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02-12-2018

Have You Considered Becoming a Leadership Fellow with the Franz Center?

The Franz Center is providing free leadership training and development during the 2018-19 academic year for faculty and staff who want to learn more about becoming a Leadership Fellow, according to Dave Houglum, Franz Center. There have been over 100 faculty and staff from across the University who have been trained as Leadership Fellows and the Franz Center is seeking to include 40 additional faculty and staff who will begin their training next fall.

Leadership Fellows serve as leadership instructors and coaches in the Leader Certificate Program and earn a stipend of $2,500 for their teaching or coaching. Only exempt (salaried) employees can take part in the program at this time. Please contact Houglum at houglum@up.edu if you would like to participate, want to nominate a colleague, or need more information, by Friday, March 9.

University Orchestra Concert: “Cinematic Symphony,” Feb. 27

The University of Portland Orchestra presents “Cinematic Symphony: A Night at the Movies,” featuring orchestral music from “Star Wars,” “Lord of the Rings,” “Apollo 13,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” and more, on Tuesday, February 27, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to all. Come relive some of your favorite films through the music that defined them!

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.

State of UP Address, Feb. 27: Reserve By Feb. 19

All University community members are welcome to join University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., as he presents the 2018 State of the University address on Tuesday, February 27, at the Sentinel Hotel in downtown Portland. He will share his vision on how our work shapes lives on and beyond The Bluff. Kathy Perko ’84 will also speak about how UP helped form her into the person she has become and how the lessons she learned while at UP have guided and helped her in the healthcare profession. Kathy won our Oddo Service Alumni Award in 2008.

Doors open at 11:15 a.m., and the program will run from noon to 1 p.m. Cost is $20 per person and $160 for a table of eight. Please register online at giving.up.edu/stateofup by Monday, February 19. The program will take place on the fourth floor; the Sentinel Hotel is located at 614 SW 11th Ave.

For more information, email Hannah Pick at pick@up.edu or call x7397.

“Women of the Book: A Concert with Words,” Feb. 22

All are invited to enjoy world premieres of sacred art songs inspired by the feisty, faithful women of the Bible on Thursday, February 22, at 7:30 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. “Women of the Book: A Concert with Words” is free and open to all; a reception with artists and composers will follow. The concert features artists Nicole Leupp Hanig, soprano, Cantor Ida Rae Cahana, soprano, Maureen Briare, soprano, Catherine Jacobs, soprano, and Susan McDaniel, piano, performing works by composers Cynthia Gerdes and Michael Connolly as well as traditional pieces and poetry inspired by The Saint John’s Bible.

The concert is hosted by the Garaventa Center and Department of Music. For ADA accommodations or further information, please contact the Garaventa Center at x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.

Final ReadUP Discussion Group, Feb. 22

All UP faculty, staff and students are invited to discuss this year’s ReadUP selection, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, in a final discussion group facilitated by Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., on Thursday, February 22, from noon to 1 p.m., in the Library Conference Room. Philosophy professor Thompson Faller, beloved retired member of our UP community, will join the conversation to add his knowledge of medical ethics. Light refreshments will be served; participants are encouraged to bring their lunch if desired. For a complete schedule of events related to ReadUP and author Rebecca Skloot’s visit to campus, please visit up.edu/readup. Questions about the book discussion can be directed to Fr. Charlie (gordon@up.edu) or Karen Eifler (eifler@up.edu) in the Garaventa Center.

Arrival: A Special Edition of “Bringing Eyes of Faith to Film,” Feb. 21

Join Garaventa Center co-directors Karen Eifler and Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., as they team up with Shannon Mayer, physics, and Jim Baillie, philosophy, to unpack surprising themes of grace and transcendence in the movie “Arrival.” The screening is on Wednesday, February 21, at 7:15 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 319. Free and open to all; thematic movie snacks will be served.

For ADA accommodations or more information contact the Garaventa Center at x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.

 

Summer Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research: Applications Due Feb. 28

Faculty members are invited to apply on behalf of themselves and an undergraduate student researcher for stipend support for an intensive undergraduate research experience during summer 2018. Students are expected to work full-time (35 hours per week) for 6 weeks on the project or the equivalent of 6 weeks over the course of one or both summer sessions. Faculty members are expected to work with and mentor the students in a co-designed research project.

Students will be paid $2,500 for their work on the project. Faculty will be compensated $1,000 for mentoring the student in research. Up to five projects will be funded.

The application is available in the Undergraduate Research section of the PilotsUP Forms page. For more information and/or to request an application, contact the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement at ur@up.edu or x8264. Completed applications are due by February 28 at noon.

