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Bon Appétit: Say Goodbye To Plastic Straws

April 20, 2018

The University of Portland’s food service provider, Bon Appétit, will no longer provide plastic drinking straws in the Bauccio Commons or Cove, or any other food or beverage outlet on campus, effective April 18, 2018. Biology professor Tara Prestholdt and Bon Appétit’s Kirk Mustain point out that UP uses approximately 9,000 straws a month, which would stretch […]

Filed Under: 04-23-2018, Campus Services Tagged With: Bon Appetit, Fr. Mark L. Poorman C.S.C>, Kirk Mustain, Steve Kolmes, Tara Prestholdt

Allen Lund and Joe Allegretti: Prayers, Please

April 13, 2018

The University has recently lost two longtime friends, board members, and donors. Allen Lund, former chair of the board of regents, and Joe Allegretti both passed away recently. University president Fr. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., and members of the University and Holy Cross community were with Kathie and the Lund family in Pasadena, Calif., this […]

Filed Under: 04-16-2018, Campus Services Tagged With: Allen Lund, Fr. Mark L. Poorman C.S.C>, Joe Allegretti

State of UP Address, Feb. 27: Reserve By Feb. 19

February 16, 2018

All University community members are welcome to join University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., as he presents the 2018 State of the University address on Tuesday, February 27, at the Sentinel Hotel in downtown Portland. He will share his vision on how our work shapes lives on and beyond The Bluff. Kathy Perko ’84 will also speak about […]

Filed Under: 02-12-2018, 02-19-2018, Academics, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: 2018 State of UP Address, Fr. Mark L. Poorman C.S.C>

Fields Hall Trivia Night: Friday, Nov. 4

October 28, 2016

Fields Hall will present its signature event, the annual Trivia Night, a fundraiser for the Holy Cross Missions, on Friday, November 4, from 10 to 11:30 p.m., in the Pilot House. Faculty, staff, and students are advised to form their five-member teams early. It’s great fun and open to all members of the UP community. Prizes […]

Filed Under: 10-17-2016, 10-24-2016, 10-31-2016, Campus Services, Residence Life Tagged With: Fields Hall Trivia Night, Fr. Edwin Obermiller C.S.C., Fr. Gerry Olinger C.S.C., Fr. Jim Gallagher C.S.C., Fr. John Donato C.S.C., Fr. Mark L. Poorman C.S.C>, Sr. Sue Bruno

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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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