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DEQ ECO Survey: Please Respond!

September 15, 2025

DEQ requires 75% of full-time employees to respond to a commute options survey. This anonymous survey should take less than 5 minutes to complete and will help the university demonstrate progress towards a reduction in single-occupant vehicle trips to campus. Check your email or read full description for link.

Filed Under: 2025-09-15, 2025-09-29, 2025-10-13, Issues, University Operations Tagged With: Employee Commute Options Survey, University Operations

Summer Traffic Restrictions, Road Closures: May 13-July 20

May 17, 2019

With the conclusion of the 2018-2019 academic year, work will commence to complete the plaza, road, and landscaping work that was started last summer for Dundon-Berchtold Hall. As with last year, the road between the Pilot House and Waldschmidt Hall will be closed. A preliminary schedule has the road closed starting on May 13 and re-opening […]

Filed Under: 05-06-2019, 05-13-2019, 05-20-2019, Campus Services, University Operations Tagged With: Dundon-Berchtold Hall, University Operations

Tours Available for Dundon-Berchtold Hall

November 23, 2018

Construction is well underway for Dundon-Berchtold Hall. The new academic center will house classrooms, faculty offices, a gathering space, and the Dundon-Berchtold Institute. Tours will be available by appointment on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at 3 p.m. beginning November 27. Each tour is limited to ten people. Please register here. Tour groups will meet outside […]

Filed Under: 11-19-2018, 11-26-2018, Campus Services, University Operations Tagged With: Dundon-Berchtold Hall, University Operations

Campus Traffic Changes Start Monday, May 14

May 11, 2018

Construction activity will be ramping up on Dundon-Berchtold Hall now that summer is underway, according to Jim Ravelli, university operations. Fortis Construction will need to accelerate the pace of their work in order to accomplish as much as possible during the summer months when students and many faculty are not on campus. In order to accomplish […]

Filed Under: 05-14-2018, Campus Services, University Operations Tagged With: Dundon-Berchtold Hall, Jim Ravelli, University Operations

Dundon-Berchtold Hall Construction Begins

February 2, 2018

Construction on Dundon-Berchtold Hall will begin on Monday, February 5, according to Jim Ravelli, university operations. This will be the first construction of a new building in the middle of campus since Franz Hall was built in 1995 and, as with any major building project in such a central location, there will be some impacts […]

Filed Under: 02-05-2018, Campus Services, University Operations Tagged With: Dundon-Berchtold Hall, Jim Ravelli, University Operations

Single-User Restrooms Added in Buckley Center

January 12, 2018

Single-user restrooms are located in a number of buildings on campus, and have most recently been added in Buckley Center. Because these are all-user rooms, please remember to lock the door for privacy. For more information contact University operations at landtise@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-15-2018, Campus Services, University Operations Tagged With: University Operations

Shuttle Service Connecting River Campus, Main Parking Lot

September 30, 2016

To order to help address parking concerns in the University’s main lot, a new shuttle service will connect the main campus with the river campus parking lot starting October 3. All commuters are encouraged to take advantage of this expanded parking and the free shuttle.  The shuttle will run continuously from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., […]

Filed Under: 10-03-2016, Campus Services, Public Safety, University Operations Tagged With: Jim Ravelli, public safety, Shuttle Service, University Operations

Crane Operating Near Buckley Center, Monday June 20

June 17, 2016

A crane will be set up in the driveway and loading dock area behind Buckley Center on Monday, June 20, for a contractor to perform maintenance on the roof of Buckley Center, according the university operations office. The crane should arrive, set up, break down, and leave campus on the same day, from 8 a.m. […]

Filed Under: 06-20-2016, Campus Services, University Operations Tagged With: University Operations

Faculty & Staff Commencement Parking Arrangements

April 22, 2016

With the new commencement format, this year’s exercises may put additional strain on the University’s main parking lot, especially with guests coming and going between ceremonies. All administrators, faculty, and staff participating in or attending commencement this year are asked to park their vehicles in the lower parking lot on the river campus, which is […]

Filed Under: 04-25-2016, Academics, University Operations Tagged With: Commencement parking, Jim Ravelli, University Operations

Repair Project Begins At Buckley Center Well Pump

August 28, 2015

Repairs to the campus well pump located at Buckley Center will begin Monday, August 31. Part of the quad near Buckley Center will be cordoned off and a crane will be placed there to facilitate the project. Faculty, staff, and students are asked to avoid the work area for their own safety. For more information, […]

Filed Under: 08-31-2015, Campus Services, University Operations Tagged With: Buckley Center well pump, University Operations

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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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