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(02/02/21 7:42pm)
Many University of Portland Nursing students who are eligible to be vaccinated in Oregon are struggling to receive their inoculations, despite many starting in-person clinical placements this week. Oregon is set to administer 15,000 doses of the vaccine this week, with the majority earmarked for educators, leaving only a few thousand for healthcare workers, including nursing students. Now, the outlook seems bleak on if and when students will receive their shot.
(02/02/21 3:29am)
When Miguel Navarro woke up on the morning of his last day of in-person high school, something felt off.
(02/01/21 12:44am)
As we continue to navigate this historic time, the stories we hear and tell play a huge role in documenting our journey. To recognize that, UP will be hosting two virtual events for Ethics Week 2021 focused on listening and storytelling. The first webinar is being held on Monday, Feb. 1, and will be focused on ethics and listening. The second event on Feb. 3 will highlight ethical storytelling.
(01/31/21 10:51pm)
It’s the start of another year, another semester. And in the wake of all that was 2020, I’m sure you have lots of thoughts and things to say and we would like to hear from you. Not just that, but we need to hear from you.
(01/28/21 8:25pm)
If you had a chance to read last year’s article on Diversity Dialogues then you have a glimpse into the roles that Diversity Collaborators play in shaping Diversity Dialogues when it happens in-person. Last year’s article touched on the importance of investment of resources to help pay for the speakers, authentic food, giveaways, and so much more. As UP has shifted to an online environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, student clubs have made the most of online technology to continue to build community. Diversity and Inclusion Programs (DIP) was no different in this approach.
(01/28/21 4:46am)
It was December of 1955 when UP junior Arlene Goetze was alarmed to find her doppelganger hanging irreverently on UP’s hallowed grounds. The effigy, a puppet constructed by the ROTC to look distinctively similar to Goetze, was hung in protest of a cartoon she had published in The Beacon just a short while before. The first female Editor-in-Chief of The Beacon, Goetze was used to notoriety — but never like this.
(01/28/21 3:00am)
The Beacon will be updating this page regularly with new COVID-19 information pertaining to the University of Portland.
(01/27/21 9:24pm)
When I woke up on January 6, I expected it to be a typical day. I turned to my Hamilton 2021 calendar that I got for Christmas and saw that day's quote was from Federalist 33, written by Alexander Hamilton himself. It states that "If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must… take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify." At that moment, I did not realize how ambiguous Alexander Hamilton's statement was, as political change was occurring throughout the country.
(01/21/21 7:40pm)
University of Portland has begun welcoming approximately 835 students to campus for Spring 2021. The move-in process is being staggered throughout the week and started with 145 students moving into Lund Family and Shipstad Halls on Monday, Jan. 18. This process began shortly after UP’s announcement that a staff member had contracted the U.K. variant of COVID-19.
(01/17/21 9:52pm)
The University of Portland has released their plan for filling the open position left by former Vice President of Human Resources and Title IX Coordinator Sandy Chung. Bill Jenkins, who left the University last February, will return to provide operational leadership for the Human Resources team, according to University President Fr. Mark Poorman. Jenkins served as Director of Employee Relations before leaving UP.
(01/17/21 5:20am)
An on campus staff member at the University of Portland has been infected with the B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19, according to an email from the Office of Public Affairs. This is the first known case of the new strand reported in Oregon, and one of 88 cases across the United States according to the CDC. The staff member has been in isolation since the initial diagnosis. According to the Oregon Health Authority, the individual had no known travel history.
(01/16/21 2:25am)
Despite this year’s Winter Break overlapping with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the University will be hosting a public virtual event commemorating the Civil Rights leader. The event will take place on Monday from 6:00-7:30 p.m., and will feature founder of the Oregon Remembrance Project and recent alumnus Taylor Stewart (18’) as the keynote speaker.
(01/15/21 2:38am)
Dear UP Community Members,
(01/14/21 5:28pm)
Dear Father Poorman, Provost Medina, and Assistant Provost Contreras,
(12/18/20 9:44pm)
UPDATE:
(12/09/20 9:22pm)
My fellow Pilots, I write to you today from Schoenfeldt 212. I include this detail not so that you know where to address your Christmas cards, but because I want you to know that I’ve been here since August. I tell you this because I want to provide information and reassurance about campus life in the midst of a pandemic. The dreaded “Unless otherwise noted, all students will need to have moved off campus by noon this Sunday.” never came.
(12/04/20 8:19am)
In a meeting hosted by the Associated Students of the University of Portland (ASUP) on Dec. 2, UP administrators and health care staff met with students in a COVID-19 town hall to discuss plans for next semester. Students’ questions were directed to a student moderator, and were separated into five different sections. These categories were health and COVID-19, residence life, academics, campus operations and financial updates.
(12/04/20 5:53am)
The Ethnic Studies Student Steering Committee (ESSSC) is holding a town hall on Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. for all UP students and community members. The purpose of the webinar is for students to discuss their support for an ethnic studies program at UP, a program offered at many other universities but missing from UP’s catalogue.
(12/04/20 1:26am)
As the end of the year approaches, I’m sure a lot of us have thought about how 2020 has been a year full of uncertainty and anxiety about the current state of things.
(12/03/20 6:10am)
Dear members of the UP Community: