01-04-2016

Blessed Basil Moreau Feast Day, Spirit of Holy Cross Award, Jan. 20

January 15, 2016

All University of Portland community members are invited to celebrate the feast day of Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C., founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, on Wednesday, January 20, at 5 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Karen Eifler, co-director of the Garaventa Center, will be honored as a recipient of the 2015 Spirit of Holy Cross Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Congregation upon its lay collaborators.

The award is given annually to lay collaborators of the Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers. The award recognizes lay collaborators who devotedly work to make Blessed Basil Moreau’s vision and mission to “make God known, loved, and served” a reality at the Congregation’s education, parish and mission apostolates. Honorees receive a proclamation of gratitude signed by Provincial Superior Fr. Tom O’Hara on behalf of the entire U.S. Province.

For more information, contact Campus Ministry at 7131 or ministry@up.edu.

Pacific Northwest Book Award Winner The Estimable Brian Doyle Reading, Jan. 19

January 15, 2016

Brian Doyle, award-winning essayist, novelist and editor of Portland magazine, will read from several of his new books at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January 19, in the Pilot House bookstore. Doyle is the author of many books of essays, poems, and fiction, among them the sprawling Oregon novel Mink River and the sea novel The Plover. Doyle’s most recently published books include So Very Much the Best of Us (essays), How the Light Gets In (poems), Reading in Bed (essays), Martin Marten (novel), and A Book of Uncommon Prayer (prayers). The reading is sponsored by the Garaventa Center.

For more information or ADA accommodations, contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or garaventa@up.edu.

Faith And Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Jan. 29

January 15, 2016

The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be Friday, January 29, at 3:30 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy Conference Room. The group will discuss a chapter from William Deresiewicz’s book Excellent Sheep entitled “Great Books,” an excerpt from Gunartana’s Mindfulness in Plain English, and a reflection by Thicht Nhat Hanh entitled “Washing Dishes” (from his book Miracle of Mindfulness). Readings are available at https://sites.up.edu/garaventa/fildg/. Refreshments will be served. All faculty and staff are welcome.

For more information contact Norah Martin, philosophy, at 7138 or martinn@up.edu.

2015 University Staff Awards

January 8, 2016

Employee awards for 2015 were presented at the annual employees’ holiday banquet on Monday, December 21. The winners:

Teri Landtiser, who won the Margaret W. Henzi Award for outstanding office/clerical employees, and was cited as “Terri Landtiser, who was praised as “trusted and loyal, diligent and dedicated, selfless and serene, utterly unflappable, and entirely devoted to the University.”
Dirk Theisen won the Ted Deiss/Joyce and Virgil Dodson Outstanding Physical Plant Employee Award. He was praised as “a dedicated, reliable, and thoughtful professional of the first rank.”
The winner of the Hooyboer Outstanding Professional Staff Award: Marty Williams, “an articulate, cheerful, loyal, ebullient, exuberant, energetic soul who, over the course of his 18 years on The Bluff, has in so many ways been a wonderful and welcoming avatar of the University itself to many thousands of prospective students.” The Hooyboer Award honors the sort of dedication and commitment that drives and infuses the University’s best and most creative and visionary staffers.
Winning the Father Charles Miltner, C.S.C., Award was the inimitable Buzz Stroud, who “has done every single task and responsibility possible in the world of college athletics during his 32 years, and done them with wit, integrity, and an amazing memory for facts and anecdotes.” Beginning with the late Fr. John Hooyboer, C.S.C., the first recipient, the award has been presented to diligent and creative men and women who have gone to sometimes extraordinary lengths to further the mission of the University. It is the highest employee honor bestowed by the University.

