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Archives for June 2022

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June 27, 2022

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, virtually presented “Reclaiming the God of Inclusivity: A Critical Look at Our Religious Traditions” and “The Eucharistic is God’s Invitation for Us to Become God’s Source of Mercy in the World.” Keynote presentations at the Virtual Interfaith Prayer. Organized by the Universal Peace Federation, Subregion 5 (California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, Utah, […]

Filed Under: Update

Clark Library: Annual Report

June 27, 2022

We invite you to catch up on library activities that have occurred in the past year by visiting the Clark Library’s 2021–2022 Annual Report. Find out about efforts to support students through our loanable technology program, the launch of an Open Educational Resources stipend for faculty, a preview of our 2022 survey results, and ongoing work to further equity, […]

Filed Under: 06-27-2022 Tagged With: Clark Library, Clark Library Annual Report, Xan Arch

The Best Years of Our Lives – Revisited

June 27, 2022

Reunions diffuse a nostalgia glow about college and the best years of our lives. There is an element of homecoming in every class reunion. There are also the people who keep the home-fires burning (for example, Bill Reed ’72, who enters the Fifty-Year Club this June after a professional career including 30+ years of service at […]

Filed Under: 06-27-2022 Tagged With: Carolyn Connolly, Reunion, University Museum & Archives

Free Stuff!

June 27, 2022

The Physical Plant team has nearly completed our relocation to the new facility on the Franz campus. We are repurposing as much as we can throughout campus, however some items remain for which we no longer have an institutional need. Some of these items may be of personal use to the UP community, and we […]

Filed Under: 06-27-2022 Tagged With: physical plant

The Beacon Earns Two First Place honors in the SPJ 2021 Mark of Excellence Awards

June 27, 2022

The Beacon, UP’s award-winning student newspaper, has earned two national first place honors from the Society of Professional Journalists for work published last year. SPJ’s 2021 Mark of Excellence Awards recognized The Beacon with first place in the Breaking News Reporting (small schools) category for its reporting on the campus power outage that cancelled classes […]

Filed Under: 06-27-2022 Tagged With: Beacon, The Beacon

June Zoom Update

June 27, 2022

With another month comes more updates. For more information about updating your Zoom client and a note on new features, please check out the most recent TechTalk blog article.

Filed Under: 06-27-2022 Tagged With: Zoom

Controller’s Office Year-End Procedures and Reminders

June 27, 2022

Fiscal year-end procedures are now available for reimbursement and payment requests and purchasing cards (pcards). Reimbursement and Payment Requests All Reimbursement and Payment Request forms to be paid against your FY22 budget need to be submitted to the Controller’s Office by Friday, July 15. Requests received after this date will be reviewed for materiality as to […]

Filed Under: 05-31-2022, 06-13-2022, 06-27-2022 Tagged With: Fiscal Year End, Lori Watson

Reminder: Learning Archive Retirement is Approaching!

June 27, 2022

Student typing on laptop

Information Services will be retiring the LearningArchive Moodle site on June 30. The LearningArchive houses Moodle course pages from Fall of 2011 through Summer of 2015. If you have course materials on this site that you haven’t already saved, please download copies of any items you wish to keep. To visit the LearningArchive Moodle site please go to learningarchive.up.edu and […]

Filed Under: 05-16-2022, 05-31-2022, 06-13-2022, 06-27-2022 Tagged With: Moodle

New to The Bluff: Rebecca Neal, Academic Program Counselor, Shiley School of Engineering

June 27, 2022

The Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering is happy to announce that Rebecca Neal joined our team in January 2022 as an Academic Program Counselor. Rebecca was most recently an academic advisor at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO. She has a lot of experience to draw from serving as an academic advisor in Georgia […]

Filed Under: 06-27-2022 Tagged With: New to The Bluff, Shiley School of Engineering

New to The Bluff: Greg Peterson, Director of Student Wellness, Health and Counseling Center

June 27, 2022

The Health and Counseling Center welcomes Greg Peterson as the Director of Student Wellness. Greg previously held the role of Clinical Supervisor at Community Integrated Health Services from May 2020 until June 2022.

Filed Under: 06-27-2022 Tagged With: Health & Wellness Center, New to The Bluff

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Susan Mcdaniel and Nicole Hanig, Music, will be performing on the concert series “Chatter PDX” on June 1 at 10:30 a.m. at the Pacific Center with Hilary Oseas, viola and James Shields, clarinet, both of the Oregon Symphony. There will also be spoken word from former professional football player and writer, Marcus Lattimore, in the hour-long concert. Tickets and information at ChatterPDX.

Maureen Briare, Nursing & Health Innovations, published Fountain of Life Mass Setting, with a special dedication to the priests and brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross at the University of Portland. GIA Publications. Released April, 2025 

Mohammadhadi Hajilou, Engineering, presented “Effect of fuel size, ignition energy, and wind speed on smoldering to flaming transition of Douglas fir lumber.” Co-presenters: R. Spring, N. Bolden, A. Henry, T. Rowley, A. Burton. 14th US Combustion Meeting, Boston, MA. March 16-19, 2025. Hajilou also published “Fire Whirl Emissions and Burning Rates for Crude Oil Slicks of Varying Thickness.” Co-authors: J. Dowling, W. Cui, M. Gollner. Fuel, 393 138482 (2025).

Kiya Riverman, Environmental Science, was awarded a grant for $489,935.00 on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense, for her research “Impacts of spatial-temporal precipitation, snowpack properties, and snowmelt variability on alpine landscapes and runoff.” February 15, 2025.

Christina Astorga, Theology, served as a Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Moral Theology. February 26 – July 7, 2019. Astorga also served as the Head of the Local Arrangement Committee for the Catholic Theological Society of America. June 13, 2024 – June 15, 2025

Mohammad Arbabian, Business, published “Optimal Inventory Management Policies When Supply Is Bundled.” 9th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Washington D.C. June, 2024. Arbabian also published “Evaluating the Role of 3D Printing in Decentralized Supply Chains: A Stackelberg Framework for Optimal Manufacturing Decisions.” 15th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. February, 2025.

Aziz Inan, Engineering, has been credited for his research on palindrome dates in multiple news outlets including: USA Today, NDTV, NBC New York, News9live, Courier Journal, 13newsnow.com, Ozarksfirst.com, Inquirer.net, Austin American-Statesman, and The News of Israel.

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