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Pollentia Expedition

Latest Pollentia Expedition: Home at Last

July 28, 2017

Chemistry faculty Valerie Walters and Kara Breuer, along with Fr. Mark Ghyselinck, C.S.C., and Andrea Nelin-Roth, development, have just completed a four-week Archaeology Field School in Alcúdia, Spain, in collaboration with the Consortium of the Roman City of Pollentia and its directors, Miguel Cao Ontiveros and Esther Chávez Álvarez. This UP faculty and staff team, along with Julio de Paula, chemistry, Lewis & Clark, accompanied five UP students, two high-school students, and two volunteers in the excavation of the Roman ruins, archaeometric analysis of artifacts, and spectroscopic studies of a fifteenth century altar triptych housed at the Sant Jaume Church Museum in Alcúdia.

On-campus collaboration and support has been provided by Fr. Richard Rutherford, C.S.C., and Ronda Bard, chemistry. The UP students include Kevin Jones, chemistry and electrical engineering; Cesar Cornejo, chemistry; Triona Matheson, chemistry and Spanish; Riley McCammon, chemistry; and Jonathan Wiley, environmental ethics and policy.

Filed Under: 07-31-2017, Academics Tagged With: Pollentia Expedition

Pollentia Expedition: The Digital Collection

April 1, 2016

ajaxhelper copyPollentia, an ancient Roman town in Mallorca, Spain, is also an archaeological site that University of Portland students, staff, and faculty have been exploring since 2014. The third expedition team heads out this summer, but you can go there sooner by visiting the Clark Library’s digital Pollentia Collection documenting the site, the science, and the artifacts. This digital collection serves two purposes: as an archival record of the project, and supporting scholarship within and beyond the University of Portland community.

For more information contact the Clark Library at 7111 or library@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-04-2016, Academics, Library Tagged With: Clark Library, Pollentia Expedition

Pollentia Expedition Planning/Info Sessions, Oct. 7

October 2, 2015

pollentiaThe UP Pollentia Expedition team has scheduled two information sessions on Wednesday, October 7, looking toward their 2016 expedition. The meetings will be at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Franz Hall Murphy Conference Room. Faculty, students, and staff who took part in the 2015 expedition in Mallorca, Spain will share stories and explore plans for Summer 2016. All are welcome to come join the adventure. Refreshments will be served.

For more information contact Fr. Richard Rutherford, C.S.C., at ruther@up.edu.

Filed Under: 10-05-2015, Academics, Congregation of Holy Cross Tagged With: Pollentia Expedition, Rev. Richard Rutherford C.S.C.

Ideas Welcome For 2015 Pollentia Expedition, Nov. 20

November 17, 2014

rutherford copyThose who missed the October presentation on the summer 2014 Pollentia expedition are invited to attend a presentation on the recent and future expeditions on Thursday, November 20, at 7:30 p.m., in Franz Hall Holy Cross Lounge. Expedition members Ray and Ronda Bard, Fr. Ron Wasowski, C.S.C., and Fr. Richard Rutherford, C.S.C, will share experiences from the recent expedition, which was spent excavating an early Christian cemetery in the ancient Roman city of Polllentia in Mallorca, Spain. Those who attend are invited to suggest ways to send future faculty and student research teams to Polllentia, beginning in summer 2015. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the provost, the Garaventa Center, and the Pollentia 2014 team.

For more information contact Fr. Rutherford at ruther@up.edu; RSVPs are requested.

Filed Under: 11-10-2014, 11-17-2014, Academics, Events Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Pollentia Expedition, Rev. Richard Rutherford C.S.C.

News From Pollentia

August 1, 2014

president-meets-UP-team-rachael-EDIT-150x150An updated, final edition of the UP Pollentia Expedition blog, including a new About section, is available at https://wordpress.up.edu/pollentia. This project involves UP faculty Ray and Ronda Bard as well as Fr. Ron Wasowski, C.S.C., and Fr. Richard Rutherford, C.S.C. In addition, six volunteers, including alumni Rev. Larry Hansen, Alan Helyer, Rachael Thurston, family members Mary Hansen and Jacob Bard, and UP friend/benefactor Howard Rumjahn contributed expertise on the dig site in Mallorca as well as donations to support the project.

This year’s Pollentia Expedition is projected as Phase I of future expeditions to involve multidisciplinary student/faculty research projects in both CAS and professional schools. The expeditions current success has established a beachhead from which to expand to significant new, never-before-uncovered evidence of early Christianity in Roman Spain. “There is every reason to believe that UP can continue to head up this new Spanish endeavor,” says Fr. Rutherford, “surely a tribute to our beloved Kate Regan, who blessed the project with her endorsement and a CISGO seed grant.”

Filed Under: 08-04-2014, Academics Tagged With: Fr. Richard Rutherford, Fr. Ron Wasowski C.S.C., Howard Rumjahm, Kate Regan, Pollentia Expedition, Ray and Ronda Bard

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Hannah Pick, Dundon-Berchtold Institute, published a review of Yuval Levin’s A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus: How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream through the journal of Christian Higher Education (22 January, 2021; DOI: 10.1080/15363759.2020.1865123).

Natalie Nelson-Marsh, communication studies, was featured in the Portland Business Journal magazine February 26 edition for her participation in the panel discussion on “Organizational Transformation – The Impact of COVID on the Future of Work.”

Katie Danielson, education, published “Enacting content-rich curriculum in early childhood: The role of teacher knowledge and pedagogy.” Early Education and Development, 32(3), 443-458. doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2020.1753463

Alice Gates, social work, presented on March 3, 2021 as part of the University of Minnesota School of Social Work 2021 Research Colloquium Series.  Her paper was titled “Engaging equity and critical race perspectives in community-based research.”

Jordy Wolfand, Shiley School of Engineering, published Assessing resilience of a dual drainage urban system to redevelopment and climate change. Journal of Hydrology. 2021. 596. 126101.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, was an invited participant at Envisioning and Enacting an Inclusive and Diverse STEM Professoriate: Aligning the Recruitment and Retention of Diverse STEM Faculty, an APLU Think Tank, virtual.

Jeffrey White, International Languages & Cultures, presented MS Teams And Office Integrations During Covid (2.0). Roundtable presentation and discussion at the 2021 National College Learning Center Association Virtual Winter Conference.

Hillary Gaudio and Randy Hetherington, education, presented Inequity in the classroom: Improving teacher training by listening to completer voice. Virtual paper presented at the Oregon Association of Teacher Educators (ORATE) conference.

Randy Hetherington, education, co-presented Training transformative leaders: Valuing teacher wellness in complex change. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education (AILACTE) conference.

Jacqueline Waggoner, Randy Hetherington, Hillary Gaudio, Bruce Weitzel, James Carroll, education, presented Inequity and the reality of teacher preparation: Hearing the voices of completers. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education (AILACTE) conference.

Bruce Weitzel, Hillary Gaudio, Jacqueline Waggoner, James Carroll, Randy Hetherington, education, presented The completer voice: Inequity revealed. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

James Carroll, Randy Hetherington, Jacqueline Waggoner, Hillary Gaudio, Bruce Weitzel, education, presented Educator preparation in traumatic stress. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

Randy Hetherington, education, co-presented Interrelated leadership: Valuing teacher impact in a complex school. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

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