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Museum & Archives Tribute to the Olympics

August 19, 2016

In honor of the Summer Olympics, the University museum and archives blog created daily posts featuring amateur athletics on The Bluff. Posts feature a mix of sports memorabilia from the University museum; athletic photographs from the University archives; and early University Olympians.

Day 1: First University Olympian
Day 2: Amateur Athletics: Fencing
Day 3: Amateur Athletics: Boxing
Day 4: Amateur Athletics: Archery
Day 5: John Murphy, Olympian
Day 6: Amateur Athletics: Weightlifting
Day 7: Amateur Athletics: Track Shoes
Day 8: Amateur Athletics: Golf
Day 9: Amateur Athletics: Trampoline
Day 10: Amateur Athletics: Hurdles
Day 11: University Olympians
Day 12: Amateur Athletics: Soccer
Day 13: Amateur Athletics: Men’s Tennis
Day 14: Amateur Athletics: Women’s Tennis
Day 15: Amateur Athletics: Swimming
Day 16: Amateur Athletics: Discus
Day 17: Rudy Scholz, Olympic Gold Medalist

For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu, or 8038.

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.