The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is soliciting proposals from faculty and staff to host workshops, roundtables, and presentations during Faculty Development Day, to be held on Tuesday, May 6, according to Lauretta Frederking, committee chair. The theme of Faculty Development Day will be “From PHL 220 to Graduation: Infusing Ethics throughout the Curriculum.” The […]
Academics
Leadership Speaker Series: Brandon Dawson, March 3
Audigy Group founder Brandon Dawson will speak as part of the Pamplin School of Business Leadership Speaker Series on Monday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium. Audigy Group has grown from a startup in 2004 to managing more than 650 locations and 1,700 full-time employees with $250M in aggregate revenue today. Seeing […]
Student Kevin Bastien Accepted for National Fellowship
Kevin Bastien, a junior computer science major and Entrepreneur Scholar, has been accepted to the prestigious NCIIA/Epicenter Engineering University Innovation Fellows program, according to Peter Rachor, Franz Center. His application was supported by Rachor, Tammy Vandegrift, Sharon Jones, and Robin Anderson. Bastien’s fellowship is seen as an opportunity for UP to have a member of […]
Joe Gallegos Lecture on Social Justice and Leadership, March 6
The Social Justice Program invites all faculty and staff to “Perspectives on Social Justice and Leadership: Transforming Theory to Practice,” a presentation offered by Joe Gallegos, UP professor emeritus and now Oregon state representative. His presentation on transforming theory to practice will take place on Thursday, March 6, 4 to 5:30 p.m., in Buckley Center […]
Teaching & Scholarship Faculty Award Winner Presentations, March 4
The Teaching and Scholarship Committee invites all faculty and staff to presentations offered by the University’s 2013 teaching and scholarship faculty award winners. Lars Larson, winner of the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, will present “Dialectical Teaching in a Righteous Age,” and Russ Butkus and Steve Kolmes (pictured), winners of the Faculty Award for […]
Theatre Students Shine
University of Portland performing and fine arts students received the following awards at the 2014 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (Region VII) at the University of Boise in Boise, Idaho, on February 18-22: Jordin Bradley received an acting scholarship award of $500 toward enrollment fees for CSU Summer Arts 2014 Jeff Phillips received a […]
UP Speech & Debate Union To Attend National Tournament
The University of Portland Speech and Debate Union competed at the Earl Wells Memorial Speech and Debate Tournament at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., over the weekend of February 22-23. Based on the team’s success, the UP Speech and Debate Union will attend the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament in Indianapolis, Indiana, March […]
Mock Trial Team Heading to National Finals, Sets Record
The University of Portland Mock Trial team competed at the annual Pacific Northwest Regional qualifier for Nationals on February 22-23, at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore. The team set a University of Portland record with seven wins and one loss, placing third out of 18 teams, according to coach Aaron Johnson of the University’s […]
Sr. Angela Hoffman, O.S.B., Outstanding Higher Education Teacher in Science and Mathematics
Sr. Angela Hoffman, O.S.B., chemistry, has been named the Oregon Academy of Science 2014 Outstanding Higher Education Teacher in Science and Mathematics. Hoffman has helped undergraduate students with more than 150 projects involving the ingredient Paclitaxel and the anti-cancer drug Taxol (marketed by Bristol-Myers Squibb). University of Portland environmental science professor Bob Butler was the […]
2014 Rank and Tenure Decisions
Effective July 1, 2014, the following professors will be promoted from assistant to associate professor and granted tenure, according to the provost’s office: Tanya Crenshaw, Engineering Andrew Golla, Performing and Fine Arts Christin Hancock, History Hillary Merk, Education Patrick Murphy, Performing and Fine Arts Craig Swinyard, Mathematics Eugenijus Urnezius, Chemistry For more information contact the […]