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02-13-2017

ReadUP Author, Schoenfeldt Writer Anthony Doerr, Feb. 27

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 his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Members of the UP community are also invited to a reception with the author at 5 p.m. in the Bauccio Commons Board Room. For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 7202 or garaventa@up.edu.

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 for an individual or team to ideate and develop a basic prototype for a product, service, or venture. Prizes will be awarded in 5 categories, and the event will mark the start of UP’s participation in Invent Oregon, a Statewide program for student inventors.

For more information about the Create-A-Thon contact the Franz Center at rachor@up.edu and more information about Invent Oregon is here.

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 Filter Competition, Shiley Main Lobby, noon to 1 p.m.; Alumi Panel (ME/EE), Shiley 319 and 301, 7-8 p.m.
  • Wednesday: ASCE Structural Challenge, Shiley Main Lobby, noon-2 p.m.; MESA Foil Boat Experiment, Shiley Main Lobby, 2-4 p.m..; Mobile App Development Trivia Night, 5:30-7 p.m., Shiley 101
  • Thursday: Robotic Challenge, Shiley Main Lobby, noon-1 p.m.; TBP Chili Cook-off, Shiley Main Foyer, 1-2 p.m.; Award Presentation Shiley Main Lobby, 3-4 p.m.; 53rd Annual E-Week High School Program 4-8:30 p.m., Lloyd Center; Alumni Panel (CE/CS) Shiley 319 and 301, 7-8 p.m.
  • Friday: Society of Women Engineers Career Fair, 1-4 p.m., Shiley Hall, all floors.
  • Saturday: Franz Center Create-a-thon, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Franz 120

For more information on engineering events contact the Shiley School of Engineering at 7292 or stroheck@up.edu. For information on the Create-a-thon contact the Franz Center at rachor@up.edu.

Enter Your Photos by February 24: Clark Library Photography Exhibit

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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 fine art photography and is refreshed every two years.

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 public:

  • Ethics Week Keynote Address: Martin Daum, President and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, Monday, February 20, 7:15 p.m., Buckley Center Auditorium. Daum will share insights into the ethical principles and challenges that guide his work with emerging technologies, making decisions with multiple stakeholders in mind, and the importance of ethics in framing his journey as a husband, father, and businessman.
  • Ethics Week Talk: Linda Biehl on Reconciliation and Restorative Justice, Tuesday, February 21, 7:15 p.m., Bauccio Commons. In August of 1993, Fulbright scholar Amy Biehl was stabbed and stoned to death by an angry mob in the township of Gugulethu, South Africa. Two men who were convicted of Amy’s murder and served time in prison now work for the foundation established in her name. Linda Biehl, Amy’s mother, will share this remarkable story.

For more information contact Dan McGinty at x7596 or mcgintyd@up.edu.

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

fish-flip-dtOne 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 Teaching & Learning Collaborative invites all faculty to an interactive workshop facilitated by Zach Simmons, psychological sciences; Rebecca Gaudino, theology; and Lindsay Benes, nursing; all of whom “flip” some of their classes, and all of whom do so differently. Each will share their model and field questions about what has worked and not worked for them. They promise time for discussion and hands-on trials for those who bring their own devices. The workshop will be in Franz 120 on Thursday, February 23, 3:30-5 p.m. RSVP to Karen Eifler at eifler@up.edu.

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 if desired.

For a complete schedule of events related to ReadUP and author Anthony Doerr’s visit to campus on February 27, 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.

Career Center Sponsoring Job Fairs, Feb. 24 & March 3

The Career Center is sponsoring the following job fairs:

Prior to the career fairs the Career Center will offer “How to Work a Job Fair” workshops and Resume Review Drop-In Hours. See a detailed list here.

For more information contact the Career Center at career@up.edu.

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 Literary Awards ceremony of the John Burroughs Association during a luncheon at the Yale Club of New York City. John Burroughs (1837-1921) was one of the most popular authors of his day and is credited with creating the modern nature essay; formed shortly after his death, the John Burroughs Society recognizes excellence in nature writing through its Literary Awards program. The organization enriches lives through nature by celebrating the legacy, writing, and natural world of one of the great American nature writers.

Doyle’s Martin Marten, only the second work of fiction to be awarded the Medal in its 90-year history, is an engaging novel about the relationship between a boy and a pine marten, the home they share in the forest near Mt. Hood, Oregon, and the other lives going on around them, human and other. The judges felt the way he combined an acute sense of human behavior with a wild natural setting and the life of a native denizen of the forest showed uncommon breadth, depth, and originality of insight.

Brian Doyle is the editor of Portland Magazine and is well known to contemporary readers of environmental literature. His essays have appeared in Orion, The Atlantic Monthly, American Scholar, The New York Times, and other periodicals around the world, and have been reprinted in the annual anthologies Best American Essays, Best American Science and Nature Writing, and Best American Spiritual Writing. He has also edited several anthologies. His many books include the critically acclaimed Mink River, The Plover, and Children and other Wild Animals. His awards include the John Burroughs Nature Essay Award, 2000, Oregon Book Award, three Pushcart Prizes, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2008. He will also be presented with an honorary doctorate at the University’s commencement on May 7.

For more information contact marketing & communications at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.