1000 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
(02/06/21 8:23pm)
Think of your best friend. Most loyal, lovable, and trustworthy friend. The one who never fails to put a smile on your face. Am I the only one that thought of a four-legged friend? Throughout my life, my family has always had adopted rescue dogs that we have held close to our hearts. Two of those dogs we got from nonprofits who take dogs from shelters that would have killed them. One came from a puppy mill that was shut down by the State of Washington. Another was a stray who was malnourished, scared, and probably would have been killed had we not had the opportunity to adopt her.
(02/05/21 11:56pm)
The University of Portland and Head Men’s Basketball coach Terry Porter have parted ways, Vice President for Athletics Scott Leykam confirmed in a text to The Beacon. Assistant coach Ben Johnson will take over as interim head coach.
(02/05/21 6:48pm)
Welcome back to the Bluff! With students fully moved back into the dorms, classes resuming and the start of the 2021 spring season, here is what you missed over the break from Pilots athletics.
(02/04/21 2:37am)
Diversity Dialogues 2021 drew to a close with its final event last Friday night, which featured keynote speaker Dr. Adrienne Keene of the Cherokee Nation. Keene is currently a Native scholar, writer and activist working to increase representation of the Native community. Keene also runs a blog called Native Appropriations and works with a non-profit group called College Horizons, which assists native students in the process of applying for colleges and securing financial aid.
(02/04/21 2:16am)
On Feb. 2, University President Fr. Mark Poorman announced via email that UP is planning to hold the majority of classes in-person for Fall Semester 2021 and that residence halls will be near normal occupancy.
(02/04/21 2:10am)
Three vehicles were vandalized on campus last week, two on Jan. 25 and one on Jan. 26. Two of the three cars were parked on the main drive through campus, and one was in the Shipstad parking lot, according to Campus Safety Director Sara Westbrook.
(02/02/21 8:26pm)
Social distancing guidelines have become a familiar part of life during this pandemic, and though they can be inconvenient sometimes, they are necessary to keep people safe. But with 800 students living on campus this semester, the Commons has proven to be a challenging place to implement those regulations.
(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,