UP Day

There Will Be Joy in Stumpville: 19th Annual UP Day, May 20

May 13, 2016

baseball mitt DT The 19th Annual UP Day at Joe Etzel Field is scheduled for a doubleheader on Friday, May 20, when the Pilots take on Saint Mary’s. The first game is set for 2 p.m. All employees and family members are welcome to attend the game at no charge and also enjoy complimentary hot dogs (vegetarian alternatives will be available as well), chips, and soda courtesy of Bon Appetit. There will also be prizes raffled off every half-inning, so come out and cheer the Pilots on to victory. Department heads and office directors are encouraged to allow as many employees to attend the game as possible.

For more information on UP Day contact Jon Brooks, athletics, at 7431 or brooksj@up.edu.

We Want Another One, Just Like The Other One…

May 5, 2014

All faculty and staff are invited to join the athletics crew on Friday, May 9, for the second UP Day of the baseball season. Following the ground breaking for the new Recreation and Wellness Center, the Pilots baseball team will be taking on Pacific at 3 p.m. All faculty and staff can enjoy a second free game of baseball and Bon Appétit will provide a limited number of free hot dogs. So gather up your family, your department, and your friends and make your way out to Joe Etzel Field for another day of Pilots baseball, on the house. For more information contact athletics at 7117 or go to www.portlandpilots.com.

An American Dream—an opera by librettist/Portland Magazine editor, Jessica Murphy Moo, and composer Jack Perla—was produced by OperaLab Japan in Tokyo (November 2024) and Manhattan School of Music (December 2024).

Larry Larsen, Performing and Fine Arts, designed the scenery for this year’s production of Nordic Fire for the Portland Revels that is playing at the Alberta Abbey from December 13 through December 22. He also is designing the lighting for Lakewood Theatre Company’s production of The Maltese Falcon based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett, which plays at the Lakewood Center in Lake Oswego from January 3 through February 9.

Lizhong Hao, Business, presented “The Impact of Auditor and Client Bargaining Power on Audit Pricing: A Two-Tier Stochastic Frontier Approach.” The 2024 Corporate Behavior and New Development of Financial Markets International Conference. Chongqing, China. November, 2024.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, was a discussant and participant at the International Congress on the Future of Theology ‘Legacy and Envisioning.’ Organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education. Vatican City. December 9–10, 2024. Aihiokhai was also a discussant and participant at the General Assembly of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (INSeCT). Rome, Italy. December 8 – 13, 2024.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, completed the training requirements to be certified in the DiSC assessment on December 19, 2024. The DiSC assessment is a powerful tool that helps individuals and teams improve communication, collaboration, and workplace dynamics by providing insights into behavioral and communication styles. If you’d like to explore using the DiSC assessment for your individual or team’s leadership development, please contact Dave Houglum.

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