News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
The academic year begins by adding new to familiar faces, all of us coming together as Pilots on the Bluff to make a unique, whole community. This month, the University Archives and Museum offers a collage of Pilot signs from around The Bluff.
Visit our post to view the collage.
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at museum@up.edu
Corrado Hall, located on the northwest side of the campus with Villa Maria and Mehling Halls, was opened in 1998. It was the first new dormitory in over 30 years and began UP’s emphasis on modern student housing (Haggerty, Tyson, Fields, Schoenfeldt, and Lund followed within two decades!).
For the full story, read our post on PortLog.
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, museum@up.edu or 8038.
Patrons browsing the shelves at Clark Library may, upon opening a volume to scan the contents, find a decorative bookplate adorning the inside front cover. Obviously the bookplate indicates the Library’s ownership, but also records particular books donated by or added to the library collection as benefactions in remembrance of a person. The history and design of the bookplate used for many years in Clark Library was unknown to present day library staff until recently. The story of the bookplate is the topic of our most recent PortLog post from Archives and Artifacts. Curious to know more? Read here.
For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, museum@up.edu, 8038.
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.
Reunions diffuse a nostalgia glow about college and the best years of our lives. There is an element of homecoming in every class reunion. There are also the people who keep the home-fires burning (for example, Bill Reed ’72, who enters the Fifty-Year Club this June after a professional career including 30+ years of service at the University). There are some 150 current UP employees who are also UP Alumni, which is more than the total membership of the first Alumni club (1908!). The University Museum and Archives offer a brief history of the alumni association with some photos in their most recent post on PortLog: https://sites.up.edu/museum/the-best-years-of-our-lives-revisit/
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, piatz@up.edu
Mt. St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, leading to annual recollections-of-the-day appearing in news stories and social media posts every May. The University Museum has several ash pieces in its collection. Including one unexpected, enterprising item. For photos and the story of the Pet Volcano, follow this link to PortLog: https://sites.up.edu/museum/entrepreneurial-spirit/
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.
A canopy of beautiful pink blossoms heralds the arrival of spring on our campus. For some background about these flowering trees and selfie-magnets, the University Archives and Museum share some photos and write about these flowering cherry trees in their most recent post for the Museum blog. Follow this link.
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.
Summers in Oregon with clear night skies offer impressive views of the stars and planets from The Bluff. For over 50 years, the Starr Observatory stood behind the Commons as a beacon for astronomy enthusiasts. To learn more, follow this link.
The difference in mission between college education and vocational training is to both educate the student for tomorrow while also preparing the student for life; for whatever is there beyond the horizon, the graduate equipped for that which we can’t yet see today. We make explorers and pathfinders! Our students are seekers who respond to the invitation of self-discovery and knowledge that higher education promises. Our community is itself a promise.Featured here, under The Lamp of Learning title, are some images and expressions of our purpose gathered by the University Archives and Museum from our past for this post on the Museum blog.
Today’s news stories often include the faces and images of those on the front lines fighting this virus: medical personnel are right there, front and center. UP has assisted and contributed to the nursing profession–and calling–for 85 years. Not that the credit is ours, but we are proud to share and honor their commitment, and to recognize all nurses, EMTs, doctors, and first-line responders, the superheroes who work tirelessly and unselfishly fighting the current pandemic emergency.