RISE

Why the campaign?Because what we teach, what we believe, who we are–the world is starving for exactly these energies.

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RISE \r ı̄z\ vi: To move upward: ascend; to extend above other objects; to come into being: originate.

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Why the campaign?Because the University of Portland has risen to unprecedented heights, and it is time for us to bring our extraordinary gifts to the widest world. Because the University is a hope factory, and we create and foment and stimulate hope, and the world is starving for hope.

Because here we train a thousand cheerful agents of hope every year and send them flying off The Bluff into every country in the world, where they heal and elevate hearts and minds.

Because our students and alumni bring their laughter and energy and creativity and prayer to bear in places desperate for exactly those energies.

Because the world needs us. That is why we open the RISE campaign–so that the University can continue to recruit thousands more teammates in this crucial and extraordinary work.

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It is about elevating the moral aspect of civil life and national discourse.

It is about elevating the creative ambitions of the young.

It is about using innovation and creativity as glorious weapons against the most serious problems of our time.

It is about a much, much broader vision of what the University’s people can accomplish–not only in the West but nationally and internationally.

This campaign is about elevation, about soaring visions and vaulting dreams.

Oliver Swenson ’12

Fast-track student, future fast-track marketing star

“Scholarships from donors made it possible for me to come to such a great place. As a freshman I commuted be-cause of the cost and didn’t realize how much went on outside of classes. This year I saved enough to live in Corrado Hall. My goal is to be an R.A. and gradu-ate in three years. The personal attention here is great. You get so much more from your educational experience than at the larger universities. There’s not another school like UP.”

Joe Allegretti and Corey Trujillo ’13

Investing in students who are future difference makers

Joe: “I realized something crucial and powerful at a Regents’ retreat last year. Molly Hightower ’09, who worked in a Haitian orphanage for disabled children after graduation–sweet, smil-ing Molly who died in that earthquake–she is the mission of the University. Her courage, grace, creativity, generosity–all turned to serve those who need the most help. That’s the mission! She is what we want our graduates to be. And there are lots and lots of young women and men like Molly on The Bluff. Isn’t that remark-able? I think it is the best thing in the world to be associated with, invest in, and be a part of.”

Corey: “The scholarship I received is my college education. It has impacted how I sit in a classroom, how I try to learn. Mr. Allegretti is an awesome man. I feel like he has invested in me. Right now is my time–to learn academically, to learn how to serve, to learn how to balance everything. And then I get to return that invest-ment to the world, in service, in helping others. So, the fact that I can come here is amazing and something I am very grateful for.”


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We have risen to stunning heights in the quality of our teaching, in the renown of our students academically and athletically, and in the sure knowledge that our mission is to share our message of hope and healing, of creativity and innovation, of reverence and joy.

After a century on The Bluff, we have grown tall. We have grown in confidence and maturity, in skill and ambition.

Danie Remy ’11

Tutor extraordinaire, future tax whiz

“I’ve been immersed in Catholic school my entire life and wanted to keep those values. I like that I can go to church, that I took theology classes. It is good to know the vast array of religions in this world, to be understanding. I have grown so much as a person here and have learned to take responsibility for my actions. In 20 years I’m going to be so thankful that I got through the hard parts and got a good undergraduate education so I can aspire to the things that I want to do in life.”


We are devoted to relentless curiosity–to savoring the miracle of every moment, to pushing our students to dig deep to find the astounding gifts that God gives each of us. At the deepest level here, we teach tireless inventiveness, irrepressible creativity, an insistence on justice and reverence; we teach the genius of humility, the brilliance of selflessness, the idea that service is the most eloquent and powerful of prayers.

What we teach, what we believe, who we are– the world is starving for exactly these energies.

Steve (Tri) Nguyen ’05

Serial entrepreneur, creator of four companies

“I was planning to go to USC or Stan-ford when a friend told me about a very good school in Portland, my hometown. I was amazed at the cur-riculum. My third year I joined E-Scholars, which gave me the tools and resources to polish my business plan, to travel, and to open my first company in Vietnam. Without the community of faculty and staff, mentors, and the Center for Entre-preneurship, I wouldn’t be who I am today. I believe in giving back to the root, which was the University.”

