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News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

01-05-2015

Faculty Development Day Proposals Due Jan. 30

FrederkingDec2Given the success of last year’s concentration around teaching ethics across the curriculum, the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship welcomes proposals to lead Faculty Development Day on May 5, 2015, around a particular theme. Interested faculty should submit a 1-2 page proposal identifying the keynote speaker and breakout panels for session one of Faculty Development Day. Sessions later in the day will remain open as opportunities for various and distinct panels proposed by faculty across campus.

If you are interested in putting forward a central theme for the keynote and session one, please send your proposal to tas@up.edu by Friday, January 30. Please contact Lauretta Frederking, Teaching and Scholarship Committee chair, for more information at tas@up.edu.

Scheduling Library Sessions for Spring Courses

MichelStephanieWelcome back from Christmas break. As faculty prepare for spring semester, now is a great time to schedule library instruction for the best choice of dates and times. Librarians will work with faculty to tailor sessions to the students’ research needs. Classes typically meet in the Clark Library’s classroom on the upper floor. Laptops are available for students to use, or they can use their own wireless enabled devices. To schedule instruction, contact Stephanie Michel, library, at 7418 or michel@up.edu.

 

Single Sign On Available Now For The Library

goTired of signing in over and over for the library’s various online services? Then we have good news for you in the New Year. All of the library’s services requiring a UP network account have been added to the University’s single sign-on solution: Go! This is already in place for other frequently used University applications, such as PilotsUP, Moodle, and Outlook Webmail.

Now Go! includes course reserves, UP ILLiad, off campus access to databases, access to eBooks, Pilot Scholars, and your library account. When you are signed in through http://go.up.edu, it automatically populates the login information and passes you through to these services within a few seconds. It’s easy to activate on all devices. Visit https://wordpress.up.edu/go/ for more instructions.

 

UP Named To 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

service_tryon_cr_sept2012-10 copyThe University of Portland has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). The University is one of eight Oregon colleges that made the Honor Roll list, and this latest announcement marks the seventh time the University of Portland has made the Honor Roll since its inception in 2006 by CNCS, the federal agency for volunteering and services.

The Honor Roll annually recognizes institutions of higher education for their commitment to and achievement in community service. It is also designed to increase the public’s awareness of the contributions that colleges and their students make to local communities and the nation as a whole.

University of Portland students, faculty, and staff annually participate in community service projects – primarily through the Moreau Center for Service and Leadership – such as tutoring in local schools, supporting services for people who are homeless, contributing to community gardens, planting trees, encouraging people with disabilities, and building homes with and for low-income families. Service-learning programs are also a vital part of the Moreau Center, including social justice immersions that focus on urban policy, food justice, border and immigration issues, migrant farm workers, Native Americans, and civil rights, as well as global service learning programs in Africa and Central America.

For more information contact the Moreau Center at 7132 or moreaucenter@up.edu.

Top Oregon School For Best Value: UP

WaldschmidtHall150For the fifth consecutive year, University of Portland was the top Oregon school in the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance annual rankings of best values in private colleges and universities. The University was ranked 65th nationwide among the top 100 private colleges and universities. University of Portland has been the top Oregon school and ranked in the top 100 all five years since Kiplinger’s began releasing its rankings of best value private universities.

Kiplinger’s assesses quality according to measurable standards, including the admission rate, the percentage of students who return for sophomore year, the student-faculty ratio and the four-year graduation rate. Cost criteria include sticker prices, financial aid and average debt at graduation.

The complete rankings are available online at kiplinger.com/links/college. The rankings will also appear in the February 2015 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, on newsstands January 6.

$15,000 Grant For Collaborative Solar Energy Project

hThe University has received a $15,000 grant from The Alliance and the Katherine Bisbee II Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation. The grant is to fund a project which shows a long-term benefit to the people and/or natural areas of Oregon. It will go toward the University of Portland project, “Solar Thermal Energy Production Undergraduate Student Research Collaboration.” Students from the University of Portland are working with George Fox University and Portland General Electric to evaluate innovative solar-thermal collection systems that have been optimized for the Pacific Northwest, and to educate students about the potential of solar-thermal power and water heating production. The student teams will work closely with Portland General Electric to align the long-term research goals with energy needs in the region.

The Alliance represents 18 of Oregon’s regionally accredited, nonprofit private higher education institutions. Alliance colleges and universities enroll more than 35,000 students and deliver approximately 30 percent of all baccalaureate and higher degrees awarded in Oregon.

 

For more information contact the Shiley School of Engineering at 7292 or go to www.oaicu.org.

Hey! Where Did They Go?

hPrinting services and mailing services have moved from their longtime spaces in Buckley Center to Tyson Hall. Due to the move, please remember that any jobs submitted to printing services after December 12 will be available for pickup on January 5, 2015.

Other things to remember:

  • Printing services still needs spring course packs. Please send orders to printing services as soon as possible, as orders were due on Friday, November 28.
  • Mailing services needs to have department names provided on the upper left hand corner of all mailings to chargeback and for postal regulations.

Please contact Mary Scroggins at 8334 or scroggin@up.edu for more information.

Join the UP Shamrock Run Team

shamrock2 copyAll University community members are welcome to help a great cause by joining UP’s Shamrock Run team. All team members get free UP gear to wear at the race on Sunday, March 15, at Waterfront Park in downtown Portland. To join the UP team, you must register online at http://www.shamrockrunportland.com/ (choose the “team” option; the UP code is 1070). Packet pick-up (race t-shirt, pins, bibs, and UP gear) will be available on campus closer to the race date. Online registration for teams closes Saturday, January 31, 2015.

As an added bonus, if there are at least 75 members on the UP team, Shamrock Run will donate $5 per person to the long-anticipated Beauchamp Recreation and Wellness Center, which opens to the University community in August 2015. Last year the UP race team consisted of roughly 160 runners and walkers and was the 7th largest team at the race, and raised nearly $800 for the Beauchamp Center.

For more information, contact Amy Shelly, Bridget Bimrose, or Roya Ghorbani-Elizeh, marketing and communications, or Sean Ducey, university events.

Jane Aukshunas Paintings On Display, Jan. 5 to Feb. 5

Remote BeautyThe University of Portland will display oil pastel paintings by Jane Aukshunas from Jan. 5 – Feb. 5, 2015 in Buckley Center Gallery. The showing, free and open to the public, will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

Aukshunas searches out scenic places in the Pacific Northwest and uses oil pastels to capture the colors.

For more information contact Pat Bognar, performing and fine arts, at bognar@up.edu.

Howard Hall Workout Hours, Holiday Break

howardworkoutHoward Hall will be on the following winter break hours in the coming weeks, according to Brian Dezzani, recreational services:

  • Thursday, Dec. 11: 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Friday, Dec. 12: 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 13-14: Closed
  • Monday-Friday, Dec. 15-19: 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 20-21: Closed
  • Monday-Tuesday, Dec. 22-23: 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Wednesday, Dec. 24-Thursday, Jan. 1: Closed
  • Friday, Jan. 2, 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 3-4: Closed
  • Monday-Thursday, Jan. 5-8: 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
  • Friday, Jan. 9, 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
  • Saturday, Jan. 10: Closed
  • Sunday, Jan. 11: 5 p.m.-10 p.m.

For more information contact Dezzani at dezzani@up.edu.