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Pasha Spencer

Row, Row, Row Your Boat…

October 4, 2019

Head women’s rowing coach Pasha Spencer-Levitan will offer free rowing classes to faculty and staff on Friday, October 18.  This is an opportunity to step into an eight-person boat and experience rowing on the water with UP friends and members of the women’s rowing team. In each boat, there will be 4 novice/beginner rowers that are paired with […]

Filed Under: 09-30-2019, 10-07-2019, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Pasha Spencer

Learn to Row With Pasha Spencer-Levitan, Nov. 10

November 2, 2018

Head women’s rowing coach Pasha Spencer-Levitan will offer a free rowing class to faculty and staff on Saturday, November 10, from 8 to 10 a.m., at the the UP boathouse on Vancouver Lake (8612 NW Erwin O Rieger Memorial Highway, Vancouver, WA 98660). Please allow yourself 30 minutes to drive to the boathouse. If transportation is needed, […]

Filed Under: 10-08-2018, 10-15-2018, 10-29-2018, 11-05-2018, Athletics, Campus Services, Recreational Services Tagged With: Athletics, Pasha Spencer, Recreational Service

Row, Row, Row Your Boat…

June 22, 2018

Head women’s rowing coach Pasha Spencer-Levitan will offer free rowing classes to faculty and staff on Friday, June 29 and Saturday, June 30. This is an opportunity to step into an eight-person boat and experience rowing on the water with UP friends and members of the women’s rowing team. In each boat, there will be 6 novice/beginner rowers that […]

Filed Under: 06-18-2018, 06-25-2018, Athletics, Campus Services, Recreational Services Tagged With: Kaitlin Bourne, Pasha Spencer

New Cardio Option: Intro to Rowing

January 12, 2018

Looking for a fun, new way to keep up with your New Year’s resolutions? Join the Indoor Rowing Class for staff and faculty! The class will take place every Friday from January 19 until March 9. Classes will be in Beauchamp Recreation Center in studio 20. For for information, email Pasha Spencer, athletics, at spencerp@up.edu or call (503) 896-3721.

Filed Under: 01-15-2018, Academics, Athletics, Campus Services, Recreational Services Tagged With: Athletics, Pasha Spencer, Recreational Service

Pilots Rowing Team Second in the Nation with 12 National Scholar Athletes

June 16, 2017

For the second straight year, the Portland Pilots had 12 rowers named Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) National Scholar Athletes, tied for the second most in the country among all NCAA DI schools; also that number is easily the most among West Coast Conference schools. The Pilots rowing team is coached by Pasha Spencer, athletics. […]

Filed Under: 06-19-2017, Academics, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Pasha Spencer, Pilots Rowing

Portland Fall Classic Regatta, Nov. 1

October 23, 2015

All are invited to support the UP rowing team at the Portland Fall Classic Regatta on Sunday, November 1, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Portland Boathouse (1515 SE Water Ave). This will be the Pilots rowing team’s only home race of the season, and all faculty, staff, friends, and family are welcome. An open […]

Filed Under: 10-19-2015, 10-26-2015, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Pasha Spencer, Pilots rowing team

Pilots Rowing Team Open House and Regatta, Oct. 26

October 20, 2014

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join the UP rowing team family at their last home race, the Portland Fall Classic Regatta, on Sunday, October 26, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Portland Boathouse (1515 SE Water Avenue). UP teams will be racing throughout the morning, so please come out to support the […]

Filed Under: Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Pasha Spencer, UP Rowing

Pilots Rowing Team Open House and Regatta, Oct. 26

October 20, 2014

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join the UP rowing team family at their last home race, the Portland Fall Classic Regatta, on Sunday, October 26, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Portland Boathouse (1515 SE Water Avenue). UP teams will be racing throughout the morning, so please come out to support the […]

Filed Under: Athletics Tagged With: Pasha Spencer, Portland Regatta, UP Rowing Team

UP Rowing Open House

October 18, 2013

All faculty and staff are invited to join the athletics department at the UP Rowing Open House on Sunday, October 27, from 8 a.m. to noon, at the Portland Boathouse at 1515 SE Water Avenue. All are welcome to join the UP rowing family at their last home race, the Portland Fall Classic Regatta. The […]

Filed Under: Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Pasha Spencer, UP Rowing Team

Athletics News

July 22, 2013

Pasha Spencer was named the new head coach of the University of Portland women’s rowing program on Friday, July 12, according to athletic director Scott Leykam. Spencer, who previously was the head coach of the women’s rowing team at Saint Mary’s, has spent the past five years as executive director of the Everett Rowing Association. […]

Filed Under: Athletics Tagged With: Pasha Spencer, Pilot athletics

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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.

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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