News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
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The State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) requires the University to participate in the Employee Commute Options (ECO) program. The University is required to provide commute options to employees designed to reduce the number of cars driven to work in Portland and surrounding areas. To plan for this, we need to survey all university employees to demonstrate our progress towards a 10% commute trip reduction goal.
DEQ requires a 75% response rate for compliance. This is very high, and means that we need everyone to use the link below to respond to the anonymous survey. Reminders will be sent out and posted in UPBeat/PilotsUP until we have reached 75%. This survey will remain open for the month of March.
Please follow this link: https://uportland.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6t06MTBPFQeAivH
Thank you for your participation, and please reach out to Jennie Cambier cambier@up.edu with any questions.
The Clark Library is celebrating Marc Covert, UP alumnus and UP colleague for more than 25 years, with an exhibit featuring his cartoons and other memorabilia. The exhibit is in the gallery on the library’s main floor through mid-April. Also, please mark your calendars and join us for a reception in the gallery on March 31 at 4 p.m.
University of Portland will be hosting the annual Association of Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASACCU) conference on-site, June 21 to 24. The conference will be an opportunity for us to gather to heal, renew, and reinvent ourselves as a community of professionals dedicated to the education and success of our students. Register before Friday, April 1, and save! E-mail ASACCU (asaccu2022@up.edu) for the UP employee promo code. For more info, visit the ASACCU 2022 website: up.edu/asaccu2022
Interested in raising some extra funds for your favorite area of campus? Save the date for PilotsGive, April 6-7, 2022. This 24-hour campus-wide celebration invites Pilots to come together to raise awareness and funds for your school, program, or club. Learn more and get started now, go to pilots.up.edu/group/fundraising.
Faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate students for the Oddo Scholarship. This significant scholarship is awarded each year to one or two students who demonstrate a commitment to learning with and from others through service and community engagement grounded in their faith. This endowed scholarship was established to honor the memory of University of Portland President Father Thomas C. Oddo, C.S.C.
For more information about the criteria for the award and to nominate a student by March 25, please visit the website and complete the form.
Just one day before author Yaa Gyasi’s public lecture at UP, all community members have a chance to participate in the final of three book conversations about her ReadUP selection, Transcendent Kingdom. Mark Pitzer will host this one, offering insights through his neuroscientist lens. Join him at 11:30 a.m. in the Clark Library Conference Room on the 2nd floor. Heartfelt thanks to all who have engaged in these conversations, and shout-outs of gratitude to Amy Ongiri and Brandy Daniels for their deft facilitation of the first two conversations.
All faculty, staff, and students are invited to an informal gathering with Yaa Gyasi ahead of her public lecture on Wednesday, March 9. She will be in Franz 214 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. to engage with the community’s questions about her novel Transcendent Kingdom, this year’s ReadUP selection. No registration is required for this part of her campus visit. Questions? Ask Lars Larson (larson@up.edu) or Karen Eifler (eifler@up.edu).
ReadUP 2022’s explorations of Transcendent Kingdom will culminate this Wednesday, March 9, with author Yaa Gyasi’s Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers Lecture at 7:00 p.m. in BC Auditorium. The event is free and open to all, and will be offered both in-person and online, but registration is required for either mode. You can do so at this link. Related opportunities are a final book conversation, led by Mark Pitzer, on Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the Clark Library Conference Room, and a public Q/A session on Wednesday, March 9, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., in Franz 214. Questions can be directed to Lars Larson (larson@up.edu).
All University of Portland Staff are invited to participate in a listening session that will inform the direction of the UP Staff Senate. This listening session is intended to create space for constructive conversation. The Staff Senate aims to include a diverse cross-section of representatives from across campus.
Thursday, March 10 at 10:00 a.m. REGISTER to attend via Zoom—or come in person to Franz 120.
In preparation for the discussion (or if you are unable to attend) please contribute your feedback via the following survey.
Please reach out to staffsenate@up.edu with questions. Thank you!