The CAS Advantage Institute is a faculty development program in collaboration with the Career Education Center. This training series provides tools, strategies, and a supportive community to implement career readiness concepts into courses to help students recognize and communicate how their CAS education prepares them for future endeavors. (Read More).
Academics
CAS Colleagues: AI Across UP (Nov. 22)
Join your colleagues from the College of Arts and Sciences for a special event highlighting how your fellow faculty members are innovating with and exploring ethical implications of the world of Artificial Intelligence in their academic work! Whether you’re actively using AI tools, curious about their potential, or seeking to better understand their impact on academia, this conversation-driven event promises valuable insights and connections. (Read More).
Fostering Balance: Virtue and Burnout in Academia—A Conversation (Nov. 1)
Faculty at small institutions often experience burnout as they fuse personal passions and identify with the work output, leading to fatigue, burnout, and, ultimately, low morale. Please join the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Faculty Welfare Committee for a lunch discussion about faculty, work, and vocation within our institutional “family” context. (Read More).
Honors Readings Courses for 2025-2026—Now Accepting Proposals (Nov. 27)
The Honors Program is looking for faculty-led readings courses to be offered next year (fall 2025 and spring 2026). This is a fun opportunity to teach a 1-credit, pass/no pass course to a group of no more than 15 curious and academically engaged juniors and/or seniors. (Read More).
Academic Senate Committee on Committees—Faculty Survey (Closes Dec. 4)
The Academic Senate Committee on Committees seeks to gather your interests and abilities to serve on senate committees. We are asking faculty to please complete an Academic Senate Committee on Committees Service Survey to help us determine committee appointments for the 26/27 academic year. (Read More).
Call for Exploration Level Course Proposals for the UP Core (Oct. 1)
The Undergraduate Core Curriculum Committee (UCCC) is readying for its annual October 1 priority review deadline to consider new exploration level (X) courses for the UP Core. These courses are upper division offerings that emphasize interdisciplinary thinking with some grounding in the liberal arts–but they can come from any UP discipline. The UCCC will review courses at other times in the year, but October 1 is our only annual priority deadline. (Read More).
Be UP’s Collegium Participant in June 2025! (Apply by Oct. 20)
Faculty of all disciplines are invited to be part of Collegium, an annual week-long colloquy that integrates faith and intellectual life, held on the campus of St. John’s University. All travel, accommodations, and fees are covered by UP’s annual dues. (Read More).
Fundamentals of a Successful Grants Program (Sept. 20)
Join us for the next offering of the Pamplin School of Business’ Learning Lab series! “Fundamentals of a Successful Grants Program” led by Brianna Richards (MBA Nonprofit ’24) of Contour Strategies. This free, hands-on grant-writing workshop open to all students, alumni and business partners. (Read More).
Open Position: Core Team Faculty for Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inclusive Excellence Grant (Sept. 20)
The core team for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inclusive Excellence (HHMI-IE3) grant is seeking one more faculty member. The grant funds 134 participating institutions who work together in seven “learning community clusters” aimed at creating inclusive STEM learning environments. The University of Portland’s cluster specifically focuses on the challenge of meaningful evaluation of effective and inclusive teaching, which will inform faculty practices, including promotion and tenure decisions. (Read More).
Open Call: Faculty Interested in AI and Ethics (Sept. 23)
Building on several successful College of Arts and Sciences initiatives that bring together Artificial Intelligence and Ethics in conversation, CAS is hosting the AI and Ethics Working Group on September, 23 from 1-2:30 p.m. in BC 215. We will continue conversations that began this summer regarding faculty research, grant planning, and curricular innovation related to AI and Ethics. All interested faculty are invited to join. (Read More).