For wakeful students, a professor nun in the chemistry lab is not a contradiction but a long-term life-altering gift. Fourth in the museum’s “A Given Life” series is Sr. Angela Hoffman, O.S.B., research chemist, distinguished teacher, and consecrated religious. From the River Campus to the classroom, Sr. Hoffman’s yew trees offer University students opportunities to […]
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A Given Life: Padre
For eyes that see, the University witnesses a living series of gift-legacies. Third in the University museum and archives “A Given Life” series is the late Rev. Arthur “Padre” Schoenfeldt, C.S.C., a Portland native and graduate of Columbia Prep. Padre’s gift to the University community was his kindness and generosity toward others, particularly as a […]
KBVM 88.3 FM: 25 Years on Campus
Nestled between Mehling Hall and the physical plant is the home of Catholic radio station KBVM. The station, named in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, first went live in the Portland area on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 1989. Since then KBVM’s broadcasting has expanded to a sister station in the […]
Rev. John A. Zahm, C.S.C: Name-dropper, Promise Keeper
The University archives and museum have a new entry for the “In the Beginning” series on the Museum WordPress blog about Fr. John Zahm, C.S.C., and his role in securing Holy Cross priests and brothers to serve as teachers and administrators for the new University on the Bluff in 1902. See the post at http://tinyurl.com/q9djkq9. […]
Veterans Day Tradition At UP
Tuesday, November 11 marks the annual observation of Veterans Day on the UP campus with Air Force and Army ROTC cadets keeping vigil at the Praying Hands Memorial. The University archives and museum offer this post for Veterans Day on the Museum blog: http://tinyurl.com/mtocgyz. For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.
No Frogs Were Hurt in This Demonstration
The University archives and museum have a new post on the Museum Blog featuring models used in the School of Nursing, including our full-time museum resident, Resusci Anne. Visit our post to learn more: https://wordpress.up.edu/museum/no-frogs-were-hurt-for-this-demonstration For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, piatz@up.edu or 8038.
New Salzburg Program Post
Fifty years ago on August 30, 1964, the first group of University students departed for the Salzburg study abroad program. As part of this year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Salzburg program, the University Archives and Museum have a new post and photos on their blog to celebrate the University’s oldest and most […]
Museum offers orientation to UP campus
The staff of the University Archives and Museum welcome all new faces to the University of Portland campus. To help new and returning faculty, staff and students navigate their way around, they have put together a brief orientation to campus on the museum blog. View the post at https://wordpress.up.edu/museum/orientation-at-the-university-of-portland-campus/. For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, […]
Remembering Kate
A funeral Mass for Spanish professor Kate Regan will be held Friday, August 8, at 10 a.m. at The Madeleine. Kate passed away unexpectedly on July 23. The University Museum has created a display to honor Kate, who began her career on the Bluff in 1995 and received the Carnegie Foundation’s Outstanding Teacher Award in […]
New Museum Post: Upsilon Omega Pi Hearse
The latest post for the University Museum blog was written by Doug Edwards, class of 1967, and a member of Upsilon Omega Pi spirit fraternity. As he writes in his article, some of the Upsilon members were asking what happened to their Upsilon Omega Pi hearse, a well-known fixture on campus in the late 1950s […]