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.

Jeffrey White, international languages & cultures, attended “Engaging College Students Using Active Learning Techniques,” .Magna Online Seminar, October 2020; and Southeast Supplemental Instruction Conference (SESI), University of North Georgia (online), September 2020.

Fr. Jim King, C.S.C., conducted the first session in a six-part workshop on the Catholic Church’s social justice teaching and Christian education from a Holy Cross perspective to the faculty and staff of Holy Redeemer Parish in North Portland on November 4, 2020.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “Alterity and Violence in Nigeria: Rethinking Interfaith Encounters” at the 63^rd annual meeting of African Studies Association (Virtually). November 20, 2020. He also presented “Rethinking One’s Gifts as a Leader in a World of Radical Diversity,” a virtual lecture on transformative leadership given to FGEN sophomores at the University of Portland Shepard Academic Resource Center, November 20, 2020; as well as “Reading Things Fall Apart through a Decolonial Lens of Inquiry: Retelling Africa’s Stories,” a virtual lecture given to students registered in PHL 410: Education and Politics. University of Portland, October 22, 2020.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, presented and published the paper titled, “Conducted Emissions Feedback from VSD operated products” with Pete Perkins (Principal Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs Consultant), Henry Benitez (Electromagnetic Investigations), Christian Miles (Mentor Graphics), and Joshua Thompson (Intel Corporation), in the IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering (SPCE) 2020 Virtual Conference, November 16-20, 2020. Note that except Inan, all of the other authors are UP alumni.

Alice Gates, social work, received national recognition from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) as the 2020 recipient of the Early Career Faculty Award for Service and Leadership in Social Work Education. Gates was recognized during the virtual Annual Program Meeting of CSWE on November 20, 2020. The award presentation highlighted the contributions Gates has made at the university, local, state, and national level to address injustice and amplify the reach and impact of social work.

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