Each year, the Maloney Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship invites University faculty and staff to nominate current full-time undergraduate students who meet the following criteria as established by the donor: Academic achievement Outstanding contribution to the University Outstanding contribution to the community. Nominations should provide information about a students’ activities, involvement with campus projects, community service/ […]
Development
Hard Hat Library Tours
The next building tours for the Clark Library are scheduled for Tuesday, March 26 and Wednesday, March 27. Reserve your spot by e-mailing Kathy O’Connell Riddell, library, at oconnell@up.edu. Tours meet at 3:45 p.m. in the Franz Hall lobby and last 45 minutes to an hour. Closed-toe shoes are required. See photos of the progress […]
Spring 2013 Butine Awards
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined the award recipients of the 2012-2013 Butine Faculty Development Fund spring cycle, according to committee chair Aziz Inan, engineering. Due to the large number of proposals received and the limited amount of funds available, the committee was unable to fund all qualified proposals. In addition to […]
Romanaggi Gift To RISE
The University has announced a RISE Campaign donation of $56,000 from Don Romanaggi, a 1956 alumnus and longtime supporter of the University. His gift benefits student scholarships at the University and upgrades to Don V. Romanaggi M.D. Hall, formerly Old Science Hall. He and his late wife Agnes, a 1959 UP graduate, also made an […]
Thank A Donor, Eat A Donut
Tuition Freedom Day marks the date when a student’s tuition no longer covers the total cost of a University of Portland education. A full tuition check only covers about 80 percent of the full cost, and the University must rely on contributions by donors to make up the difference. The development office will mark this […]
$200,000 Donation To RISE Campaign
The development office has announced a RISE Campaign donation of $200,000 from Mucki (Pei Ling) Tan, CEO and majority owner of PT Rodamas, a consumer distribution and real estate company based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tan, a 1980 graduate of the University’s Pamplin School of Business, is a resident of Singapore. Tan’s company does business worldwide […]
State of UP and Alumni Awards
University president Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C., will give his annual State of the University Address and present the Alumni Awards on Tuesday, March 19. The luncheon is at the Multnomah Athletic Club, 1849 S.W. Salmon. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., with the program from noon to 1 p.m. Seating is limited. Cost is $20 […]
$150,000 Lund Gift To RISE
The University of Portland has announced a RISE Campaign gift of $150,000 from longtime UP supporters Allen and Kathleen Lund of Pasadena, Calif. Their gift will purchase a Heritage Edition of the Saint John’s Bible, which will be on display on the main floor of the Clark Library when construction is completed in August. The […]
Dundon-Berchtold Initiative
The University of Portland recently launched the first semester of the Dundon-Berchtold Initiative in Applied Ethics, funded by Amy Dundon-Berchtold and Jim Berchtold ’63, and designed to ensure that the University meets its “aspirations both to form the moral character of its students and to conduct sustained ethical reflection in applied aspects of business, science, […]
Three New RISE Gifts
The University has announced three gifts toward the RISE Campaign totaling $100,000 from members of the board of regents. The donors and their gifts are John (Jack) Block ’71, Chicago, Ill., $50,000; Keith and Cindy Larson, Portland, Ore., $25,000; and James (Jim) Murphy MBA ’91 and his wife Vicki, Tacoma, Wash., $25,000. The three gifts […]