Class of 1964 John Lee, Kay Toran, Bob Maloney Jr., Carol Herman, and Fedele Bauccio

Renowned, passionate leaders

John: “I enjoyed every minute of my experience at the University. It is a world-class place with great leaders and great faculty. I am very interested in its evolution, especially with the possibilities of the waterfront property. It has great fiscal leadership, and the philanthropic side of any organization is key to stability.” Kay: “My career goal was to be a viable change-agent, and for 11 years now I’ve been the CEO of Volunteers for America in Oregon. As a trustee, I enjoy being involved with caring, bright, high-performing students with great values. Their contribution to society is going to be immense–across the nation, if not the world.” Bob: “I built incredible relationships at the University and received an excellent education with fundamental values, which I used in my law career. I feel a responsibility to pay it back, to help students who need support. The University can’t do the work alone. Alumni and the community need to have some ownership so it can continue to be successful.” Carol: “I believe to achieve in life you have to have that spiritual component. The emphasis on core values and ethics is the University’s strength. This place helps develop well-balanced people–spiritually, physically, and mentally. If we want to see this place continue, we have to get involved.” Fedele: “The University prepares stu-dents to build relationships, to become leaders. It’s where I got my start. Work-ing in the Commons kitchen got food in my blood. Bon Appétit Management Company now has 500 locations and 12,000 employees. It is a dream come true, which began at the University.”


The RISE campaign brings the University of Portland to an ever-larger audience in America and abroad.

It foments innovative solutions to problems that bedevil human beings and will only be solved by feats of imagination wedded to hard, practical work.

It creates new ways in which the pursuit of wisdom can be channeled and the chance for emotional, intellectual, and spiritual epiphany made most readily available.

It seeks to make ideas real, to help dreams be born, to make the University a rich, stunning resource for innovation and imagination at work unlike any other college in the world.

We will elevate and invigorate people around the world.

Earle M. Chiles

Believer in Holy Cross mission, ardent Pilot athletic fan

“I spent many a Christmas Day in the company of Father Waldschmidt. The priests and brothers of Holy Cross were always important to my family. They stand out worldwide for their spiritual, moral, and ethical leadership. So, when Father Oddo asked for help in building an athletic and events pavilion, we made the dream a reality. The University is a tremendous asset to the community; it is a wonderful, shining diamond in all arenas. To continue this rise, the campus buildings and physical structures must rise in quality as well.”


We will pursue knowledge and wisdom.

The essence of the University’s life and work is the electric interplay of ideas, debate, discussion, research, invention, focus, and stimuli between expert, passion-ate faculty and curious, creative students.

The campaign will provide faculty with every con- ceivable tool for superb instruction and scholarly inquiry–research support, technology assistance, endowed chairs, modern facilities, imaginative class-rooms and laboratory spaces, and funds for faculty and students to pursue new projects or programs that might otherwise not even start for lack of sup-port, encouragement, or time.

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We will pursue spiritual depth and creative leadership.

We will honor and celebrate our Catholic character and the genius of faith’s call for active prayer by greatly expanding our spiritual offerings for all students of every tradition.

We will create new institutes on and off The Bluff for Catholic education, for faith formation, and for ethical and moral leadership.

No university is quite like this one.

There is an insistence here that faith is not static, not a box to be checked on a form but a driving principle of life; and the campaign will augment, in remarkable ways, the way in which we prepare our students for a vigorous life of leadership and spiritual curiosity.


We seek to energize and electrify a million more people with wit, humor, persistence, and the creative color of our work with young men and women. We know our gifts and how to use them. We see the desperate need nationally and globally for creative energy and selfless service. We know we can address these needs. We know it is time for us to marshal the affection and respect, the love and gratitude, the admiration and generosity of a century of alumni and friends and sprint toward the University of Portland we know we can be.

Our time has come.

Kathy Perko ’84 and Professor Thompson Faller

Remarkable teaching that spans 10,000 students

Kathy: “Taking care of children at end of life is important. My faith, my education, and my friends allow me to do this work. Every nursing student takes medical eth-ics from Dr. Faller. Over the years, I have talked to him about ethical issues that arise at end of life. It’s that grounding piece of knowing. My faith sustains me. It has taught me how to look at things differently.” Thom: “Ever since I arrived, the students have been dedicated, and my colleagues have been wonderful people to work with. Forty-seven years is a long time to be in one place. If we are going to maintain the University’s position, a school of this size needs faculty funding. We need the resources for research, for advancement of study in our fields, and for endowed chairs. The University is a very special place, and we want it to succeed–and it will with the direction it’s going.”

