News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Please join the Office of Financial Affairs as we say goodbye to Rowena Bramlette, assistant vice president for budgeting.
We will honor Rowena for her contributions to the University of Portland in a retirement reception to be held at the Pilot House on Friday, March 1, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. All University employees are invited to extend their good wishes to Rowena in her retirement.
For more information, please contact Erin Zarafshan at zarafsha@up.edu or x7507.
The development office invites you to recommend one to two students for the Diversity and Inclusion Annual Scholarship. Nominees should be working to promote diversity on campus through their involvement in on-campus activities, in the classroom, and/or through their participation in community service. Which student(s) stand out to you as leaders in our efforts to make our campus more diverse and inclusive? The recipient will receive the scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year, so nominees should be freshmen, sophomores, or juniors. Please include a brief summary of why you are nominating them.
The nominated students will be invited to answer a short application which will be reviewed by a committee made up of faculty, staff, and students from the UP community. Once selected, the recipient will be recognized during the conclusion of Diversity Dialogues.
The Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship was created in 2016-17 by then Student Body President Brandon Rivera, in collaboration with other executive board members. This scholarship looks to not only continue the conversation of diversity and inclusion but to promote positive changes to the climate at UP. The topic of diversity is important because it allows a community to come together in unity and create a more inclusive place.
All student nominations are due by Wednesday, February 27, to Connie Ozyjowski, development, at ozyjowsk@up.edu.
Each month, the marketing office schedules a photographer to take a small number of head shots, available on a first-come, first-served basis, for our online directory. The next session is Tuesday, February 26, from 11 a.m. to noon. To schedule an appointment or for questions, please e-mail Suzanne Frey at freys@up.edu no later than 3 p.m. on Monday, February 25. Photos will be taken in Clark Library’s Digital Lab, located on the second floor, Room 215. Only those with confirmed appointments may attend. Please note: These appointments are limited to faculty and staff who currently do not have a professional headshot in the online directory.
Campus Ministry and the Garaventa Center invite you to spend an evening with David Haas as he presents a free concert, “I Will Bring You Home: Songs of Prayer, Stories of Faith,” on Thursday, February 28, at 7 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Haas is the composer of “You Are Mine,” “Blest Are They,” “We Are Called” and many more beloved hymns. Open to all; reception to follow.
For ADA accommodations or more information: x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
This week’s Music at Midweek featured Jackie Glazier on clarinet and Ivan Ugorich on piano on Wednesday, February 27, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Music at Midweek is free and open to all.
Glazier is an active soloist, chamber musician, orchestral clarinetist, pedagogue, and advocate of new music. She was appointed assistant professor of clarinet at the University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music in 2016. Ugorich has performed with full-time orchestras including the Florida Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra and Orlando Philharmonic. Additionally, he served for two seasons as principal violist of Symphony Orchestra Augusta, Georgia. He also teaches at the Fred Fox School of Music.
For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.
Every Catholic religious order was founded to address a particular problem of a time and locale. In the case of the Congregation of Holy Cross, that problem was the devastation wrought by the French Revolution, which had led to suppression of public worship and the shutting down of many Catholic communities. Nearly two generations of French Catholics were ill-informed about their faith. Basil Moreau’s band of priests, brothers, and sisters formed in order to be dedicated educators in the Catholic faith; that is the work the Church acknowledges that they do, and what their constitutions say they are to do. That is the principle of Holy Cross charism; several other charisms in the “DNA” of Holy Cross men and women fuel their audacious task. Among these are zeal (an unwavering spark for and commitment to living out their call), reliance on Divine providence (understanding that God can and does use any circumstance or human choice to reveal something of God’s love to a world ravenous for meaning and purpose ) and hospitality (commitment to be the face of Christ to all who show up and, perhaps more importantly, to see the face of Christ in all who show up).
“Did You Know?” is a sort of regular feature in upbeat intended to help staff and faculty understand dimensions of this Catholic, Holy Cross university. You can send questions to Fr. Jim Gallagher (Campus Ministry) or Karen Eifler (Garaventa Center).
Do your students have papers due just before Spring Break? At the Writing Center, we’re piloting evening walk-in hours at busy times in the term. These hours are perfect for students who don’t want to commit in advance to a 30- or 60-minute appointment; they’re ideal for those “just in time” writing needs students often have as they begin or finish essays. Next Tuesday and Wednesday, February 26-27, 8-10 p.m., in the Writing Center (BC 163). See the campus flyer here. Please spread the word among your students!
The Office of Alumni Relations is accepting nominations for the 2019 Thomas A. Gerhardt Award for Student Leadership. Criteria for selection include:
Nominations are due by Monday, February 25. Complete a nomination form here.
For more information contact Craig Swinyard, alumni & parent relations, at swinyard@up.edu.
The Pilot tennis and basketball teams are heading into a big week, as women’s basketball kicks off the busy weekend with a game versus LMU on Thursday, February 28, at 7 p.m. Tennis continues with a doubleheader on Friday, with the women taking on Santa Clara at 10 a.m., and the men battling Pacific Northwest rival Eastern Washington at 2 p.m.
Saturday wraps up the schedule with men’s tennis playing Montana at 2 p.m. This will be the last basketball doubleheader of the season and we want to thank you for your support this season! Use promo code: THANKS to get 50 percent off all ticket purchases, or simply click the link here for tickets.
One ticket gets you into both games, first the women take on Pepperdine at 4:30, then the men battle Santa Clara at 7. Halftime of the men’s game will be the fan-favorite Paper Airplane Toss, with the winner receiving a $500 travel card.
For more information contact athletics at x7117 or go to portlandpilots.com.
Think-Pair-Share is a classic way to improve equity and engagement in the classroom, according to Carolyn James, mathematics. Students think about a prompt individually, discuss their ideas in pairs, and the instructor leads a discussion as student share their ideas with the whole class. Think-Pair-Share can easily be extended; consider having students write during think time (even in a STEM class) or using technology (like polling software) to share ideas more equitably. In particular, Dr. Derek Bruff recommends Think-Pair-Share-Analyze, in which students make sense of, compare, and evaluate the ideas shared by their classmates. Read more about Think-Pair-Share in Dr. Bruff’s blog, Agile Learning.