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01-12-2015

Faith And Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Feb. 6

January 26, 2015

FongBobbyThe next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be Friday, February 6, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy conference room. The group will discuss “Cultivating ‘Sparks of Divinity:’ Soul-Making as Purpose of Higher Education” by late Ursinus College president Bobby Fong. In the context of this reading, the group will discuss answers to the question, “What was the most significant book you read as an undergraduate?” All faculty and staff are welcome, and refreshments will be served.

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

Filed Under: 01-12-2015, 01-26-2015, 02-02-2015, Academics, College of Arts & Sciences, Events Tagged With: Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Norah Martin

Come Celebrate Thirst Friday, Jan. 23

January 19, 2015

monkThe Garaventa Center will hold its first Thirst Friday social gathering for the spring semester on Friday, January 23, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. All faculty and staff are invited to celebrate settling in to the new semester with a glass of wine, tasty appetizers, and fun conversation. For more information contact Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, at 8014 or eifler@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-12-2015, 01-19-2015, Academics, Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler, Thirst Friday

Next UP Hive Event: Jan. 21

January 19, 2015

piegirlThe next UP Hive event will be “Quality! For Fork’s Sake,” taking place on Wednesday, January 21, at CENTRL (1355 NW Everett Street, no. 100), starting at 5:30 p.m. Alumni panelists will explore how food is produced and critiqued, from farm practices to presentation on consumers’ and customers’ plates.

Panelist Jason Kallingal ’04 owns Life of Pie Wood-Fired Pizza, which has been named one of Portland’s best pizzas. Panelist Megan Hallstone (pictured) was born and raised on Columbia Farms, located on Sauvie Island. After graduating from college and moving around in the corporate world for several years, she traded in her sneakers for rubber boots and returned to her family’s farm.

The UP Hive is an open forum for University of Portland alumni of all ages and professions who wish to connect with each other through networking and interactive educational events. For more information contact the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation at 7769 or ecenter@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-12-2015, 01-19-2015, Academics, Alumni, Events, Franz Center for Leadership Entrepreneurship and Innovation Tagged With: Franz Center for Leadership Entrepreneurship and Innovation, UP Hive

2014 University Staff Awards

January 12, 2015

Christmas Staff Party-2917-300 DPI-XL copyStaff awards for 2014 were presented at the annual employees’ holiday banquet on Thursday, December 18. The winners are:

  • Cathy Kelley, mailing services, who won the Margaret W. Henzi Award for outstanding office/clerical employees, and was cited as “like Margaret Henzi herself, trusted and loyal, diligent and dedicated, kind-hearted and utterly devoted to the University community she thinks of as a sort of home.”
  • Keltuma Salih, physical plant, who won the Ted Deiss/ Joyce and Virgil Dodson Outstanding Physical Plant Employee Award. She was praised as “an extraordinary story of faith and courage — a woman of grace and grit who exemplifies so many of the hard-working people of the Physical Plant.”
  • Dwain Fullerton, development, who won the Hooyboer Outstanding Professional Staff Award. He was cited in part for “his attentiveness to detail, his meticulous preparation, his dogged persistence, his dignity, his integrity, and his cheerful and personable grace.”
  • The Office of Residence Life and Academic Counselors and Martin Monto and Kristina Houck won the President’s Awards.
  • Rowena Bramlette, director of budgets in the Financial Affairs Division, who won the Father Charles Miltner, C.S.C., Award, the highest employee honor bestowed by the University. She was recognized for “not only her herculean work efforts, her meticulous attention to detail, and her unquenchable thirst for personal excellence, but, most fittingly, because this recognition is right, true, fair, and just,” to a standing ovation, no less.

Employees were also honored for milestone years of service to the University, including Shawn Roberts and Buzz Stroud (35 years); Linda Cannard and Maribeth McGowan (30 years); Fay Beeler (25 years); Marc Covert, Madeline Doll, Paul Myers, Julian Ramirez, and Barbara Bodine (20 years); Mike Pelley, Kathleen Staten, Janice Lundborg, Kevin Dinsmore, Kathy Ackley, Barbara Hafer, Dale Boyd, Karl Mitts, and Monique Nguyen (15 years); Nga Nguyen, Delores Kroner, Theresa Knott, Adam Carroll, Jeff Rook, Ian Solof, Leonor Mundy, Kristina Houck, Dan McGinty, Brian Flynn, Dirk Theisen, Rowena Bramlette, and Mercedes Yanez (10 years); Anabel Lawson, Max Kalchthaler, Ruth Brown, Kristin Delenikos, Darrell Veltkamp, Peter Rooks, Hien Tran, Jody Parsons, Zanetta Holler, Laura Saldana, Peter Rachor, Rev. Gerard Olinger, C.S.C., Amy Kwong-Kwapisz, Richard Bennett, Whitney Stipetich, Amber Eubanks, Nancy Copic, Allison Lawrence, Gregory Waltner, Rev. Jeffrey Allison, C.S.C., Brian Blair, Ryan Benedetti, Javier Rios Martinez, Patrick Ell, and Joe Kuffner (5 years).

For more information contact Bryn Sopko, human resources, at 8987 or sopko@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-12-2015, Campus Services, Human Resources Tagged With: Employee Awards 2014

Earth Care Summit: True Costs of Climate Change, Jan. 24-25

January 12, 2015

earthcaredreamstime150The University will host the sixth annual Earth Care Summit, “The True Costs of Climate Change,” on Saturday and Sunday, January 24 and 25, in Buckley Center Auditorium and Franz Hall. Registration will close on Friday, January 16; go to www.emoregon.org.

