News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
The National Veterans Wheelchair Games is being held in Portland this summer from July 4-9 and they are currently recruiting volunteer support for the games. If you are interested in volunteering, you can sign up here.
It’s time to register for UP’s 2023 Alumni Reunion! Join us for boatloads of fun with events like the BBQ (where we’ll celebrate Wally’s 75th birthday!), golf tournament, PilotTalks, and pickleball clinics. Look for a recent email from Alumni & Parent Relations with your personalized discount link. Read more about Reunion.
Dear UP faculty members, the Center for Teaching and Learning seeks your participation in the following survey. The purpose of the survey is to receive input on faculty development needs in order to prioritize offerings and programs over the next two years. Should you have an interest in leading programming, you will also be invited to share your gifts and talents. In less than 10 minutes you can help shape the programming of the center for the next two years.
The survey can be found here.
The Office of Academic Technology Services and Innovation is planning to upgrade Moodle this summer to version 4.1 This upgrade will see an updated user interface and some major improvements in several key features:
ATSI will post numerous training opportunities and reference documentation this summer for faculty to learn how to use Moodle 4.1. You may access an early preview of Moodle 4.1 via https://learningdev.up.edu. Note that this is a test server and changes made to this site do not affect your actual Moodle courses. Additionally, at this time, you must be on campus or connected via VPN to access the Moodle test server.
Please contact atsi@up.edu with any questions. Thank you!
Faculty members are reminded to load their scholarly activity on the portal in PilotsUP by May 31 each year. Data obtained through the portal will be used to populate A Community of Scholars, published by the Provost’s office. Faculty members use their school’s report on the home tab of the Scholarly Activity Portal to send the data to their respective deans as a part of annual self-evaluation.
You can find the link to the Scholarly Activity Portal in the Academic menu of PilotsUP or you can go directly to this link.
For any questions about loading your scholarly activity in PilotsUP please contact the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement at scholars@up.edu.
Applications for sabbaticals for the 2024–2025 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2023. All materials including the letter from the Dean to the Provost are due to the Provost by September 1. 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.
For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or staten@up.edu.
University of Portland School of Education presents the Summer Learning Program. For students entering 2nd–11th grade, the Summer Learning Program offers tutoring from School of Education Graduate Students in the Master of Arts in Teaching Program. Learning focuses on mathematics, language arts (reading, writing, speaking), and any other subjects in which the student needs help.
This program runs 9:30–11:30 a.m. on Monday–Thursday from July 5 to August 3. The cost of the program is $125, and scholarships are available.
For registration packets, please call Amy Kwong Kwapisz at 503.943.7752 or email kwongkwa@up.edu.
Registration is also available online at: Summer Learning Program 2023