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Jamie Powell

Via Con Dios, Jamie Powell

April 20, 2015

After a decade at the heart of the Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell will be moving on to Napa, Calif., at the end of this month. Please join her many UP friends and colleagues for a farewell open house on Friday morning, April 24, from 9:30 to 11:30, in the Garaventa Center. Refreshments will be provided. […]

Filed Under: Campus Services, Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell, Karen Eifler

Via Con Dios, Jamie Powell

April 13, 2015

After a decade at the heart of the Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell will be moving on from The Bluff to Napa, California, at the end of this month. Please join her many UP friends and colleagues for a farewell open house Friday morning, April 24. Drop by the Garaventa Center on the 3rd floor of […]

Filed Under: 04-13-2015, Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell

Garaventa Center Events This Week

February 9, 2015

The Garaventa Center will sponsor two campus events this week, according to Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center: An art exhibit for The Saint John’s Bible opens in the Buckley Center Art Gallery on Monday, February 9. The exhibit Includes 10 large prints from the University’s Heritage Edition of The Saint Johns Bible. The exhibit is free […]

Filed Under: 02-09-2015, Academics, Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell, Karen Eifler, Michael Andrews, Saint John's Bible

This Week’s Garaventa Center Events: All Welcome

November 10, 2014

The Garaventa Center will host three events this week, according to Jamie Powell. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend: International Prayers for Peace, Tuesday, November 11, 2 p.m., International Peace Garden (Buckley Center patio). Stanford economist (and 2006 UP alumnus) Adam Bonica will explore reasons why the U.S. political system has failed […]

Filed Under: Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell, Prayers for Peace, Rev. Patrick Hannon C.S.C.

Sistine Chapel Lecture, Oct. 28

October 27, 2014

The University will host Charles Rosenberg, professor of art history at the University of Notre Dame, as he presents “The Sistine Chapel History and Meaning” at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, October 28, in Holy Cross Lounge on the 3rd floor of Franz Hall. His presentation will be the annual Hesburgh Lecture, sponsored by the Garaventa […]

Filed Under: 10-28-2013, Academics, Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Charles Rosenberg, Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell, Notre Dame

Celebration of 50th Anniversary of L’Arche Community, Oct. 29

October 27, 2014

The Garaventa Center will host several speakers and a reception to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the first L’Arche community by Jean Vanier (pictured) in 1964. The presentation, which includes interactive discussions with the audience, is titled “Becoming Human, Embracing the Tension Between Professionalism & Vulnerability.” It takes place on Wednesday, October […]

Filed Under: 10-27-2014, Academics, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell, Jean Vanier, L'Arche Community

Red Mass & Lecture, Oct. 20

October 20, 2014

The Garaventa Center will host Carlos T. Bea, a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the annual Red Mass on Monday, October 20, at 5 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. The Red Mass is free and open to the public. Portland Archbishop Alexander K. Sample […]

Filed Under: Academics, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Archbishop Alexander Sample, Carlos T. Bea, Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell, Peter L. Smith, Red Mass

2014 Zahm Lecture Features Fr. Kevin Grove, C.S.C.

September 8, 2014

The 2014 Zahm Lecture in American Catholic Education will take place on Thursday, September 11, at 7:15 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Rev. Kevin G. Grove, C.S.C., will present “Memory, Desire and Searching for God.” His lecture is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public; refreshments will be served. The Zahm Lecture serves […]

Filed Under: Academics, Campus Services, Events, Garaventa Center, Provost's Office Tagged With: Fr. Kevin Grove C.S.C., Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell, Rev. John Zahm C.S.C., Zahm Lecture

Thirst Friday Gathering, Sept. 12

September 8, 2014

Join staff and faculty colleagues from all over the campus at the year’s first Thirst Friday social on Friday, September 12, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the Garaventa Center. Come for 10 minutes or two hours to enjoy convivial conversations, one of the best balconies on campus, sodas, wine, and surprise treats that have […]

Filed Under: Campus Services, Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Fr. Charlie Gordon C.S.C., Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell, Karen Eifler, Thirst Friday

Barbara Harff Lecture, “A Murderous Century,” March 20

March 17, 2014

The Garaventa Center will present “A Murderous Century: The Detection, Explanation, and Prevention of Genocide,” a lecture by Barbara Harff, on Thursday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. The presentation is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Harff is professor emerita of political science at the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Academics, Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Barbara Harff, Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell

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Nick McRee, Sociology and Social Work, published “Academic debate and civic engagement in adolescence and young adulthood: evidence from a national longitudinal study.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 61(3–4), 323–338. He also published “When Chairs Shield Faculty from Service Opportunities: Protecting Colleagues or Hindering Community?” The Department Chair, 36(3), 11-13.

Katie Danielson, Education, was awarded a grant from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $374,940.00 for the “Collaborating Towards Transformational Visions for Digital School Systems” project. Danielson also published “Learning to let go: Transformations in teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about classroom discussion.” Co-authors: Gotwalt, E., Kavanagh, S. Teaching and Teacher Education. January 2026

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “From monoamine deficits to multiscale plasticity: Twenty-five years of ketamine and the neurophysiology of depression.” Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00516.2025.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, facilitated a multi-day series of invited leadership development workshops for the staff team at Lutherhaven Ministries in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Houglum led six interactive sessions focused on DiSC-informed leadership, coaching-centered leadership, servant leadership and accompaniment, powerful feedback, and the co-creation of team commitments to support healthy culture and sustainable impact. In addition, Houglum provided multiple individual leadership coaching sessions for staff members throughout the engagement. January 2026.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published the following articles in VoiceAfrique.org: “The Saturated Wisdom of Saint Joseph: Relevant Virtues for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025). December 19, 2025. “The Gift of the Nativity is Grounded in an Ethics of Neighborliness.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025). December 24, 2025. “The Spirituality of Ambition and the Grace of the Incarnation.” Reflections on the Readings for the Vigil Mass of Christmas, 2025. December 24, 2025. “The Theotokos: A Mirror in Which We Discover Ourselves as Bearers of God’s Life to Each Other.” (Reflection on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.) December 31, 2025. “Jesus Christ: The Revealer of the Grace of Encounters and an Embrace of Difference.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. January 4, 2026.) January 3, 2026. “Christian Baptism as a Summon for Global Justice: What We Must Embrace for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. January 11, 2026.) January 10, 2026. Aihiokhai also published a review of The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza. Edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer. Orbis Books, 2025. Catholicbooksreview.org

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

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.

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