University of Oregon Honors Preservationist James Hamrick MA ’79
Historic preservation advocate James Hamrick will receive the 2009 McMath Award from the University of Oregon for his lifelong conservation efforts at a luncheon at the White Stag Block in Portland on May 28th. Longtime leader and advocate for historic preservation in Oregon, James Hamrick has been chosen to receive the 2009 McMath Award. Hamrick served for twenty-five years in guiding and leading the state of Oregon’s heritage conservation efforts. » Learn More
Q & A with UOAA Puget Sound Chapter President James Betzer ’90
"I grew up in Portland, Oregon in the Wilson High area. At U of O I joined the fraternity of Phi Delta Theta and Majored in Psychology with a Minor in Business. I graduated in summer 1990 and moved to Seattle. I work with income properties in commercial real estate. I love what I do and will talk with anyone about it."
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It used to be extremely tough to be a Duck in Husky country. You need to be thick skinned to wear your Duck Gear in this town because there is a high probability for abuse. I was always sporadic in my UOAA events while living here. Former Presidents, Pam Cardone, Jill Strandquist, and Barb Damon definitely laid the foundation for the success we have today. When I took on the Presidency my desire was to increase the Duck footprint in Seattle. I wanted us to reach out to ALL the Ducks. Our Chapter strives every month to achieve that goal of reaching new Ducks and tapping into Duck Pride. "
UO Alums Entertain and Unite Audiences Through A Capella Music
Rezonate is a men’s a capella group made up of former and current UO students. Their majors range from Bio-Chemistry to Music with some of the members continuing on in Music education, but in their time off they continue to hone their vocal talents. » Learn More
In Memoriam:
Jeanne Havercroft
A longtime member of the UO athletics booster club Daisy Ducks died of cancer on April 7th at age 72.
Her memorial is scheduled for
5:00pm on Sunday, May 3rd at the Club at Autzen Stadium.
» Click Here to read Oregonian columnist, John Canzano’s April 8th article
In Memoriam: James H. Warsaw, Entrepreneur Helped Advance Sports as a Business
Jim Warsaw, founder of the James H. Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business, passed away April 22, 2009. He was 61.
Warsaw, who attended the UO in the 1960s before leaving school to join his family's successful sports merchandising business, was a hands-on mentor who offered real-world experience to students.
» Click Here to read more from the April 26 Los Angeles Times article.
Get published in an upcoming issue! Did you recently change careers, get a promotion, move, get married, etc? Send your news to Oregon Quarterly’s Class Notes section of the magazine. Remember that UOAA members are guaranteed to receive all four editions, so be sure to take advantage of this great benefit!
The UOAA is looking for individuals to serve on alumni chapter boards throughout the country. We are looking for passionate people with lots of ideas and leadership skills to help engage alumni and keep them connected to their alma mater. Chapter members plan and organize events, fundraise for local scholarships, give back to the community and hold networking nights. If you are interested in attending an upcoming local chapter meeting or would like more information, please email Emily Boyd at emboyd@uoregon.edu or Jeremy Olsen at jeolsen@uoregon.edu or call (541) 346-3180. UOAA... Be a Part of it
UO Trivia Time
Name the first UO President, the current President
and the incoming President.
Your Story Published in an Upcoming UOAA ENewsletter
Do you have a great story to share with your fellow UO alumni via an upcoming enewsletter? Success stories, funny memories of your time at the UO, photos… almost anything goes! Click here to send your story idea. Please include your name, story idea and any sources/links to information.
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Welcome to our Newest Life Members
Click here to see a list of Life Members who joined in the month of April!
Would you like a free rotisserie chicken, free 2lb bag of coffee, 50 free digital prints and other specially priced merchandise valued at more than $35 through Costco? Simply join, renew or gift a Costco membership online through the UOAA and you not only save big, but you still get all the same great benefits of being a Costco member.
The best part is, there’s no catch. Your Costco membership is still just $50. Do you know other Ducks who are Costco members? Pass the word and the savings on! You not only benefit, but you also help support the UO.
Once you join, you’ll receive your coupon book worth over $35 in savings and your Costco membership certificate, which you take directly to the Costco membership counter to redeem. So what are you waiting for?
» Click here for more information or to purchase your Costco membership today!
Not a UOAA member?Join today and you can enjoy the perks of membership, including this great new Costco benefit!
May Preferred Partner is Kendall Auto Group
Members save at UO Alumni Preferred Partners businesses locally and regionally. From Seattle to Portland to Central Oregon down to San Francisco, your UOAA member card will get you savings at a variety of great businesses.
This month’s featured preferred partner is Kendall Auto Group. At the Kendall Auto Group, their mission is simple: “To deliver an unrivaled customer experience through highly motivated, knowledgeable and caring professionals.”
