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Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges

Princeton Review Names UP “Green College”

May 11, 2015

hThe University of Portland is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, according to The Princeton Review, which included UP in the sixth annual edition of The Princeton Review’s Guide to 347 Green Colleges: 2015 Edition. The University of Portland has been recognized all six years The Princeton Review has conducted its Green Colleges rankings. The Princeton Review’s guide profiles 341 schools in the U.S., five in Canada, and one in Egypt that demonstrate notable commitments to sustainability in their academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities, and career preparation. It is the only free, comprehensive, annual guide to green colleges, and can be downloaded at this link.

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UP Listed In Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges

April 21, 2014

campus sunnyThe University of Portland has been included in the Princeton Review’s Guide to 332 Green Colleges: 2014 Edition, a free, downloadable publication released on Thursday, April 17, in celebration of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22. UP was chosen along with Lewis & Clark College, Linfield College, Oregon State University, Portland State University, Southern Oregon University, and the University of Oregon.

The guide, published for the past five years in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Center for Green Schools, is the only free, comprehensive resource for college applicants that focuses solely on colleges that have demonstrated a strong commitment to the environment and to sustainability. The guide can be downloaded at http://tinyurl.com/lrlz46y as well as the USGBC Center for Green Schools’ site at http://tinyurl.com/pcj4m79.

For more information contact David Soto at 888-347-7737 or dsoto@review.com.

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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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