Connie Ozyjowski

New CASE Awards for Development Efforts

July 12, 2019

The University of Portland development office has been recognized with a 2019 CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Educational Fundraising Award, an honor given each year to exceptional fundraising programs at educational institutions in the United States. UPN is among a select group of more than 90 colleges and universities receiving awards this year. The University is being recognized for Overall Performance, based on the judges’ blind analysis of three years of fundraising data submitted to CASE’s AMAtlas Voluntary Support of Education Survey (VSE).

In addition, the University of Portland is being honored with a Sustained Excellence Award, which is granted to those exceptional organizations that have been recognized with Overall Performance and/or Overall Improvement in three of the past five years.

For more information, contact Connie Ozyjowski, development, at ozyjowsk@up.edu.

Nominate Students For Diversity and Inclusion Annual Scholarship

February 22, 2019

The development office invites you to recommend one to two students for the Diversity and Inclusion Annual Scholarship. Nominees should be working to promote diversity on campus through their involvement in on-campus activities, in the classroom, and/or through their participation in community service. Which student(s) stand out to you as leaders in our efforts to make our campus more diverse and inclusive? The recipient will receive the scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year, so nominees should be freshmen, sophomores, or juniors. Please include a brief summary of why you are nominating them.

The nominated students will be invited to answer a short application which will be reviewed by a committee made up of faculty, staff, and students from the UP community. Once selected, the recipient will be recognized during the conclusion of Diversity Dialogues.

The Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship was created in 2016-17 by then Student Body President Brandon Rivera, in collaboration with other executive board members. This scholarship looks to not only continue the conversation of diversity and inclusion but to promote positive changes to the climate at UP. The topic of diversity is important because it allows a community to come together in unity and create a more inclusive place.

All student nominations are due by Wednesday, February 27, to Connie Ozyjowski, development, at ozyjowsk@up.edu.

Hannah Highlander, mathematics, had her article, “Modeling and Cost Benefit Analysis to Guide Deployment of POC Diagnostics for Non-typhoidal Salmonella Infections with Antimicrobial Resistance” (with coauthors Carrie Manore, Shailja Jakhar, Harshini Mukundan and student coauthors Todd Graham, Alexa Carr, Alicia Feryn) in Scientific reports , 9 (1), pp.1-17. See the article here.

Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, was invited to give the opening convocation for the faculty and staff of St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, on “Delivering Our LaSallian Mission” at their main campus in Winona, Minnesota on August 20, 2019.

Barb Braband, nursing, presented a collaborative research project, “Interprofessional Education Innovation: A Palliative Care Interview Project Implementing Photovoice and Narrative Reflection,” at the Sigma Theta Tau 2019 International Congress in Calgary, Canada, on July 27, 2019. Coauthors included Rebecca Gaudino, theology, and Anissa Rogers, sociology & social work.

Pat McDonald, marketing & communications, and Frances Pimentel, marketing & communications, received the University & College Designers Association’s Excellence Award for Integrated Campaign for the Wonder Admissions Campaign.

Jim Baillie, philosophy, had his paper “The Recognition of Nothingness” published in the journal Philosophical Studies.

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