Congratulations to our retiring faculty members! The University Archives and Museum announces a new blog post featuring these four members of the University of Portland family. Visit our site for a slideshow of the honored retirees. To complement the blog post, the museum also has a photograph display of the retiring faculty in the display […]
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Buckley Center at 50: University Museum
The Dundon-Berchtold academic building is on schedule and even hosting tours. Looking back 50 years, Buckley Center was new to campus then. Students and faculty moving in for spring semester of 1969. A new academic building with all of the modern furnishings. Visit the Museum and Archives blog for an anniversary post about Buckley Center with […]
Museum & Archives Blog: Pilot Potpourri
Check out the new blog post from the Museum and Archives featuring images of some campus figures. Do you recognize them? Here’s a chance to test your knowledge and see how well you know this campus. For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu or x8038.
UP Museum, Archives Remember Art Schulte
The University Museum and Archives remember Dr. Arthur A. Schulte, Jr., for his dedication and generous service to the University during and long after his 45 years on The Bluff. New memorial posts about Dr. Schulte’s work at the University and a gallery of photos can be found here and here. As a complement to the blog posts, a collection of photos and […]
Museum & Archives Blog: UP’s Brushes With Fame
Jay Leno, we know that name, but did you know he did an ASUP show in the Chiles Center on December 8, 1988? And remember how more recently, the Grimm television show filmed on campus, bringing Hollywood to UP with trailers, electrical cables, and disguised buildings and signs? Or when Will Geer, who play Grandpa on […]
Holy Cross Brothers Display, Buckley Center
There is a famous story that Bro. Godfrey Vassallo, C.S.C. (“B.G.” to generations of admiring students and colleagues), led Physics Club students in digging out a basement for Engineering (Shiley) Hall on weekends in 1949. On weekdays, he was a physics professor at the front of the classroom. Holy Cross Brothers have long been the center-stage and background […]
Founding Visions, Different Versions
From the earliest days of the University to today, the art of campus planning requires the humility of revision. Plans have to develop and change to keep up with then-current-day campus needs. Some of these lost dreams are lovingly housed in the quiet repose of the University Archives. As bulldozers and cranes come to the center of […]
Michelle French – A New Goal for Women’s Soccer
UP Women’s Soccer is bringing new head coach Michelle French back to the Bluff following an impressive post-collegiate record as a player and coach. In a blast from the past, the University archives and museum offer this post featuring photos of Michelle French in action for Pilots Women’s Soccer. Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu, or x8038 […]
The Walls Came Tumbling Down: New Museum Blog Post
The University Archives and Museum have produced a new blog entry, according to Carolyn Connolly, museum curator. With the recent deconstruction of Howard Hall, it’s time for taking a look at the 90 year history of the building, sampling historical photos found in the Clark Library Digital Collections. Also visit the The Clark Library Gallery to see these photos and […]
2017 Retiring University Faculty Post
Congratulations to our retiring faculty! The University Archives and Museum announces a new post on our blog featuring these five members of the University faculty. Visit our site for a slideshow of the honored retirees and see how they’ve changed over the years. To complement the blog post, the museum also has a photograph display […]