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Lupita Ruiz-Tolento

Supporting Latinx Journalists: Meet Lupita Ruiz-Tolentino '13

International Languages and Cultures

Psychology

Portland Magazine

Alumni

Lupita Ruiz-Tolento '13 is the director of institutional development for SembraMedia, a nonprofit that supports independent digital journalism in Latin America.

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University of Portland presents “Hailing Cesar” film and discussion with director Eduardo Chávez, October 10

International Languages and Cultures

The University of Portland will play a screening of the film “Hailing Cesar,” in the Brian J. Doyle Auditorium on Thursday, October 10 at 5 p.m. Eduardo Chávez, director, writer, and producer of this film, will be in attendance to have a live discussion.

Vail Horton

Vail Horton uses Entrepreneur Scholar program to launch innovative crutch, found a non-profit

Portland Magazine

Business

Philosophy

Alumni

Franz Center

International Languages and Cultures

A life-long user of crutches, Vail Horton knew first-hand the need for an ergonomic crutch. With a team of fellow Entrepreneur Scholar students at University of Portland, he founded Keen--an innovative crutch company. He now runs a non-profit.

Fatima Ruiz Villatoro

Entrepreneur Scholars program leads Fatima Ruiz Villatoro to career in hospital construction

Alumni

Engineering

Portland Magazine

International Languages and Cultures

Franz Center

A 2015 graduate with degrees in engineering management and Spanish, Fatima Ruiz Villatoro's Entrepreneur Scholar student project of decorating hospital rooms for terminally ill children turned into a career project managing medical facility construction.

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Oil Painter Claudio Talavera Ballón to be Artist in Residence, April 1-5

International Languages and Cultures

College of Arts and Sciences

The University of Portland will host renowned oil painter Claudio Talavera Ballón at Buckley Auditorium on April 3 at 7:15 pm. This talk will address the relationship between art and social issues, such as migration.

Four University of Portland alumni awarded $34,000 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

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Mathematics

College of Arts and Sciences

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Psychology

Awards and Rankings

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International Languages and Cultures

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Chemistry

University of Portland alumni Julia Meng '16, Shannon Danforth '16, Katherine Cummins '17, and Brett Bankson '14 have been awarded $34,000 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation to fund graduate tuition, fees, and research.

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Seven University of Portland graduates awarded international government teaching awards

International Languages and Cultures

Seven University of Portland graduates have been awarded International Government Teaching Awards in 2017, according to the University’s international languages and cultures department. All will be serving in English teaching assistantships (ETAs) during the 2017-2018 academic year.

Dr. Laura McLary

Three German Studies students awarded grants to study in Germany

International Languages and Cultures

College of Arts and Sciences

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

The German Studies Program and Department of International Languages and Cultures is pleased to announce three awardees of the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) University Summer Course Grants for intensive German language learning in Germany this summer.

University of Portland alumni awarded teaching assistantships in France

Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Awards and Rankings

International Languages and Cultures

Kealey Johnson '16 and Douglas Blair '15 were awarded French Teaching Assistantships by the French Ministry of Education

University of Portland’s Laura A. McLary, a professor of German, named Oregon Professor of the Year by Carnegie Foundation and CASE

Awards and Rankings

International Languages and Cultures

College of Arts and Sciences

Laura McLary, professor of German at the University of Portland, was named Oregon Professor of the Year by the national Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the international Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.