The athletic department would like to acknowledge this year’s winners of the Difference Award. Each year, student-athletes nominate a professor on campus who they felt made a difference in their University of Portland experience. The definition is left intentionally vague, allowing students to reflect on the many ways a professor may have made a difference […]
Martin Monto
Monto Wins Hugo Beigel Award for Scholarly Excellence
Sociology professor Martin Monto has received the Hugo Beigel Award for Scholarly Excellence from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. The award goes to the best paper published in their Journal of Sex Research, and was chosen from a field of 70 papers. The award is designed to promote and reward research excellence […]
Farewell Party For Kristina Houck, August 31
All faculty and staff are invited to a farewell open house hosted by the Garaventa Center (Franz 330) to bid a fond farewell to Kristina Houck on Monday, August 31, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Kristina has served the campus deftly and wholeheartedly for the past 12 years, first as a member of the residence […]
2015 Faculty Awards
The University’s 2015 Faculty Awards were presented on Tuesday, May 5, at the Faculty Awards Dinner, with the following results: The James Culligan Award, established in 1953 in memory of a dedicated servant of the University and presented annually to a faculty member in recognition of distinguished service, was presented to Norah Martin, philosophy. She […]
2015 Faculty Development Day Schedule
The 2015 Faculty Development Day will take place on Tuesday, May 5. The day’s schedule can be downloaded at this link. Faculty will meet in Buckley Center Auditorium for a continental breakfast from 8:30 to 8:55 a.m., followed by a welcome from University provost Thomas Greene and a keynote address by Martin Monto, sociology and […]