Congregation of Holy Cross: Fathers Jim Lies, Pat Hannon ’82, and Gary Chamberland

Men of faith, prayer, and action

Fr. Jim: “The University is now ready to make an impact on the world, and the Garaventa Center is a part of that. We try to deepen the conversation as a Catholic university–how faith impacts our students, our teaching, our scholarship, and the work we do. We bring speakers and lectures and live in great hope that this work could be endowed. We could do a lot more with just a little bit more.” Fr. Pat: “If you spend significant time here, you will be changed in significant ways. It’s that simple and real. That we–faculty, alumni, staff, priests, donors–get to help students change in substantive ways fills me with pride. We need to un-leash remarkable men and women on the world. The world needs them so badly. And here we help form remarkable people.” Fr. Gary: “Campus ministry’s goal is to help every person on campus find that deepest longing in their hearts so that they can become the fullest expression of whom God is calling them to be. I want to do more pastoral care, more programs with student leadership. I want to partner more with academics so that stu-dents can integrate their faith search with their studies and with their need to reach out to the world wherever it is broken.”


We need you. We need you to help us change what is into what can be. We seek colleagues, comrades, and fellow celebrants of the miracle of God’s glorious gifts.

Without you, without your creativity and generosity and passion, an extraordinary chance at healing and hope will be missed. This University can have a real, immediate, and stunning effect for good in America and abroad.

We cannot do that without your help. Your time has come.

Your time to join us has come.

Emma Isakson ’11

Stellar lacrosse player, future public defender

“I want to go into law, so I’m double-majoring in political science and communication studies. I’m also on the executive board for Roosevelt Institu-tion, a student-run bipartisan think tank. We recently met about immigration, and everyone brings their views to the table. Then we publish a paper based on research, not personal opinions. It has helped me be open to other ideas, which is going to be important as a lawyer– to move past my personal bias and find the truth of the situation.”


We will welcome students by ability, not wealth.

An education at the University of Portland can utterly change the lives of young men and women. But, like any enterprise of immense value, an education is expensive, and for many students this cost is a wall too tall to scale. The campaign seeks to reduce this wall to rubble. Through the creation of scholarships, donors make an immediate and unforgettable impact on the lives of young men and women.

We will enrich the campus community. Residence halls and theaters, social places and soccer stands, areas for prayer and contemplation, a gleaming new recreational center imagined as not merely for athletic endeavor but for every aspect of physical challenge–the RISE campaign will create new spaces for students, faculty, alumni, and friends and restore to life those that have grown weary in service over many years.



The campaign is about a destination beyond money, though gifts will build the roads there.

It is about more than spaces, though halls and fields and labs will abet creative energies.

It is about more than programs, though organizations will be the vessels that shape the pursuit of truth and joy.

It is about more than scholarships for brilliant students, though financial assistance will create the way for them to chase their dreams.

It is about more, even, than the University campus and com-munity and people, though those sweet souls and spaces will do the work to come.

It is about you.


For more than a century, the University of Portland has been a harbinger of hope and success. To continue the rise set forth more than a hundred years ago, the University needs your participation and enthusiasm.

In the pages that follow, you will find the defined goals of the campaign, specific needs, gift opportunities, and challenges for which we need your help.

With your support, your belief in the mission, and your commitment to the work done here every day on The Bluff, we will meet our goal of raising $175 million for the University’s RISE campaign so as to effect change here and around the world.

Join us. Change what is into what can be.

Faculty fundingLong renowned for its dedication to teaching, the University seeks to enhance the creativity, preparation, and instruction for professors through new resources and technology.

Endowed Chairs, Professorships, and Scholars-in-Residence allow the University to bring the best and brightest faculty to campus. Endowed chairs are exemplary, senior-level professors who through their commitment to research and intellectual development encourage growth not only in their disciplines but across the University community. Endowed professorships recognize the University’s finest faculty who are nationally known as scholars and researchers and leaders in their fields. Endowed visiting scholars are visionary thinkers, executives, writers, and researchers who come to campus from around the world to spark new ways of thinking and learning.