UO Alumni Association Presents Enchanting Christmas Markets December 3-10
Experience holiday enchantment on this 8-day tour of Austria and the Czech Republic featuring the festive, traditional Christmas markets of glittering Salzburg, Linz, Vienna and Prague. Discover one-of-a-kind gifts and handcrafts for everyone on your list. Dine at centuries-old St. Peters Restaurant in Salzburg. Explore Prague’s historic Old Town on a locally-guided walking tour. View the Mozarthaus, where Mozart composed his Linz Symphony. Savor a traditional dinner with charming entertainment in the quaint wine making village of Grinzing.
As Ducks, we expect excellence in all that we do! In the classroom, on campus, on the field, at work and at home…and the UO Alumni Association holds up those same principles in our mission to serve our members. We go all-out to provide members with valuable benefits and meaningful services, and members also receive the award-winning Oregon Quarterly four times a year and the UOAA News, our monthly e-newsletter. These communication vehicles directly connect you to all the events, activities and developments on campus.
Click here to check out the complete list of member benefits.Additionally, your membership dues support student scholarships, alumni programming and the UO. Whether you are an alumn, parent or a friend, you can join the UO Alumni Association. Be a part of all things University of Oregon by joining today.
Featured Event: Stand Out in the Crowd - Job Search Strategies for UO Alumni
A workshop designed to help you effectively interview and network. Thursday, May 14, 2009 from 4pm to 5:45pm White Stag Block, Suite 150, 70 NW Couch Street, Portland, Oregon
Registration fee: $20 or $25 after May 11, 2009
(refreshments provided)
Refunds can be accommodated up to May 6, 2009
Questions? Emailjuliem@uoregon.edu or call 503.412.3701
UO Women's Golf Team Receives Academic Recognition from NCAA and Invite to Play in the NCAA West Regional Tournament
The women on the UO golf team proved they have their heads in the game on the course and on campus. On April 22, the NCAA recognized the UO women's golf team as being one of the nation's strongest academically based on the results from the team's multi-year Academic Progress Reports. » Learn More
Records take beating as UO’s Cyrus Hostetler Hits His Mark in the Javelin Event
With only about 1,000 spectators on hand for the start of the Pepsi Team Invitational at 11:30 a.m., the former standout at Newberg High School and Lane Community College unleashed a throw for the ages on his first attempt.
To read the Register Guard Curtis Anderson article…
Bryce Zabel, the television writer-producer on the project, expects to begin shooting the film within the next year. The movie is titled “Let’s Do It” and is described as a romantic comedy about the making of “Ed’s Co-Ed,” the first-ever student-produced feature film by UO students in 1929. » Learn More
UO Professor Hutchinson Helps “Green Up” Nanoscience Research Summer at the UO
Nanotechnology's image is sleek, modern and clean. But that's not its reality.
Turns out that designing and manufacturing material so small that 100,000 of them can fit comfortably on the width of a hair strand absorbs tremendous amounts of energy and is anything but neat. UO Professor James Hutchison's work is part of a larger University of Oregon effort that researchers call green nanoscience. In 2005, Hutchinson launched the Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative, which is funded by the Air Force and aims to develop nanotechnology to ensure high performance without threatening human health or the environment.
Read more from the April 13th New York Times article…. » Learn More
UO College of Education Ranks Number One
The UO's College of Education ranks number one among public institutions and fourth overall in the nation. Their special education program ranked third, for the fourth year in a row. The UO School of Law received top ten honors for three of its programs - legal writing, conflict resolution and environmental law. The rankings in the U.S. News and World Report are based on criteria as which students are admitted, research activity and faculty resources. U.S. News surveyed 278 programs to get the information used in the ranking of top education schools. » Learn More
Book Your Summer at the UO
The 2009 Summer Session begins June 22. Registration begins May 4. Hike, bike, swim canoe, raft skate, laze on the grass at an outdoor concert and take a nap in the shade. Summertime in Oregon is one of the best reasons for attending the University of Oregon’s summer session. The session also includes short courses, seminars, and workshops. » Learn More
Ford Alumni Center Fast Facts
Private gifts to date:
$17.5 million toward $25 million goal
Construction schedule:
Start construction February 2010
Alumni Center Opening March 2011
Location: On the northwest corner of the new Mathew Knight Arena site off Franklin Boulevard
Building Features: 60,000 square feet in four floors
Ballroom with seating for 250
Lobby and reception, atrium with fireplace
Legacy room (UO interactive history)
Lounge and library
Six conference rooms, two outdoor courtyards
Commissioner Randy Leonard and the University of Oregon reached a compromise on the redesign of the "Made in Oregon" sign that will leave the ownership of the historic landmark with the university.
» Read More from the Portland Oregonian April 8th article
UO Students Fight Back Against Cancer
For its first year, Relay For Life at the University of Oregon raised a staggering $10,000 with nearly 300 participants. This year they hope to recruit 450 participants and raise $15,000.
