News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Taking a few minutes to express thanks to someone can turn the world around in delightful ways. Starting September 12 and continuing to the end of the school year, the Garaventa Center will open its doors from noon to –1 p.m. every Tuesday to any staff or faculty who’d like to write a quick note of thanks to someone in their lives. Cards, pens, and stamps are provided, but you’re welcome to bring your own if you’d like. Bring your lunch too, as ya gotta eat!
Can we oppose the evil of racism without being consumed by rage and despair? Can wonder, imagination and the love of the Divine prepare us to confront the challenges of the world? Gloria Purvis, author, commentator, 2022 UP Honorary Doctorate recipient, and host/executive producer of The Gloria Purvis Podcast, discusses these themes during the Garaventa Center’s Annual Zahm Lecture. September 19, 5 p.m. Attend in person at the Brian Doyle Auditorium (Dundon-Berchtold Hall) or view the available livestream here: uportland.zoom.us/j/97169730059.
Free and open to all. Info: up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event.
Learning cool stuff from our stellar colleagues is one of the great perks of being at UP! This fall we will continue to experience the Revitalized Core in a series of three Core Samples Lunches open to all faculty and staff, especially program counselors. Enjoy lunch as a guest of the Garaventa Center and Core Program—seats are limited to 12 per gathering in the Teske Room. Please RSVP to Karen Eifler, eifler@up.edu.
Here is the schedule for Fall:
Tuesday, October 3, 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.—Gregory Pulver will teach “What IS Art?” from his FA 107/108 Foundations course.
Tuesday, November 7, 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.—Elise Moentmann will teach from the Core Habit of HOPE.
Wednesday, November 15, 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Neil Oculi will teach from his X-level ENV course on “Global Environmental Justice.”
Garaventa Center invites all staff and faculty to the first Thirst Friday of the school year on Friday, September 8, 4-6 PM. Come and enjoy laughter, libations, and tasty bites for 10 minutes or till last call! 17 extra credit points for anyone who is attending their first Thirst Friday, brings a newbie or brings their own cup. Garaventa Center, Franz Hall 3rd Floor. Hope to see you!
Questions? Karen Eifler at eifler@up.edu. An ADA compliant event.
The first meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group [FILDG] for academic year 2023-24 will be Friday, September 22, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. in the Murphy Room. We will be discussing excerpts from Rebecca Solnit’s book Hope in the Darkness: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities, Lydia Polgreen’s “Why Is Everyone Suddenly Listening to a Staple of My Angsty Adolescence,” and the Indigo Girl’s song “Prince of Darkness”.
All readings (and link to YouTube of “Prince of Darkness”) are on the FILDG page of the Garaventa Center website.
All faculty and staff are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Co-founders of Renegade Opera, Danielle Jagelski (conductor/composer), Elliot Menard (mezzo soprano), and Madeline Ross (soprano) bring artists from Renegade’s upcoming opera, “Adam’s Run” for a concert and discussion highlighting tools to build a more ethical, collaborative, and sustainable music community. Danielle, a citizen of the Oneida Nation and Red Cliff band of Ojibwe with mixed Polish settler heritage, will discuss her work as a conductor and composer and how her Indigenous identity informs her practice. Madeline Ross and Elliot Menard will perform with Colleen Bernstein from Danielle’s song cycle, gichi-mookoman aki.
Mago Hunt Recital Hall, 7 p.m. Free and open to all.
Info: up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event.
UP Theater would like to cordially invite the campus community to our final production of the year: Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, directed by Lezlie Cross, with all new music composed for this production by Matthew Capurro. This joyful comedy is Shakespeare’s most musical play, and this production takes that to the next level with live music performed on stage by the talented ensemble. This funny and heartwarming production will prove to you that music is indeed the food of love.
Performances are April 19–22 at 7:30 p.m. and April 23 at 2:00 p.m. in the Mago Hunt Theater. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students. Faculty and staff are eligible for half-price tickets with the promo code HALF4FACSTAFF and students can get into the April 19 performance for free with the promo code YAYOPENING. Tickets for all performances may be purchased HERE.
Ticketholders for the Saturday night performance are invited to a preshow panel and reception hosted by the Garaventa Center. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m., and the panel will be at 6:45 p.m. in the Mago Hunt Recital Hall.
Ticketholders for the Sunday matinee are invited to a post-show celebration of William Shakespeare’s birthday with cake and merriment!
Go to up.edu/theater for more information.
All show ticketholders are invited to enjoy a complimentary wine, cheese, and dessert reception as campus experts highlight what to look and listen for, courtesy of the Garaventa Center. Mago Hunt Theater lobby. Reception at 6:15 p.m., pre-play panel at 6:45 p.m.
Info: up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. Buy tickets here. ADA compliant event.
Vocalists and instrumentalists of UP’s Music Faculty and selected students perform pieces meant to make us smile, chuckle, and sometimes subvert the status quo. Bistro-style bites and drinks served after the concert. Thursday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m., Mago Hunt Recital Hall and Lobby. Free and open to all. A Beckman Humor Project event.
Info: up.edu/garaventa or 503-943-7702. ADA compliant event.
Garaventa Center invites all staff and faculty to the final Thirst Friday of the school year on Friday, April 28, 4–6 p.m. Come and enjoy laughter, libations, and tasty bites for 10 minutes or till last call! 17 extra credit points for anyone who is attending their first Thirst Friday, brings a newbie, or brings their own cup. Garaventa Center, Franz Hall 3rd Floor. Hope to see you!
Questions? Karen Eifler at eifler@up.edu. An ADA compliant event.