The Office of Alumni & Parent Relations is excited to welcome parents and families of our first-year and sophomore students to Family Weekend, February 17–19. Here is the tentative schedule. Contact Bryn Rose at roseb@up.edu by February 7 if your department wishes to host an open house on Friday starting at 3:30 or at any […]
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Digital Lab: Spring Workshops (Jan. 25–Feb.3)
Expand your skill set! The Clark Library Digital Lab is offering free, introductory workshops on Canva, Graphic Design 101, Photoshop, Illustrator, iMovie, and Podcasting from January 25 through February 3. These are open to current students, faculty, and staff. Please register online to reserve your spot and contact José Velazco with questions.
New Faculty and Staff Photos (Jan. 25)
Are you a new faculty or staff member who has not yet had their professional photo taken for the UP directory? The Office of Marketing and Communications has scheduled a professional photographer for photos, Wednesday, January 25. Please email Suzanne Frey at freys@up.edu to schedule a five-minute headshot session.
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group Meeting (Jan. 27)
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be on Friday, January 27, 3:30–5:30 p.m. in the Murphy Room. We will discuss Montas, “Making Peace with the Unconscious: Freud” (excerpted from Rescuing Socrates) and Ziegler, “Practice Makes Reception.” All readings are available on the Garavena Center website. Refreshments will be served. […]
Building Disability Inclusion & Community at UP (Jan. 30)
Curious about the UP employee Disability Affinity Group? Have ideas for making UP more inclusive? The Disability Affinity Group is excited to be part of this year’s Diversity Dialogues! Join group members and disability allies for a conversation about what we can do to boost inclusion and community for people experiencing disabilities at UP. This […]
Building Bridges with Fr. James Martin, S.J. (Jan. 30)
How the Catholic Church and the LGBTQ Community Can Live Out Gospel Inclusion Join us for a livestream webinar with national figure Fr. James Martin, SJ, as he explores these and other crucial questions of our time: Monday, January 30 at 4:30 p.m. Livestream Zoom at uportland.zoom.us/j/91753287064 Free and open to all. If you would […]
Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research- Summer Applications (Due Feb. 15)
Application for Summer 2023 Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research awards are available now in the Undergraduate Research section of PilotsUP. Applications for Summer 2023 are due February 15 at noon.
Call for Spring 2023 Butine Grant Applications (Due Feb. 17)
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) invites all full-time faculty, lecturers, and instructors to submit proposals for the Spring 2023 Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. Projects and Conference applications are limited to $2,000 in the spring funding cycle. Please use the most current application forms which are now available for download from the Butine […]
You and Your Students Can Volunteer at KDP Reading Fair and Family STEM Day (Feb. 26)
We are bringing back this annual event for the first time since February 2020, and we are so happy to be able to be in person again. On February 26, 10 a.m.–1 p.m., we’ll be turning the Chiles Center into a learning center for kids (ages 1–12). KDP is organizing tables for literacy learning, and […]
Honors Reading Course Available to Faculty (Proposals Due by Feb. 27)
Faculty members interested in offering an Honors Program reading course during the 2023–2024 academic year are invited to send a course proposal to program director Cara Hersh by Monday, February 27. Honors students, in their junior and senior years, take two one-credit reading courses. Courses are limited to 15 students and are offered pass/no pass. […]