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04-06-2015

Founders’ Day: Tuesday, April 14

April 13, 2015

The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 14. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after […]

Filed Under: 02-09-2015, 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Academics Tagged With: Founders Day

Retirement, Investment Counseling Sessions: April 14-16

April 13, 2015

University employees’ TIAA-CREF investment counselor, Preston Watts, will be on campus a number of times this spring for individual financial counseling sessions on campus. The next one-on-one counseling sessions will take place on April 14, 15, and 16. Go to www.tiaa-cref.org/schedulenow or call TIAA-CREF at (877) 842-2028, press 5 to schedule an appointment today.

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Campus Services, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resources, Preston Watts, TIAA-CREF

Summer and Fall Book Orders: Please Submit ASAP

April 6, 2015

Faculty who have not already submitted summer and/or fall book orders are asked to please do so as soon as possible. The bookstore will be undertaking a significant remodel during the summer and this will affect the timeline for arrival of the books. Orders can be submitted online at https://www.facultyenlight.com/​ or via e-mail at bright@up.edu. […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Academics, Bookstore, Campus Services Tagged With: Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Erin Bright

Holocaust Remembrance Week, April 12-17

April 6, 2015

The University will host a week of Holocaust Remembrance on campus from April 12-17. All events are free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. To begin the week, the White Rose Exhibition will be in the Clark Library from Sunday, April 12 to the following Sunday, April 19. The exhibit, consisting of […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Campus Services, Events Tagged With: Holocaust Remembrance Week, Laura McClary, Mikayla Posey, Miriam Greenstein

First Avenue Career & Graduate School Expo, April 9

April 6, 2015

The First Avenue Career and Graduate School Expo will be held on Thursday, April 9, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Chiles Center. There will be more than 100 organizations recruiting for summer, part-time, full-time, and graduate school opportunities. In addition, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., over 30 professionals will share information about […]

Filed Under: 03-16-2015, 04-06-2015, Campus Services, Career Services Tagged With: Career Services, First Avenue Career & Grad School Expo

Divine Laughter Lecture, April 9

April 6, 2015

The Garaventa Center will host a lecture by Anita Houck, “God, Humor & Humanity: From The Iliad to The Onion” on Thursday, April 9, at 7:15 p.m., in the Holy Cross Lounge in Franz Hall. Her talk is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Houck is chairwoman of religious studies at […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, Academics, Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Anita Houck, Beckman Humor Project, Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler

Engineering Student Chika Eke Wins NSF Fellowship

April 6, 2015

Senior mechanical engineering student Chika Eke has been awarded a prestigious graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Eke, of Sacramento, Calif., has accepted an offer to join the master’s program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The fellowship includes a $34,000 annual stipend for each of three years, and an additional $12,000 is […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, Academics, Shiley School of Engineering Tagged With: Chika Eke, National Science Foundation, Shiley School of Engineering

Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters,” April 10-17

April 6, 2015

The performing and fine arts department will present Anton Chekhov’s play, Three Sisters, from April 10-12 and 15-17, at 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sunday), in Mago Hunt Center Theater. The Prozorovs, a middle-class Russian family stuck in a small provincial town, long for the bright lights of the big city, Moscow. But fortunes are changing […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, 04-13-2015, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, Three Sisters

Six UP Students Awarded Fulbright Grants

April 6, 2015

Six University of Portland students have been awarded prestigious Fulbright grants to work and study abroad. Four of the Fulbrights are for English teaching positions in Germany, one is for an English teaching position in Turkey, and the other is for an English teaching position in Mexico. Recipients of the German teaching grants are Megan […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, Academics Tagged With: Erin Petersen, Fulbright Scholars, John Orr, Megan Fitzgerald, Megan Lester, Michelle Wilcox, Mikayla Posey, Rebecca Park

Pre-show Panel, Social for “Three Sisters,” April 11

April 6, 2015

Prior to the Saturday, April 11 performance of Three Sisters by Anton Chekov, all ticket holders are invited to enjoy complimentary wine and cheese while listening to campus experts Candace McLean, theology, Mindi Logan, theater, and Elise Moentmann, history, as they highlight production details and illuminate important themes in the play. The reception begins at […]

Filed Under: 04-06-2015, Academics, Events, Garaventa Center, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Anton Chekov, Candace McLean, Elise Moentmann, Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler, Mindi Logan, Performing and Fine Arts, Three Sisters

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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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