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SWE STEM Career Fair: Feb. 21

The SWE STEM Career Fair is on Friday, February 21, from 1:30-4:30 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. This career fair focuses primarily on mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, and biomedical engineering students, as well as those majoring in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, pre-health professions, mathematics, physics, environmental science, and operations & technology management.

Students can connect with recruiters and UP alumni from over 50 companies. To help students prepare, the Career Center is hosting several How to Work a Job Fair workshops. For more information on workshop dates and times, visit the Calendar of Events.

Women in Business Showcase, March 11

The Pamplin School of Business is proud to present the 2nd annual Women in Business Showcase on Wednesday, March 11, at 4 p.m., at the Portland Art Museum. The program shares the stories of C-level female professionals and how they rose to the top. What are their personal stories? How can we learn from their journey?

More information and tickets are available by using this link.  Use promo code “Pamplin”  for free admission.

 

School of Nursing Opportunity for Pregnant Females

The School of Nursing is in need of pregnant females for a prenatal simulation class on Saturday, February 22, from 3:15 to 5:15 p.m. Volunteer subjects must be willing to be interviewed by graduate family nurse practitioner students, as well as being measured for fundal height and checked for fetal heart tones.  Compensation will be provided. If you or someone you know might be interested and willing to participate please contact Patricia Cox, nursing, at coxp@up.edu as soon as possible.

Please Request Software for Classrooms and Labs by Feb. 28 

Information services will be updating computer lab and classroom builds for summer and fall 2020 during March. If you need new or updated software for classrooms and computer labs for summer or fall term please use this link to fill out the online survey. You can also copy and paste this URL (https://uportland.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5sAK57IvV3S4nvn) into your browser to fill out the survey.

The software build and deployment process requires significant lead time; therefore, information services must receive your submitted software requests no later than Friday, February 28 if you want the software to appear on the computer classroom/lab software build for the Summer and/or Fall 2020 semesters.

Please contact the help desk with any questions at help@up.edu or x7000, M-F 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.mm.

2020 Difference Award Winners Announced

The athletic department would like to acknowledge this year’s winners of the Difference Award. Each year, student-athletes nominate a professor on campus who they felt made a difference in their University of Portland experience. The definition is left intentionally vague, allowing students to reflect on the many ways a professor may have made a difference to them. This year, four people were selected as winners:

  • Stephanie Salomone
  • Martin Monto
  • Montana Hisel-Cochran
  • Thomas Greene

These four will be honored at a UP Men’s basketball game on Thursday, February 20, at 6 p.m., at the Chiles Center. Please come out and enjoy the game and congratulate our winners for their support of all of our students on campus, including our student-athletes.

“The Relation Between Revolution and Religion,” Feb. 18

On Tuesday, February 18, MIT history professor Jeffrey Ravel will offer a lecture entitled, “The Relation Between Revolution and Religion: The Case of the French Revolution of 1789 and French Catholicism,” at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall 120. The event is free and open to all, and is sponsored by the Garaventa Center.

In the early twenty-first century, we often assume that the great eighteenth-century revolutions in North America, France, and Haiti were popular political movements that ushered in the modern, secular age. A selective reading of these events has made us lose sight of the role religion played in these watershed events, a role that continues to have relevance in today’s national and global politics. This lecture will re-examine this relationship by focusing on the French Revolution and French Catholicism.

Jeffrey Ravel’s research focuses on the history of French and European political culture from the mid-seventeenth through the mid-nineteenth centuries. He currently co-directs the Comédie-Française Registers Project, and is serving as president of the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies.

For ADA accommodations or further information, please contact the Garaventa Center at x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.

Women’s Leadership Forum Welcomes Katie Hughes, Feb. 25

The Women in Leadership Forum welcomes Katie Hughes, executive director of Girls Build, on Tuesday, February 25, at 6 p.m., in Franz 120. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to hear Katie’s story of leadership. The Women in Leadership Forum connects the UP community with dynamic women who are leaders in the greater Portland community. The Forum is a place for sharing stories, building connections, and supporting the development of women in leadership.

Katie is a carpenter with a social work degree earned at UP in 2002 who, after spending 10 years teaching construction to adults and kids, founded Girls Build. She believes that all girls should be curious and confident, and that one route to that is through learning the building trades.

For more about Katie Hughes and the Women in Leadership Forum, please use this link.

Research in The Application of Ethics Program: Apply Now

Applications are now being accepted by the Dundon-Berchtold Institute for the 2020-2021 Research in the Application of Ethics Program. A catalog of past projects and the details for submitting proposals can be found at the website for the Dundon-Berchtold Institute by clicking here.

The deadline to submit proposals is Friday, February 28.

Research Projects in the Application of Ethics: Individual faculty work with an undergraduate student of her/his choice on a research project related to ethical issues in their respective academic subject areas or in the professions supported by those academic areas. Faculty Fellows participate in two brief colloquia on classical methods in ethics facilitated by UP philosophy faculty during the fall semester of their awarded project.

The Faculty Fellow receives a stipend of $2,500, and the Student Scholar receives a financial aid scholarship of $2,500.

Ethics Curriculum Fellowship: A four-person team (two faculty members and two students) works to research/develop/replicate and implement applied ethics scenarios into course or major curriculum related to and complementing the PHL 220: Ethics course. Faculty Fellows participate in two brief colloquia on classical methods in ethics facilitated by UP philosophy faculty during the fall semester of their awarded fellowship.

The Ethics Curriculum Fellowship is a $10,000 grant. Funds are paid as $2,500 stipends to each of the two Faculty Fellows and $2,500 financial aid scholarships to each of the two Student Scholars.

For more information contact Dan McGinty, Dundon-Berchtold Institute, at x7596 or mcgintyd@up.edu.

Clark Library Covert Gallery: Call for Exhibit Proposals

The Clark Library invites students, faculty, and staff to submit proposals for the Dr. James T. Covert Gallery. Selected proposals will be exhibited during the 2020–21 academic year.

We welcome your art, whether painting, photography, or mixed media. If you have 9-10 pieces that you like, we will assist you with transforming them into an exhibit. Selected exhibitors also have the option to be included in the Library’s online collection, which can be found using this link.

New this year, we are also accepting proposals for curated exhibits related to the University’s history, using historical images and artifacts from the UP archives and museum. Staff will assist exhibitors with finding and selecting materials related to proposed topics.

Visit the Exhibits Information site for more details and proposal forms. Proposals are due Friday, March 27. Please send questions to covertgallery@up.edu.

 

Family STEM Day, KDP Literacy Fair: Feb. 23

Kids and their families are invited for fun, hands-on reading and STEM activities at the Literacy and STEM fair hosted by KDP, the School of Education, and the UP STEM Education and Outreach Center on Sunday, February 23, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Chiles Center. Every child will leave with a book, crafts, new knowledge, and even more questions.