Herman Asarnow

Retiring Faculty Ceremony & Reception, April 25

April 21, 2014

The following faculty members have announced their retirement at the conclusion of the spring 2014 semester, according to Kathleen Staten, provost’s office:

Kathy Crabtree, Nursing
Chris Kodadek, Biology
Herman Asarnow, English
Thompson Faller, Philosophy
Susan Baillet, Psychology
Robert Duff, Sociology
Rev. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., Political Science
Caroline Mann, Library

A ceremony for all 2014 faculty retirees will take place on Friday, April 25, at 3:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium, followed by a reception in the Bauccio Commons board room. All are welcome to wish our retirees good luck and thank them for their decades of service and dedication. For more information contact Staten at 7105 or staten@up.edu.

Special Theater Deal For “Ithaka”

June 17, 2013

Faculty and staff members are invited to take advantage of a special 20 percent off deal on tickets to Ithaka, a new play by Oregon Book Award winner Andrea Stolowitz, performing and fine arts. The play runs through June 30 at Artists Repertory Theater in downtown Portland (1515 SW Morrison St., Portland. OR 97205). Use the special group code “stolowitz” to get the discount at tickets.artistsrep.org. For more information contact Herman Asarnow at 7244 or asarnow@up.edu, or see www.artistsrep.org.

Earth to Kenzie, a youth opera by librettist Jessica Murphy Moo, marketing & communications, and composer Frances Pollock, premiered in Chicago this fall, with public family performances in November. After Kenzie and her mom are displaced from their home, Kenzie relies on her imagination, the wild and funny antics of her video-game avatar, her mom, her teacher, and a new friend from the family shelter to get through a tough time. The show also involves Fortnite dance moves and space kitties. See these links for more.

Jessica Murphy Moo was also asked by Portland Monthly to write about her predecessor, the late Brian Doyle, on the occasion of a new collection of his essays (One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder) being released by Little, Brown on Tuesday, December 2. See the article at this link.

Philip Vue, Clark Library, received a $12,720 Oregon Heritage Commission Grant from Oregon Parks and Recreation Department in November 2019.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “Achieving Success in College,” a talk given at the National FGEN Day at the University of Portland, organized by the Shepard Academic Resource Center, November 8, 2019.

Rachel Wheeler, theology, was elected as secretary/treasurer of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality in November 2019. She presented “The Revelatory Tide: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Water Crises” and “Reading Luce Irigaray for an Elaboration of the Shared as Ascetic Practice” at the American Academy of Religion, San Diego, CA, November 2019.

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