All members of the campus community, especially the record-setting 750-plus people who received complimentary copies of All the Light We Cannot See, are invited to hear the author, Anthony Doerr, speak on Monday, February 27, at 6:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Doerr, the spring 2017 Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writer, will read from his work and discuss […]
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Franz Center Create-A-Thon, Feb. 25
The Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation will present a Create-A-Thon in conjunction with the Shiley School’s Engineering Week, February 20-24. This event is open to all UP students on Saturday, February 25, in Franz Hall room 120, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to Franz Center director Peter Rachor, the Create-A-Thon offers the chance […]
Engineers E-Week, Feb. 20-24
The Shiley School of Engineering is celebrating Engineers E-Week from February 20 to 24, and all members of the campus community are invited to take part in the fun and festivities. A sampling: Monday: IEEE Soldering Competition Shiley 310, 1-2 p.m.; SEDS pace Trivia, Shiley Main Lobby, 3-4 p.m.; Daimler CEO Talk, BC Auditorium, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday: Global Engineering Initative […]
Enter Your Photos by February 24: Clark Library Photography Exhibit
This contest is open to current UP staff and faculty, as well as students. Photos can be from any place and any time. Each entrant can submit up to five photographs and it’s easy to submit them online. The winners will be displayed in the juried photography exhibit on the Library’s second floor. This exhibit showcases […]
New Initiative: Ethics Week, Feb. 19-24
The Dundon-Berchtold Institute is facilitating and hosting Ethics Week from Sunday, February 19, through Friday, February 24. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to participate in discussions of ethics as they relate to the curriculum, course content, history, and day-to-day life. The following two opportunities to engage with powerful stories are free and open to the […]
Orientation Planning Underway, Input Welcome
The planning process for fall 2017 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 Andrew Downs (downs@up.edu), faculty representative, by Tuesday, February 28.
Flip Your Classroom: A TLC Workshop for All Faculty on February 23
One promising practice for deepening students’ engagement with material in just about every discipline is “flipping the classroom,” in which the teacher provides background information to students online prior to face-to-face class sessions, in which learners then play with the ideas, solve complex problems drawing on the content, and many variations on that theme. UP’s […]
Final ReadUP Discussions: Feb. 15, 23
The final community discussion of All the Light We Cannot See will take place on Thursday, February 23, at noon, in the Clark Library Conference Room. Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., will facilitate the conversations with a focus on the middle and final thirds of the book. Light refreshments will be served; participants are encouraged to bring their lunch […]
Career Center Sponsoring Job Fairs, Feb. 24 & March 3
The Career Center is sponsoring the following job fairs: Friday, February 24, 1-4 p.m., Shiley Hall – SWE Engineering & Computer Science Career Fair Friday, March 3, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., UP Spring Grad School & Job Fair including Link In Live from 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.; also Monday, March 6, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Bauccio Commons […]
2017 John Burroughs Medal Awarded to Brian Doyle
The John Burroughs Association has announced that Portland Magazine editor and novelist Brian Doyle has been selected as the winner of the 2017 John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Nature Writing for his book, Martin Marten, published by Macmillan Publishers in 2015. The John Burroughs Medal will be presented, and the finalists recognized, on April 3 at the Annual […]