UP student Cassie Sheridan won a national award for an interactive digital timeline she designed for The Beacon last spring, titled “History of Women at UP”, according to Nancy Copic, student activities. Sheridan won Second Place in the category of “Interactive Graphic for Digital Media” in the Gold Circle Awards sponsored by the Columbia Scholastic […]
02-09-2015
TIAA-CREF Counselor On Campus, Feb. 10, 11, 12
The University’s TIAA-CREF investment counselor for employees, Preston Watts, will be on campus a number of times this year for individual financial counseling sessions. The next one-on-one counseling sessions will take place on February 10, 11, and 12 in Orrico Hall room 101. Go to www.tiaa-cref.org/schedulenow or call TIAA-CREF at (877) 842-2028 (press 5) to […]
Energy Trust Rewards UP For Upgrades, Sustainability Efforts
As part of information services efforts to centralize infrastructure management and lower costs, technical services has successfully virtualized a majority of campus servers and desktop infrastructure. This results in a more easily maintained environment with significantly lower energy usage in UP’s data center and at the desktop, a major step in the right direction for […]
Rev. Pat Hannon Lecture, Feb. 10
Rev. Pat Hannon, C.S.C., will present “Sacraments: Personal Encounters,” on Tuesday, February 10, at 7:15 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore. His lecture is free and open to all. Fr. Hannon’s reading will celebrate the publication of his most recent volume, Sacraments: Personal Encounters with Memories, Wounds, Dreams, and Unruly Hearts (Ave Maria Presss, 2014). For […]
Wanted: Expectant Moms
The School of Nursing is in need of pregnant females for a prenatal simulation class on Saturday, February 14, from 9 to 11 a.m. Volunteers must be willing to have graduate family nurse practitioner students interview them, measure fundal height, and check fetal heart tones. Compensation will be provided. Volunteers do not need to be […]
Teaching Tip From the TLC
For faculty who are teaching online or hybrid courses, this week’s TLC tip may be especially helpful. It’s a video in which engineering faculty member Niki Schulz demonstrates how to use a document camera (e.g. an ELMO) together with WebEx to be able to draw, calculate, and make thinking visible through real-time scribbling while teaching. […]
Math Colloquium, Feb. 9: Michelle Ghrist
Michelle Ghrist, U. S. Air Force Academy, will present the next Math Colloquium on Monday, February 9, at 4 p.m., in Buckley Center room 310. She will present “Numerical Methods: A Triangular Teeter-Totter.” All are welcome and refreshments will be provided. Next week’s Math Colloquium will welcome Emek Kose, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, presenting […]
Teske Dining Room Users Take Note
Those who book the Bauccio Commons’ Teske dining room for lunches and other events are reminded that booking the room in EMS only reserves the room, and arrangements will still need to be made for catering and room set up thru Bon Appetit. For more information contact Bon Appetit at 7330 or mustain@up.edu.
Pilot House History Display
All are welcome to view a Pilot House history display located in the three display cases in Buckley Center Auditorium foyer, according to museum coordinator Carolyn Connolly. The display covers the original Pilot House dating back to the 1930s; a new Pilot House constructed in 1950-51; and an expanded and remodeled Pilot House in 1985-86, […]
Men’s Basketball, Halftime Mile Return to the Chiles Center
The Pilot men return to the Chiles Center this week for a Thursday night game against Pepperdine with tipoff at 7 p.m. The famed Halftime Mile promotion will take place at halftime on the track on the upper mezzanine. The Halftime Mile features current Pilots runners from the past and promises to provide an exciting […]