The Vermont Hills Family Life Center online auction fundraiser will take place from Saturday, April 20 through Friday, May 3. Vermont Hills administers the UP daycare facility. To view auction items and place bids visit www.32auctions.com/vhflc. Winning bids will support VHFLC in their mission to provide quality care and education as well as tuition assistance […]
04-29-2013
Money Matters
Responsibility for p-card reconciliations will continue through the summer, according to Eric Barger, controller. Those who use p-cards for University expenses can go online from anywhere with internet access to reconcile p-card statements. For more information, contact Theresa Knott, controller’s office, at 8712. Please remember that the IRS requires documentation of names of all participants […]
Students Show Their Range
On Saturday, April 13, thirteen voice students from the University of Portland participated in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Festival Competition for Classical Singers from Oregon and Southwest Washington, held in Corvallis, Ore. Participants were Lydia Blaine, Bronwyn Jones, Hannah Kitner, Brenna Stacey, Ashley Woster, Katrina Welborn, Amelia Segler, Nicole Bennavente, Daisy […]
Engineering Student Shines
Senior mechanical engineering student Matthew Dally placed second in the engineering poster competition at the 9th Annual Sigma Xi Columbia-Willamette Chapter Research Symposium on April 12 at Portland State University. Matthew’s poster, “Nonlinear Parametric Health Monitoring of a Slender Cantilever Beam Subject to Non-Stationary Excitation” described a method to accurately track the health and predict […]
Remembering Fr. Pru
The University community lost one of its most beloved members when Rev. Chester Stephen Prusynski, C.S.C., passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Holy Cross House, Notre Dame, Ind. He was 91 years old. Fr. Pru served at the University of Portland for 46 years (1964-2010) in a wide variety of capacities. He was […]
Summer Intersession Hours
The library will switch to its summer intersession schedule starting at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2. The Terrace Room’s public hours during the intersession week will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Staff will still be working weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and can be contacted by phone or e-mail if you […]
Daycare For May Events
Child care will be available during events like nursing pinning, ROTC, baccalaureate Mass, graduate or undergraduate commencement, or the Faculty Gala thanks to Vermont Hills Family Life Centers. Four-hour sessions will be available at $30 per child or $40 per family: Saturday, May 4, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, May 5, 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, […]
Senior Capstone Presentations
Senior communication studies majors will present selected research projects at the Department of Communication Studies Capstone Showcase Night on Tuesday, April 30, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Buckley Center room 163. All faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend. For more information contact Dann Pierce, communication studies, at 7340 or pierce@up.edu.
Impact Of Catholic Education
All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend “The Impact of Catholic Education in America,” a conference to be held June 20-22, 2013 on the University of Portland campus, according to Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center. The conference, coordinated and cosponsored with the School of Education and the PACE program, brings together teachers, school administrators, […]
Nursing Doctorate Presentations
The 2013 doctor of nursing practice/family nurse practitioner graduates have been working diligently over the past year to complete their practice improvement projects (PIPs), which are designed to improve practice or patient outcomes. The students will be presenting their PIP posters beginning at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 29, in Buckley Center room 310. All […]