News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Over its 125-year history, the University has gone through notable ups and inevitable downs. UP has grown in spurts. In the latest PortLog post from the Archives & Museum we look back at our world in the 1960’s—don’t be surprised if it turns out that not all goes as planned.
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For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, piatz@up.edu or museum@up.edu
Each year on Veterans Day, Army and Air Force ROTC cadets stand as a guard of honor at the Praying Hands/Broken Wall Memorial for 24 hours in gratitude to those who have served to protect our country. The names of individuals from Columbia Preparatory School, Columbia University, and University of Portland who died in service are inscribed on the memorial in recognition of their sacrifice.
Our latest PortLog post highlights the story of one of those honored veterans—Corporal Charles Edward McCrystal, Class of 1943, who died in service in 1944. Eddie’s story—and the premonition-letter written to his parents just weeks before he died—is shared in this special Veterans Day post from the UP Archives and Museum.
For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, museum@up.edu
Happy 40th Birthday to the Chiles Center! Since its dedication on October 20, 1984, this multi-purpose domed arena has been a venue for many distinguished speakers and performers, but first (and most importantly!) it is the home of our amazing Pilot Athletics teams.
Check out the latest issue of Archives & Artifacts on PortLog for historic photos and stories.
For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, museum@up.edu, or 8038.
UPBeat introduces our new staff and faculty colleagues in the New to the Bluff feature and with the new academic year underway, our campus community continues to welcome both new students AND new faculty and staff colleagues.
Since we all were once “New to The Bluff,” our newest edition of PortLog shines the spotlight on some of our longest-serving colleagues. These individuals are trailblazers who have shaped our campus and established traditions of excellence in this community since arriving at UP twenty years ago—or more! Curious to learn who they are? Hop in our time-machine and check out photos from our archives that highlight our community cornerstones throughout the years.
For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu
Waldschmidt Hall holds the distinction of being the only building on campus to have housed many of the University’s main departments since the University’s first days–dormitory, classrooms, library, Chapel, dining hall, laboratories, administrative offices, infirmary. Standing as a Beacon on the Bluff for over 130 years Waldschmidt Hall (originally West Hall) has been a center for the University’s mission to educate the hearts and minds of all who enter. After an extensive upgrade and remodel thirty years ago in 1991–1992, West Hall was renamed Waldschmidt Hall at a dedication and renaming ceremony on October 17, 1992. For more photos and stories, follow our post from Archives & Artifacts.
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at museum@up.edu or 8038.
Please enjoy the new PortLog entry produced by the University Museum: sites.up.edu/museum/one-hundred-and-twenty-years-and-continuing/
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, museum@up.edu, 8038.
The University Museum holds vintage spirit or student life memorabilia in the collection and for public display. Wally Pilot items, or the mystery mascot precursor, SPU (Spirit of Portland U) are among the most popular throw-backs. As a new academic year begins, the museum and archives feature this University Pennant from the late 1940s.
For photos and a brief history follow this link.
For more information, contact the University Museum at museum@up.edu.
The Clark Library has launched a new online exhibit titled “The Digital Museum: Sharing UP’s History.” It presents a selection of items from the University Museum that tell the story of our campus, and the people and activities that have made this a special place. The featured artifacts represent academics, student life, and Catholic history on The Bluff. Take a virtual break and drop by the exhibit at library.up.edu/digitalmuseum. We are grateful to the Covert family for their support in bringing the University Museum online.
From early years—when Archbishop Alexander Christie would come to campus to celebrate his Name Day, i.e., later becoming Founder’s Day—UP has been privileged to share the life and wonders of its campus with friends and families. For a brief retrospective of the recent Junior & Senior Family Weekend, plus news of a picnic under the pines in 1934, follow this link to read a post from the University Archives and Museum.
For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu or x8038.
Dundon-Berchtold Hall will be dedicated this week, but a new addition to the family needn’t obscure the birthdays of earlier arrivals and campus siblings. Swindells Hall is also celebrating its birthday this month, dedicated twenty years ago on September 23; and the Bell Tower was dedicated on September 18 ten years ago. To mark the Bell Tower dedication anniversary, the University Museum and Archives provide this post.
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at x8038 or piatz@up.edu.