Faculty Research allows professors to bring new ideas and energy to their classrooms, which in turn provides students with the tools to be highly educated and desired leaders in the professional world. Faculty development and research endowments provide the funds for professors to explore the newest technologies, to find new ways to enhance their teaching techniques, and to travel to national and international destinations so as to share ideas with and learn from other global scholars.

Science and Technology are changing rapidly; an endowed fund ensures that teach-ing and research methodologies at the University remain on the cutting edge. Faculty research and development cannot excel without the proper tools to support classroom instruction and professional development.

Student learningA superb academic experience is at the heart of what we do. New funding allows the Uni-versity to enhance its exceptional, hands-on learning environment in myriad ways.

The Honors Program challenges the University’s most academically gifted students through special classes, extracurricular opportunities, capstone experiences, readings, and discussions. The program also allows students to work side-by-side with faculty on research projects. Supporting these students, through annual or endowed scholarships, enhances the intellectual life of the entire University community.

The Learning Resource Center offers feedback and support to students who might be struggling with aspects of the University’s rigorous curriculum. Peer assistants provide tutoring in writing, speech, math, and languages. Gifts in support of the Center ensure that this valuable resource can continue to have paid assistants and up-to-date comput-ers and software.

Student/Faculty Research is a significant benefit to students who are seeking pro-fessional careers and advanced academic study. An endowed student research fund provides stipends for summer research, funds for travel to professional conferences, and opportunities to compete in national competitions with students from peer institutions.

Pursuing academic excellence.

FUNDING GOAL: $70 MILLION


Language and cultureToday’s leaders must have an awareness of the global economy. The University is com-mitted to providing countless ways for students and faculty to reach beyond our borders.

A Center for International Languages and Culture would encompass all aspects of the University’s international efforts–seminars from international leaders, global vol-unteer work, research opportunities, and studying abroad. Currently, the University’s global network spans numerous offices and departments. A centralized home for this outreach would allow the University to be a remarkable resource for students, faculty, and the city of Portland and to be recognized as a leader in ethical international busi-ness and service.

Salzburg is the home of the University’s oldest and most popular study-abroad pro-gram. Since 1964, University of Portland students have immersed themselves in the traditions and culture of Austria. A critical component of the Salzburg experience is living and learning together in the Salzburg Center. Gifts to the Salzburg Fund will help ensure that this tradition continues.

Studying Abroad now includes opportunities in Asia, Australia, England, France, Ireland, Italy, South America, and Spain, as well as Austria. Your help means growth in these programs, including those that directly apply to academic majors, such as the “Australia Biology” and “London Business” programs.

The Foreign Language House offers students a way to immerse themselves in a lan-guage while still living on campus. Students studying German, French, and Spanish reside together on “language floors” to practice their speaking skills and take part in cultural activities, such as listening to foreign poets and watching foreign films and international cooking demonstrations. Your gift will help fund this experience.

Innovation and leadershipInnovative, ethical, and entrepreneurial leaders are the future of business. Their leader-ship provides new ideas, new techniques, and new approaches, which in turn creates new jobs. The University is committed to an education that holds high the ideals of intellec-tual, social, and spiritual growth.

The Entrepreneur Scholars (E-Scholars) Program brings together a select group of 25 undergraduate students from across the University’s academic spectrum each year to create new business ideas and ventures. These students travel domestically and internationally to meet with global business leaders. They design and implement new business ideas and plans. For 12 years, the Center for Entrepreneurship has provided students with firsthand exposure to new and different business concepts. This support has led to 20 successful companies being launched by graduates of this program, and with your help E-Scholars will continue to launch these ventures.

An Institute for Student Leadership would foster student-leaders who are committed to ethics, service, and justice. This Institute aims to instill the values of the Congrega-tion of Holy Cross and provide the practical skills of decision-making, problem solv- ing, and team building–all in the context of serving the community. Academic work would be supplemented with retreats, workshops, internships, and service projects. Your support can help create and energize this Institute.

An education at the University goes beyond the classroom to engage the whole person in mind, heart, and soul.


The Trading Room and Finance Center is the largest of any university in the West. With its nine professional trading terminals, students are introduced to real-time analysis and historical research of business and financial securities, greatly enhancing their skill set before they graduate. The Trading Room is also a valuable research tool for faculty–a resource unavailable anywhere else in the Pacific Northwest. Seed funds have opened the Center, but it is now the time to expand the program’s reach to more students and enhance the University’s reputation as a leader in business innovation.