Follow-Up Brownbag Session on Promoting Student Mental Health: Thursday, Feb. 15

All faculty and staff who want to keep building their repertoire of skills for working with students who are undergoing mental health challenges are invited to participate in a brownbag lunch conversation this Thursday, February 15, from noon to 1 p.m., in Buckley Center room 215. Two student leaders from Active Minds and their advisor, Sarina Saturn, psychological sciences, will share the club’s mission and walk participants through several real-life open-ended vignettes of encounters between students and faculty/staff that did not go especially well, and generate insights on how all of us can take advantage of campus and external resources to best meet the diverse needs of students working through mental health challenges. While the conversation will draw upon wisdom gleaned at last semester’s offering on the topic, newcomers will also benefit tremendously from the interactive conversation.

Questions may be directed to Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, at eifler@up.edu).

Announcing 2018 Commencement Speaker and Honorees

The University of Portland has announced the honorees to be recognized during the 2018 Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 6. Commencement I begins at 10 a.m. and is for all graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education. Commencement II starts at 2 p.m. and is held for undergraduate and graduate students of the Pamplin School of Business, the Shiley School of Engineering, and the School of Nursing.

Commencement I will feature presentation of the Christus Magister Medal to Fr. Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J., president of Seattle University. During his 20-year tenure, enrollment has surged, the endowment has grown significantly, and Seattle has built a new law school, a student center, and student residences. Often called the Seattle University’s “moral compass,” Fr. Sundborg is strongly committed to promoting social justice, a core value of the Jesuit Catholic education, and has led the school in addressing issues such as homelessness and the needs of underserved populations in the Seattle area.

Commencement I Honorary Doctorate Recipients:  

  • Jessica E. Jackley, an entrepreneur focused on financial inclusion, the sharing economy, and social justice. She is best known as a cofounder of Kiva, the world’s first person-to-person (p2p) micro-lending website, letting users lend as little as $25 to individual entrepreneurs, providing them affordable capital to start or expand a small business. Since its founding in October 2005 Kiva has facilitated over $1B in loans worldwide. She will also present the morning Commencement Address. 
  • Stephen M. Barr, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, specializes in theoretical particle physics, with emphasis primarily on “grand unified theories” and the cosmology of the early universe. He also writes and lectures extensively on the relation of science and religion. In 2007, he was awarded the Benemerenti Medal by Pope Benedict XVI and was elected a member of the Academy of Catholic Theology.
  • Matthew W. Chapman ’71 served as president and chief executive officer of Northwest Evaluation Association until his retirement in October 2017. Chapman has combined business careers with a volunteer career focused on education. He co-founded New Avenues for Youth, a program for street youth in Portland that includes an award-winning alternative school, housing, health services, job training, and a drop-in center. As a regent for the University of Portland, he also serves as a mentor for students in the entrepreneurship program.

Commencement II Honorary Doctorate Recipients:

  • Hannah L. Storm, an award-winning journalist, producer, and director, is a pioneer in the field of sports broadcasting for women, a published author, and an advocate for children suffering from debilitating vascular birthmarks. The Hannah Storm Foundation, which she founded in 2008, has provided funding for critical surgeries to children from the United States, China, and the Republic of Georgia and Slovenia. The Foundation also funds the Hannah Storm Journalism Internship at Notre Dame, Storm’s alma mater, empowering the next generation to pursue their dreams in journalism and broadcasting. Storm will deliver the afternoon Commencement Address.
  • Susan B. Hassmiller is the senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, where she has led nursing strategies since 1997 in an effort to create a higher quality of care in the United States for people, families, and communities. Drawn to the Foundation’s “organizational advocacy for the less fortunate and underserved,” she is helping to assure that RWJF’s commitments in nursing have a broad and lasting national impact. In partnership with AARP, Hassmiller also directs the Foundation’s Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, which seeks to ensure that everyone in America can live a healthier life, supported by a system in which nurses are essential partners in providing care and promoting health.
  • Darlene V. Shiley is the president of The Shiley Foundation, a member of the University of Portland’s Board of Regents, and a renowned patron of the arts, medical research, and education. A resident of San Diego, Shiley’s philanthropy has benefited countless institutions, including the Old Globe Theater, the University of California San Diego (Shiley Eye Institute and Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center), the University of San Diego (Donald P. Shiley Center for Science and Technology and Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering), Scripps Clinic (Shiley Pavilion, Shiley Center for Orthopedic Research Education: SCORE, and Shiley Musculoskeletal Center), the Salk Institute, and Public Broadcasting Service’s Masterpiece Theatre. In 2007, with her late husband, Donald P. Shiley ’51, she made a significant benefaction in support of the renovation and expansion of the Donald P. Shiley Engineering Hall at the University of Portland and subsequently made a generous gift to endow the School of Engineering, now known as the Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering, in her husband’s memory.
  • Mark Edlen is a commercial real estate developer and co-founder of Gerding Edlen Development Company of Portland, one of the national leaders in green building and LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) certified properties. He is recognized for his expertise and success in creating sustainable communities in mixed-use commercial, residential, educational and retail developments. Until he retired in 2017, Edlen directed the firm’s vision and growth with the belief that the path to preserving the environment leads directly to a new urban reality, where transformative buildings and quality assets foster communities.

More information about the University’s Commencement ceremonies can be found at http://www.up.edu/commencement