Employees were also honored for milestone years of service to the University, including Maria Petterson, Anthony Box, Samuel Williams, Lisa Chambers, Colin Pfaff, Karen Davis, Tracie Gerber, Trevor Harvey, Andrew Keippela, Christopher Greene, Daniel Herman, Molly Walsh, Leland Hansen, Ronald Miller, Carolyn Blumenson, Christa Hill, Br. Thomas Giumenta, C.S.C., Rosalie Healy, and Jacob Caniparoli (5 years); Matthew Deschner, Aaron Gross, Adam Linnman, Stacey Boatright, Michael McNerney, Bethany Sills, and Theresa Landtiser (10 years); Niang-Hoon Chew, Tanya Wangsmo, Christine Naylor, Amy Cavanaugh, Kathy Hansen, Darcy Huebner, Heidi Keller, Lori Ungern, Lynn Benedict, Petrus Tiofil, Melanie Gangle (15 Years); Carolyn Connolly, Susan Campbell-Gross, Linda Gill (20 years); Robert Connor, James Wells (25 years); and Bill Reed and Jim Kuffner (30 years).

See photos from the luncheon at this link.

For more information contact human resources at 8987 or hr@up.edu.

New Mileage Reimbursement Rate For 2016

January 8, 2016

Beginning January 1, 2016, the University is adjusting its mileage reimbursement rate to $0.54/mile in accordance with IRS rules, according to Eric Barger, controller. Miles driven in 2015 will be reimbursed at the then- effective rate of $0.575/mile. Miles driven in 2015 must be submitted for reimbursement by the end of February, 2016.

For more information contact the controller’s office at 7393 or barger@up.edu.

St. Andre Bessette Feast Day Mass, Jan. 6

January 4, 2016

Please join the UP and Holy Cross communities in celebration of the feast day of St. Andre Bessette, C.S.C., at the 12:05 p.m. Mass in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher on Wednesday, January 6. St. Andre is a significant saint for the Congregation of Holy Cross as he was a Holy Cross brother and the first canonized saint for the Community. Learn more about St. Andre at this link.

For more information contact Campus Ministry at 7131 or ministry@up.edu.

UP Accounting Team Takes Second Place In National Competition

January 4, 2016

A team of University of Portland students finished second in the 2015 AICPA Accounting Competition, held recently in Durham, North Carolina. The UP students’ finish earned a $3,000 award for the University, and the team received a $10,000 award to be split among team members.

The team consisted of students Isaac Mansuetti, Lance Chee, and Connor Ward, all juniors, and UP accounting professor Ellen Lippman, who served as faculty advisor. UP accounting teams have entered the competition twice, taking first with a team of four seniors and this year’s second place finish with three juniors.

Fifty-seven student teams entered the competition and were whittled down to 15 semi-final teams. Those teams received an additional challenge and submitted a video plan, which was reviewed by a panel of judges and voted on by the public (which included votes by UP faculty, staff, and students). The three teams with the best proposals and highest grades made it to the finals to present in person in Durham.

The competition was hosted on the AICPA’s ThisWayToCPA website, which provides tools, articles, and resources to accounting students and CPA Exam candidates.

For more information contact the Pamplin School of Business at 7224 or bus-up@up.edu.

Free Tickets for Build, Remodel, and Landscape Show

January 4, 2016

The University events office has tickets for free admission to the Build, Remodel & Landscape Show on January 8, 9, and 10, 2016, according to Carol Welch, University events. Employees are welcome to e-mail Carol for free tickets; she can send tickets via campus mail, or employees can stop by the events trailer in person.

For more information contact Welch at 7461 or welch@up.edu.

Scheduling Library Sessions for Spring Semester

January 4, 2016

With the end of one year comes the time to plan for the next. The end of the fall semester is a great time to schedule library instruction before the calendar fills up. Librarians are ready to work with faculty to tailor sessions to their students’ research needs. Classes typically meet in the Clark Library’s classroom on the upper floor.

To schedule instruction for spring 2016, please e-mail preferred dates and times, along with course number, to library@up.edu.

Lunch, Learn, Lose Weight

January 4, 2016

The first Lunch & Learn session for 2016 will take place on Wednesday, January 6, from noon to 1 p.m., in Room 222 of the Clark Library. A representative from Kaiser Permanente will present “Losing Weight the Healthy Way.” All employees are welcome to attend.

For more information contact human resources at hr@up.edu.