Library renovationAs technology marches forward, so do the demands on a University library. Today, it provides much more than a place for studying and reference materials. A library is a dynamic teaching and learning space.

The Wilson W. Clark Memorial Library, more than 50 years old, must be completely ren-ovated to be a vital center on campus. Inside this new space, the needs are many. Your support can provide for 50 new laptop computers for students to check out; a new media lab in which students and faculty can make videos and websites; a dozen “silent spaces” for utter quiet and another dozen spaces where students can brainstorm great ideas; a desperately needed space for lectures and readings; welcoming furniture; and new collections of science, art, literature, and history, including an expansion of the Schoenfeldt Writers Series’ remarkable collection of Northwest art and writing.

Transforming engineeringThe University’s Shiley School of Engineering is not only ranked among the best in the Northwest but also listed in the top 40 of national engineering schools among master’s-level programs. This recognition has grown due to our committed faculty and extraordi-nary students coupled with the commitment of generous donors who have reinvigorated and renovated the program and the school.

The Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering began its rise when the late Donald Shiley ’51 and his wife, Darlene, made a lead gift of $12 million in 2007–the largest gift in the University’s history–to renovate the building. This support, along with that of a thousand other generous alumni and friends, notably engineer, entrepreneur, and inventor Ed Sweo ’56 and his wife, Sharon, allowed Shiley Hall to open in 2009 with 28,000 additional square feet for labs, classrooms, and offices. As progress flourished, Donald and Darlene were inspired to give an additional $8 million, resulting in the dedication of the Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering in 2010. Your gift allows this inspiring progress to continue. It sends students to national competitions to present their projects, it provides access to the most current technologies, and it ensures that the school employs some of the finest engineers in the nation.


Direct assistanceThe University believes it is imperative that any capable student eager to enroll on The Bluff should be able to do so, regardless of economic status. This belief has been a prime pillar of the University from its opening years, when Fathers Delaunay and Hooyboer relentlessly pursued direct contributions for students.

Endowed Scholarships are gifts of $50,000 or more from individuals, families, alumni, corporations, and friends who want to create a permanent funding source that is dis-tributed annually to students. To date, more than 300 donors have created endowed scholarships, but as our student body grows, so do the many needs for such direct and permanent assistance. Donors can request particular gift parameters: the Ralph and Sandra Richardson Miller Endowed Scholarship, for example, benefits first-generation immigrants who have become naturalized U.S. citizens and are in need of financial aid; the Roger O. and Kay Doyle Scholarship is for a student studying choral music; the Molly Hightower Endowed Memorial Scholarship is given to a junior or senior student who has shown a long-standing commitment to academics and service. You can select students who are active volunteers, who went to Catholic high school, who are Pilot athletes, or are the first in their family to attend college, among many other creative directions. Donors or groups of donors can also annually contribute to a determined scholarship until it reaches the endowment level, which then allows it to be disbursed.

Annual Scholarships are gifts of $1,000 or more, which are directly given to students each year, reducing their tuition, room, and board. The amount raised is the amount distributed. No endowment accrues, but these scholarships are vital. They have al-lowed young students who were out of financial options due to the economic down-turn to continue their studies. Every dollar makes a difference, as almost 95 percent of our students need financial aid to continue their education on The Bluff. As with endowed scholarships, annual scholarships can be directed toward targeted interests: the Ben B. Cheney Annual Scholarship is given to a freshman in need, the Portland Society of Financial Analysts Annual Scholarship is given to a student majoring in finance, and the Siltronic Corporation Annual Scholarship is designed for students majoring in engineering or science.

Providing access for all students.

Annual gifts are the cornerstone of giving and, surprisingly, are often the difference in a student being able to attend this University.



Catholic characterThe University’s Catholic character, heritage, and responsibility have infused and informed community life since 1901; the RISE campaign will enhance and energize the dozens of creative Catholic programs on campus.

An Institute for Catholic Education and Student Formation would create a unified academic entity that would link together the many active and vigorous means of celebrating and sharing the spiritual legacy that has driven the University’s mission for more than a century. The centralization of academic endeavors would also broaden and strengthen the way in which we can serve the community and the Church. This Institute would include the following resources.

The Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life and American Culture annually brings speakers, films, concerts, and seminars to campus so as to address the many aspects of Catholic life and work in the United States. Funds ensure that noted speak-ers like Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Auschwitz survivor Alice Cahana, U.S. Ambassador Tim Carney, and authors Jonathan Kozol and Chet Raymo are part of the University’s intellectual fabric. With your support, the Garaventa Center can continue to explore Catholic life, character, creativity, history, and pressing issues through lively debates, lectures, conversations, and conferences.

The Catholic Studies Initiative created a minor in Catholic studies, organized Catholic film and literature enterprises, and recently gathered as part of its scope the Uni-versity’s peace studies and social justice programs. Your support means more direct resources for students.

Campus Ministry is an energetic, creative, and critical presence on The Bluff. The es-sence of its role is to foster the faith development of the entire community, of every faith and creed. Campus ministry offers retreats, Catholic education, sacred music, sac-ramental service, and pastoral counseling. These services are a direct way for students of every tradition to develop spiritually, and your gift will enhance our ministry efforts.

Immersion Programs send students to countries in Central America with substantive Catholic populations to learn about economics, history, culture, and sacramental life. Their work opens doors and horizons, not only for the students but also for those with whom they work. Supporting international service work can literally change the world.

The Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education (PACE) annually organizes a dozen young teachers to work in Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the West as they earn their graduate degrees at the University. Your support enables the School of Edu-cation and the University to carry its mission far beyond The Bluff.

Developing faith and leadership.



Physical resourcesOur rising reputation requires that we maintain high standards in educational programs and facilities–that we provide spaces where teaching and learning can flourish–so that we can become one of the finest Catholic universities in the country.

A Recreation and Wellness Center is central to the University’s belief that an education includes the mind, body, and spirit. This conviction led to the construction of Howard Hall in 1927 as a state-of-the-art athletics venue. Today, Howard Hall is an aging build-ing that does not meet current codes or standards. The time has come for a new facility that would allow the University to enrich the lives and health of students by offering an environment that nourishes and supports them. A new Center is about much more than staying fit. It is about learning and embracing healthy habits at a young age that can last a lifetime. It is about developing groups who learn how to work together. Recreational facilities are also critical in recruiting the best and brightest students who search for activities to balance academic pursuits. A gift could install a climbing wall, a bike shop, day lockers, an indoor track, a yoga studio, or an indoor gym.

Athletics at the University of Portland are an integral part of campus life, and the suc-cess of these Division I athletic programs is due in large part to Pilot Club members and supporters of student-athletes. Donations opened the Clive Charles Soccer Complex in 2007, which brought new concession areas and an artificial turf practice field to one of the nation’s premier soccer programs, but work remains. The men’s locker rooms, for example, have not been updated since the Chiles Center opened almost 25 years ago. Gifts can be of any size–from creating endowed scholarships especially for student- athletes so that the University can recruit top students and coaches, to buying new equipment for the weight room. Your support of Pilot athletics and the Pilot Club ensures that we are competitive with much larger Division I programs.

Performing Arts are flourishing on The Bluff, winning national theatrical awards and sending alumni into the top reaches of the dramatic arts in America. Each year four main stage shows are presented in Mago Hunt Theater, and three or four student-directed productions run in Mehling Studio, but these often-stunning presentations require funding. Your gift can support set designs, create new costumes, construct lighting, or even refurbish the much-used Mago Hunt Theater–all of which will result in a more robust educational experience, and an even more alluring draw for the broader community.

Student Activities is the heart of student life. Student Activities provides myriad ways for students to get involved. They can join any of 60 clubs on campus, which include social, academic, and athletic pursuits; take part in campus dances, trips to Mt. Hood or the beach, and game nights; and become involved in the student newspaper, yearbook, radio station, or government. An endowed fund for Student Activities will support a vibrant and active campus community.

Enriching the campus community.



ProgressOver the past two years, many new facilities have been built or beautifully renovated. These accomplishments are possible because of the remarkable energy of our donors, who are creating a new sense of place at the University of Portland.

Bauccio Commons, our new dining space, opened this fall and was much needed, with resident students growing in number from 795 in 1992 to 1,793 in 2010. But what Fedele Bauccio ’64, MBA ’66, envisioned was to create much more than a place to eat. He wanted a space in which students could gather for conversations, meetings, and sojourns, and this hope quickly became a reality. Bauccio Commons is now a relaxed restaurant, a study hall, and a village green.

