Saturday Academy is an educational non-profit affiliated with the University of Portland that offers a wide variety of classes and camps for students in grades 2-12. This summer Saturday Academy is once again extending an offer to University staff and faculty to take 20 percent off any class. Classes are offered on the University of Portland campus, as well as many other locations throughout the city. Class options include: Engineering Academy, Stop Motion Claymation, Animal Anatomy, Website Design, Chemistry Lab, Creative Writing and many others. Classes are taught by experts and professionals that work in their respective fields. View all classes at www.saturdayacademy.org. Use coupon code UofP20 during registration, and Saturday Academy staff will then reduce the amount when they process the registration. This offer is limited, so please register soon. For more information contact Sarah Bradham, Saturday Academy, at sarah@saturdayacademy.org.
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Engineering Student News
Senior civil engineering student Colin Sherrill will present a poster at the 2013 Pacific Northwest Section-American Water Works Association (PNWS-AWWA) Conference in Spokane, May 7-10, 2013. The poster, titled “Time of Travel Study and Water System Design for Rural Honduran Communities,” is the work of senior civil engineering students Sherrill, Julia Sheets, and Olivia McCracken. In August, Sherill will start a six month volunteer internship in Honduras with Water For People, an affiliate of the American Water Works Association. More information about PNWS-AWWA can be found at www.pnws-awwa.org.
Roger O. Doyle, Gone Too Soon
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he University community mourned the loss of Roger O. Doyle, a colorful and beloved professor of music here on The Bluff for nearly forty years, when he died last year on Monday, April 30, of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Roger earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in music education at the University of Wichita, and a doctorate in conducting and choral music from the University of Colorado. He taught in high schools in Kansas and at Saint Mary of the Plain College in Dodge City before arriving at the University of Portland in 1973, where he became legendary for his energy, creativity, exuberance, tireless energy for conducting choirs and orchestras, and booming laughter. Roger’s legacy at the University and in the city of Portland is his character and cheer, his irrepressible humor and open friendliness, and the absolute integrity of the way he lived his life. He loved music, he loved his wife Kay, he loved bringing music to people and people to music. He was an unforgettable man with an immense heart, a lovely tenor voice, and a kindness bigger than an ocean. Gifts in memory of Roger may be directed to the Roger and Kay Doyle Scholarship Fund at the University of Portland, a scholarship devoted to students of music.
“Mourned” Roger? It would be better to say we mourn him still.
Course Packs Due
All faculty and instructors must turn in their course pack materials for summer session to the printing services office as soon as possible, according to Kassie Hansen, printing services. Lead time is needed so printing services staff can obtain copyright permissions and organize the packs for production before the start of the summer 2013 semester. In addition, faculty need to have their course packs for fall session turned in to printing services no later than the end of June to obtain copyright clearance. Some copyright requests take up to six weeks to obtain; please keep this in mind so staff are better able to serve faculty needs prior to the start of school. For more information contact Hansen at 7200 or hansenk@up.edu.
Child Care for Awards Dinner
Child care will be available during the Faculty Awards dinner thanks to Vermont Hills Family Life Centers. Four-hour sessions will be available at $30 per child or $40 per family on Tuesday, May 7, from 6 to 10 p.m. A non-refundable deposit is required to reserve spots, but the deposit will be applied toward childcare costs. Please contact VHFLC UP site director Cala Richman at calar@vhflc.com.
Faculty Awards Dinner
The Faculty Awards Dinner will take place on Tuesday, May 7, beginning with a reception at 6 p.m., in the Board Room of the Bauccio Commons. Dinner with faculty awards will begin at 7 p.m. The dinner is by invitation only and RSVPs are requested to university events (7523) as soon as possible. For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or robb@up.edu.
Fulbright Candidates Wanted
Faculty members are encouraged to send the names of ambitious and talented rising seniors who would benefit from applying for a Fulbright Grant next October to the fellowships and grants office, according to John Orr, assistant to the provost. Students will be contacted and given assistance in starting the application process over the summer so that 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.
National Win For The Beacon
Caitlin Yilek, who served as the 2011-2012 Beacon opinions editor, has won a national First Place Award for Editorial Writing in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards, for editorials she wrote for The Beacon. Two current Beacon staffers, Kate Stringer and Jackie Jeffers, are national finalists for Feature Writing and Sports Photography, respectively. The Beacon journalists competed in the “Small School” category, meaning colleges and universities with 5,000 or fewer students. Yilek, who graduated in 2012, won for her editorials titled “Where are all the women?,” “University disregards student media,” and “What has ASUP done for you?” She is now a copy editor at the 
in her home state of Minnesota. She will receive the award at the SPJ Excellence in Journalism convention in Anaheim, Calif.,in August. For more information contact Nancy Copic, student activities, at 7470 or copic@up.edu.
Promotion For Carroll
Jim Carroll, education, has been promoted to professor, according to University provost Tom Greene. Carroll has been a member of the education faculty since 1996, but started here in 1993 as an adjunct assistant professor. His areas of speciality include educational technology, foundations of education, social foundations of education, and educational research. For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or robb@up.edu.
Promotion For Carroll
Jim Carroll, education, has been promoted to professor, according to University provost Tom Greene. Carroll has been a member of the education faculty since 1996, but started here in 1993 as an adjunct assistant professor. His areas of speciality include educational technology, foundations of education, social foundations of education, and educational research. For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or robb@up.edu.