Academics
Rhodes and Marshall Scholarship Candidates Wanted
Faculty members are encouraged to send the names of academically and experientially exceptional, ambitious rising seniors who would benefit from attending graduate school at Cambridge, Oxford, or one of the other premier UK institutions, to the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement, according to John Orr, assistant to the provost.
Students applying for these awards must have a University endorsement and formally express their intent to apply by early April. Students will be contacted and given assistance in starting the application process, will participate in campus interviews in late April, and will continue to receive support over the summer so their files can be finalized at the start of the fall semester.
For more information or to pass along names, send an e-mail to scholars@up.edu or call 7857.
For more information use these links:
- Marshall Scholarship: http://www.marshallscholarship.org/
- Rhodes Scholarship: http://www.rhodesscholar.org/
France Pilgrimage Applications Due Soon!
Any senior faculty members intending to participate in the 2018 pilgrimage to the birthplace of Holy Cross in France are reminded that applications are due by Saturday, April 1, to Karen Eifler. The Garaventa Center is sponsoring the experience in partnership with the Office of the Provost. Details on the pilgrimage and the nature of the brief (1-2 page) application procedure can be downloaded here, and both Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon would be delighted to answer any questions you might have after reading the information sheet.
Portland Digs Mallorca, April 4
Please join us for an evening with internationally acclaimed archeologist Miguel Ángel Cau Ontiveros, ICREA research professor and director of the Archaeological and Archaeometrical Research Unit of the University of Barcelona, on Tuesday, April 4, at 7:15 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. He will present “The Archaeology of Roman Pollentia and a Search for Early Christianity,” highlighting discoveries as part of the UP Pollentia Undergraduate Research Expedition in Mallorca. The event is free and open to all, and includes receptions at 6 p.m. and immediately following the lecture. Sponsored by the Initiative for Christian Antiquities, the Office of the Provost, the Garaventa Center, Shiley School of Engineering and Department of Theology. For ADA accommodations or more information contact the Garaventa Center at x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
Faculty Development Day Proposals Welcome
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is calling for interested faculty to submit proposals for panels and presentations as a part of Faculty Development Day on Tuesday, May 9. Proposals on a wide variety of topics are welcome including those which support the theme for Faculty Development Day.
This year’s theme is “Building Bridges of Dialogue: Making Sense of Our Catholicity in a Globalized World.” At the heart of a Catholic university’s mission is its commitment to building bridges of dialogue. What strategies and practices can the University’s different disciplines employ to further this bridge building to meet the demands of a globalized world, where diverse cultures, religions, and peoples intersect?
Please send panel proposals to committee chair Aaron Wootton, (tas@up.edu) by Friday, April 21.
Hard Times Come Again No More: Social Justice Through Song, April 6
The University of Portland’s Nicole Leupp Hanig and Catherine Jacobs and performing and fine arts students will present a concert, “Hard Times Come Again No More: Social Justice Through Song,” on Thursday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Performances will respond to themes of conflict, displacement, immigration, and equality. Free admission; reception to follow. Sponsored by the Department of Performing and Fine Arts, the Garaventa Center, and the Dundon Berchtold Institute. For ADA accommodations or more information contact PFA at x7228 or brown@up.edu.
Fulbright Candidates Wanted
Faculty members are encouraged to send the names of ambitious and talented rising seniors who would benefit from a year of study, research, or teaching English abroad after graduation to the fellowships and grants office, according to John Orr, assistant provost. Students will be contacted and given assistance in starting the Fulbright application process over the summer, so their files can be finalized at the start of the fall semester. For more information or to pass along names, send an e-mail to scholars@up.edu or call x7857.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program currently awards approximately 1,900 grants annually in all fields of study, and operates in more than 140 countries worldwide. For more information go to http://us.fulbrightonline.org/.
Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring Cycle Winners
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2016-2017 Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring cycle, according to committee chair Aaron Wootton, mathematics. This spring’s Butine award recipients are:
- Vail Fletcher, Conference Funding: International Environmental Communication Association Conference; $1,997
- Ted Eckmann, Conference Funding: Joint Meeting of the Japan Geoscience Union and American Geophysical Union, $2,000
- Tara Prestholdt, Research Project: The effects of EÑSO on nudibranch diversity and abundance in Oregon, $1,500
- Nicole Hanig, Research Project: Social Justice Issues in Art Song Repertoire, $650
- Joseph Jefferson, Conference Funding: Texas Music Educators Conference and the International Trombone Festival, $2,000
- David Taylor, Conference Funding: International Botanical Congress, $2,000
- David De Lyser , Conference Funding: National Conducting Symposium, $1,200
- Ami Ahern-Rindell, Conference Funding: World Symposium on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, $1,500
- Deanna Julka, Conference Funding: Summer Institute for Educators, $2,000
- Allie Hill, Conference Funding: Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, $871.29
- Jakob Kotas, Conference Funding: SIAM Conference on Optimization and the MAA Pacific Northwest Section Meeting, $2,000
- Lindsay Benes, Research Project: Validation of Bag Valve Mask Rate and Volume, $600
- Amber Vermeesch, Conference Funding: Western Institute of Nursing’s 50th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference, $1,764
- Andrew Nuxoll, Conference Funding: Artificial General Intelligence Conference, $1,600
For more information contact Wootton at tas@up.edu.
Pamplin School Ranked Top Part-time MBA Program in Oregon
The Pamplin School of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program has been ranked 84th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, which released its 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Grad School rankings last week. The Pamplin School is ranked highest out of Oregon institutions that offer part-time MBA programs. The full rankings can be seen on U.S. News & World Report’s website.
Part-time MBA programs have become popular with people who want to pursue advanced business degrees, but who have full-time jobs or family obligations which prevent them from enrolling as full-time students. Part-time MBA programs offer evening and and weekend classes and the flexibility for individuals to complete the classes at their own pace. The University of Portland’s MBA curriculum focuses on contemporary leadership by challenging graduate students to think cross-functionally about a variety of large and small business issues. Six areas of concentration are offered in the program, including entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, strategy, sustainability, and operations & technology management. The full curriculum can be seen on the program’s website.
There are four universities in Oregon with part-time MBA programs that are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and were included in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. These include the University of Portland, which was ranked highest in the state at #84, followed by Oregon State University (#103), Portland State University (#130), and Willamette University (#204). The University of Oregon, also accredited by AACSB, was not included in these rankings. Other Oregon schools with part-time MBA programs are not accredited by AACSB and therefore not included in these rankings.
For more information contact the Pamplin School at x7224 or mccarthy@up.edu.
“What’s So Funny About a Joke?” with Mark Roche, March 23
Mark W. Roche will present the Annual Hesburgh Lecture, “What’s So Funny About a Joke?,” on Thursday, March 23, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall 120. His talk will interlace humor with an analysis of the greatness and limits of Freud’s theory of jokes. Roche is Joyce Professor of German, concurrent professor of philosophy, and former dean of arts and letters at the University of Notre Dame.
This event is a collaboration by the Garaventa Center, the Notre Dame Club of Portland, and the Beckman Humor Project. For more info or ADA accommodations, contact the Garaventa Center at garaventa@up.edu or x7702.