News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
The marketing and communications team has won a Gold Medal in the Multimedia for Special Events category in the 2015 Communication Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), District VIII. The winning entry was a video for the President’s Welcome event during Orientation, produced by Amy Shelly, Adam Guggenheim, Joe Kuffner, and Rachel Barry-Arquit.
For more information contact marketing at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.
All are invited to join the marketing and communications office us in sending Joe Kuffner off to his next adventure as a graduate student at the University of Oregon, where he will be pursing a degree in digital communications. His farewell party will take place on Friday, September 25, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., at the alumni relations house.
Joe has been an integral part of the marketing team since joining the UP staff in 2009. He has nearly singlehandedly built the UP social media presence, and if you scratch him he bleeds purple (please don’t try).
For more information contact the marketing office at 7202 0r mktg@up.edu.
All faculty and staff invited to attend the second annual Anchors Away on Thursday, April 30 on the bluff behind Bauccio Commons from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Please join the entire UP family in gathering together to celebrate the conclusion of the 2014-15 academic year with a barbecue, beer garden, live music from The Junebugs, and lots of other fun activities.
Tickets for faculty and staff are complimentary. Just RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/k2bqpbf by Monday, April 27, and a ticket will be delivered to you. Additional tickets for family and friends may be purchased; children 10 and under may attend for free. Drinks at the beer garden will be available for $2 and $3.
To purchase additional tickets or for more please contact Joe Kuffner, marketing, at kuffnerj@up.edu, or Craig Swinyard, alumni relations, at swinyard@up.edu.
All faculty, staff, and students are invited to gather together on the bluff behind Bauccio Commons for Anchors Away, featuring a barbecue, live music, a beer garden, and lots of fun, to celebrate the conclusion of the academic year. Tickets for faculty and staff are free and will be delivered to campus mailboxes soon. Additional tickets for family members are available for $10, and drinks at the beer garden will cost $3. Local band The Junebugs will perform.
Please contact Joe Kuffner, marketing, at kuffnerj@up.edu, or Craig Swinyard, alumni relations, at swinyard@up.edu with questions.
The sun is out, the cherry trees are blooming, and students are gone on spring break. It is time once again for employee kickball on the Shipstad Quad. Mary Beebe and Joe Kuffner, marketing and communications, have set the date of Thursday, March 12, at 4 p.m., for some spirited interoffice kickball. They will provide the liquid refreshments, and faculty and staff will provide the fun and camaraderie. All skill levels are welcome, and spectators and cheerleaders are welcome too.
All UP employees, both faculty and staff, are welcome to take part in the second Employee Kickball Extravaganza on Thursday, October 17, at 4:30 p.m., on the Shipstad Quad, according to Mary Beebe and Joe Kuffner, marketing and communications. What better way to celebrate the fall break but with some muddy kickball? Come rain or shine! If you want to participate but don’t want to play, we also need referees…and cheerleaders. Please RSVP to Kuffner at kuffnerj@up.edu or Beebe at beebe@up.edu.
All UP employees, both faculty and staff, are welcome to take part in the first annual Employee Kickball Extravaganza on Wednesday, August 14, at 4 p.m., on the Shipstad Quad, according to organizers Mary Beebe and Joe Kuffner, marketing and communications. Kick off the new school year by playing everyone’s favorite schoolyard game (no, not dodgeball) with your UP coworkers. All skill levels welcome; the only requirement is a desire to have some fun in the sun before students show up and take over the campus. Please RSVP to Kuffner at kuffnerj@up.edu or Beebe at beebe@up.edu.