The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is accepting faculty nominations for the 2016-2017 Teaching Award and Scholarship Award, according to committee chair Aaron Wootton, mathematics. These awards are an opportunity for the University community to celebrate publicly two of its own for outstanding achievements in teaching and scholarship. The committee will accept nominations until noon on Friday, February 3, by e-mail to tas@up.edu. Submission of supporting materials by nominees will be due by noon on Friday, March 24. Visit the Academic Senate resources pages for information regarding the nomination process and materials that will be needed (password required). Contact Wootton at tas@up.edu for more information.
Academics
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Feb. 3
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be on Friday, February 3, at 3:30 p.m., in the Murphy Room. The group will be discussing “Hope Reimagined” from Krista Tippett’s 2016 book Becoming Wise: An Enquiry into the Art and Mystery of Living, and the poem “Atwater Kent” by William Stafford. The readings are on the Garaventa Center website (http://tinyurl.com/jcguthw). All faculty and staff are welcome. Refreshments will be served.
Becoming Human: A Community Conversation, Nov. 15
All University community members are invited to join in a community discussion exploring the concept of “Becoming Human” as introduced by Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche, and the challenges and opportunities it presents us in our lives, on Tuesday, November 15, from 4:30-6 p.m., in the Chiles Center Hall of Fame Room. The event is a collaboration by the Garaventa Center, the Franz Center for Leadership, and L’Arche Portland. Please RSVP by Friday, November 11. Light refreshments will be provided. For ADA accommodations, more information or to RSVP: garaventa@up.edu or x7702.
2016 Bauccio Lecture with Dan Wieden: Nov. 16
The University welcomes Dan Wieden, co-founder and chairman of Wieden+Kennedy, when he delivers the 2016 Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, November 16, at 7 p.m., in Bauccio Commons. The lecture is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Wieden will present “I’m Here to Make You Fail.”
The Bauccio Lecture Series is made possible through the generous support of alumnus and entrepreneur Fedele Bauccio ’64, ’66, MBA. As CEO and cofounder of Bon Appetit Management Company, Bauccio’s leadership and vision have brought sweeping and positive changes to the entire spectrum of the food service industry. For the last twelve years, the Bauccio Lecture Series has brought leading visionaries to campus to speak about their experiences.
For more information contact the Franz Center at x7769 or franzcenter@up.edu.
Religion and Politics Lecture with Fr. Claude Pomerleau, Nov. 16
The Garaventa Center hosts UP political science professor emeritus Fr. Claude Pomerleau, C.S.C., as he presents “Religion & Politics: The Forces of Globalization” on Wednesday, November 16 at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall 120. Fr. Pomerleau will examine the political significance and influence of religion and the emergence of diverse theology of liberation movements in Latin America from the 1970s to the present. He proposes that religion is most effectively universal when it is most local, and suggests that the future effectiveness of religion in Latin America will depend on its ability to enter into cooperation with the growing diversity of organizations from Christian to Muslim, secular, regional and national.
With long-time interests in peace studies and Latin America, Fr. Pomerleau taught at the University of Notre Dame before coming to the University of Portland and has spent his summers in Chile working as a visiting professor in international relations since 1991.
For ADA accommodations or more information: garaventa@up.edu or x7702.
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Annual Advent Concert Tickets Now Available
Free tickets are now available for the Advent Concert, a performance by the University Singers and Women’s Chorale at Saint Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday, December 3, at 8 p.m. Choral music for the Advent and Christmas seasons will be interspersed with readings and carols. The featured work is Misa Criolla, by Argentine composer Ariel Ramírez. This mid-20th century work incorporates authentic Latin American folk styles into sacred music. The music will be directed by Michael Connolly, Kathryn Briggs, and student conductors Molly Kerns and Jasmine Tsai. Tickets are free but required for admission to this popular holiday concert. Get tickets now at the performing and fine arts office in Buckley Center or by x7228.
Science Students Shine at Sigma Xi Conference
University of Portland science students swept the undergraduate awards in the “Earth & Environmental Sciences” category at the Thirteenth Annual Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium, held on Friday, November 4 at Portland State University, according to faculty advisor Ted Eckmann, environmental studies.
Summer Grandy won 1st place for her coauthored paper, “Developing New Soils to Improve Green Roof Performance in the US Pacific Northwest.” Logan Simpson won second place for her coauthored piece, “Combining Spatial Interpolation with Wind Data to Analyze Industrial Odor Patterns in Portland.” The are the first students from UP’s environmental studies department to win awards at Sigma Xi, and the first from that department to present there.
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, is the international honor society of science and engineering. See more at this link.
Celebrate International Education Week, Nov. 14-19
International Education Week is here, and from November 14-19, the University of Portland is hosting campus-wide events open to the broader UP community and the public. All during the week, international cuisine will be featured in the Bauccio Commons and more. Please visit www.up.edu/iew for the complete list of events.
For more information contact international student services at iss@up.edu.
“Mad Forest” Opens Nov. 16
The performing and fine arts department will present Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill from Wednesday, November 16 to Sunday, November 20, at 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. Sunday) in Mago Hunt Center Theater.
Mad Forest is an incisive portrait of society in turmoil that focuses on two families living under a totalitarian regime. What happens when that regime collapses, and ordinary people try to find their own identity for the first time? A visually evocative world comes to life through ensemble collaboration in this wild ride of a production that challenges everyday concepts of reality.
Tickets are available through the Mago Hunt Center box office. For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.