News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
All UP faculty and staff have exclusive access to the Columbia Sportswear Employee Store from November 24-December 17.
Information on hours and how to access the store can be found HERE
The invite is valid for you and four guests (you must be present) and grants in-store access only (offer not valid online). Please bring your valid UP ID to gain entry to the store.
Information Services will be retiring the LearningArchive Moodle site on June 30. The LearningArchive houses Moodle course pages from Fall of 2011 through Summer of 2015. If you have course materials on this site that you haven’t already saved, please download copies of any items you wish to keep. To visit the LearningArchive Moodle site please go to learningarchive.up.edu and log in using your UP network username and password.
Please contact atsi@up.edu with any questions.
We are pleased to notify you that many fine pianos loaned to the UP Music Program are now available for purchase. The selection includes baby grands, music room grands, uprights, hybrids and performance quality digital pianos.
The Music Program has a special arrangement with Kawai America Corporation and Portland Piano Company that directly benefits our talented music students by providing quality new pianos in our practice and performance spaces. These instruments are now being offered to the public at greatly reduced prices.
All University of Portland loaned pianos will be first offered to faculty, staff, alumni, students and friends at reduced prices by appointment Thursday through Saturday, June 9–11 before being sold to the general public on Sunday, June 12. These pianos have been professionally maintained and most include the original ten-year manufacturer’s warranty. Local arrangements have also been made for financing, professional delivery, and warranty coverage through Kawai America Corporation.
There are two ways to select a fine instrument:
The acquisition and maintenance of a quality piano fleet is one of the most crucial and expensive components of our accredited music program. Cooperative programs such as this piano loan program add significant value to the needs of our students. If you’ve ever wanted to own an exceptional piano, I encourage you to consider taking advantage of this opportunity, which directly benefits our students, our music program, and an important local and supportive business partner.
Please call (503)775-2620 to reserve your preview appointment today.
Information Services is pleased to announce all faculty and staff will be moved to a two-year password expiration with the completion of the 2022 Cyber Security Training and registration into the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) program.
2022 Cyber Security Training is now available for all Faculty and Staff through Moodle (https://learning.up.edu). This is a required annual training program focused on changing user behaviors and reducing cyber risk to the university.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is an authentication method that requires the user to provide two or more verification factors to gain access to a resource such as email, Moodle, SelfServe, Banner, etc. Currently you enter your username and password, but when you enroll in MFA you will be prompted for a second form of authentication. For more details on how to register, along with a brief video tutorial, see: https://uphelp.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0011910
Once we achieve 90% completion of the training and MFA enrollment across all faculty/staff you will be migrated from the existing four-month password expiration to a two-year expiration.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the Help Desk at 503.943.7000 or help@up.edu.
Applications for sabbaticals for the 2023 – 2024 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2022. All materials including letter from the Dean to the Provost are due to the Provost by September 1, 2022. Faculty eligible to apply for a sabbatical must have completed seven years of full-time teaching at the University of Portland, or have completed at a minimum an additional seven years of full-time teaching since a previously funded University of Portland sabbatical.
Sabbatical requests are coordinated with departmental planning as well as the individual faculty member’s annual development plan. With careful planning the academic units have been able to take into consideration the needs of both the individual faculty member and the department or school. Additional information about sabbatical leaves can be found on page 44 of the Faculty Handbook: https://pilots.up.edu/group/academic.
For more information contact the Provost’s office at 7105 or staten@up.edu.
Join the UP SURE String Quartet at the Pilot House for a casual concert of works by female composers. During the 2019–2020 performance season, only 3.6% of works performed by professional orchestras around the world were composed by women. We hope you’ll join us!
Contact hansonr@up.edu with questions.
Congratulations to our retiring faculty! The University Archives and Museum announces a new post on PortLog recognizing these eight members of the University faculty for their many years of service. Visit this site for a slideshow of the honored retirees and see how they’ve changed over the years: https://sites.up.edu/museum/2022-retiring-faculty/
For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu.
Civil Engineering students Elizabeth Diaz-Gunning, Sean Yoshishige, Melissa Hamling, and Bryson Tamaye, with advisors Jordy Wolfand, CJ Poor, and industry advisor Nate Buddress received honorable mention in the EPA Rainworks challenge for “extending the useful life of existing green infrastructure practices.” The UP Team competed against 42 student teams from 24 states and 35 different academic institutions.
For more information, please see: https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/2021-campus-rainworks-challenge-results
The new Diversity Center started construction on May 9. The current space in 102 Buckley is expanding into the classroom next door, tripling the amount of program space available. New offices as well as flexible studying, meeting and gathering space will greet students when they return in Fall 2022.
For questions about the design, please contact Jennie Cambier at cambier@up.edu. For questions about construction, please contact David Hobbs at hobbsd@up.edu.
As we head into summer, the Health and Counseling Center (HCC) will be open on a limited schedule. Most appointments will be in person over the summer, although telehealth is still available when appropriate.
May 2022—Students should call to make appointments Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Primary care appointments will be available four days per week. We are not seeing students on a walk-in basis. Counseling appointments will be available Monday through Friday. Same-day crisis appointments are available for those students who meet the criteria listed on our counseling website.
AFTER HOURS—Please visit our after-hours primary care website for a list of medical services available to students. Students needing to speak with the Pilot Helpline on-call-counselor can call the HCC at (503)943-7134 and choose option three to get connected from anywhere at any time.
For more information, please visit the HCC website: https://www.up.edu/healthcenter/index.html.