The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is accepting faculty nominations for the 2013-2014 Teaching Award and Scholarship awards, according to committee chair Lauretta Frederking. The 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 […]
Academics
Library Hours Extended
The Clark Library will be open more hours during spring semester. For early birds, the library opens at 7 a.m., Monday through Friday. For night owls, the main and upper floors are open until 2 a.m., Sunday through Thursday. After midnight, the building is only accessible by card swipe using a current UP ID (card […]
MAT Informational, Jan. 21
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Informational on Tuesday, January 21, at 6 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy Room (room 426). The MAT is an intensive program designed to prepare individuals with baccalaureate degrees for teaching in K-12 schools. MAT graduates earn a masters degree and are […]
Math Colloquium, Jan. 22
The next Math Colloquium will be held on Wednesday, January 22, from 4-5 p.m., in Buckley Center room 209. The speaker will be Albert Kim from Reed College, who will present “A Bayesian model for cluster detection.” Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Carol Bruce, mathematics, at 7166 or bruce@up.edu.
From Our Past
Michael Connolly, performing and fine arts, includes information of local interest in his classes that take place on the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday each year. Connolly used to live on N. Chautauqua Blvd. located about a mile from campus. When the land in that area was subdivided in 1925, there were racial covenants on […]
Faculty/Staff Presidential Forums
Interviews of the two University of Portland presidential candidates will take place on Tuesday, January 14 and Wednesday, January 15. A crucial part of that process is feedback from faculty and staff who have had the opportunity to meet with the candidates and ask questions. To that end, all faculty and staff are invited to […]
Happy Birthday, Donald P. Shiley
January 19 will be the 94th birthday of the late Donald P. Shiley, whose $12 million gift made possible the renovation of the University’s engineering building, renamed in his honor as Shiley Hall. A later $8 million gift from the Shileys resulted in the renaming of the engineering program as the Donald P. Shiley School […]
MAT Informational, Jan. 21
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Informational on Tuesday, January 21, at 6 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy Room (room 426). The MAT is an intensive program designed to prepare individuals with baccalaureate degrees for teaching in K-12 schools. MAT graduates earn a masters degree and are […]
Come to Thirst Friday, Jan. 24
All faculty and staff are invited to kick off the new year at the next Thirst Friday in the Garaventa Center in 330 Franz Hall. Drop by any time from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Friday, January 24 to enjoy wine, sparkling waters, snacks, and sparkling, convivial conversation with people from all over campus. Bring […]
A FIRST For Engineering
On Saturday, January 4, the Shiley School of Engineering hosted the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Kickoff regional event in the Chiles Center. More than 800 high school students and teachers from Oregon and Southern Washington came to UP for the nationwide NASA telecast of the kickoff for this year’s […]