If you identify as Latinx (Latino/Latina/Latine/Chicano/a/Hispanic, etc.) and you work for the University in any capacity (adjunct, faculty, staff, Bon App, Physical Plant, administration, etc.) and would like to join our informal Latinx Employee Group, please email your name (first and last), pronouns, job title, department, to Yuri Hernández Osorio at hernandy@up.edu.
Campus Services
ATSI: VoiceThread Enables New Assignments Experience
VoiceThread’s new assignments experience launched for everyone on June 30. Visit ATSI’s TechTalk site to learn more about the changes and access training materials.
Campus Safety: Parking Permit Information
All faculty, staff and students must register online for a 2021/2022 parking permit if they plan to park a vehicle on campus during the academic year. Please navigate here and register your vehicle for the upcoming school year as soon as you are able. To streamline the process, registrations will only be accepted via this […]
New to The Bluff: Jennie Cambier, Associate Vice President for Land Use and Planning
Jennie Cambier has been hired as the Associate Vice President for Land Use and Planning. She previously served as a Project Manager at Hacker Architects in Portland. The AVP for Land Use and Planning provides leadership in two primary areas. The first area involves developing, overseeing, and coordinating University land use and development along with […]
Clark Library: Annual Report
We invite you to catch up on library activities in the past year by visiting the Clark Library’s 2020 – 2021 Annual Report. Find out how we adjusted library services to meet our community’s needs during the pandemic, get updates on digitization projects and treasures in Special Collections, and learn about our ongoing work to further equity, […]
Museum Memorial Post: In Memory – Richard Hines, 1946-2021
The University remembers University Librarian Emeritus Richard (Rich) Hines for his years of service to the University community as University Librarian and Dean of Information Resources from 1997-2006. Our memorial post from the University Archives and Museum about Dean Hines’ work at the University is found at this link. For more information, contact Carolyn Connolly, […]
New to The Bluff: Maraina Montgomery, Director of Studies Abroad
After an international search, the University of Portland has named Maraina Montgomery, Director of Studies Abroad, effective July 1. Montgomery joins UP from Washington D.C. where she was Assistant Director of Study Abroad in the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center at Howard University. Her work at Howard University was instrumental in internationalizing one of […]
UPGrantsGetter Blog Post: Summertime Grant Events
Whether you are faculty, Chair, or Dean, plan to sharpen your grant planning and writing skills by reading the latest UP GrantsGetter blog post which reviews a few grant-seeking events you can register to attend this summer. For more information, contact Ösel Plante, development, at plante@up.edu.
20% off Saturday Academy classes for children of UP Faculty and Staff
Explore, build and create this summer at Saturday Academy’s camps and classes for students in grades 2-12! In-person day camps will run weekly from June 28 through August 6 at Open School East in SE Portland near Gresham, and online classes are offered weekly throughout the summer. Check out the website catalog for details. University of Portland Faculty […]
Elect Her program coming to UP
Elect Her, the program that trains college womxn to run for student government and future office, will come to the University of Portland for the first time during the Fall 2021 semester. Running Start, a nonpartisan nonprofit, will run its one-day training, Elect Her. Womxn make up 50% of the population, but less than 1 in […]