Larry Larsen, performing and fine arts, designed the lighting for Broadway Rose Theater Company’s production of Don’t Hug Me. The show is running at their theater in Tigard through May 8.
Rebecca Smith, education, received a Fulbright Specialist award. Smith will complete a project at University of the Armed Forces – ESPE in Ecuador that aims to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions, and communities both in the U.S. and overseas through a variety of educational and training activities within education.
Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, co-published “Building Gender Equity Allyship Workshops.” Mitteilungen der Deutschen Mathematiker Vereinigung, vol. 30 (2022) pages 30-31. Co-published with Gudrun Thäter. April 2022.
Amber Vermeesch, nursing, will co-present “Reducing Compassion and Stress in Your Department Using the Vital Practitioner Framework,” with Barbara Braband and Corey Pressman. Accepted for interactive virtual workshop at the Elon University 18th Annual Teaching & Learning Conference on Monday, June 6, 2022.
Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “FGEN is about Dreaming in Solidarity: Embrace your Light and Keep Walking with Pride,” a talk given at the FGEN Senior Pinning Ceremony at the University of Portland. Event is Sponsored by the Shepard Academic Resource Center/ University of Portland. Buckley Center Auditorium. Friday, April 28, 2022. Aihiokhai also presented “Our Journey to Emmaus: What I Should Have Known before Leaving College.” (Luke 24:13 – 35). Last Lecture Given to Graduating Seniors in the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Portland. Friday, April 22, 2022.
Lora Looney, international languages & cultures, co-organized ShapingEDU Spotlight Mini-Summit “Emerging Credentials & Future Employment” on April 26 and facilitated an Employer Insights panel with CEO of Robots and Pencils, Tracey Zimmerman, focused on hiring college graduates, the credentials needed for employment, and the skills undergraduates learn in the humanities.
Michael Cameron, theology, presented the Response to the Villanova University 2022 Saint Augustine Lecture by Professor Oliver O’Donovan (University of Edinburgh), titled “Augustine on ‘the Great Psalm’ (Psalm 119).” April 2022.
An American Dream—an opera by librettist Jessica Murphy Moo, marketing & communications, and composer Jack Perla—was produced by Kentucky Opera and the New England Conservatory in April.