Impact of Catholic Education in America Conference

Impact Of Catholic Education

April 29, 2013

All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend “The Impact of Catholic Education in America,” a conference to be held June 20-22, 2013 on the University of Portland campus, according to Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center. The conference, coordinated and cosponsored with the School of Education and the PACE program, brings together teachers, school administrators, pastors, and scholars to deepen the conversation around the serious issues facing Catholic schools today, as well as the impact these schools have had on the flourishing of the Catholic faith throughout the nation.

Members of the UP community—including undergraduate students—may attend any or all sessions free of charge but are asked to register at http://www.up.edu/garaventa/. Faculty who have local archdiocesan teachers, administrators, or pastors as students are asked to let them know that registration is $100 for the Friday sessions, which include topics of particular interest to them. There are also a limited number of $50 scholarships available. For more information contact Powell at 7702 or powell@up.edu.

Impact Of Catholic Education

April 15, 2013

All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend “The Impact of Catholic Education in America,” a conference to be held June 20-22, 2013 on the University of Portland campus, according to Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center. The purpose of the conference is to bring together teachers, school administrators, pastors, and scholars to deepen the conversation around issues facing Catholic schools today and the impact these schools have had on the flourishing of the Catholic faith throughout the nation.

Members of the UP community—including undergraduate students—may attend any or all sessions free of charge but are asked to register at http://www.up.edu/garaventa/. Faculty who have local archdiocesan teachers, administrators, or pastors as students are asked to let them know that registration is $100 for the Friday sessions, which include topics of particular interest to them (technology in the classroom, school standards and benchmarks, legal topics, effective school boards, transferring the mission to lay leadership, etc). There are also a limited number of $50 scholarships available to this group.

For more information contact Powell at 7702 or powell@up.edu.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus of environmental studies, and Bonnie Magura, Portland Public Schools, presented “Teaching Resources on Cascadia Earthquakes and Earthquake Early Warning” for the Oregon Science Teachers Association & Washington Science Teachers Association combined virtual conference on October 9.

Hannah Highlander, mathematics, had her article, “A Mathematical Model for the Effect of Social Distancing on the Spread of COVID-19” (with student coauthor Anna Singley) published in Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics, 6(1), October 2020, 40–51. Available at this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, presented “An Innovative Research Design: A Nature-Based Intervention to Decrease Stress and Anxiety and Improve Spirituality, Resilience and Well-Being in Undergraduate Nursing Students” (with Timko Olson, E.) a poster presentation at the 2020 SHIFT Summit, Healthy by Nature: Equity, Access and the Mental Health Benefits of Time Outside, Jackson, WY, October 14-16, 2020. Conference provided virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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