We are proud of our graduates and enriched as a family with every commencement weekend, and would like to remind everyone that the bows and ribbons, programs and schedules, the details both large and small for the big show, are expertly managed by the UP events staff, who work behind the scenes to insure a successful and […]
Carolyn Connolly
Latest Museum Blog Post: 2018 Retiring University Faculty
Congratulations to our retiring faculty! The University archives and museum announces a new blog post featuring these nine members of the University faculty. Visit the blog for a slideshow of the honored retirees. To complement the blog post, the museum also has a photograph display of the retiring faculty in the display case on the first […]
Museum & Archives Blog: UP’s Brushes With Fame
Jay Leno, we know that name, but did you know he did an ASUP show in the Chiles Center on December 8, 1988? And remember how more recently, the Grimm television show filmed on campus, bringing Hollywood to UP with trailers, electrical cables, and disguised buildings and signs? Or when Will Geer, who play Grandpa on […]
Holy Cross Brothers Display, Buckley Center
There is a famous story that Bro. Godfrey Vassallo, C.S.C. (“B.G.” to generations of admiring students and colleagues), led Physics Club students in digging out a basement for Engineering (Shiley) Hall on weekends in 1949. On weekdays, he was a physics professor at the front of the classroom. Holy Cross Brothers have long been the center-stage and background […]
Founding Visions, Different Versions
From the earliest days of the University to today, the art of campus planning requires the humility of revision. Plans have to develop and change to keep up with then-current-day campus needs. Some of these lost dreams are lovingly housed in the quiet repose of the University Archives. As bulldozers and cranes come to the center of […]
Honor and Remembrance at UP
The bricks of the Praying Hands Memorial carry the names of UP alumni who lost their lives in war. Each year the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC cadets mark Veterans Day by posting a 24-hour honor guard at the Praying Hands/Broken Wall Memorial for these and the many alumni and alumnae who have served our country in the […]
The Walls Came Tumbling Down: New Museum Blog Post
The University Archives and Museum have produced a new blog entry, according to Carolyn Connolly, museum curator. With the recent deconstruction of Howard Hall, it’s time for taking a look at the 90 year history of the building, sampling historical photos found in the Clark Library Digital Collections. Also visit the The Clark Library Gallery to see these photos and […]
From the Archives: Registering for Classes in 1967
As we welcome the Class of 2021 and new faculty to the UP campus, here is a brief review of campus and academic life from fifty years ago at the beginning of the 1967 school year. For text and images on the museum blog, follow this link. To complement the blog post, the museum also has a photograph and memorabilia display of […]
Special Hours for University Museum: Reunion 2017
The University museum will be open for special hours on Friday, June 23, from 1 – 4 p.m., and Saturday, June 24, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., during the 2017 Alumni Reunion. All University employees, alumni, and friends are welcome to visit the museum in the basement of Shipstad Hall, room 014. The museum contains photographs […]
It’s Time for a Parade! UP’s 1987 Rose Festival Float
Thirty years ago a group of alumni and University volunteers created UP’s float entry for the 79th Rose Festival Parade. For some interesting facts about float construction and a photo gallery of the process, visit the Museum and Archives blog for our latest post. The 1987 Queen’s Trophy, articles, and more float photos are on display […]