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Founders Day

Undergraduate Research Awards: Nominate Now!

November 10, 2025

The Provost’s Office and the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement are requesting nominations for two awards to be given on Founders’ Day: the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor Award and Outstanding Graduating Senior in Undergraduate Research Award. Faculty members can be nominated by other faculty members, administrators, students, or by self-nomination. Students can be nominated by faculty members or by self-nomination.

Filed Under: 2025-11-10, 2025-11-24, Academics, Issues Tagged With: Founders Day, Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement, Provosts's Office

Founders’ Day: A Celebration of Student Scholarship (Apr. 4)

February 3, 2023

The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 4, and all UP community members are invited to take part. The University pauses on Founders’ Day to celebrate its rich past and its promising future: the past as we honor the bold leaders who dared to dream of a Catholic university overlooking […]

Filed Under: 2023-02-06, 2023-02-20, 2023-03-06, 2023-03-20, 2023-04-03 Tagged With: Founders Day

Founders’ Day, April 9: Come Celebrate!

April 5, 2019

The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 9, and all UP community members are invited to take part. Founders’ Day is when the University of Portland pauses to celebrate its rich past and its promising future: the past as we honor the bold leaders who dared to dream of a […]

Filed Under: 04-08-2019, Academics Tagged With: Founders Day

Undergraduate Research Awards: Nominate Now

November 23, 2018

The provost’s office and the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement are requesting nominations for two awards to be given on Founders’ Day: the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor Award and Outstanding Graduating Senior in Undergraduate Research Award. Faculty members can be nominated by other faculty members, administrators, students, or by self-nomination. Students can be nominated […]

Filed Under: 11-19-2018, 11-26-2018, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: Founders Day, Office of the Provost

Founders’ Day Submissions Due Thursday, March 2, 11:59 p.m.

February 24, 2017

Submissions for the University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration are due Thursday, March 2, by 11:59 p.m. Faculty who have questions about the Founders’ Day schedule and how to submit student presenters’ data for the schedule can speak to their school’s liaison (listed below) or contact Michele Leasor, program coordinator, at x8264 or leasor@up.edu. The Founders’ Day […]

Filed Under: 02-27-2017, Academics, Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement Tagged With: Founders Day

Founders’ Day, Tuesday, April 11

February 3, 2017

The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 11. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after […]

Filed Under: 02-06-2017, Academics Tagged With: Founders Day, Provost's Office

Founders’ Day: Tuesday, April 12

April 8, 2016

The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 12. Student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after 4 p.m. will […]

Filed Under: 04-04-2016, 04-11-2016, Academics Tagged With: Archbishop Alexander Christie, Founders Day, Provost's Office

Founders’ Day Submissions Due Thursday, March 3, 11:59 p.m.

February 26, 2016

Submissions for the University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration are due Thursday, March 3, by 11:59 p.m. Faculty who have questions about the Founders’ Day schedule and how to submit student presenters’ data for the schedule can speak to their school’s liaison (listed below) or contact Michele Leasor, program coordinator, at 8264 or leasor@up.edu. The Founders’ […]

Filed Under: 02-29-2016, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: Carol Craig, Christine Naylor, Founders Day, Ian Parkman, Jackie Waggoner, Jamie Strohecker, Kim Nguyen, Kim Spir, Laura Hogue, Michele Leasor, Provost's Office, Stacey Boatright

Founders’ Day: Tuesday, April 12

January 29, 2016

The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 12. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after […]

Filed Under: 02-01-2016, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: Archbishop Alexander Christie, Founders Day, Provost's Office

Founders’ Day: Tuesday, April 14

April 13, 2015

The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 14. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after […]

Filed Under: 02-09-2015, 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Academics Tagged With: Founders Day

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Natalie Nelson-Marsh presented “From fieldnotes to futures: Organizational communication in the age of AI”. National Communication Association Pre-Conference, Elevating Organizational Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. November, 2025.

Ian Parkman, Business, published “Lead Value Design Insight: Leveraging the Van Westendorp PSM for Design for Meaningfulness Pricing Strategies.” Co-author: Arto Ruokonen. Design Management Review (Vol. 36, No.4)

Three faculty members from International Languages and Cultures participated in the 122nd annual conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), November 20-23 in San Francisco. Verena Hutter presented “Embodied Memory: Holocaust Tattoos and Postmemory,” served as presiding officer of all three sessions of Austrian Studies, and chaired one of them. María Echenique presented “A Precursor of ‘Feminism from the Zulos’ by Dahlia de la Cerda” and served as presiding officer and chair of the session Spain, Portugal, and Latin America: Jewish Culture and Literature in Trans-Iberia. Matthew Warshawsky presented “A ‘Tenth Muse’ in 1600s Sephardic Amsterdam: Isabel Rebeca Correa, Translator, Poet, and Feminist” and served as presiding officer and chair of the Jewish Literature and Culture session. 

Andra Davis, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “Nursing faculty perceptions and Integration of primary palliative care content in undergraduate education: National and local institution assessments.” Co-authors: Lippe, M., Wolf, A., Cormack, C. L., Ehrlich, O., Glover, T. L., and Kirkpatrick, A. J.  Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 27(6), 280-289.

Don Norton, Performing and Fine Arts, performed a Tour of Louisiana with jazz quartet Facing West, with performances at Nicholls State University (Thibodaux), University of Louisiana at Monroe, and Louisiana Tech University (Ruston). November 5-7, 2025.

Kristin Sweeney, Environmental Science, published “Topographic, climatic, and age controls on the reworking of volcanic debris avalanche deposits.” Co-author: Major, J.J. Bull Volcanol 87, 115 (2025).

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “Rethinking Advent Hope as Covenantal Bond. Reflections on the Readings for First Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. November 30, 2025. Aihiokhai also published “A Disruptive Content of Hope: Awakening the Human Imagination to New Possibilities. Reflections on the Readings of the Second Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 7, 2025. 

Rachel Wheeler, Theology, presented “Traces in the Sand: Wisdom from the Christian Desert Tradition for a Time of Collapse.” Aldo & Estella Leopold Writing Residency lecture presented at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM, November 18, 2025.

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, presented “Difficult-To-Treat Depression: Bottlenecks, Evolving Biology, and Where Ketamine-Class Treatments Fit.” An invited presentation for the Behavioral Health Integration ECHO, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ (virtual). December, 2025.

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