Dear University of Portland Community Members, I write today with several important updates regarding plans for a primarily in-person Fall 2021 Semester, our mode of instruction for the Summer Sessions, a freeze on tuition and academic fees for the 2021–22 academic year, and this May’s Commencement exercises. But first, I offer my gratitude to all […]
02-08-2021
Spring 2021 Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research Recipients: Summer Applications Due Feb. 15
The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce recipients of the Spring 2021 Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research awards. These faculty members have been selected to collaborate with and mentor an undergraduate on a co-designed research experience during the 2021 spring semester: Sherry Abbasi, engineering: “Brain imaging and psychological self-assessment correlation in PTSD patients” […]
MediaSpace Copies of Zoom Recordings
The ATSI team has discovered that during 2020, some Zoom recordings synched to MediaSpace may have automatically been copied to the libraries of all meeting/class attendees due to platform settings. These settings have since been updated to prevent any future occurrences. If you have any recordings which you would prefer attendees not be able to […]
Marketing Division Earns 17 Awards for Work Produced in 2019-2020
The Division of Marketing and Communications has received 17 awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VIII for work produced during the 2019-2020 year including two “Grand Gold” awards for projects deemed best in their category and a “Platinum” finalist award that will compete for national recognition. Two of the awards […]
Saint John’s Bible Moment of Beauty: Detail from David Anthology
This week’s illumination from The Saint John’s Bible is just a portion of the enormous David Anthology from The Book of Kings. The music on this 90-second video is provided by clarinetist Jade Ward ’22.
New Date: Why Theology Needs Schitt’s Creek, March 2
Take two for this event which has moved to March 2. Like a dash of humor with your theology? Join Karen Eifler, co-director of the Garaventa Center, for “Why Theology Needs Schitt’s Creek,” the next installment in the popular Beckman Humor Project “Why Theology Needs…” series. Eifler will highlight thematic elements of Schitt’s Creek – the series […]
Moreau Center for Service and Justice: Spring Engagement Experience (SEE) Portland
Join the Moreau Center for Service and Justice to SEE Portland. The Spring Engagement Experience (SEE) Portland is an opportunity to learn stories of racial (in)justice and community strength and resistance in the Black, Indigenous, and other communities of North Portland. Learn how we connect to these shared stories and explore how we move forward […]
TLC Teaching Tip: Universal Design for Learning
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we teach and learn. Your experience may be similar to those faculty who have told me they recently implemented Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to develop new teaching strategies that otherwise would not have been implemented had it not been for the remote-learning model caused by the pandemic. […]
ShareUP Virtual Support Hours
The Division of Marketing & Communications hosts virtual support hours on Zoom, by appointment, every Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m. to help faculty, staff, and students master all the offerings of the ShareUP brand portal. If you have questions or comments about ShareUP and would like to virtually chat please email Chris Long at longc@up.edu to […]
Teaching & Learning: Practicing What You Teach
As professionals in teaching within higher education in trying times, we can leverage the Learning Commons’ peer educators to facilitate students’ practicing what we teach, says Jeffrey White, Learning Commons administrator. Learn about Practicing What You Teach, useful information about why we should make the benefits of trained peers helping peers visible to students and […]