All community members are welcome to join University of Portland’s community peace vigil honoring the justice, compassion, and love of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Monday, January 16, 2017, at 7:15 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. If you cannot attend, stop by the Commons to see the peace intentions that will […]
01-09-2017
Silver CASE Award for Marketing/Development Team
The marketing and communications office worked with development to create the “Your Gift Sparks…” online end-of-year giving campaign, which won a Silver Award in Innovation in Fundraising in the 2017 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VIII Communication Awards competition. This latest award joins Portland Magazine‘s Bronze Award in in the category “Print […]
Scheduling Library Sessions for Spring Semester
Ending one year leads to planning for the next! Now is a great time to schedule library instruction before the calendar fills up. Librarians collaborate with faculty to tailor sessions to students’ research needs. Classes typically meet in the Clark Library’s classroom on the upper floor. To request instruction, please email preferred dates and times, […]
Parking Permit Alert: Make the Switch, Please
In October 2015, in an effort to provide a more flexible parking option for faculty and staff who must negotiate the potential for bringing different cars to campus from day to day, the Public Safety Department instituted a new style for parking permits. Currently, general faculty/staff parking is now a hangtag rather than a sticker. […]
Howard Hall Opens as Temporary Shelter for Fire Victims
University of Portland has opened Howard Hall as a temporary shelter for 51 of the 64 people displaced by the January 4 SW Alder apartment fire in downtown Portland. The shelter opened January 6 and will remain open until January 13. The University worked with the American Red Cross and Central City Concern and other community […]
Coming Soon: Office365 Email for Faculty, Staff
As part of an ongoing effort to improve services, staff and faculty mailboxes will be migrated from on premise email servers to Office 365 cloud servers. The Advisory Council for Enterprise Services (ACES) approved the migration plan earlier this fall in anticipation of several key benefits including enhanced collaboration and security features. Information services staff have been […]
Spring 2017 Provost’s Initiative Awards
The Provost’s office is pleased to announce recipients of the Spring 2017 Provost’s Initiative on Undergraduate Research awards. These faculty members have been selected to collaborate with and mentor an undergraduate on a co-designed research experience during the 2017 spring semester: Janet Banks, Nursing: “Clinical learning environments manuscript experience” with Cara FitzGerald and Andrea Hernandez-Garibay […]
Announcing Moodle Bootcamp, Jan. 11, 12
The academic technology services office will present its first Teaching With Technology event of spring 2017 on Wednesday, January 11 and Thursday, January 12, in the Clark Library digital lab. “Moodle Bootcamp” take place both days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ben Kahn and Maria Erb will be on hand to facilitate professional development on the use of the […]
Congratulating 2016 UP Staff Award Winners
Staff awards for 2016 were presented at the annual Staff Christmas Luncheon on Monday, December 19. The winners are: Charles Miltner, C.S.C., Award – Janet Turner Hooyboer Outstanding Professional Staff Award – Lori Ungern Margaret W. Henzi Award for Outstanding Office Support – Stacey Boatright Ted Deiss/Joyce and Virgil Dodson Outstanding Physical Plant Employee Award […]