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Season Tickets Now Available!

June 16, 2017

Season tickets for staff and faculty are now available for 50% off. Men’s soccer is coming off a WCC Championship and has the 7th ranked recruiting class in the nation according to Top Drawer Soccer. Former Portland Trailblazer Terry Porter and the men’s basketball team continue to bring in top recruits (12th ranked recruiting class in the […]

Filed Under: 06-12-2017, 06-19-2017, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Dave Taylor, Season Tickets

Season Tickets Now Available

May 27, 2016

It’ s an exciting time in the athletics department with new head coaches taking the reins for the Pilot men’s basketball and men’s soccer programs, and they want the University community to be a part of this new era. Tickets for the 2016-2017 seasons are now available for all faculty and staff at a discount […]

Filed Under: 05-30-2016, Academics, Athletics, Campus Services Tagged With: Athletics, Dave Taylor, Season Tickets

Season Tickets Available to All Faculty and Staff Half Price

May 6, 2016

Are you iterested in coming out to more soccer or basketball games? Well, now you can! For the 2016-2017 soccer and basketball seasons the athletics office offers season tickets to all faculty and staff for 50 percent off. For more information contact the Pilots Box Office at 7525, or e-mail Dave Taylor at taylord@up.edu.

Filed Under: 05-09-2016, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Dave Taylor, Season Tickets

Pilots Host Sacramento State in CIT on Wednesday, March 18

March 16, 2015

The University of Portland men’s basketball team will host the Sacramento State Hornets in the opening round of the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) at the Chiles Center on Wednesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. This is the first postseason men’s basketball game hosted on the Portland campus in program history. Tickets start at $5 […]

Filed Under: 03-16-2015, Athletics Tagged With: CIT Postseason Tournament, Dave Taylor, Pilots Basketball

Soccer Exhibition Games vs. Portland Thorns, T2

March 16, 2015

The UP women’s and men’s soccer teams will welcome the Portland Thorns FC and Portland Timbers 2 (T2) to Merlo Field for a pair of exhibition games this weekend. The two matches are presented by Providence Health & Services and $2 of every ticket purchased supports Providences’ sports screening and health education programs for youth […]

Filed Under: 03-16-2015, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Dave Taylor, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer

Blackout Women’s Soccer Game vs. Pepperdine, Oct. 24

October 20, 2014

Make plans to wear black and attend the Pilot women’s soccer game versus Pepperdine on Friday, October 24, at 7 p.m., as the athletics office tries to “blackout” Merlo Field for the launch of the Portland Pilots new secondary logo. This is a huge event for the athletics department and the campus as a whole. […]

Filed Under: Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Dave Taylor, Pepperdine, Women's Soccer

Employee Season Ticket Deals

June 23, 2014

Faculty and staff are reminded that they receive 50 percent off the regular price on Pilots soccer season tickets. Employee season tickets prices are $124.50 for stadium chairs, $89.50 for bench backs, and $63 for general admission. Season tickets include all men’s and women’s home games. For more information or to purchase your season tickets, […]

Filed Under: Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Dave Taylor, Employee season tickets

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Nick McRee, Sociology and Social Work, published “Academic debate and civic engagement in adolescence and young adulthood: evidence from a national longitudinal study.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 61(3–4), 323–338. He also published “When Chairs Shield Faculty from Service Opportunities: Protecting Colleagues or Hindering Community?” The Department Chair, 36(3), 11-13.

Katie Danielson, Education, was awarded a grant from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $374,940.00 for the “Collaborating Towards Transformational Visions for Digital School Systems” project. Danielson also published “Learning to let go: Transformations in teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about classroom discussion.” Co-authors: Gotwalt, E., Kavanagh, S. Teaching and Teacher Education. January 2026

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “From monoamine deficits to multiscale plasticity: Twenty-five years of ketamine and the neurophysiology of depression.” Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00516.2025.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, facilitated a multi-day series of invited leadership development workshops for the staff team at Lutherhaven Ministries in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Houglum led six interactive sessions focused on DiSC-informed leadership, coaching-centered leadership, servant leadership and accompaniment, powerful feedback, and the co-creation of team commitments to support healthy culture and sustainable impact. In addition, Houglum provided multiple individual leadership coaching sessions for staff members throughout the engagement. January 2026.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published the following articles in VoiceAfrique.org: “The Saturated Wisdom of Saint Joseph: Relevant Virtues for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025). December 19, 2025. “The Gift of the Nativity is Grounded in an Ethics of Neighborliness.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025). December 24, 2025. “The Spirituality of Ambition and the Grace of the Incarnation.” Reflections on the Readings for the Vigil Mass of Christmas, 2025. December 24, 2025. “The Theotokos: A Mirror in Which We Discover Ourselves as Bearers of God’s Life to Each Other.” (Reflection on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.) December 31, 2025. “Jesus Christ: The Revealer of the Grace of Encounters and an Embrace of Difference.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. January 4, 2026.) January 3, 2026. “Christian Baptism as a Summon for Global Justice: What We Must Embrace for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. January 11, 2026.) January 10, 2026. Aihiokhai also published a review of The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza. Edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer. Orbis Books, 2025. Catholicbooksreview.org

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

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