US State Department

Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Campus Visit, Sept. 12

September 7, 2018

On Wednesday, September 12, Rebecca Gailey, special assistant for the Office of Global Educational Programs within the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, will be visiting the UP campus. Faculty members who are interested in learning more about Department of State sponsored education programs are invited to a casual conversation over lunch in the Priest’s Dining Room from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on September 12. This is a no-host lunch.

Rebecca Gailey assists office leadership with developing and administering a variety of exchange programs for U.S. and foreign students, teachers, and professionals. She works closely with the USA Study Abroad branch on communication and outreach for the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, the Critical Language Scholarship Program, and the U.S. Study Abroad Capacity Building Grants Program.

If you have any questions in advance, contact Michele Leasor or John Orr in the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement at x7857 or scholars@up.edu.

Careers In The State Department Information Session, Oct. 21

October 20, 2014

All are welcome to join Lewis Lukens, U.S. Diplomat in Residence for the Northwest, for “Careers in the State Department” on Tuesday, October 21, from 4 to 5 p.m., in the career services office in Orrico Hall. The U.S. Department of State is the leading U.S. foreign affairs agency responsible for advancing freedom for the benefit of the American people and the international community. The department selects and hires employees who can accomplish America’s mission of diplomacy at home and around the world, including foreign service officers (FSO), foreign service specialists (FSS) and civil cervice (CS) professionals.

For more information contact career services at 7201 or career@up.edu.

Hannah Pick, Dundon-Berchtold Institute, published a review of Yuval Levin’s A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus: How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream through the journal of Christian Higher Education (22 January, 2021; DOI: 10.1080/15363759.2020.1865123).

Natalie Nelson-Marsh, communication studies, was featured in the Portland Business Journal magazine February 26 edition for her participation in the panel discussion on “Organizational Transformation – The Impact of COVID on the Future of Work.”

Katie Danielson, education, published “Enacting content-rich curriculum in early childhood: The role of teacher knowledge and pedagogy.” Early Education and Development, 32(3), 443-458. doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2020.1753463

Alice Gates, social work, presented on March 3, 2021 as part of the University of Minnesota School of Social Work 2021 Research Colloquium Series. Her paper was titled “Engaging equity and critical race perspectives in community-based research.”

Jordy Wolfand, Shiley School of Engineering, published Assessing resilience of a dual drainage urban system to redevelopment and climate change. Journal of Hydrology. 2021. 596. 126101.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, was an invited participant at Envisioning and Enacting an Inclusive and Diverse STEM Professoriate: Aligning the Recruitment and Retention of Diverse STEM Faculty, an APLU Think Tank, virtual.

Jeffrey White, International Languages & Cultures, presented MS Teams And Office Integrations During Covid (2.0). Roundtable presentation and discussion at the 2021 National College Learning Center Association Virtual Winter Conference.

Hillary Gaudio and Randy Hetherington, education, presented Inequity in the classroom: Improving teacher training by listening to completer voice. Virtual paper presented at the Oregon Association of Teacher Educators (ORATE) conference.

Randy Hetherington, education, co-presented Training transformative leaders: Valuing teacher wellness in complex change. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education (AILACTE) conference.

Jacqueline Waggoner, Randy Hetherington, Hillary Gaudio, Bruce Weitzel, James Carroll, education, presented Inequity and the reality of teacher preparation: Hearing the voices of completers. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education (AILACTE) conference.

Bruce Weitzel, Hillary Gaudio, Jacqueline Waggoner, James Carroll, Randy Hetherington, education, presented The completer voice: Inequity revealed. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

James Carroll, Randy Hetherington, Jacqueline Waggoner, Hillary Gaudio, Bruce Weitzel, education, presented Educator preparation in traumatic stress. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

Randy Hetherington, education, co-presented Interrelated leadership: Valuing teacher impact in a complex school. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

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