Employees will need to either confirm their current coverage or make changes using the UP online Open Enrollment Tool by Tuesday, December 2, at 3 p.m. The effective date of the elections and new rates will be January 1, 2015. The Flexible Spending Account is an annual election. Employees who had this benefit in 2014 and wish […]
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Pilots Cross Country Takes No. 3 In NCAA Championships
Portland’s Scott Fauble is an All-American for the third straight year and the Pilots made history on Saturday with a third-place finish at the NCAA Men’s Cross Country Championships, the best finish in Portland program history. In the women’s race, senior Tansey Lystad finished in 15th place to earn All-America honors. It is the highest individual […]
Fedele Bauccio Honored For Redefining Food Service Industry
University of Portland alumnus Fedele Bauccio ’64, ’66, co-founder and CEO of Bon Appétit Management Company, has received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014 Retail and Consumer Products Award. Bauccio was recognized for redefining the institutional food service industry and being a pioneer in environmental and local sourcing policies. Bauccio got his start in […]
ReadUP Community Reading Initiative: You’re Invited!
Author and John Hopkins humanities professor Alice McDermott will be on campus on February 26, 2015, as a guest of the University’s Schoenfeldt Visiting Writers Series. In preparation for her arrival, the provost’s office has announced the annual ReadUP community reading initiative. All University community members—students, faculty, staff—are invited to read McDermott’s novel, Charming Billy, […]
Time To Apply For Resident Assistant Positions
Applications for next year’s resident assistants are now available, according to Jessica Wode, residence life. Students must be upcoming juniors or seniors with a GPA of at least 3.0 and must have lived in a UP residence hall for at least one semester. Information and the online application form can be found on the residence […]
Presidential Advisory Committee on Sustainability Hosting Bike Commute Workshop, Nov. 20
The Presidential Advisory Committee on Sustainability (PACOS) will welcome the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) to campus for a Bike Commute Workshop on Thursday, November 20, from noon to 1 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. All UP community members are welcome to attend. This is a brown bag event, so please feel free to bring […]
Veterans Day Vigil, Ceremony
Colonel Doug Edwards, an Air Force ROTC and 1967 University of Portland alumnus, will be the featured speaker at the annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the Praying Hands Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs, will recognize campus members who have served during times […]
PACE Information Night, Oct. 28
The Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education (PACE), a program of the School of Education, is hosting an information meeting on Tuesday, October 28, at 7 p.m., in Franz Hall room 034. PACE candidates earn tuition-free graduate degrees in education while serving as teachers in Catholic schools. The PACE program focuses on whole-person formation, with attention […]
HALLoween Coming Oct. 31
The Campus Programming Board and the Office of Residence Life will sponsor the annual HALLoween trick-or-treating night on Friday, October 31, from 4:30 to 6:45 p.m. Local neighborhood children through sixth grade and children of UP faculty and staff are invited to trick-or-treat through the residence halls. This is a great way for children and […]
Joanne Warner Announces Retirement
School of Nursing dean Joanne Warner, who has served in that role since 2008, has decided to retire effective July 1, 2015. Warner came to the University of Portland in 2005, and in her tenure has achieved a remarkable number of personal, professional, and School of Nursing goals. Her work has been consistently dedicated to […]