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Network Maintenance (Aug. 3)

July 21, 2025

Information Services will be performing network maintenance on the UP campus network on Sunday, August 3, from 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Connectivity to network services may be intermittently degraded or unavailable during this window. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-07-07, 2025-07-21, Information Services, Issues Tagged With: Information Services, network maintenance

Reminder: Place your Summer and Fall Software Requests!

March 31, 2025

As you continue looking ahead to the Summer and Fall terms, don’t forget to think about what software you will need in classrooms and labs for your courses. If you require more specialized software beyond the standard applications on lab and classroom machines, you will need to submit a request form. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2025-03-31, Information Services, Issues Tagged With: Information Services

Moodle Upgrades and Downtime (May 8-12)

April 29, 2024

A Moodle upgrade is scheduled for May 8. Moodle will be unavailable from Wednesday, May 8 through Sunday, May 12. This upgrade will see an updated user interface and some major improvements in several key features. The Office of ATSI will post scheduled Summer Moodle workshop dates in the coming weeks. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-04-29, Information Services, Issues Tagged With: ATSI, Moodle

Tired of Changing Your Network Password Every 4 Months?

May 31, 2022

Information Services is pleased to announce all faculty and staff will be moved to a two-year password expiration with the completion of the 2022 Cyber Security Training and registration into the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) program.  2022 Cyber Security Training is now available for all Faculty and Staff through Moodle (https://learning.up.edu). This is a required annual training program focused […]

Filed Under: 03-21-2022, 05-02-2022, 05-16-2022, 05-31-2022, Information Services Tagged With: Help Desk

Software Request Reminder

November 22, 2021

Please do not forget to place your classroom software requests for Spring 2022 by November 30, 2021. Note: if the software you need was available during Fall 2021, it will remain available for Spring, so only new items need to be submitted at this time. To make your request, please complete our survey.  If you would […]

Filed Under: 11-22-2021, Academics, Information Services, Issues

Welcome Ryan Ingersoll, New Director of ATSI

April 16, 2021

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 […]

Filed Under: 04-19-2021, Academic Technology Services, Academics, Information Services Tagged With: Academic Technology Services & Innovations, Ryan Ingersoll

Reminder: Please Complete “Cyber Security Core 2020” Course

April 16, 2021

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 […]

Filed Under: 04-19-2021, 04-26-2021, 05-10-2021, 05-17-2021, 05-24-2021, 06-07-2021, 06-21-2021, Academics, Information Services Tagged With: Cybersecurity Awareness, Information Services

Please Request Software for Classrooms by April 9

March 17, 2021

Please complete this survey to request software for the standard teaching classrooms and computer classrooms for summer and fall terms 2021. The software you request will also be available for students working online via the Student Kiosk at desktop.up.edu. This software request form will be available to you until April 9, 2021. Please click this link […]

Filed Under: 03-22-2021, 03-29-2021, 04-05-2021, Academics, Campus Services, Information Services Tagged With: Information Services, Software Requests

Please Request Software for Classrooms by Nov. 20

November 13, 2020

Please request software for Spring 2021 classrooms by November 20, 2020. As we know, classes will continue online for Spring term, however we will add or update software as needed in the classrooms and to the student shared virtual build. Software will remain the same unless otherwise requested. You may copy and paste this link […]

Filed Under: 11-09-2020, 11-16-2020, Academics, Information Services Tagged With: Information Services

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Cyber Security Core 2020 Course is Live!

October 23, 2020

Information services provides online cybersecurity awareness training for current staff and faculty. This year’s course includes 10 core topics. A new feature allows users to take a pre-test and test out of course modules based on their results. In addition, users are provided instructions on multi-factor authentication registration. In this course you will be introduced to the social […]

Filed Under: 10-26-2020, Academics, Campus Services, Information Services Tagged With: Cyber Security Month, Information Services

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Nick McRee, Sociology and Social Work, published “Academic debate and civic engagement in adolescence and young adulthood: evidence from a national longitudinal study.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 61(3–4), 323–338. He also published “When Chairs Shield Faculty from Service Opportunities: Protecting Colleagues or Hindering Community?” The Department Chair, 36(3), 11-13.

Katie Danielson, Education, was awarded a grant from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $374,940.00 for the “Collaborating Towards Transformational Visions for Digital School Systems” project. Danielson also published “Learning to let go: Transformations in teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about classroom discussion.” Co-authors: Gotwalt, E., Kavanagh, S. Teaching and Teacher Education. January 2026

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “From monoamine deficits to multiscale plasticity: Twenty-five years of ketamine and the neurophysiology of depression.” Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00516.2025.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, facilitated a multi-day series of invited leadership development workshops for the staff team at Lutherhaven Ministries in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Houglum led six interactive sessions focused on DiSC-informed leadership, coaching-centered leadership, servant leadership and accompaniment, powerful feedback, and the co-creation of team commitments to support healthy culture and sustainable impact. In addition, Houglum provided multiple individual leadership coaching sessions for staff members throughout the engagement. January 2026.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published the following articles in VoiceAfrique.org: “The Saturated Wisdom of Saint Joseph: Relevant Virtues for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025). December 19, 2025. “The Gift of the Nativity is Grounded in an Ethics of Neighborliness.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025). December 24, 2025. “The Spirituality of Ambition and the Grace of the Incarnation.” Reflections on the Readings for the Vigil Mass of Christmas, 2025. December 24, 2025. “The Theotokos: A Mirror in Which We Discover Ourselves as Bearers of God’s Life to Each Other.” (Reflection on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.) December 31, 2025. “Jesus Christ: The Revealer of the Grace of Encounters and an Embrace of Difference.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. January 4, 2026.) January 3, 2026. “Christian Baptism as a Summon for Global Justice: What We Must Embrace for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. January 11, 2026.) January 10, 2026. Aihiokhai also published a review of The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza. Edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer. Orbis Books, 2025. Catholicbooksreview.org

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

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