For many years, the University has been able to sell Tri-Met bus and light rail passes through the Office of Public Safety, including subsidized monthly passes. Unfortunately, due to the imposition of new federal taxes on transportation discounts and changes in Tri-Met administrative processes, we can no longer offer this benefit to our students, faculty, […]
01-14-2019
Pilot Basketball: Huge Week Coming!
It’s a huge week for Pilot Basketball! This Thursday, January 17 the men’s basketball team takes on WCC opponent San Diego at 7 p.m. This will be Neighbor Night, with free tickets offered to all UP neighbors. Also join us at the Chiles Center on Saturday, January 19 as the men continue their conference play […]
TLC From The TLC Blog
How can white professors at UP achieve a more complex understanding of race and racism? In this week’s Teaching & Learning blog, Lars Larson offers an overview of this year’s College of Arts & Sciences book group selection, White Fragility: Why it’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism, by Robin DiAngelo (pictured). For more information […]
PACE Program Accepting Applications for 22nd Cohort
The Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education (PACE), administered by the School of Education, is accepting applications for its 22nd cohort. PACE is a post-graduate teacher education program where candidates earn tuition-free graduate degrees in education while they serve as teachers in Catholic schools. Over the course of three summers and two academic years, PACE teachers strengthen Catholic education while developing and […]
Spring Cycle Butine Proposals Due Feb. 8
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship invites all regular faculty to submit spring cycle proposals to receive funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. Faculty can download Butine application materials, review selection criteria, and consult the timeline for applications by visiting this link to the Moodle site. Submissions of post-Butine reports, new Butine applications, and all […]
More Course Texts Available Through Library Course Reserves
Did you know that the Clark Library has been proactively adding books from our collection to course reserves? This semester, we have expanded that effort to purchasing and adding a selection of books used by the 100 and 200 level courses. This helps ensure students have access to these books for class, even if they […]
University of Portland Institutional Biosafety Committee
The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the formation of an Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC.) The IBC is charged with reviewing and approving research, classroom and laboratory educational activities that require the use of recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules technology, infectious or potentially infectious agents, and/or involve human tissue or body fluids, or animals […]
Information Services: Subscribe to System Outage Alerts
Information Services invites all campus users to subscribe to our new service for system outage alerts. With the release of our new Tech Support Portal, users can check system status at any time by selecting the ‘Tech Support’ app at https://myapps.up.edu or via PilotsUP. Once you enter the tech support portal, click on ‘System Status’ to view […]
New IRS Retirement Contribution Limits
The 2019 employee contribution limits to 403(b) accounts have been set by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Employees can contribute up to $19,000 to their 403(b) plans in the 2019 calendar year. For those age 50 and over, an additional “catch-up” amount of $6,000 is allowed by the IRS for a total maximum limit of […]
Faculty & Staff Fitness Classes
All faculty and staff members are invited to check out fitness classes offered each day during the noon hour at the Beauchamp Center. Classes generally run from 12:05 to 12:50 p.m. in Studio 30. The schedule is as follows: Mondays – Centering Yoga with Karen Tuesdays – alternating each week – Sweaty 20 with Julee and Pilot Cycle […]