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01-14-2019

Dawn Michele Whitehead: Global Learning and Curricular Change

Dawn Michele Whitehead is the Senior Director for Global Learning and Curricular Change at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). She focuses on advancing practices, strategies, and projects for integrative global learning across the undergraduate curriculum. Whitehead will deliver three 75-minute workshops at the University of Portland on Wednesday, January 30, with three different themes. All are welcome to attend one or all sessions. RSVP using this link.
  • Service Learning–Bringing the Global to the Local: This workshop offers participants strategies for developing service learning experiences that incorporate global learning and domestic issues in a way that supports this high impact practice. Staff, faculty, and student leaders are welcome to attend. Franz 120 at 11 a.m.
  • Integrating Global Learning Outcomes in Domestic Courses: This workshop is intended for those who are interested in providing students with global or intercultural learning objectives in classes they teach in the United States. Participants should bring ideas and/or syllabi for courses they would like to develop. Franz 120 at 2 p.m.
  • Integrating Global Learning Outcomes in Courses Abroad: This workshop is intended for faculty members who will be teaching abroad this summer, or those interested in leading study abroad programming in the future. This hands-on workshop will consider the best ways to maximize the global learning experience for students abroad. Please bring a syllabus or ideas on a specific course to develop for a specific destination. Franz Murphy Room at 3:30 p.m.

For more information please contact Eddie Contreras at x7857 or contrera@up.edu.

Elena Passarello Reading, Jan. 30

Actor and essayist Elena Passarello will read from her work on Wednesday, January 30, at 7:30 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore. She will also appear at an informal question and answer social that afternoon from 4 to 5 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons Teske Room. All are welcome and refreshments will be served.

Passarello is the recipient of a 2015 Whiting Award, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, Paris Review, and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018. She is the author of the essay collections Let Me Clear My Throat and Animals Strike Curious Poses, the latter of which won the 2018 Oregon Book Award in Creative Nonfiction and made the Best Books of 2017 lists in The New York Times, Guardian, and Publisher’s Weekly. Passarello teaches at Oregon State University. Her talk is sponsored by the English department’s Readings and Lectures Series.

For more information go to this link.

Remembering MLK: Interpretations of Change, Jan. 21

The University will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 21, featuring Diversity Dialogues at 4:15 p.m. in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. The guest speaker will be Erin Jones, a longtime educator and former administrator with Tacoma Public Schools, who will speak about her experience as a black woman in her field and how to continue Dr. King’s legacy and work.

Remembering MLK: Interpretations of Change is sponsored by the Moreau Center, ASUP, Diversity and Inclusion Programs, Social Justice Coordinators, and the Black Student Union. For questions or ADA accommodations contact kahambwe22@up.edu.

UP Writing Center and Integrated Writing Program At Your Service

The Integrated Writing Program and the Writing Center are gearing up to serve the UP community in spring 2019, according to Molly Hiro, English. The Writing Center (BC 163) is a completely free resource, staffed with trained writing assistants who can help students at all levels, from all disciplines, at all stages of the writing process. The center opens for the semester on Sunday, January 20 (open daily except Saturdays). Please visit the Writing Center website to learn more and make appointments.

One of the best means of getting students to bring their work-in-progress to the Writing Center is for faculty themselves to encourage them to do so (some professors require at least one visit; some give extra credit to students for using our services). When talking to your students about the UP Writing Center, you might keep in mind the following:

  • Our goal is not just to inspire better papers, but create better writers. This means we don’t “fix” papers; we work with students to improve their overall writing skills for this and future tasks.
  • Writing assistance isn’t just for students with major grammar or mechanical problems. Instead, we focus on higher-order concepts such as argument, organization, development, and other areas. Even accomplished writers can make progress on their work in a half-hour session.
  • While our writing assistants represent most majors as well as the professional schools, they are trained in a semester-long course to work with students from any discipline.
  • When a student meets with a writing assistant to discuss a paper for your course, you’ll get a copy of the conference report—a brief summary of what the student and writing assistant worked on (This is an easy way of keeping track of who visited the WC for assigning extra credit, e.g.).
  • An effective way to familiarize your students with the Writing Center and to demonstrate your support for our services is to invite a writing assistant to visit your classroom with a 5-10 minute presentation during the first few weeks of the semester. Email our hotline at writing@up.edu with the day and time of the class you’d like a writing assistant to visit and we’ll get back to you shortly.
  • Lastly, all Moodle pages now have a link to the Writing Center—see the top left corner, under “Learning Resources.”

To foster student writing integrity at UP, consider using the Turnitin function through your class Moodle page. Instructions for using this paper-authentication software can be found here.

