuesday, November 20. Conner, who was named the West Coast Conference Coach of the Year earlier this season, has coached a young Portland squad to a No. 9 ranking this season entering the NCAA National Championships over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

 

Filed Under: 12-03-2012, Athletics Tagged With: awards, cross-country, Rob Conner

CISGO Students Honored

January 9, 2013

Three UP students have been awarded CISGO (Collaborative in International Studies and Global Outreach) sponsorships to attend the student-led Human Development Conference on February 8-9 at the University of Notre Dame, according to Kate Regan, CISGO chair. The students are: Julia Sheets, civil engineering, environmental track and Spanish minor; Ruby Machado, political science and Spanish; and Andrea Merrill, sociology and psychology. CISGO works with the political science department and Congregation of Holy Cross to choose students for this honor. For more information contact Regan at 7364 or regan@up.edu.

 

Filed Under: 12-10-2012, CISGO, Students Tagged With: awards

Portland Magazine Wins Bronze

January 9, 2013

The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has announced that the University’s quarterly journal, Portland Magazine, won a national bronze medal for writing for Brian Doyle’s summer 2011 editorial essay, “Boots.” The medal is the most recent of Portland Magazine’s uninterrupted 19-year run of national medals for excellence. For more information contact Doyle at bdoyle@up.edu.

Filed Under: 12-10-2012, Marketing & Communications Tagged With: awards, Brian Doyle, Portland Magazine

Northwest Passages First Again

January 9, 2013

The spring 2012 edition of the history department’s student journal, Northwest Passages, has again been awarded first prize in the Gerald D. Nash History Journal competition, the second year in a row that the journal has received first prize and the fourth time overall. Special recognition goes to faculty advisor Mark Eifler and student editors Tessa Daniels, Cassie Passon, and Whitney Simpson (all 2012 graduates); senior Renee Erb, and junior Lindsey Tsuruda. For more information contact Elise Moentmann, history, at 7341 or moentman@up.edu.

Filed Under: 12-10-2012, History Tagged With: awards

Debate and Speech Union

January 9, 2013

The University of Portland’s Speech and Debate Union successfully participated in the Orv Iverson & Krista Bacon-Vickery Memorial Forensics Tournament at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, over the weekend of December 8-9, according to Brian Simmons and Bohn Lattin, communication studies:

  • Anna Murphy (business) won 1st place speaker in the Novice Division of Debate with a Bronze award
  • John Russell (civil engineering) advanced to the elimination rounds of Debate, Silver award
  • Beau Woodward (economics) advanced to the elimination rounds of Debate, Bronze award
  • Arthur Hammer(business) advanced to the elimination rounds of Debate, a Bronze award
  • Katherine Wilson (political science) won 2nd place speaker in the Open Division of Debate and advanced to the elimination rounds, a Bronze
  • award, and won 2nd place in the Open Division of Extemporaneous Speaking
  • Elizabeth Hartley (biology) won 3rd place speaker in the Open Division of Debate
  • Nikki Carter (civil engineering) won 2nd place in Open Division Impromptu Speaking and 3rd in the Open Division of Extemporaneous Speaking.

In addition, the University of Portland team won 3rd place overall in the tournament among participating four-year schools. For more information

contact Simmons at simmons@up.edu or Lattin at lattin@up.edu.

Filed Under: 12-17-2012, Students Tagged With: awards, Speech & Debate

2012 University Staff Awards

January 8, 2013

Employee awards for 2012 were presented at the annual employees’ holiday banquet on Thursday, December 22. The winners are:

Sandy Galati, physical plant, won the MargaretW. Henzi Award for outstanding office/clerical employees, and was cited as “the primary conduit through which literally thousands of work orders pass every year…by virtue of the nature of her job, she has the task of fielding what are often urgent and demanding calls from customers who may be understandably frustrated or experiencing difficulty and yet—without fail—she is always cheerful, helpful, and friendly.”

Anthony Torres, physical plant, won the TedDeiss/Joyce and Virgil Dodson Outstanding Physical Plant Employee Award. He was praised as one who “demonstrated his versatility and proved himself to be a team player by stepping up and playing an extremely critical role when the university had to re-key every room in our residence halls…in July 2012 he was promoted to foreman and given the additional responsibility of supervising the athletics/events crew.”

The winner of the Hooyboer Outstanding Professional Staff Award is Heidi Keller, student accounts. The Hooyboer Award honors the sort of dedication and commitment that drives and infuses the University’s best and most creative and visionary staffers, the sort of men and women who take the University utterly to heart, and work brilliantly for its success, which made the choice of Heidi nearly a foregone conclusion. She was cited in part as “someone whose inspirational spirit causes her employees to hail her as a University treasure.”

A new honor, the President’s Team Award, was presented to the Office of Admissions. The award was established in 2012 by University president Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C. to honor staff teams whose collective effort demonstrates unwavering commitment to the mission and goals of the University.

Winning the Father Charles Miltner, C.S.C., Award was Jason McDonald, admissions. He was lauded as “among the most cheerful, trusted, admired, and accomplished employees in modern University history…in his fourteen years on The Bluff, he has played a crucial part in the University’s amazing rise in national renown, respect, and popularity.” Beginning with the late Fr. John Hooyboer, C.S.C., the first recipient, the award has been presented to diligent and creative men and women who have gone to sometimes extraordinary lengths to further the mission of the University. It is the highest employee honor bestowed by the University.

Employees were also honored for milestone years of service to the University, including Mary Beebe, Leah Teixeira, Cynthia Blanding, Brian Toole, Kurt Bottcher, Maria de los Angeles Vega, John Carleton, Christina Wall, MingXia Chen, Jack Welch, John Donato, Gregory White, Jonathan Down, Gwen Guderjohn, Sharon Hogan, Joseph Houck, Cathleen Kelley, Bradley Kerr, Paul Le Clercq, Mary Louie, Shizuko Madsen, Bryce Majors, Elisa Majors, Kelly Margheim, Matthew Ortiz, Debra Schwartzkopf, Bradford Scott, Russell Seidelman, Mary Beth Snell, Kimberley Spir, Malathi Sundramurthy, and Mary Virnig (5 years); Pat Alderman, Jim Axling, Maureen Briare, Matthew Gerber, Vinci Halbrook-Paterson, Jeromy Koffler, Michael Kranyak, Colin McGinty, Andrea Nelin-Roth, Khiet Nguyen, Natalie Shank, Sheila Smith, Bryce Strang, and Patricia Wood (10 years); Carol Bruce, Lori Coulson, Tim Crump, Teresa Freemont, Joann Jeffers, Jim Ly0ns, Arja Nelson, Scott Pitka, Chris Sperry, Melissa Thongtan, and No Vo (15 years); Rayne Funk, Meridee Kaiel, Paul Luty, Patty Rubin, and Carolyn Strong (20 years); Bill Irwin, Shaun Shepherd, and Cindy Sturm (25 years); Stephen Hafer, Jim Haines, Ron Scott, and John Soission (30 years); and Virginia Asuncion (40 years).

For more information contact Bryn Sopko, human resources, at 8987 or sopko@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-07-2013, Human Resources Tagged With: admissions, awards, physical plant

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