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Dr. James T. Covert Gallery

Covert Gallery Reception: Paintings by Amanda Cardwell-Aiken (Oct. 23)

October 13, 2025

The Clark Library invites you to a reception with UP Theatre Costume Shop Manager, Amanda Cardwell-Aiken celebrating their exhibit “The Exploration of Mt. Hood”.

Filed Under: 2025-10-13, Events, Issues Tagged With: Clark Library, Dr. James T. Covert Gallery

Covert Gallery: Call for Exhibit Proposals (Jun. 30)

June 9, 2025

The Clark Library invites students, faculty, and staff to submit exhibit proposals by June 30, 2025. Selected proposals will be exhibited in the Library’s main-level Covert Gallery during the 2025–26 academic year. We welcome your art, whether painting, photography, or mixed media. If you have 9-10 pieces that you like, we will assist you with transforming them into an exhibit! (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-06-09, 2025-06-23, Issues Tagged With: Dr. James T. Covert Gallery

The Clark Library Covert Gallery: Call for Proposals

March 31, 2025

The Clark Library seeks exhibit proposals from University of Portland students, faculty, and staff to be displayed in the Library’s main-level Covert Gallery during the 2025–26 academic year. Gallery exhibits feature the diversity of scholarship and culture on campus, as well as UP’s history. Submissions are due June 30. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-31, Issues Tagged With: Clark Library, Dr. James T. Covert Gallery

Covert Gallery Reception: Artwork by Kowkie Durst and Victoria Christen (Nov. 13)

November 8, 2024

The Clark Library invites you to a reception with UP Ceramic faculty member Kowkie Durst and his predecessor, Victoria Christen, celebrating their ceramic exhibit “Holding: New Work by UP Ceramic Faculty.” (Read More). 

Filed Under: 2024-11-11, Events, Issues Tagged With: Dr. James T. Covert Gallery, Fine Arts

Covert Gallery: Artwork by Salvador Orara (Nov. 14)

November 6, 2023

The Clark Library invites you to a reception with Salvador Orara, UP’s Director of Innovation, celebrating his multimedia exhibit “The Double-Edged Sword of Transformation.” (Read More)

Filed Under: 11-06-2023, Issues Tagged With: Clark Library, Dr. James T. Covert Gallery

Clark Library Covert Gallery: Call for Exhibit Proposals (Due by Apr. 21)

April 1, 2023

The Clark Library invites students, faculty, and staff to submit exhibit proposals for the Dr. James T. Covert Gallery. Selected proposals will be exhibited during the 2023–24 academic year.  We welcome your art, whether painting, photography, or mixed media. If you have 9-10 pieces that you like, we will assist you with transforming them into […]

Filed Under: 2023-04-03 Tagged With: Dr. James T. Covert Gallery

Covert Gallery: Portraits of Everywoman (Mar. 22)

March 17, 2023

The Clark Library is excited to feature artwork by Soleia Yemaya Quinn in the Dr. James T. Covert Gallery on the main floor of the library. Join us from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, for a reception with the artist, a junior at UP. The show, Portraits of Everywoman, is animated by […]

Filed Under: 2023-03-20 Tagged With: Dr. James T. Covert Gallery

School Spirit Through Songs and Music

January 20, 2023

Through an exhibit in the Dr. James T. Covert Gallery, the Clark Library is celebrating a century of alma maters and school anthems—home-grown, lovingly crafted by UP students and faculty, and performed by University bands and choral groups throughout these many years. The gallery space is on the main floor of the library. Curious to […]

Filed Under: 2023-01-23 Tagged With: Dr. James T. Covert Gallery

Covert Gallery: Artwork by Thayne Covert

October 30, 2022

The Clark Library is excited to feature a selection of watercolor paintings by Thayne Covert, UP senior and mechanical engineering major, in the Dr. James T. Covert Gallery on the main floor of the library. This exhibit, which runs through the end of December, includes depictions of UP and the city of Portland, as well as images […]

Filed Under: 10-31-2022 Tagged With: Dr. James T. Covert Gallery

Celebrating Waldschmidt Hall Covert Gallery Exhibit

September 30, 2022

Did you know that Waldschmidt Hall started life on The Bluff as West Hall, built in 1891? Stop by the Covert Gallery on the main level of Clark Library to learn more about the history of this stalwart building in an exhibit that runs until Fall Break. From housing both high school and university students, to its […]

Filed Under: 10-03-2022 Tagged With: Clark Library, Dr. James T. Covert Gallery, Waldschmidt Hall

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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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