All of your students should possess The Pocket Cengage Handbook since it is required in their two writing-embedded courses. The handbook helps keep our campus on the same page when it comes to grammar, punctuation, citation styles, and basic expectations for essay writing across the University. If you need a desk copy of this reference, please contact the Writing Center director by the second week of the semester.

As the director of the Integrated Writing Program and the Writing Center, Hiro is happy to be a point of contact on all writing-related matters this semester. Need insight on crafting better writing prompts? Resources for integrating writing instruction into your class-time? Help with language to use when evaluating student writing? Please feel free to contact her at hiro@up.edu or x8031.

Faith & Intellectual Life Discussion Group Meeting Jan. 25

The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be Friday, January 25, 3:30-5 p.m., in the Murphy Room. The group will be discussing “The Poison We Pick” by Andrew Sullivan, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” by Jean M. Twenge, and the poem “What We Want” by Linda Pastan. Readings can be found on the Garaventa Center website. All faculty and staff are welcome. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Norah Martin, philosophy, at martinn@up.edu.

School of Nursing Seeking Pregnant Volunteers

The School of Nursing is seeking pregnant women who are willing to help its DNP students as volunteers. They are are in their second clinical year and currently taking a Gender Health course, and their professors would like to prepare the students prior to going to their clinical sites.

Faculty would like to demonstrate how to measure the abdomen, check for fetal heart tones, and allow students to do the same as well as interview volunteer patients and provide appropriate education per trimester. You are the patient but you are free to be yourself, give as much as you want of your own history or someone else (your chance to act!). There are six students in this class and the students will work in groups of two so you will have only one group of students working with you at a time. There are other women volunteering so you will not be alone in the simulation classroom. You may bring a support person with you, either partner or friend.

The study will take place on Saturday, January 26, 4:15-5:15 p.m. in the School of Nursing simulation lab. Volunteers will not need to stay for the full amount of time.

The School of Nursing will compensate volunteers $50 for their assistance with this class. You will need to complete a W-2 ore W-9 form, invoice, and informed consent which will be provided for you. Please contact Amber Vermeesch, nursing, at vermeesc@up.edu for more information.

UPCrossroads With Gwynn Klobes, Jan. 25

Come explore the dynamics of the digital workplace with the Pamplin School of Business’ Gwynn Klobes at the next UPCrossroads event, taking place on Friday, January 25, at 3 p.m., in the Digital Lab. Klobes is the program director for the P4 program and will share some of the technical tools and strategies she uses to help students prepare for the challenges ahead.  This interactive discussion is the first of two UPCrossroads events this semester. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

UPCrossroads is a discussion series that explores the intersection of teaching and technology. It is sponsored by Academic Technology Services and Innovation in collaboration with the Clark Library and the Digital Lab.

2018 Spirit of Holy Cross, Blessed Basil Moreau Feast Day, Jan. 20

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 Sunday, January 20, at the 4:30 p.m. Mass in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Madeline Doll is the recipient of the 2018 Spirit of Holy Cross Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Congregation upon its lay collaborators. Madeline worked for many years as an administrative assistant in the Congregation of Holy Cross office at Holy Cross Court and retired several years ago.

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. William M. Lies, C.S.C.  on behalf of the entire U.S. Province.

For more information, contact Campus Ministry at x7131 or ministry@up.edu.

 

7-Minute Story Slam, Feb. 1: Share Your Funniest Story!

Who doesn’t love a great story that gets funnier the more times you tell it? All are invited to a 7-Minute Story Slam on Friday, February 1, at 7:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Recital Hall. Enjoy an evening of hilarious tales and whimsical memories told by UP storytellers, each one taking a maximum of 7 minutes, brought to you by the Beckman Humor Project and Actually Gavin Improv. Want to be part of the event? All UP students, faculty, and staff are invited to submit their own true story that captures life’s humor no later than January 18. It’s not a competition, but we do need to hear your story aloud ahead of time.
For questions or to submit a story, contact Georgia Paulk at paulk21@up.edu by January 18.

Clark Library: New in 2019

Welcome back! One very visible change in the library is that the display of current magazines and newspapers has been relocated from the lower floor to the main floor. They are next to the Popular DVDs and Books for easier browsing. The other print journals remain on the lower floor in periodicals compact shelving.

In the online realm, librarians have created a topic guide to help students with Identifying, Finding, and Reading Scholarly Sources, as well as subject guides for Archaeology, Catholic Studies, and Hellenic Studies.

For more information contact the Clark Library at x7111 or library@up.edu.