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01-25-2016

New Copiers Arriving This Week

January 22, 2016

The University has selected Xerox as its new vendor for copiers across the University campus. Departments will be provided with the same type of equipment and functionality that the prior machines provided. These new copiers will be rolled out on campus in phases so that Information Services can set-up training sessions with faculty and staff […]

Filed Under: 01-25-2016, Campus Services, Information Services, Printing Services Tagged With: Information Services, Printing

TLC Teaching Tip From Accessible Education Services

January 22, 2016

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a strategy for designing courses, syllabi, learning materials, and curriculum to make learning accessible to all. Originally used in architecture and product design to accommodate the widest possible spectrum of users, the principles of UDL provide faculty with succinct, efficient strategies for meeting the widest spectrum of student learning […]

Filed Under: 01-25-2016, Academics Tagged With: Melanie Gangle, Teaching & Learning Collaborative

2016 Difference Award Winners

January 22, 2016

The athletics department would like to acknowledge this year’s winners of the “Difference Award.” Each year, student-athletes nominate a professor on campus who they felt has made a difference in their life. This year, three professors were selected as winners: David Turnbloom, theology Mark Pitzer, psychology Sarina Saturn, psychology The professors will be honored at […]

Filed Under: 01-25-2016, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Difference Award

Music At Midweek

January 22, 2016

The Music at Midweek performers for Wednesday, January 27 are Marla Fogderud, soprano, and Susan McDaniel, piano. They will perform a lecture recital entitled, “The Golden Age of Norwegian Song.” Music at Midweek performances take place in Mago Hunt Center recital hall at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, and are free and open to all. For […]

Filed Under: 01-25-2016, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Music at Midweek, Performing and Fine Arts

Fall 2016 Orientation: Ideas, Requests Welcome

January 22, 2016

The planning process for fall 2016 new student Orientation programs and activities is underway, according to Jeromy Koffler, student activities. Any suggestions, recommendations, proposals, requests, or other all around “we should really do that!” items will be gratefully accepted by Koffler (koffler@up.edu) or Samuel Holloway (hollowas@up.edu), Pamplin School of Business, by Tuesday, February 9.

Filed Under: 01-25-2016, Campus Services, Student Activities Tagged With: 2016 Orientation, Jeromy Koffler, Sam Holloway, Student Activities

Were You The First In Your Family To Attend College?

January 22, 2016

The Shepard Academic Resource Center (SARC) is in the process of designing and coordinating programs for students that are the first in their families to attend college, otherwise known as first generation students or FGEN. Faculty and staff who were first generation students are asked to participate in program development; those interested in opportunities to […]

Filed Under: 01-25-2016, Academics, Campus Services, Shepard Academic Resource Center Tagged With: Shepard Academic Resource Center

Men’s Basketball Returns Home For WCC Games

January 22, 2016

Make plans to join the Pilots men’s basketball team in the Chiles Center this week for two West Coast Conference games. First, the Pilots welcome San Francisco to The Bluff for a Thursday night game set to start at 7 p.m. This game will feature the most exciting 5-minute promotion of the year, as the […]

Filed Under: 01-25-2016, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, men's basketball

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Natalie Nelson-Marsh presented “From fieldnotes to futures: Organizational communication in the age of AI”. National Communication Association Pre-Conference, Elevating Organizational Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. November, 2025.

Ian Parkman, Business, published “Lead Value Design Insight: Leveraging the Van Westendorp PSM for Design for Meaningfulness Pricing Strategies.” Co-author: Arto Ruokonen. Design Management Review (Vol. 36, No.4)

Three faculty members from International Languages and Cultures participated in the 122nd annual conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), November 20-23 in San Francisco. Verena Hutter presented “Embodied Memory: Holocaust Tattoos and Postmemory,” served as presiding officer of all three sessions of Austrian Studies, and chaired one of them. María Echenique presented “A Precursor of ‘Feminism from the Zulos’ by Dahlia de la Cerda” and served as presiding officer and chair of the session Spain, Portugal, and Latin America: Jewish Culture and Literature in Trans-Iberia. Matthew Warshawsky presented “A ‘Tenth Muse’ in 1600s Sephardic Amsterdam: Isabel Rebeca Correa, Translator, Poet, and Feminist” and served as presiding officer and chair of the Jewish Literature and Culture session. 

Andra Davis, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “Nursing faculty perceptions and Integration of primary palliative care content in undergraduate education: National and local institution assessments.” Co-authors: Lippe, M., Wolf, A., Cormack, C. L., Ehrlich, O., Glover, T. L., and Kirkpatrick, A. J.  Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 27(6), 280-289.

Don Norton, Performing and Fine Arts, performed a Tour of Louisiana with jazz quartet Facing West, with performances at Nicholls State University (Thibodaux), University of Louisiana at Monroe, and Louisiana Tech University (Ruston). November 5-7, 2025.

Kristin Sweeney, Environmental Science, published “Topographic, climatic, and age controls on the reworking of volcanic debris avalanche deposits.” Co-author: Major, J.J. Bull Volcanol 87, 115 (2025).

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “Rethinking Advent Hope as Covenantal Bond. Reflections on the Readings for First Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. November 30, 2025. Aihiokhai also published “A Disruptive Content of Hope: Awakening the Human Imagination to New Possibilities. Reflections on the Readings of the Second Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 7, 2025. 

Rachel Wheeler, Theology, presented “Traces in the Sand: Wisdom from the Christian Desert Tradition for a Time of Collapse.” Aldo & Estella Leopold Writing Residency lecture presented at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM, November 18, 2025.

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, presented “Difficult-To-Treat Depression: Bottlenecks, Evolving Biology, and Where Ketamine-Class Treatments Fit.” An invited presentation for the Behavioral Health Integration ECHO, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ (virtual). December, 2025.

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