Librarians and the Digital Lab Coordinator are available to meet with your classes online, or through asynchronous videos, to cover information literacy and multimedia topics. Now is a great time to schedule us for Summer semester. Please send instruction requests to reference@up.edu (information literacy) or velazco@up.edu (multimedia).
Academics
2021 Public Research Fellows Showcase, April 29
The Public Research Fellows will host a showcase of the program’s 20-21 work, and all members of the UP community and the general public are invited to attend. The interactive showcase will happen at this Zoom link on Thursday, April 29 at 7 p.m. Student and faculty fellows will unveil their projects and be on hand to guide attendees […]
2021 Retiring Faculty: Thank You for Decades of Service!
The following long-serving faculty members have announced their retirement at the conclusion of the spring 2021 semester, according to Kathleen Staten, provost’s office: Ellyn Arwood, Professor of Education Ronda Bard, Lecturer of Chemistry Elena Bernard, Associate Professor of Business Barbara Braband, Associate Professor of Nursing Todd Easton, Associate Professor of Business Gary Malecha, Interim Dean […]
Welcome Ryan Ingersoll, New Director of ATSI
Information services is pleased to welcome Ryan Ingersoll as director of academic technology and innovation. In this position he will oversee development of classroom and on-line academic technology, with an eye on innovation and digital literacy among our faculty. In addition, post COVID he will have the opportunity to re-imagine the student-run On The Bluff […]
Please Load Scholarly Activity On The Portal
Faculty members are reminded to load their scholarly activity on the portal in PilotsUP by May 31, 2021. Data obtained through the portal will be used to populate A Community of Scholars, published by the provost’s office. Faculty members use their school’s report on the home tab of the Scholarly Activity Portal to send the data […]
Four Top Spots in Mark of Excellence Competition: “Beacon” Shines Again
The Beacon has won four First Place awards in the 2021 regional Mark of Excellence competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The contest involved college media outlets from five states: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The following now advance to the national SPJ Mark of Excellence competition. FIRST PLACE Breaking News […]
Amazing Tech is Everywhere – Let’s Keep IT Secure! April 29 via Zoom
Travis Luckey, CIO for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, will lead this Learning Labs session where IT security concepts and terminology will be covered. Learn about security implications of emerging technologies and wrap up with an exploration of some great low- and no-cost IT security resources that businesses and individuals can begin using right away. Register at […]
TLC From The TLC: Future Teaching, Super Courses, and Core Exploration
For this week’s Teaching & Learning tip, Andrew Guest, psychology and core director, offers possible prompts for summer teaching dreams – with a specific invitation to start imagining courses for the new Exploration Level of the University Core. With the end in sight of this most challenging and odd academic year, it can be fun […]
Reminder: Please Complete “Cyber Security Core 2020” Course
Information services provides online cybersecurity awareness training for all current staff and faculty. Faculty and staff who completed the training last year do not need to complete the training again. Check your completion status in Moodle under the “Badges” menu and look for the issuance of the “Cyber Security Training 2020” badge. In this course […]
Clark Library: Summer Course Reserves
Beginning to think about summer? Library staff are ready to tackle course reserves, which includes online items as well as print materials for local students to check out. Library staff handle copyright screening and scan materials to meet accessibility standards for electronic reserves. If you plan to reuse items that were previously on reserve, let us know […]