Sarah Nuxoll

Building Disability Inclusion & Community at UP (Jan. 30)

January 21, 2023

Curious about the UP employee Disability Affinity Group? Have ideas for making UP more inclusive? The Disability Affinity Group is excited to be part of this year’s Diversity Dialogues! Join group members and disability allies for a conversation about what we can do to boost inclusion and community for people experiencing disabilities at UP. This hybrid event will take place Monday, January 30, from 12:30–1:30 p.m., both in-person in the Buckley Diversity Center and online. Can’t make it for the whole hour? Feel free to drop by if you’re able. Also joining us: special guest Scott Hatley, 2001 UP alum! He is now Executive Director of Incight, a Portland nonprofit helping people with disabilities reach their unlimited potential.

We acknowledge that the word “disability” means many things to many people and can even be triggering. Here,we are reclaiming disability in a positive way, to build disability culture and disability pride. For us, disability can mean any kind of physical, mental or emotional challenge that we cope with—such as a mobility impairment, anxiety or depression, ADD or learning challenges, trauma or more. Questions about the event? Visit our affinity group website or contact Sarah Nuxoll at nuxolls@up.edu.

Open Meeting of the Disability Affinity Group (Oct. 28)

October 15, 2022

October is Disability Employment Awareness Month. Allies and folks who are curious about the Disability Affinity Group for UP employees are warmly invited to an open meeting on Friday, October 28, at 2 p.m. with members of the group. Staff, faculty, and students are all invited. This will be a hybrid meeting with an in-person gathering in the Library Conference Room (222), and a simultaneous Zoom option. We will unveil our affinity group website, talk about upcoming events and ideas, and open the floor for conversation around needs, support, ways to collaborate, and more. No need to tell us how you are connected to disability unless you want to! RSVPs appreciated but not required.

If you have any accessibility needs, questions, or for the Zoom link for the event, please email Sarah Nuxoll (nuxolls@up.edu), group coordinator. If you’re interested, take a look at these disability awareness quotes and find one that speaks to you—or create your own to share at the meeting.

We acknowledge that the word “disability” means many things to many people and can even be triggering. In the Disability Affinity Group, we are reclaiming this term in a positive way. We hope to build disability culture and disability pride at UP, and to help create a positive identity for ourselves and others who experience disabilities. Thank you for helping build community and awareness around disability at UP!

“Cosmology, Catholicity, & Consciousness” with Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF

April 10, 2020

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Presenting this week’s brain food-packed podcast from the Garaventa Center vault: “Cosmology, Catholicity & Consciousness: Why Wholeness Matters” by brilliant polymath Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF. Taking her cue from Laudato Si’, Sr. Delio explores a new understanding of catholicity today by drawing on insights from quantum physics, neuroscience and evolutionary biology and the nascence of a third millennium theology.

For other uplifting and stimulating presentations, we invite you to check out some of our greatest hits from the last 5 years, or browse our complete archive of podcasts. The Garaventa Center will be featuring some of our favorite podcasts here weekly through the end of the term; contact Karen Eifler (eifler@up.edu) with questions or requests.

2017 Zahm Lecture in American Catholic Education, Sept. 6

September 1, 2017

The 2017 Zahm Lecture in American Catholic Education will take place on Wednesday, September 6, at 7:15 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Christine Firer Hinze, PhD, Professor of Christian Ethics at Fordham University, will present “Against the Grain: Could Zeal for Solidarity be UP’s Gift for our Fractious Time?” The Zahm Lecture is free and open to all.

Drawing from the Holy Cross legacy in dialogue with modern Catholic social thought, Firer Hinze proposes that zeal for solidarity may offer a frame for education in faith sorely needed in today’s world. Firer Hinze is Director of the Curran Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University. Her teaching and research focus on foundational and applied ethical issues, with special emphasis on the dynamics of social transformation, Catholic social thought, and economic and work justice for women, families, and vulnerable groups. Her recent publications include Glass Ceilings and Dirt Floors: Women, Work, & the Global Economy (2015), and essays in Theological Studies, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Association of America, and The Journal of Catholic Social Thought.

The Zahm Lecture in American Catholic Education was established in 1999 to honor Rev. John Zahm, C.S.C., an eminent Holy Cross priest and scientist of the late 19th and early 20th century. Zahm, superior of the Holy Cross in America when the University was founded in 1901, contributed counsel, money, and Holy Cross men to the nascent University. The Zahm lecture honors both his memory and the legacy of Holy Cross priests and brothers on The Bluff by addressing important issues surrounding American Catholic education.

For more information or ADA accommodations, contact Sarah Nuxoll, Garaventa Center, at 7702 or garaventa@up.edu, or visit the Zahm Lecture website here.

Michael McGregor Reading, Oct. 6

September 25, 2015

Michael McGregor, a professor English and creative writing at Portland State University, will read from his new book, Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax, in a free reading on Tuesday, October 6, in the Pilot House bookstore. Faculty, staff, students, and the public are welcome.

McGregor’s book unfolds the life of Robert Lax, a poet and close friend of Thomas Merton, as well as his own spiritual awakening. A minimalist poet who embraced simplicity, humility, and the idea of life as a pure act, Robert Lax influenced the work and lives of Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac, William Maxwell, and many other writers, artists, and ordinary people.

In his new biography, McGregor tells the story of Lax’s inspiring life—from his early career as a promising New York writer to his adventures traveling with the circus and living among immigrants in post-war Marseilles, his wide-reaching exploration of spirituality and philosophy, and his lifelong pursuit of peace, joy, and love in their purest forms.

The reading is sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the English department. For more information, contact Sarah Nuxoll, Garaventa Center, at nuxolls@up.edu or 7702.

2015 Hesburgh Lecture: America the Beautiful, Sept. 22

September 21, 2015

In the spirit of Pope Francis’s new encyclical Laudato Si, John Nagle, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, will explore the challenges involved in the preservation and development of U.S. national parks when he delivers the 2015 Hesburgh Lecture on Tuesday, September 22, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Nagle is the author of Law’s Environment: How the Law Shapes the Places We Live, and co-author of casebooks on “The Practice and Policy of Environmental Law” and “The Law of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management.” His writings have explored such topics as the relationship between environmental and cultural pollution, the role of religion in environmental law, and the scope of congressional power to protect endangered species. In addition to his teaching and scholarship at Notre Dame Law School as the John N. Matthews Chair in Law, Nagle has lectured on environmental, legislative, and property issues at numerous forums in the United States, Canada, China, Hungary, and Malaysia.

The event is co-sponsored by the Notre Dame Club of Portland and the Garaventa Center. For more information, contact Sarah Nuxoll, Garaventa Center, at 7702 or garaventa@up.edu.

New Face In The Garaventa Center

July 24, 2015

All are welcome to stop by the Garaventa Center to say hello to Sarah Nuxoll, the center’s new program assistant. Sarah will provide deft logistical support for the teeming calendar of speakers, exhibits, and performances planned for the coming year, and will serve as official greeter for visitors and guests in 331 Franz Hall. Sarah will be welcomed officially at the center’s first Thirst Friday on September 11, when the new academic year is well underway.

For more information c0ntact Karen Eifler, co-director, at eifler@up.edu.