This week’s illumination from The Saint John’s Bible is just a portion of the enormous David Anthology from The Book of Kings. The music on this 90-second video is provided by clarinetist Jade Ward ’22.
Campus Services
Moreau Center for Service and Justice: Spring Engagement Experience (SEE) Portland
Join the Moreau Center for Service and Justice to SEE Portland. The Spring Engagement Experience (SEE) Portland is an opportunity to learn stories of racial (in)justice and community strength and resistance in the Black, Indigenous, and other communities of North Portland. Learn how we connect to these shared stories and explore how we move forward together as a community.
Find out more and register for the free SEE Portland by February 14. All current faculty, staff and students are invited to participate. Contact Tyler Wagner, wagnert@up.edu, with any questions.
Clark Library: Digital Lab Spring Workshops
Those interested in beginning their year with some new multimedia skills are encouraged to sign up for introductory workshops on Graphic Design, iMovie, Podcasting, Canva, and more. These online workshops run from February 9 through February 25 and are free and open to current students, faculty, and staff. Visit the Digital Lab’s site to see the detailed schedule and to register for a spot.
Clark Library: Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, we invite you to visit our guide with resources about the history and accomplishments of African Americans in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields. Please use this guide to discover more about these pioneers through the Clark Library’s books, videos, and articles. Want us to add an item? Send suggestions to Heidi Senior.
Saint John’s Bible Moment of Beauty: The Last Judgment
Spend two minutes with this video of “The Last Judgment” illumination from The Saint John’s Bible, with original music composed by UP student Scott Kermode ’22.
Faculty: Please Promote the Writing Center in Your Classes!
The Writing Center is gearing up for another virtual semester of helping student writers at any stage of the writing process, at any level, and in any discipline, according to director Molly Hiro, English. The center’s 23 writing assistants (WAs) held hundreds of Zoom appointments last fall, and are ready to field that many more in Spring term. Students book appointments through the online scheduler (see our website at this link for more), and when their appointment time comes, meet face to face on Zoom with their writing assistants. Students can also email writing@up.edu to request an appointment time outside of our scheduled available times.
Faculty, please consider plugging the Writing Center in your classes and encouraging students to use our services. One of the best means of getting students to bring their work-in-progress to a Writing Center appointment is for faculty themselves to encourage them to do so (some professors require at least one visit; some give extra credit to students for using our services). When talking to your students about the UP Writing Center, you might keep in mind the following:
- Our goal is not just to inspire better papers, but create better writers. This means we don’t “fix” papers; we work with students to improve their overall writing skills for this and future tasks.
- Writing assistance isn’t just for students with major grammar or mechanical problems. Instead, we focus on higher-order concepts such as argument, organization, development, and other areas. Even accomplished writers can make progress on their work in a half-hour session.
- While our Writing Assistants represent most majors as well as the professional schools, they are trained in a semester-long course to work with students from any discipline.
- When a student meets with a Writing Assistant to discuss a paper for your course, you’ll get a copy of the conference report—a brief summary of what the student and Writing Assistant worked on (This is an easy way of keeping track of who visited the WC for assigning extra credit, e.g.).
- An effective way to familiarize your students with the Writing Center and to demonstrate your support for our services is to invite a Writing Assistant to drop in to your online classroom to give a 5-10 minute presentation during the first few weeks of the semester. Email our hotline at writing@up.edu with the day and time of the class you’d like a Writing Assistant to visit and we’ll get back to you shortly.
- Lastly, remember that all Moodle pages have a link to the Writing Center—see the top left corner, under “Learning Resources.”
The Writing Center website also includes other writing-related resources for faculty. Here you can find information about using the Turnitin function through your class Moodle page to help you detect cases of plagiarism and foster student writing integrity.
As the director of the Writing Program and the Writing Center, Hiro is happy to be a point of contact on all writing-related matters this semester. Need insight on crafting better writing prompts? Resources for integrating writing instruction into your class-time? Help with language to use when evaluating student writing? She may not have all the answers, but feel free to contact her any time at hiro@up.edu.
Stock UP Providing Access to Food and More: Jan. 27
UP faculty, staff, and students (Bon Appetit employees included) will have access to food, toiletries, and other useful items at no cost during Stock UP on Wednesday, January 27, according to Yuri Hernández Osorio, diversity and inclusion. The items will be available from noon to 5 p.m. at the Social Work House at 4903 N. Willamette Blvd. According to Yuri, “I hope that one thing we have learned as a society in this global pandemic is that it is more than okay to ask for help! We all have been hit by this global pandemic, some more than others.”
Donations of funds are helpful for buying items for future Stock UP events. Those interested in helping can donate money directly to diversity and inclusion programs with a note that you want your funds to go toward Stock Up. Please use this link and be sure you hit DIP fund and not OIEDI. For more information contact Hernández Osorio at hernandy@up.edu.
All Welcome to Join Title IX Advisory Committee
All members of the UP community are invited to join the Title IX Advisory Committee and attend meetings on Mondays at 11 a.m. during Spring semester.
Title IX Advisory Committee Meetings for Spring will take place at the following times on Zoom using this link:
- Monday, February 1 at 11:00 am
- Monday, March 1 at 11:00 am
- Monday, March 29 at 11:00 am
- Monday, April 26 at 11:00 am
If you aren’t able to make the Monday morning meetings you can stay up in the loop about discussion topics by checking out the meeting minutes available on the Title IX website at this link.
Regardless of your ability to attend the Monday morning meetings, you’re invited to join a subcommittee to work toward positive change. Subcommittees focus on a particular needs identified for our community and work towards their goals and meet outside of the main Title IX Advisory Committee meeting.
- Cultural Change and Education Committee
- Student Advocacy Program Committee
- Non-UP Confidential Resource Program Committee
Please email titleix@up.edu if you are interested in joining a subcommittee.
Pilots Prevent: Campus Building Hours for Spring 2021
A new list of campus building hours is now available on the Pilots Prevent webpage at this link. Please consult the list for the most up-to-date information as you navigate campus during the Spring semester.
UP Directory Photos: Let Marketing Know If You’re Interested
Are you a new faculty or staff member who has not yet had their professional photo taken for the UP directory? The Office of Marketing and Communications is evaluating if there is enough interest to schedule our professional photographer for a photo shoot. It would be held in an open space, with social-distance and mask requirements until just before your scheduled time. Please email Suzanne Frey at freys@up.edu if you are interested.