News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Please join OIEDI in celebrating the Grand Opening of the Diversity Center and the inaugural Global and Grateful Gallery on Monday, November 14, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the first floor of Buckley Center (in the Diversity Center and the Buckley Gallery). There will be a reception from 3 p.m.–5 p.m. and brief remarks at 4 p.m. For questions or concerns please email oiedi@up.edu
November 14–18 is International Education Week. To celebrate, the International Club is hosting an evening of conversation on Friday, November 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the Commons. We will be exploring themes of community, culture, and belonging. In addition to joining us for this re-imagining of International Night, we invite you to attend a range of events happening across campus this week.
While we have intentionally reduced the volume of programming this year, we are happy to post any relevant events or opportunities folks have planned here. Email details to cortes@up.edu to be included on the page.
For those who were unable to attend one of the information sessions about the formation of the Staff Senate, you can view a recording of the November 4 Zoom session here. You can review the PowerPoint shared at the Information Sessions here.
For additional context, we invite you to review the Representation and Bylaws documents.
The deadline to submit nominations to hr@up.edu is November 15.
Please contact the Staff Senate Working Group at staffsenate@up.edu for more information or if you have any questions!
November is Native American Heritage Month! The Native American Alliance, Ethnic Studies Program, and Diversity and Inclusion Programs will be partnering up to bring our UP community an intentional event on Decolonization. This event will be in the Diversity Center (BC 102) from 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. on November 16.
At this presentation and panel discussion, the following topics and issues will be discussed and unpacked:
For ADA accommodations and questions, please contact dip@up.edu
You are invited to UP Theater’s second production of the fall, Everybody. The play follows Everybody as they journey from life into death to confront life’s greatest mysteries: who are we? How do you create community? What makes a good life? Award-winning playwright Brandon Jacobs Jenkins brings us on the ride in this irreverent and surprising riff on the 15th century morality play, Everyman. Underscoring the shared hopes, fears, and randomness of the human experience, the cast for this production will be chosen by lottery during each performance. This is a play you will want to see more than once: no two performances will be the same! Join us for this comedic, thought provoking, and immersive theatrical experiment.
Performances are November 17–19 at 7:30 p.m. and November 20 at 2 p.m. in the Mago Hunt Theater. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students. Faculty and staff are eligible for half-price tickets with the promo code HALF4FACSTAFF. Tickets may be purchased HERE.
Go to up.edu/theater for more information.
Now that we are in November, it is time to think ahead to software needs for Spring if you have not already. If you have any additional software you will need for your Spring courses that were not already made available for the Fall, please fill out our Software Request Form by the end of the day on Tuesday, November 22. Questions? Please contact the Help Desk via email at help@up.edu.
Please join us for UP’s signature choral event of the year with music to celebrate the Advent and Christmas seasons, including works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, R. Nathaniel Dett, Eric Whitacre, Ola Gjeilo and others.
We’re very excited to be returning to St. Mary’s Cathedral for this year’s concert!
The concert is free, but tickets are required, and can be reserved here: http://our.show/adventvespersup2022
This year’s Christmas Light on The Bluff celebration includes a variety of fun, festive, and faith-filled activities. Staff, faculty, and their families are invited to stroll our beautiful campus under the glow of twinkling lights and enjoy our celebration of this most sacred season:
Each year, hundreds of UP faculty and staff members like you donate in support of students and programs here on The Bluff. Some employees fund scholarships, on their own or as a group. Some give crucial funds to centers and programs that impact student experiences such as Moreau Center Immersions, Campus Ministry, and first-generation student programming. Others give in support of their favorite academic program or Pilot Athletics team.
As an employee, there are many ways you can give:
Employees who give to Athletics also receive the additional benefit of being able to join the Pilot Club donor society (https://giving.up.edu/athletics) at a 50% discount. Join now with a gift of $250 or $20.83 per month to your favorite Portland Pilots Athletics fund. When you join Pilot Club by November 18, you will be entered to win tickets to see the Portland Pilots Men’s Basketball team compete in the Phil Knight Invitational (https://www.rosequarter.com/hoops/phil-knight-invitational).
When faculty and staff members give, you send a powerful message to Pilot families, alumni, businesses, foundations, and friends of the University—and most importantly, to students—that those closest to UP invest in its mission and student success. Thank you for your ongoing support of students!
Contact Jessie Lamb, Director of Annual Giving, at lamb@up.edu with any questions.
Please note Bluff Road is now preserved for low-speed vehicles (LSVs), pedestrians, and bicycles only. All street vehicles should use Van Houten Place.
We are currently in a soft transition and have placed A-frame signs on Bluff Road with this information, please respect the signs. With approval from the Portland Bureau of Transportation, we will soon be replacing the signs with bollards as a more permanent measure to restrict street vehicles from using Bluff Road.
The expansion of the Franz River Campus has greatly increased traffic of all types on both Bluff Road and Van Houten Place, resulting in several near misses. Preserving Bluff Road for lower speed traffic will create safer routes for everyone to access the lower campus.