This year these three buildings that are integral to student life here on The Bluff are celebrating milestones for their years of service. The University Museum and Archives has some interesting (and fun!) facts about each building along with photographs through the years. (Read More).
University Archives and Museum
Larry LaRocco Exhibit in Buckley Center
Did you miss Larry’s visit? You can still listen to a recording of his timely and thoughtful 2024 Mazzocco Lecture and an exhibit of photos and archival documents illustrating LaRocco’s history on campus, as a politician, and as a dedicated environmentalist is on display in the cases outside Buckley Auditorium, thanks to the University Museum and the LaRocco archives at Boise State. (Read More).
DEI: Gateways & Opportunity
Our most recent post from the University Archives and Museum reaches back to the University’s beginnings and founding ideals, to be a University open to everyone and representative of diversity and inclusion, drawing students of diverse backgrounds, cultures, gender, and all parts of the world. Read more. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, […]
UP Museum at 30
The UP Museum fills its narrow space of 30 by 60 feet with exhibits and displays double-stacked and packed. This month the Museum marks 30 years of preserving and displaying treasured pieces of University memorabilia. What began as a storage challenge has evolved from a one-room museum to a web-outreach that reaches a community of […]
2022 Retiring Faculty
Congratulations to our retiring faculty! The University Archives and Museum announces a new post on PortLog recognizing these eight members of the University faculty for their many years of service. Visit this site for a slideshow of the honored retirees and see how they’ve changed over the years: https://sites.up.edu/museum/2022-retiring-faculty/ For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.
Museum Blog Post: Baseball-Fever Every Spring
In the school-room, spring-fever is that longing and dream we have stuck inside, looking out with the stirring to escape. Recess, games, sport are our excuse to run out onto the grass and burn and shine in the glow of spring-time. Baseball has belonged to spring on the Bluff, and across the United States, since […]
UP Social Distancing, 1970-ish Style
What’s old is new again? Six feet = social distancing. Dispersal of crowds. All of which rings a bell. We searched both memory and the University Archives for moments and policies of social distancing in UP’s past. Here is a notable public spaces pronouncement, 1970s style. Follow this link to see more. For more information, […]
A Most Noble Order Indeed
Hello, Sherlock Holmes fans! It’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday today. Did you know the Portland & Vancouver Sherlock Holmes Society originated at UP under the direction of Dr. James Covert (“The Grande Olde Honker”)? Here’s the scoop! Follow the link for more. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.
2020 Retiring Faculty: Congratulations!
Congratulations to our retiring faculty! The University Archives and Museum have a new blog post recognizing these nine members of the University faculty for their many years of service. Visit this site for a slideshow of the honored retirees and see how they’ve changed over the years. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, […]
Extraordinary Measures: 1948 Graduation
With the unusual circumstances surrounding the 2020 Commencement exercises, the staff of the University Archives and Museum looked through archive files for other commencement interruptions. We found one, in 1948. Visit this site for the full story. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.