David Turnbloom

TLC Tip of the Week: Enhancing Class Discussions

October 4, 2019

In this 10-minute IGNITE-funded video, David Turnbloom of the theology department offers strategies for increasing the quality and quantity of student participation in class conversations. His ideas are portable across multiple content areas.

For more information contact Karen Eifler at eifler@up.edu.

Theology Thursday, Sept. 19: “Sacramental Justice & The Mission of Holy Cross”

September 13, 2019

The next Theology Thursday lecture will feature David Turnbloom, theology, as he presents “Sacramental Justice and the Mission of Holy Cross” on Thursday, September 19, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. Turnbloom will examine the relationship between sacraments and justice using the constitution of the Congregation of Holy Cross as a guide.

For more information or ADA accommodations contact theology at x7274 or mackinno@up.edu.

“The Ritual of Archaeology,” Jan. 30

January 26, 2018

Dundon-Berchtold fellows David Turnbloom, theology, and student Jonathan Wiley will present “Formed in the Dirt: The Ritual of Archaeology” on Tuesday, January 30, at 7:15 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons Terrace Room. Turnbloom and Wiley will discuss whether scientific research is a ritual, what effects research and ritual have on those who practice them, and their roles in the mission of the University of Portland. The talk is sponsored by the Dundon-Berchtold Institute and the UP Pollentia undergraduate research expedition.

For more information contact Turnbloom at turnbloo@up.edu.

Janet Banks, nursing, presented “Making it our Own: Innovatiove Course Writing Stages and Structures in a Concept-Based Curriculum Revision” (with Nicole Auxier), a poster presented at American Academy of Colleges of Nursing Baccalaureate Education Conference, Orlando, FL, November 2019.

Salvador Orara, Shiley School of Engineering, in his role as acting president AIGA Portland the professional organization for design, collaborated with the vice president of brand innovation at Nike to introduce “Impressions of Sport: 20 Years of Nike Communication Design” to the Portland design community at Swanson Studios in NW Portland on November 21, 2019. The one-night exhibition and presentation was open to members of AIGA and the community at large. As an education initiative, Salvador and his team worked with key faculty across different schools in the area including Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland State University, George Fox, and UP to provide students with private access tours to view the exhibit.

Martin Cenek, Shiley School of Engineering, had his paper, “Semantic Network Analysis Pipeline: Interactive Text Mining Framework for Exploration of Semantic Flows in Large Corpus of Text,” (with student coauthors Rowan Bulkow, Levi Oyster, Boyd Ching, and Ashika Mulagada) published in MDPI Applied Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app9245302.

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