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05-08-2017

Summer Mass and Reconciliation Schedule

May 19, 2017

Mass will be celebrated in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. and Monday through Friday at 12:05 p.m. during the summer months. Reconciliation will be available on Fridays from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Please call campus ministry at x7131 or ministry@up.edu if you have any questions.

Filed Under: 05-08-2017, 05-15-2017, 05-22-2017, Campus Ministry, Campus Services Tagged With: Campus Ministry, Summer Mass

Please Load Scholarly Activity On The Portal

May 19, 2017

Faculty members are reminded to load their scholarly activity on the portal in PilotsUP. Data obtained through the portal will be used to populate A Community of Scholars, published by the provost’s office. That data will also be used for the Clark Library’s annual celebration of UP authors. Faculty members use their school’s report on the […]

Filed Under: 05-08-2017, 05-15-2017, 05-22-2017, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: A Community of Scholars report, John Orr, Michele Leasor, Provost's Office

Summer Course Packs Due, Please

May 12, 2017

All faculty and instructors must turn in their course pack materials for summer classes to the printing services office as soon as possible, according to Kassie Hansen, printing services. In addition, course packs for fall 2017 are due before leaving campus at the conclusion of spring semester. The lead time is needed so printing services […]

Filed Under: 04-24-2017, 05-01-2017, 05-08-2017, 05-15-2017, Academics, Mail Services, Printing Services Tagged With: Course Packs, Kassie Hansen, Printing Services

Faculty and Staff Immersion Accompaniers Needed for 2017-2018

May 12, 2017

Faculty and staff are invited to apply to be an immersion accompanier with the Moreau Center for the 2017-18 academic year. The opportunity is open to UP faculty or staff members in full-time, exempt positions who have a commitment to service and community engagement, a desire to encourage student formation, and a willingness to live […]

Filed Under: 05-01-2017, 05-08-2017, 05-15-2017, Campus Services, Moreau Center Tagged With: Laurie Laird, Moreau Center

University of Portland ranked top Oregon University in Forbes’s “Best Value Colleges 2017”

May 5, 2017

The University of Portland has been ranked the top Oregon school for best return on investment among 300 private and public institutions in Forbes Magazine‘s second annual ranking of America’s Best Value Colleges for 2017. The University of Portland was ranked 146th among all universities nationwide. Among other Oregon private colleges and universities, Willamette University was […]

Filed Under: 05-08-2017, Academics Tagged With: Best Value, Forbes Magazine, University of Portland

Faculty Development Day Program Available

May 5, 2017

The program for Faculty Development Day, scheduled for Tuesday, May 9, is now available through the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship Moodle website or here. To save paper, the committee encourages faculty to download a copy of the program in advance so they can use it to orient themselves between sessions using their mobile devices. A limited number of […]

Filed Under: 05-08-2017, Academics, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Aaron Wootton, Faculty Development Day, Teaching and Scholarship

Summer Undergraduate Research Protocol

May 5, 2017

The Provost’s office would like to remind all faculty members conducting collaborative research with undergraduates this summer that the Deans Council approved a uniform, University-wide protocol for all undergraduate research projects. A list of the items required each semester as part of the protocol can always be found in the Undergraduate Research section of the PilotsUP Forms […]

Filed Under: 05-01-2017, 05-08-2017, Academics Tagged With: John Orr, Provost's Office, Tom Greene

UP Employee Discount: Pilots Summer Basketball Camps

May 5, 2017

All University of Portland employees are invited to send their kids to this summer’s Portland Pilots Basketball Day Camps and enjoy a special discount. Day camps run June 19-23, June 26-30, and August 7-11. While the normal fee is $350, UP employees can pay only $297.50 if they register online and enter the code “GOPILOTS.” […]

Filed Under: 03-27-2017, 05-08-2017, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Summer Basketball Camps, Whitney Robison

“The Slow Professor” Discussion That Never Was Will Now Be

May 5, 2017

The snowstorm this past January made it necessary to cancel a scheduled discussion of The Slow Professor, for which the provost’s office and SOPHIA provided books. Karen Eifler would like to remind faculty that one of the sessions on Faculty Development Day will be devoted to that discussion, if any one would like to go over their […]

Filed Under: 05-01-2017, 05-08-2017, Academics, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler, The Slow Professor

Northwest Emmy Nomination for Athletics Video Team

May 5, 2017

The Portland Sports Network (PSN), University of Portland’s in-house athletics video team, has been nominated for a Northwest Emmy Award as announced by the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. PSN’s feature, “UP Women’s Soccer’s Sarah Jones’ Summer Internship,” was nominated in the News: General Assignment Light category as part of the 2017 College […]

Filed Under: 05-08-2017, Athletics Tagged With: Northwest Emmy, Pilots Sports Network

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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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