Welcome to the Portland Around the O e-news
Sept. 2016
Dear friends, colleagues, and alumni,
I am thrilled to welcome you to our inaugural issue of Around the O, Portland edition.
This e-news will keep you apprised of the many programs, activities, achievements and events associated with UO Portland.
As we enter the 2016-17 academic year, we have approximately 400 students returning to White Stag Block in Old Town Chinatown. These students are primarily seeking a professional master’s degree in programs focused in subjects ranging from architecture to strategic communication to law to sports product design and management. We are eager to tell the stories of how these students and our faculty are helping shape our community and state through their ideas, creativity and innovations.
UO Portland also hosts more than 1,200 events annually in our historic buildings—educational, economic and cultural opportunities that add to the vibrancy of our community. With so many activities, programs, academic achievements and our growing engagement with the Portland region, we are excited to share what’s happening at UO Portland with you on a regular basis.
Please let me know if there are ways you would like to be connect with us, matters you are curious about, what you find of interest in our newsletter, or how you would like to see the UO partner in the Portland region. I would love to hear from you at jgordon@uoregon.edu
Best,
Jane Gordon, vice provost for Portland
New year and new vision for UO Portland
January 2017
Happy new year.
UO Portland begins 2017 with a vision. We worked collaboratively, most intensively with the deans of each UO school or college, and with other UO internal and external constituents, to create a broad vision to inspire and guide us as we engage in strategic planning. Over the next several months, we will develop specific and measurable activities and goals that will serve as a road map that we can follow towards our vision. I encourage you to read the vision and to let me know if you have ideas about any strategies we should consider.
We also start 2017 with our Lundquist College of Business programs moving across the street into their new space, with an enhanced student services presence, and with continued programs and events connecting us with our Portland community. More on all of these accomplishments and stories will appear in upcoming Portland editions of Around the O. I hope that our e-news, launched this past September, has been interesting and informative. If you know of someone who might appreciate receiving this twice monthly e-newsletter, or if you have any feed-back, please let me know.
And, here’s to a productive and connected 2017!
Best,
Jane Gordon
Vice Provost for UO Portland
A look back and forward
October 2017
Dear friends, colleagues, and alumni,
One year ago we welcomed you to our inaugural issue of Around the O Portland. Each email was assembled with the intent to paint a holistic portrait of the University of Oregon’s work in Portland and help strengthen your connection back to campus.
We highlighted the new graduate degrees in historic preservation and sports product design and the 144 Portland-based students who graduated last spring, including the first class from the sports product management program.
Lundquist College of Business moved into its new home and Urbanism Next was launched. We expanded a position to support student life in Portland and created the UO Portland Student Council.
We featured our students, like Viktoriia Haiboniuk, a Fulbright scholar from Ukraine studying in the multimedia journalism master programs, and two law students who spent the year as interns at Bonneville Power Administration. We followed our alumni, including Kevin Frazier, who started Passport Oregon, and Marcus Harvey, founder of Portland Gear.
Portland was the home to hundreds of UO-related events, from the Oregon Economic Forum, to the C-Suite Breakfast series. We simulcast the Ta-Nehisi Coates lecture to campus, and followed up with Portland-based panel discussion.
It is my hope that you have opened our pages, and that you will continue to do so this coming year. I would love to hear from you about your connection to the UO, what you find interesting in the publication and how we can partner in the Portland region.
On a final note, this last year we worked to develop the vision and strategic framework for UO Portland, which will guide us in the coming years. Please take a moment to review and let me know your thoughts at jgordon@uoregon.edu.
Thanks,
Jane Gordon
Vice Provost for Portland
University of Oregon