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02-09-2015

Beacon Staffer Wins National Award For Digital Media

sheridan copyUP 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 Press Association, based at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York.

While The Beacon has won several national awards in recent years, this is the first national award the paper has won for digital media. The blog College Media Matters also named the timeline one of the “Seven Standout Student Press Stories.” For more information contact Copic at 7470 or copic@up.edu.

TIAA-CREF Counselor On Campus, Feb. 10, 11, 12

please_noteThe 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 schedule an appointment today.

For more information contact Andy Sherwood, Human Resources, at 8981 or sherwood@up.edu.

Energy Trust Rewards UP For Upgrades, Sustainability Efforts

energy-trust-of-oregonAs 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 UP sustainability efforts. Matthew Moss, technical services, was able to meet Energy Trust of Oregon incentive requirements to receive funds back for the University’s efforts. By recycling old equipment at E&G Metals of Hillsboro, UP received a check from the Energy Trust for $10,190.

Energy Trust of Oregon is a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging lower energy usage and clean, renewable power in Oregon. For more information contact Moss at 8681 or mossm@up.edu.

Rev. Pat Hannon Lecture, Feb. 10

hannonRev. 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 more information contact the English department at 7264 or english@up.edu.

Wanted: Expectant Moms

hThe 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 UP community members.

Please contact Patricia Cox, nursing, as soon as possible at 7987 or coxp@up.edu.

Teaching Tip From the TLC

coffee-cup.jpgFor 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. Use your coffee card, courtesy of the associate provost and Bon Appetit, to fill a cup and acquire a new teaching skill in the length of time it takes to get to the last drop. Need a new coffee card? Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, still has a few to give out. Contact her at eifler@up.edu.

Math Colloquium, Feb. 9: Michelle Ghrist

michelle_ghrist_2Michelle 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 “Maps and Mirrors: A Mathematical View of Images,” Thursday, February 12, 4-5 p.m., in Buckley Center room 111.

For more information contact Carol Bruce, mathematics, at 7166 or bruce@up.edu.

Pilot House History Display

pilot houseAll 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, with even more changes planned for this year.

The University museum is located in the basement of Shipstad Hall, room 014, and is open Monday and Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; and also by appointment. All are welcome to visit the museum and learn more about UP history.

Contact Connolly at 8038 or piatz@up.edu for more information.

Men’s Basketball, Halftime Mile Return to the Chiles Center

1aPilots150The 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 five-minutes of action. For more information on the Halftime Mile promotion, call 7431. For tickets, visit the Chiles Center Box Office or call 7525.