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Opening Convocation

2024 Convocation Address “A Sign In an Alienated World.” (Sept. 3)

August 30, 2024

Please join us on Tuesday, September 3, at 4:00 p.m. in the Buckley Center Auditiorium for the Annual Convocation Address with President Robert Kelly, PhD. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-09-02, Events, Issues Tagged With: Opening Convocation, President's Office

Opening Convocation (Aug. 30)

August 21, 2022

Staff and faculty are invited to the 2022 Opening Convocation taking place on Tuesday, August 30, at 4 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium. Dr. Kelly will offer reflections on his time as President thus far, and information on what’s new and what’s next for UP. Reception to follow in Bauccio Commons.

Filed Under: 08-22-2022 Tagged With: Bauccio Commons, Opening Convocation

Opening Convocation: Tuesday, Aug. 27

August 16, 2019

The University’s Opening Convocation takes place Tuesday, August 27, at 4 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. All faculty and staff are invited to attend, starting the year off right by being informed and celebrating our campus community. Following the remarks of President Fr. Mark L. Poorman, all are welcome to attend a reception in the […]

Filed Under: 08-19-2019, 08-26-2019, Academics Tagged With: Fr. Mark L. Poorman, Opening Convocation

Opening Convocation set for Tuesday, Aug. 28

August 21, 2018

The Opening Convocation takes place Tuesday, August 28, at 4 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. All faculty and staff are invited to attend. Following the remarks of President Fr. Mark L. Poorman, all are welcome to attend a reception in the Bauccio Commons Boardroom.  For more information, please contact the Office of the Provost at […]

Filed Under: 08-27-2018, Events, Provost's Office Tagged With: Fr. Mark L. Poorman, Opening Convocation

Opening Convocation Set For August 30

August 26, 2016

The Opening Convocation takes place Tuesday, August 30, at 4 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. All faculty and staff are invited to attend. Fr. Mark L. Poorman, CSC, president, will be presenting the University’s new strategic plan, Vision 2020. A reception in the Bauccio Commons Boardroom will follow. For more information, contact the Office of the […]

Filed Under: 08-29-2016, Events, Provost's Office Tagged With: C.S.C., Fr. Mark L. Poorman, Opening Convocation

Fall 2013 Opening Convocation

August 26, 2013

All faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to attend the University’s Opening Convocation on Tuesday, August 27, at 4 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. University president Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C., will share some thoughts to open the academic year and set the tone for what is sure to be another incredible year on the […]

Filed Under: Academics, Events Tagged With: Fr. E. William Beauchamp C.S.C., Opening Convocation

New “University Report” Tool

April 22, 2013

Beginning in early May, the process of gathering material for the annual University of Portland Report of scholarly activity will be online. The goal for moving the process online is to make the University Report a more accurate representation of all scholarship that occurs at UP and to make the it a celebration of that […]

Filed Under: Academics, Provost's Office, University Relations Tagged With: Faculty Development Day, John Orr, Opening Convocation, University Report

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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.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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