Ben Berry

4th Annual Operations & Technology Symposium: October 24

October 10, 2019

The Pamplin School of Business is pleased to present its 4th annual Operations & Technology Symposium on Thursday, October 24, from 4-7 p.m., featuring keynote speaker Ben Berry, EVP & CIO of the Bonneville Power Administration. This annual event congregates thought-leaders in the operations and technology management field space to spotlight the latest trends, initiate dialogue, and network with fellow professionals. All attendees receive a digital badge; networking reception also included with hosted hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Free for staff, faculty, and students with code: uppamplin.

To register, use this link. For more information, contact Claire Moore, business, at moorec@up.edu.

Alumnus Ben Berry ’74 to speak on campus, Oct. 15

October 12, 2015

The Pamplin School of Business and APICS Portland Chapter will be hosting a talk by UP alumnus Ben Berry ’74 on Thursday, Oct. 15 from 6-8:30 p.m. in Shiley Hall Room 301. Berry, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Digital Officer for AirShip Technologies Group, will speak on AirShip’s move from an airframe proprietary mold process to a 3-D Printed Additive manufacturing process. AirShip’s Strategic Manufacturing program is designed to carve out market share in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) industry that is currently $11.3B and on track to reach $94B by 2017.

For more information and to register for the event, please go to the APICS Portland Chapter’s website here.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, had his numerical brain teaser, “Numerical Curiosities for an NBA Icon,” published in the January 6, 2020 edition of The Columbian. See the article at this link.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “What Lessons Can African Churches Learn from the Role of Religious Conflicts in 20th Century Wars and Genocide?,” a plenary paper at the Pan-African Catholic Congress on Theology, Society and Pastoral Life. In Celebration of 50 Years of SECAM, 25 Years of Ecclesia in Africa and 10 Years of Africae Munus. Organized by the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology/DePaul University, Chicago, USA. Held at Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, Nigeria, December 5 – 8, 2019. He also reviewed The Journey of Reconciliation. Groaning for A New Creation in Africa by Emmanuel Katongole, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2017. (ISBN: 9781626982505) in Horizons Volume 46, Issue 2 (December 2019) 398 – 399. DOI: 10.1017/hor.2019.81 and Religion and Faith in Africa. Confessions of An Animist by Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2018 (ISBN 9781626982765) in Horizons, Volume 46, Issue 2 (December 2019) 417 – 418. DOI: 10.1017/hor.2019.92.

Jon Stanfill, theology, had his article, “John Chrysostom and the Rebirth of Antiochene Mission in Late Antiquity,” published in Church History 88.4, 899-924, December 2019.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, published “Participatory Arts-Based Pedagogy in Baccalaureate Nursing Education” (with Anjanette Raber) in Nursing Education Perspectives January 2020.

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