The UP/C.S.C. Connection Runs Deep

April 6, 2018

Did you know about the University of Portland/Holy Cross connection? Members of the Congregation of Holy Cross have been at the University of Portland since 1902. The way that UP does its work is very much influenced by the history and charisms of Holy Cross. Fr. Jim Gallagher, C.S.C., Campus Ministry, explains the deep connections in this video.

Petra Khan, marketing and communications, received the 2020 CASE VIII Rising Star Award in Marketing and Communications from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), District VIII, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Yukon.

Laura Dyer, biology, received a $502 grant for “Engaging Middle School Students in Developmental Biology through Tadpole Metamorphosis” (with Allegra VanderWilde) from the Society for Developmental Biology, January 2020.

Dawn Garzon Maaks, nursing, wrote “White Paper: Recognizing Child Trafficking as a Critical Emerging Health Threat” (with Jessica Peck, Mikki Meadows-Oliver, Hays Stacia) in Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, January 2020.

Claire McKinley Yoder, nursing, (2020). “An academic–fire department partnership to address social determinants of health” (with Pesch, M. S.) in Journal of Nursing Education, 59(1), 34-37 (2020).

Heather Dillon, Shiley School of Engineering, presented “Connecting with Expert Educators” (with Timothy Doughty, Nicole Ralston, and student co-presenters Rebecca Levison and Jeff Welch) at the 2020 Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network National Conference in Dallas, Texas, January 2020.

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