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08-08-2022

New Faculty and Staff Photos (Sept. 8)

September 5, 2022

Are you a new faculty or staff member who has not yet had their professional photo taken for the UP directory? The Office of Marketing and Communications has scheduled a professional photographer for photos, Thursday, September 8. Please email Suzanne Frey at freys@up.edu to schedule a five-minute headshot session.

Filed Under: 08-08-2022, 08-22-2022, 09-06-2022 Tagged With: Directory Photo Sessions, Marketing and Communications, Suzanne Frey

Farewell Party in Honor of Kirk Mustain

August 6, 2022

Please mark your calendars and plan on joining us for a farewell celebration honoring Kirk Mustain and his many years of service as Bon Appetit manager at UP. The party will take place on Thursday, August 18 at 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. on the Bauccio Commons Patio. Drinks and appetizers will be served. There […]

Filed Under: 08-08-2022 Tagged With: Kirk Mustain

Unframed Art Show Featuring Work By Fr. Ghyselinck (Aug. 22 – Sept. 22)

August 6, 2022

The Buckley Center Gallery will feature work by Fr. Mark Ghyselinck, CSC, in the upcoming show titled Unframed. The show runs from August 22 – September 22 and includes over 100 paintings of the natural world.  

Filed Under: 08-08-2022, 08-22-2022, 09-06-2022 Tagged With: Buckley Center Gallery, Fr. Mark Ghyselinck C.S.C.

Alumni Sopharoth Ith Wins National Graduate Fellowship

August 6, 2022

Sopharoth Ith was awarded the Dr. May Brunson Graduate Fellowship in the award amount of $2,000. Ith is from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and was inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta in 2019. As an undergraduate, Ith studied Economics and graduated in 2022. At the University of Portland, she was involved as a Junior Resident Fellow at […]

Filed Under: 08-08-2022 Tagged With: Fellowships & Grants

Clark Library: Fall Course Reserves

August 6, 2022

Get some of your Fall semester prep out of the way! Library staff are ready to set up course reserves for your Fall classes! Course reserves can be online or print items and films that you wish to make available to your students. We also help you with the copyright screening and scan materials to meet accessibility […]

Filed Under: 08-08-2022 Tagged With: Clark Library, course reserves

Faculty and Staff Immersion Accompaniers Needed for 2022–23! 

August 6, 2022

The Moreau Center for Service and Justice would like to invite faculty and staff to consider serving as an immersion accompanier for the 2022–23 Academic Year. Applications are due by Sunday, September 11, using the online application found here.  The immersion accompanier role is open to UP faculty or staff members in full-time, exempt positions who have a commitment to […]

Filed Under: 08-08-2022, 08-22-2022, 09-06-2022, Moreau Center Tagged With: Immersion Accompaniers, Moreau Center for Service and Justice, Tyler Wagner

Calling All Pilots—Alumni, Parents, Students, Faculty, and Staff—to Watch the Hops on University of Portland Night (Aug. 12)

August 6, 2022

Come watch the Hops on University of Portland Night, August 12. Game starts at 7:05 p.m.; Gates open at 6:00 p.m. Click to get tickets. Parking is $5/vehicle, cash only. There will be a $37 & $17 ticket option available for this event (plus a small service fee on each ticket). The $37 Picnic Pavilion […]

Filed Under: 07-25-2022, 08-08-2022

New Faculty and Staff Photos (Aug. 17)

August 6, 2022

Are you a new faculty or staff member who has not yet had their professional photo taken for the UP directory? The Office of Marketing and Communications has scheduled a professional photographer for photos, Wednesday morning, August 17. Please email Suzanne Frey at freys@up.edu to schedule a five-minute headshot session.

Filed Under: 07-11-2022, 07-25-2022, 08-08-2022 Tagged With: Marketing and Communications, Suzanne Frey

Register for the Leadership Fellows Formation Program for Fall (by Aug. 19). Available for all UP Faculty and Staff

August 6, 2022

Introduction of Leadership Fellows Formation Program: Traditional conceptualizations of leadership often focus on leaders being defined by their position, responsibilities, and power, while in many cases commanding, controlling, and coercing their followers. At UP, we see leadership differently. We emphasize the inclusive assertion that everyone can be a leader and express leadership through intentionally cultivated knowledge, skills, mindsets and the leveraging of unique leadership strengths. In the […]

Filed Under: 07-25-2022, 08-08-2022 Tagged With: Dave Houglum

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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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