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Fire Drill Notice (Jan. 21)

January 18, 2025

Fire drills will occur in all campus buildings at the beginning of the spring 2025 semester. Academic Building fire drills will be held the second week of school (Tuesday). Faculty and staff should be aware of the evacuation routes for the buildings in which they work. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2025-01-20, Issues Tagged With: EHS

Fire Alarm Testing

December 9, 2024

Campus buildings will undergo the annual fire alarm system testing and maintenance over winter break. Each building will be tested and will have a period of time when alarms are being activated. Building point persons have been notified. If you plan to be working from our buildings during winter break and would like a full schedule please email ehs@up.edu.

Filed Under: 2024-12-09, 2024-12-23, Issues Tagged With: EHS

Stryker Chair Training (TBD)

August 16, 2024

EHS will host a Stryker chair training in September for those interested in learning how to use the chair in their building for safe evacuation for disabled or injured persons. A course date will be scheduled pending input from interested participants. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2024-04-15, 2024-08-19, Issues Tagged With: EHS

Driver Safety Training Reminder

July 22, 2024

All employees, including student employees, who drive for university business are required to complete Driver Safety training. The training takes approximately 1 hour to complete and only needs to be done once. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-07-22, 2024-08-05, Issues Tagged With: EHS

Heat and Wildfire Smoke Training Course Reminder

July 8, 2024

It is time for the University of Portland’s annual Heat Safety and Wildfire Smoke Training as required by Oregon OSHA (Occupations Safety and Health Administration). This training is required for ALL employees, including those who work indoors. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-07-08, 2024-07-22, Issues Tagged With: EHS, Heat and Wildfire Smoke Training

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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.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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