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Faculty/Staff Kickball Game: It’s Back!

April 15, 2016

University events and recreational services have organized the return of the Faculty/Staff Kickball Game on Wednesday, May 4, at 4 p.m., on the Shipstad quad. We hope you can join us to celebrate the end of the academic year and the start of the summer. All skill and fan levels are welcome. Please encourage your […]

Filed Under: 04-18-2016, Athletics, Campus Services Tagged With: Employee Kickball Game, Kelly Carder, Recreational Services, University events

Free Tickets for Build, Remodel, and Landscape Show

January 4, 2016

The University events office has tickets for free admission to the Build, Remodel & Landscape Show on January 8, 9, and 10, 2016, according to Carol Welch, University events. Employees are welcome to e-mail Carol for free tickets; she can send tickets via campus mail, or employees can stop by the events trailer in person. […]

Filed Under: 01-04-2016, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Carol Welch, University events

Events Office Moves To New Location

July 31, 2015

The university events office has moved from its house on Portsmouth Avenue to make way for the new student dormitory to be erected in that location, according to Sean Ducey, university events. Their office is now located in the physical plant parking lot, down the hill behind Orrico Hall in a double wide trailer. Contact […]

Filed Under: 08-03-2015, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Sean Ducey, University events

Opening Mass Regalia Information

July 17, 2015

The fall 2015 semester’s Opening Mass will be held in the Chiles Center on Saturday, August 29, at 4:30 p.m., and all  faculty participating will process in regalia. Faculty who plan to process and need regalia are asked to visit the Josten’s site at this link. All orders must be submitted by Monday, July 20 […]

Filed Under: 06-22-2015, 06-29-2015, 07-06-2015, 07-13-2015, 07-20-2015, Academics, Events Tagged With: Opening Mass Regalia, University events

Commencement Regalia Ordering

February 2, 2015

Faculty and students planning to participate in the 2015 Commencement ceremonies may order their caps, gowns, and personalized graduate announcements at the Jostens ordering event in the Pilot House lounge on February 10, 11, and 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Orders may also be submitted online from February 10 through March 19. Please […]

Filed Under: Academics, Events Tagged With: Academic regalia, Commencement, University events

Come Wish Billy Well, July 25

July 21, 2014

University events associate director Billy McWood will leave his position at the end of this week to accompany his wife as she begins graduate school in Virgina, according to his colleague Carol Welch. A party in Billy’s honor will take place on Friday, July 25, from 2:30 t0 4 p.m., at the events house on […]

Filed Under: Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Billy McWood, Carol Welch, University events

Opening Mass Regalia, Info

July 7, 2014

Opening Mass will be held in the Chiles Center on Saturday, August 23. Faculty who plan on processing will need to be in full regalia. Those who need to order regalia are asked to e-mail Liz Evans, university events, at evanse@up.edu with name, degree, the name of the institution that awarded the degree, and height […]

Filed Under: Academics, Events Tagged With: Liz Evans, Opening Mass, University events

Cap and Gown Ordering

February 10, 2014

Faculty planning to process and students planning to graduate in May 2014 may order their caps, gowns, and personalized graduate announcements at the Jostens ordering event in the Pilot House lounge on February 11, 12, and 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Orders may also be submitted at the events office located at 6605 […]

Filed Under: Academics, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Caps and gowns, Commencement, Jostens, University events

Cap and Gown Ordering

February 3, 2014

Faculty planning to process and students planning to graduate in May 2014 may order their caps, gowns, and personalized graduate announcements at the Jostens ordering event in the Pilot House lounge on February 11, 12, and 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Orders may also be submitted at the events office located at 6605 […]

Filed Under: Academics, Events Tagged With: Jostens, University events

Opening Mass Regalia, Information

July 8, 2013

The fall 2013 semester’s Opening Mass will be held in the Chiles Center on Saturday, August 24, at 4:30 p.m., and faculty will process in regalia. Faculty who plan to process and need regalia are asked to e-mail Billy McWood, university events, at mcwood@up.edu with name, degree, the name of the institution that awarded the […]

Filed Under: Academics, Campus Ministry, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Academic regalia, Billy McWood, Jostens, Opening Mass, University events

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Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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