Portland Village Gardens

Portland Village Gardens Benefit

March 4, 2013

All faculty, staff, and students are invited to the first annual benefit dinner hosted by Village Gardens at the Bauccio Commons on Friday, March 15, according to Kim Nguyen, nursing. Village Gardens has been a UP partner agency in many important projects. The organization promotes community leadership, growing and sharing of healthy food, and youth empowerment, education, and skill building. Tickets are $40, with dinner included, and can be purchased at www.villagegardens.org. Students may use Pilots meal points to purchase tickets. The event goes from 6 to 9 p.m. with dinner served at 7. For more information, contact Nguyen at nguyekim@up.edu.

Portland Village Gardens Benefit

February 18, 2013

All faculty, staff, and students are invited to the first annual benefit dinner hosted by Village Gardens at the Bauccio Commons on Friday, March 15, according to Kim Nguyen, nursing. Village Gardens has been a UP partner agency in many important projects. The organization promotes community leadership, growing and sharing of healthy food, and youth empowerment, education, and skill building. The evening will include food and drink, community participant presentations, brief videos highlighting program successes, and a silent auction. Tickets are $40, with dinner included, and can be purchased at www.villagegardens.org. Table Sponsors can give $350 to invite or donate tickets to eight individuals. Students may use Pilots meal points to purchase tickets. The event goes from 6 to 9 p.m. with dinner served at 7. For more information, contact Nguyen at nguyekim@up.edu.

An American Dream—an opera by librettist/Portland Magazine editor, Jessica Murphy Moo, and composer Jack Perla—was produced by OperaLab Japan in Tokyo (November 2024) and Manhattan School of Music (December 2024).

Larry Larsen, Performing and Fine Arts, designed the scenery for this year’s production of Nordic Fire for the Portland Revels that is playing at the Alberta Abbey from December 13 through December 22. He also is designing the lighting for Lakewood Theatre Company’s production of The Maltese Falcon based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett, which plays at the Lakewood Center in Lake Oswego from January 3 through February 9.

Lizhong Hao, Business, presented “The Impact of Auditor and Client Bargaining Power on Audit Pricing: A Two-Tier Stochastic Frontier Approach.” The 2024 Corporate Behavior and New Development of Financial Markets International Conference. Chongqing, China. November, 2024.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, was a discussant and participant at the International Congress on the Future of Theology ‘Legacy and Envisioning.’ Organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education. Vatican City. December 9–10, 2024. Aihiokhai was also a discussant and participant at the General Assembly of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (INSeCT). Rome, Italy. December 8 – 13, 2024.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, completed the training requirements to be certified in the DiSC assessment on December 19, 2024. The DiSC assessment is a powerful tool that helps individuals and teams improve communication, collaboration, and workplace dynamics by providing insights into behavioral and communication styles. If you’d like to explore using the DiSC assessment for your individual or team’s leadership development, please contact Dave Houglum.

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