Blessed are the educators.

Summer 2021

Feature

They Were Here

Where many saw dangerous, crumbling buildings, graffiti artists saw a canvas, and Janna Machalek ’08 saw an intriguing research opportunity.

  • Janna Machalek ’08

Follow Your Dragon

Recent graduate and set designer Kat Yo ’21 brings her passion for sustainability and Korean folklore—and her dazzling imagination—to UP’s stage.

  • Karen Bridges

My Joy

Her life is a paradox. And so is her joy. Even through this difficult year, the source of this author's joy has sustained her.

  • Valerie Lewis-Mosley

Super Cool

Retired reading specialist to the rescue.

  • Daniela Zangara

Amazing

Sometimes the student and the parent end up learning a thing or two.

  • Astin Mills

302 from 2037

The professor she never knew she needed.

  • Claire Lang

Fr. Mark: President, Professor, Priest

Fr. Mark Poorman, UP's 20th president, reflects on his cherished years on The Bluff.

  • Jessica Murphy Moo

Alumni

Introducing Gina

Gina Amato Yazzolino ’96 is UP’s—no, your—new director of alumni and parent relations, and she has hit the ground running here on The Bluff.

Nobel Peace Prize 2020

David Austin '13 and the rest of his team at the United Nations World Food Programme were awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

Neighbor to Neighbor

A social work major at UP, Tara Benavente tends to jump in wherever she sees a need. “I’ve always had a heart for working at the margins,” she says.

Life Through Cookies

Dawn Nelson, '82, longtime kindergarten teacher for Portland Public Schools, has started a thriving cookie business.

Grace and the Woodshop

The woodshop at the Holy Cross Court has become a place of refuge, especially during these days of endless video conferences.

  • Fr. Dan Parrish, '96

On the Bluff

It Is Up to You

A graduating senior reflects on her educational journey, from a Navajo reservation to University of Portland.

  • Devonna Begay '21

Student Engineers Tackle Shoreline Trash

In response to questions from neighbors, University of Portland engineering students designed a new ergonomic litter-grabber.

  • Danielle Centoni