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Informational Panel on Immigration Policies and the Trump Administration (Mar. 24)

March 16, 2025

Join us for a Q&A panel to learn more about current immigration policies, what campus leaders are doing to support students, and what Catholic Social Teaching tells us are our obligations to immigrants and refugees. A reception will follow. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-17, Events, Issues Tagged With: ASUP, Constructive Dialogue, Diversity & Inclusion Program, Garaventa Center

Stock UP (Dec. 2)

November 26, 2022

Stock UP is returning for another pop-up event on Friday, December 2, from 1:30–3:30 p.m. at 5516 N. Willamette Blvd. Stock UP is open to all students, staff, and faculty and will have fresh produce, nonperishable goods, menstrual hygiene items, and more. Masks are optional, and bags will be provided for attendees who need them. […]

Filed Under: 11-28-2022, Events Tagged With: Diversity & Inclusion Program, Stock UP

Call for Submission for Digital Ofrenda (Due by Oct. 26) 

October 15, 2022

Diversity and Inclusion Programs is issuing a call for submissions to its digital ofrenda for Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The digital ofrenda will be displayed on November 1 and November 2 to celebrate the lives and legacies of loved ones who have passed away. The deadline to submit a photo and […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2022 Tagged With: Diversity & Inclusion Program

International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion

July 19, 2021

The Office of International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion is excited to invite staff and faculty to a DEI Framing Event on Thursday, August 5, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. This event will be aimed at gaining familiarity with a DEI framework to apply in your work sphere, pairing colleagues for communication on personal progress, and inviting all to ongoing office […]

Filed Under: 07-19-21, Diversity & Inclusion Tagged With: Diversity & Inclusion Program

¿Que Pasa Con DACA? Moving Forward and Ways to Advocate, March 24

March 5, 2021

Please join Diversity and Inclusion Programs (DIP) as they host non-profit Immigrants Rising as they facilitate a conversation and information workshop on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The conversation will take place on Wednesday, March 24 from 10 – 11:30 a.m. over Zoom. In this session you will learn of the origins of DACA, […]

Filed Under: 03-08-2021, 03-15-2021, 03-22-2021, Academics, Campus Services, Diversity & Inclusion Tagged With: Diversity & Inclusion Program, Yuri Hernandez Osorio

Stock UP Providing Access to Food and More: Jan. 27

January 22, 2021

UP faculty, staff, and students (Bon Appetit employees included) will have access to food, toiletries, and other useful items at no cost during Stock UP on Wednesday, January 27, according to Yuri Hernández Osorio, diversity and inclusion. The items will be available from noon to 5 p.m. at the Social Work House at 4903 N. […]

Filed Under: 01-18-2021, 01-25-2021, Campus Services, Diversity & Inclusion Tagged With: Diversity & Inclusion Program, Stock UP, Yuri Hernandez Osorio

Community Conversations With International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion

October 2, 2020

The Office of International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion is excited to invite the University community to join us on Thursday, October 29, in our second Community Conversations session. We will again engage in meaningful peer-to-peer conversations about race. We will host conversations on two separate works—Option A is a great conversation for those learning to […]

Filed Under: 10-05-2020, Diversity & Inclusion Tagged With: and Inclusion, Diversity, Diversity & Inclusion Program, Office of International Education

International Education, Diversity & Inclusion Workshops, Trainings

September 25, 2020

The Office of International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion (with diversity and inclusion programs) will offer free DEI workshops and trainings for students (Racial Healing, Identity/Bias, LGBTQIA+ inclusivity, etc.) this semester. To sign up and see what will be offered please use this link. While many of the workshops are currently open only to QTBIPOC student […]

Filed Under: 09-21-2020, 09-28-2020, Campus Services, Diversity & Inclusion Tagged With: Diversity & Inclusion Program, Rebecca Seibert

Lumpia, Adobo, and More: Filipino American History Month

September 27, 2019

Kicking off Filipino American History Month, we invite you to come taste authentic Filipino food at the Pilot House Plaza from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, October 4. Food trucks will include Kuya Fred’s Cuisine and Hakuna Marata, serving authentic Filipino delicacies like lumpia, adobo, and much more. Cash or cards will be accepted […]

Filed Under: 09-30-2019, Campus Services, Diversity & Inclusion Tagged With: Diversity & Inclusion Program, Jayla Fernandez

Screening of “No Más Bébes,” Sept. 19

September 13, 2019

There will be a free screening of No Más Bébes, a documentary that follows a small group of Mexican immigrant women that sued the doctors at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center for being subjected to forced sterilization while they gave birth, on Thursday, September 19, 7-8:30 p.m., in Dundon-Berchtold room 031. The screening is in honor of Latinx Heritage […]

Filed Under: 09-16-2019, Academics, Campus Services, Diversity & Inclusion Tagged With: Diversity & Inclusion Program

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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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