Pathway Oregon is the first program of its kind in Oregon. In fall 2008, more than 400 lower-income students started their first term at the UO—without borrowing to pay for tuition and fees. More than one-third of low-income UO undergraduates are also first generation college students. Pathway Oregon addresses the needs of lower-income students through innovative support programs. This video tells the stories of four Pathway Oregon students and offers perspectives from the UO staff members involved with this innovative program.
Imagine a hot September day in 1973 on a rolling dirt road in rural eastern Oregon. With a long backward glance at the rolling fields and craggy gullies of her childhood, Kelly Kilkenny (Hale) is leaving Heppner, Oregon for a university whose entire enrollment measures 16 times larger than her hometown. As a first generation college student, Kelly felt the loneliness that many freshmen experience. In fact, she remembers being so miserable that she wanted nothing more than to pack her orange Samsonite suitcase to return home. But Kelly’s father, whose own dreams of a UO education were cut short by family circumstances, adamantly refused her pleas. “He told me to stick it out” she recalls “and that he’d see me at Thanksgiving.”
» Learn More
Historic preservation advocate James Hamrick will receive the 2009 McMath Award from the University of Oregon for his lifelong conservation efforts at a luncheon at the White Stag Block in Portland on May 28th. Longtime leader and advocate for historic preservation in Oregon, James Hamrick has been chosen to receive the 2009 McMath Award. Hamrick served for twenty-five years in guiding and leading the state of Oregon’s heritage conservation efforts. 
"I grew up in Portland, Oregon in the Wilson High area. At U of O I joined the fraternity of Phi Delta Theta and Majored in Psychology with a Minor in Business. I graduated in summer 1990 and moved to Seattle. I work with income properties in commercial real estate. I love what I do and will talk with anyone about it."
A longtime member of the UO athletics booster club Daisy Ducks died of cancer on April 7th at age 72.
Her memorial is scheduled for
5:00pm on Sunday, May 3rd at the Club at Autzen Stadium.
Jim Warsaw, founder of the James H. Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business, passed away April 22, 2009. He was 61.
The UOAA is looking for individuals to serve on alumni chapter boards throughout the country. We are looking for passionate people with lots of ideas and leadership skills to help engage alumni and keep them connected to their alma mater. Chapter members plan and organize events, fundraise for local scholarships, give back to the community and hold networking nights. If you are interested in attending an upcoming local chapter meeting or would like more information, please email Emily Boyd at 
Do you have a great story to share with your fellow UO alumni via an upcoming enewsletter? Success stories, funny memories of your time at the UO, photos… almost anything goes! 
Experience holiday enchantment on this 8-day tour of Austria and the Czech Republic featuring the festive, traditional Christmas markets of glittering Salzburg, Linz, Vienna and Prague. Discover one-of-a-kind gifts and handcrafts for everyone on your list. Dine at centuries-old St. Peters Restaurant in Salzburg. Explore Prague’s historic Old Town on a locally-guided walking tour. View the Mozarthaus, where Mozart composed his Linz Symphony. Savor a traditional dinner with charming entertainment in the quaint wine making village of Grinzing.
As Ducks, we expect excellence in all that we do! In the classroom, on campus, on the field, at work and at home…and the UO Alumni Association holds up those same principles in our mission to serve our members. We go all-out to provide members with 
The women on the UO golf team proved they have their heads in the game on the course and on campus. On April 22, the NCAA recognized the UO women's golf team as being one of the nation's strongest academically based on the results from the team's multi-year Academic Progress Reports. » 
With only about 1,000 spectators on hand for the start of the Pepsi Team Invitational at 11:30 a.m., the former standout at Newberg High School and Lane Community College unleashed a throw for the ages on his first attempt.
Bryce Zabel, the television writer-producer on the project, expects to begin shooting the film within the next year. The movie is titled “Let’s Do It” and is described as a romantic comedy about the making of “Ed’s Co-Ed,” the first-ever student-produced feature film by UO students in 1929.
The UO's College of Education ranks number one among public institutions and fourth overall in the nation. Their special education program ranked third, for the fourth year in a row. The UO School of Law received top ten honors for three of its programs - legal writing, conflict resolution and environmental law. The rankings in the U.S. News and World Report are based on criteria as which students are admitted, research activity and faculty resources. U.S. News surveyed 278 programs to get the information used in the ranking of top education schools. 
Private gifts to date:
Imagine a hot September day in 1973 on a rolling dirt road in rural eastern Oregon. With a long backward glance at the rolling fields and craggy gullies of her childhood, Kelly Kilkenny (Hale) is leaving Heppner, Oregon for a university whose entire enrollment measures 16 times larger than her hometown. As a first generation college student, Kelly felt the loneliness that many freshmen experience. In fact, she remembers being so miserable that she wanted nothing more than to pack her orange Samsonite suitcase to return home. But Kelly’s father, whose own dreams of a UO education were cut short by family circumstances, adamantly refused her pleas. “He told me to stick it out” she recalls “and that he’d see me at Thanksgiving.”