WINTER 2025

Fun to Fly

Richard VanGrunsven ’61 revolutionized the world of homebuilt airplanes with Van’s Aircraft. Today, more than 10,000 customers tour the clouds in one of his RV planes.

Eileen Bjorkman

Feature

Finding Her Calling

Becoming a teacher was never the plan. But education was where she discovered her gifts most overlapped with the world’s needs.

Katie Laskey

Cave Without a Name

One fellow traveler enters the underworld of grief and returns renewed.

Anne Gisleson

Cutting Through

Buddhist nuns visited The Bluff, sharing a message of love and compassion.

Sallie Tisdale

Dream House

A father delights in his son’s ambitions to build his own home.

David Asson

Light to a Legacy

Remembering the important human rights work of Fr. William Lewers, CSC

Jessica Murphy Moo

Alumni

Dreams on Ice

How one alum is helping put Oregon figure skaters back on the map.

Cheston Knapp

Sundown to Sunrise

Taylor Stewart ’18 changes the narrative for communities known as “sundown towns.”

The Bonds of Family and Country

A mother and son’s commitment to service.

Cat Sauter

On the Bluff

Soup for the Soul

Cooking for students is Mo’s love language.

Danielle Centoni

Off to the Races

UP strength trainer achieves new goals.

Kyle Garcia

Honoring Roger Doyle’s Legacy

A new concert series in memory of a beloved choirmaster.

Marty Hughley

New Stories of Hope

Through the Opus Prize Foundation, Dan McGinty, EdD ’18, shines a light on extraordinary humanitarians.

Reyn Returns

From the beat to The Bluff—an alum returns from retirement to serve and protect.

Real Talk on The Bluff

Conversations and connections that foster dialogue and community.

Robert D. Kelly, PhD