The Bell Tower and its surrounding Marian Garden created a signature sacred space that celebrates the University’s Catholic character and enriches the lives of everyone on The Bluff. The generosity of Allen and Kathleen Lund, their family, and George Galati ’54 and his late wife, Ann ’54, made the University’s long-hoped-for bell tower and meditative garden a reality. For generations to come, the evocative bells will ring out our devotion to Christ’s message of hope.

Donald V. Romanaggi M.D. Hall was dedicated in 2010 in honor of Don Romanaggi ’56. Don Romanaggi’s career in medicine took root as he studied with priests like Rev. John Molter, C.S.C., in this very building, known for decades as Science Hall. His commitment and that of his late wife, Agnes ’59, to the University over the years, has brought forth many subtle changes and improvements across campus, including the refurbishment and the restoration of this grand building to its original charm.

Schoenfeldt and Fields Halls are named for benefactor Fred Fields and his late wife, University Regent Sue Schoenfeldt Fields, whose generosity built the University’s two newest residence halls, and for Sue’s brother, the much-loved “Padre” Rev. Arthur Schoenfeldt, C.S.C., who died in 2007 after 30 years of graceful service to students. The creation of these two new halls also means that 310 more students each year can truly experience what it means to live on campus.

Our remarkable donors, year in and year out, ensure that this University has the facilities and physical resources to support the campus community.


To find out more about the RISE campaign and the different ways you can get involved and support this effort, please get in touch with us. You are vital to our success.

Please contact the Office of Development to discuss the many ways your gift of any size can make an extraordinary impact on The Bluff. Jim Lyons, Vice President for University Relations, and Bryce Strang, Associate Vice President of Development, await your call.

You can reach Jim Lyons at 503.943.7407 or [email protected].

Contact Bryce Strang at 503.943.8009 or [email protected].

The Office of Development’s direct line is 503.943.7395 and e-mail can be directed to [email protected]. You’re also welcome to stop by the Office of Development for personal guidance on gift matters. The offices are located on campus in historic Waldschmidt Hall.

Go to our website at rise.up.edu.

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Board of Regents

Joseph B. Allegretti

Thomas D. Arndorfer

Richard Baek

Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C.

John M. Becker

Ralph G. Bliquez

John (Jack) G. Block

Mary R. Boyle

Nancy K. Bryant

Annie Tennant Buell

Matthew W. Chapman

Earle M. Chiles

Kevin M. Cooper

Russell E. Danielson

Frank D. Dulcich

Rev. Carl F. Ebey, C.S.C.

Robert W. Franz

Mark B. Ganz

Rev. Peter A. Jarret, C.S.C.

Patricia K. Johnson

Patrick H. Kessi

Rev. James R. Lackenmier, C.S.C.

Keith R. Larson

Rev. William M. Lies, C.S.C.

D. Allen Lund

Luis Machuca

Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C.

Ralph Miller

Timothy J. Morgan

Rev. Francis J. Murphy, C.S.C.

Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C.

James T. Price, Sr.

Larree M. Renda

Don V. Romanaggi, M.D.

Stephen L. Shepard

Karl A. Smith

Edwin A. Sweo

William R. Tagmyer

Thomas J. Tomjack

Kay Dean Toran

Rev. David T. Tyson, C.S.C.

Sharon VanSickle-Robbins

Summer Widmer

Ted R. Winnowski

Eugene J. Wizer

Darryl P. Wong

Carolyn Y. Woo

Randall L. Yoakum

Regents Emeriti

Roger L. Conkling

John R. Emrick

H. Joseph Ferguson

John P. Lee

Robert E. Ludeman

Robert B. Pamplin, Jr.

Jerry A. Parsons

Jesse C. Perry

Philip J. Robinson

George E. Swindells

Life Regents

John C. Beckman

Albert D. Corrado

Philip J. Faccenda

Stephen A. Farley

Elsie Franz Finley

David C. Grove

Lawrence R. Rockwood

Fred A. Stickel

Officers of the University

Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C., J.D., President

John T. Goldrick, J.D., Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Life

James C. Lyons, Vice President for University Relations

Denis S. Ransmeier, Vice President for Financial Affairs

James B. Ravelli, Vice President for Operations

Br. Donald Stabrowski, C.S.C., Ph.D., Provost


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