The University museum invites faculty, staff, and students to view two new displays, according to Carolyn Connolly: Academics in the Early Years of the University: This display has selections from the archives and museum relating to academics, including class notes, course listings, class and exam schedules, and photographs. See this display on the first floor […]
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UP Trivia/Bar Bets: Football
With this post on Pilot football the University museum and archives introduce UP Trivia/Bar Bets, a new series which provides quick answers to frequently asked questions which are less frequently asked than perhaps they should be, and with answers too little known about the elements, characters, events that comprise the University of Portland story. So, […]
A Campus Sanctuary
Campus chapels provide a place for private prayer and reflection, a space apart from the busy-ness of college life, integrated into the weave and pattern of campus life. For the latest update from the University archives and museum blog, see a brief post and photographs about the Chapel of Christ the Teacher, dedicated on October […]
A Given Life: The Pioneer Four
As the University draws outstanding students and faculty to The Bluff in its second century, it is important to recall that our origins were small and that our present is the fruit of promises made by those who walked these fields before us. In the first days four consecrated religious were called and sent to […]
New Museum Display: Holy Cross Founder, Holy Cross at UP
All are invited to view a new Blessed Basil Moreau display from the University museum and archives. The visual presentation of photographs, books, and other materials focuses on the founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross and Holy Cross at University of Portland. The display is located in the Buckley Center first floor display case […]
A Given Life: Flowering in the Rose City
September 15 is a significant date in Holy Cross history. First, it is the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, patroness for the Congregation of Holy Cross; and second, their founder, Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C. was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on this date in 2007. By encouraging his Congregation to extend their boundaries, Blessed […]
Pilots Choose Their Own Course
Each year Orientation weekend provides new students with prospectus and overview of campus and academic life to help new Pilots craft their niche and chart their own course here on the Bluff. Of course, not all begin from the same starting line. While academic excellence plays a big part in admissions decisions, character has always […]
Is The Broken Wall Memorial Broken?
A new structure seems to have emerged near Christie and Howard Hall, but this is just another phase in the history of the University’s Praying Hands/Broken Wall Memorial. The University archives and museum offer a brief description and photo slide show of the memorial’s past, even while the new landscaping surrounding the Broken Wall is […]
Museum Hours For Reunion 2015
The University museum will be open for special hours on Friday, June 26, from 1 to 4 p.m., and Saturday, June 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., during the 2015 Alumni Reunion. All University employees, alumni, and friends are welcome to visit the museum in the basement of Shipstad Hall, room 014. The museum […]
In Memoriam: Martha Wachsmuth, 1921-2015
Former archivist assistant and longtime University employee Martha Wachsmuth passed away on the morning of May 4 at 94 years of age. The University archives and museum mourn her passing while remembering Martha for her faithful service to the University for 41 years. Martha retired in September 2012 at the age of 91. A post […]