Día de los Muertos is a special day of the year when family, friends, and loved ones who have passed away are remembered with gratitude and joy. It is a tradition that its origins in Aztec rituals and has grown to merge with Catholic and Christian celebrated in places throughout North America and Latin American countries. On this day, many families and communities build Ofrendas (altars) in honor of their loved ones. These altares are decorated with photos, flowers, religious symbols, and … [Read More...] about Campus Ministry Day of The Dead Altar, Mass
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This Issue: October 19-25, 2020
A Reminder: Community Conversations on Oct. 29
The international education, diversity, and inclusion office would like to remind faculty and staff to RSVP as soon as possible for their upcoming Community Conversations on October 29. Attendees will again engage in meaningful peer-to-peer conversations about race. Read either How to be an antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi or Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper. Details are available here by using this link. Questions? Contact Rebecca Seibert, international education, diversity, and inclusion, at … [Read More...] about A Reminder: Community Conversations on Oct. 29
Mother Teresa & Christian Mental Health Stigma: This Tuesday Oct. 20
The Garaventa Center welcomes everyone to a free online lecture on Tuesday, October 20 at 5 p.m: "Mother Teresa: A Case Study in Christian Mental Health Stigma." Here’s the Zoom Webinar link to join the live event, which is open to all. Mother Teresa's diaries made public the saint's struggle with intense sadness and sparked debates about her mental health. Jessica Coblentz, assistant professor of religious studies & theology at Saint Mary's College, will explore the assumptions about … [Read More...] about Mother Teresa & Christian Mental Health Stigma: This Tuesday Oct. 20
Summer Research Poster Session – Please share details with students
The Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement will host the University's annual Summer Research Poster Session virtually on Wednesday, November 18 from 9:15am-3:35pm. The goals of the Summer Research Poster Session are twofold: to celebrate undergraduate research conducted by UP students during the summer, and to create awareness of research experiences that other students might be interested to explore. All current students who participated in a research experience on or off campus Summer … [Read More...] about Summer Research Poster Session – Please share details with students
Faith & Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Oct. 23: All Welcome!
The Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will have its only meeting of the fall semester on Friday, October 23, 3:30 to 5 p.m., on Zoom, according to Norah Martin, philosophy. We will be discussing “Sacrifice, Race, and Indifference” from Send Lazarus: Catholicism and the Crisis of Neoliberalism by Matthew Eggemeier and Peter Fritz (Fordham University Press, 2020). The reading and the Zoom link can be found on the Garaventa Center website using this link. All faculty and staff are … [Read More...] about Faith & Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Oct. 23: All Welcome!
Fifth Annual Operations & Technology Management Symposium: Oct. 20-22
Join the Pamplin School of Business for the 5th Annual OTM (Operations and Technology Management) Symposium, "Risk Management as Exposed by COVID-19," on October 20 through October 22. This virtual symposium will offer sessions on Risk Management (101) for Everyone, Risk Management in Cyber, and Risk Management in the Physical Site. Questions? Contact Lilia Grundy, business, at grundy@up.edu. … [Read More...] about Fifth Annual Operations & Technology Management Symposium: Oct. 20-22
TLC Tip of the Week: Ways to Take Care of Yourself
These days, creating a sustainable “work-life balance” feels as elusive as a unicorn, but it’s an absolute necessity to ensure you are still whole and healthy by the time we get to The Other Side of the pandemic. A recent article by Rebecca Pope-Ruark in Inside Higher Ed lays out several doable strategies for college teachers managing their own stress as they tend to the needs of their students, and is worth a read. If you only have five minutes, these four questions she poses may steer you in … [Read More...] about TLC Tip of the Week: Ways to Take Care of Yourself
UP Internship & Job Expo, Oct. 26
The Career Center invites all business, humanities, and social sciences students to the UP Internship & Job Expo on Monday, October 26 from noon to 3 p.m. This event will take place virtually within the Handshake platform. Faculty who work with students in the Pamplin School of Business, or humanities and social sciences within the College of Arts & Sciences, are asked to share this virtual recruiting event, created exclusively for University of Portland students and recent graduates. … [Read More...] about UP Internship & Job Expo, Oct. 26
Cultural Art Gallery Submissions Welcome
The International Club would love to see your artwork for its Cultural Art Gallery. The gallery is one of the events of International Education Week (IEW). It is open to all UP community: students, faculty, staff, and alumni. We are hoping this exhibition to be able to connect UP community and let people learn various backgrounds and perspectives. The artwork can be anything such as drawing, painting, poetry, music, video. Themes can be about your own traditional culture, BLM, LGBTQIA+, and … [Read More...] about Cultural Art Gallery Submissions Welcome
A Moment of Beauty For the Week
Spend a minute and a half taking in the beauty of this illumination of Jacob’s Ladder from UP’s Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible: no words, just quiet music and a chance to breathe and simply BE for a moment of your teeming day. Click here for the video link. … [Read More...] about A Moment of Beauty For the Week