Attendees will explore how climate change affects physical and mental health, agriculture and biodiversity, social and economic well-being, and culture and faith while looking at current, equitable solutions. Special guests will include Yoram Bauman, billed as “the world’s first and only stand-up economist,” and keynote speaker Dan Misleh, executive director of the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change. The Earth Care Summit is sponsored by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns, Oregon Interfaith Power and Light, and the University of Portland.

For more information contact Ecumenical Ministries at 503.221.1054.

Filed Under: 01-12-2015, Events Tagged With: Earth Care Summit, Ecumenical Ministries

Celebrate Feast of Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C., Jan. 20

January 12, 2015

moreauAll University community members are invited to celebrate the feast day of Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C., founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross, on Tuesday, January 20, at 5 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Political science professor Gary Malecha will be honored as a recipient of the 2014 Spirit of Holy Cross Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Congregation upon its lay collaborators.

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

Filed Under: 01-12-2015, Campus Ministry Tagged With: Blessed Basil Moreau C.S.C., Campus Ministry, Gary Melecha, Spirit of Holy Cross Award

Going For Gold (And Silver And Bronze)

January 12, 2015

goldThe marketing and communications office has received a number of awards from the CounciI for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in its 2014 District 8 competition.

The University’s quarterly Portland Magazine won two gold awards: one for the June 2014 RISE Campaign closing issue, and one for the Winter 2014 editorial essay about the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Other awards include a gold for “Heroes Among Us: Salute to Heroes” in the Fundraising and Alumni Relations Videos category, by Amy Shelly, Anna Lageson-Kerns, Joe Kuffner, and Rachel Barry-Arquit; a silver award for the Heroes Among Us Gala in the Multimedia for Special Event category, by Joe Kuffner, Jeff Kennel, Anna Lageson-Kerns, and Amy Shelly; silver for the 601 Campaign, including print, video, and social media, for Best Practices in Fundraising – a joint effort between development and marketing; and bronze for the Fashion Photos social media project by Joe Kuffner and Jeff Kennel.

CASE District 8 comprises Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Nunavut. For more information contact marketing and communications at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-12-2015, Campus Services, Events, Marketing & Communications, University Relations Tagged With: CASE awards, Marketing & Communications, Portland Magazine

Locked Out? Fix It Yourself!

January 12, 2015

man's hands typing at computer dreamstime_l_14874063 .jpgInformation services has launched a new self-service password reset application. All users must enroll in order to use this new tool, which will require updating their security profile by adding an alternate e-mail contact and setting up security questions. This takes just a few minutes to complete. The new app offers a convenient way to reset a forgotten network password from any web browser on any device. Instructions on how to enroll and details about University password requirements are available on the Virtual Service Center at http://tinyurl.com/o397wrx.

For more information contact information services at help@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-12-2015, Campus Services, Information Services Tagged With: Information Services, Self-Service Password Reset

TLC From the TLC

January 12, 2015

eiflerEach week this semester, look  in upbeat for a link to a brief article or video with straightforward, concrete ideas for supporting excellent teaching. These are meant to last about as long as it takes to drink a cup of coffee or tea; coupons for a hot beverage from Bon Appetit were distributed to all faculty before Christmas break, compliments of the associate provost and the Teaching and Learning Collaborative (TLC). If we missed you somehow, please contact Karen Eifler (eifler@up.edu) and she’ll make sure you receive yours.

Major themes will include accommodations for disabilities, thoughtful uses of digital technologies, and active learning strategies. These will also be archived in the revamped Teaching and Learning website, along with other resources.

This week’s offering is  by the Office for Students With Disabilities, who have culled universities around the country that are making important contributions in helping faculty members improve their effectiveness and understanding with regard to teaching students with a wide range of disabilities. The innovations featured are helpful for improving learning for all students, not just those with disabilities. This week, we get an overview of Universal Design for Instruction (13:08 minutes), in a brief video from University of Washington.

Filed Under: 01-12-2015, Academics, Campus Services, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Karen Eifler, Office for Students With Disabilities, Teaching & Learning Collaborative

Spring 2015 Teaching and Scholarship Calendar

January 12, 2015

FrederkingDec2The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has released its Spring 2015 calendar of deadlines, according to committee chair Lauretta Frederking, political science.

Butine Awards:

  • Butine call sent out: January 12
  • Deadline for faculty to submit applications to department chairs, dean, and chair of Committee on Teaching and Scholarship: Feb. 6, no later than noon
  • Deadline for CAS chairs and deans to submit letters, forms to Chair of TAS Committee: Feb. 13, no later than 3 p.m.
  • Notification of award recipients to provost: Mar. 20
  • Letters sent to Butine applicants: Mar. 23
  • Award list sent for publication in upbeat: Mar. 23

Faculty Teaching and Scholarship Awards:

  • Call for Nominations: Jan. 12
  • Deadline for nominations to Chair of TAS Committee:Jan. 30
  • Nominees notified of opportunity to submit applications: Feb. 6
  • Deadline for nominees to submit materials to chair of TAS Committee: Mar. 20, no later than noon
  • Notify Provost of award recipients: Apr. 17

Faculty End-of-Year Development Day:

  • Deadline for Development Day proposals: Jan. 30
  • Call for faculty development panels: Mar. 27
  • Deadline for Faculty Development proposals: Apr. 17.

For more information contact Frederking at tas@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-12-2015, Academics Tagged With: Lauretta Frederking, Teaching & Scholarship Committee

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