Post-Graduate Service

2018 Post-Grad Service Dinner – Faculty & Staff Invited

October 19, 2018

All faculty and staff members are cordially invited to the Post-Grad Service Dinner hosted by the Moreau Center for Service and Justice on Wednesday, October 24, at 5:30 p.m., in Bauccio Commons. Please join us for an evening with other alumni, staff, and faculty who have participated in a wide variety of post-graduate service programs, both domestically and abroad. Share your experiences with interested students and learn about different ways the Moreau Center works to support post-graduate discernment for our students. Also please share this invitation with any students who may be interested in participating in post-graduate service.

This event is free to all, but an RSVP is required. Please click here or contact the Moreau Center for Service and Justice at x7134 or moreaucenter@up.edu.

Did You Participate in Post-Grad Service? Let Us Know

January 2, 2017

laird-copy If you or a colleague have ever participated in post-graduate service, the Moreau Center would like to know. Please email us at moreaucenter@up.edu. Why do we want to know? Possibilities: to let students know how many UP faculty and staff have participated in post-graduate service, perhaps to connect a student with you if they have questions about your experience, and to invite you to the annual Post-Grad Service Dinner.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, presented a poster, “Investigation Of Physical Activity Instruction In United States Nurse Practitioner Curricula” (with Ashley Falcon, Emma Sampson, Mark Stoutenberg, Willow Webb, Yerin Woo, and student copresenter Meg Bender-Stephanski) at the 2020 Annual Meeting, World Congress on Exercise is Medicine, and World Congress on the Basic Science of Exercise in Regenerative Medicine of the American College of Sports Medicine, San Francisco, CA, May 26-30, 2020 (in-person Conference cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic).

Deana Julka, psychological sciences, was interviewed on OPB’s Think Out Loud about the psychological effects of quarantine, and how risk assessment will influence people’s actions and reactions to coronavirus re-openings.

Michael Lewellen, vice president for marketing and communications, was interviewed by KXL on the strategies University of Portland would be taking over the summer to prepare for in-person instruction beginning in August.

Several news outlets including KGW and U.S. News and World Report reported on Fr. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C.‘s announcement that University of Portland will reopen on August 17 for the fall term, and will eliminate the fall break in order to end in-person classes by Thanksgiving.

Jeffrey White, international languages & cultures, served as moderator and host for “With a pandemic comes the opportunity for bold visions in redesign,” Northwest College Reading and Learning Association Tides of Change Video Conference Lunch Series, with Adrienne Beebe and Liz Coleman, May 2020.

Bradley Franco, history, published a book (with coauthor Mario Ascheri) titled The History of Siena: From Its Origins to the Present Day. New York and London: Routledge, Sept. 2019.

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