Mark your calendars for April 4-5 for UP’s first Day of Giving. Join University relations as we launch a 24-hour, online campaign focused on building resources for UP. Throughout the 24-hour period, there will be several on-campus hosted events including the Franz Grilled Cheese Machine, happy hour in the Pilot House, Portside with Pilots, Thankful […]
03-12-2018
Lenten Visio Divina, March 28
Campus Ministry and the Garaventa Center invite you to join with others from the UP community for Lenten Visio Divina during Holy Week on Wednesday, March 28, at 12:35 p.m., following noon Mass. Visio Divina is an ancient form of Christian prayer in which we allow our hearts and imaginations to enter into a sacred image, in silence, to […]
2018 Holy Week, Good Friday Observance
University offices will be closed and no classes will be held on Friday, March 30, in observance of Good Friday, according to Tom Greene, provost. The closing actually begins at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 29; no classes should continue beyond that time, and other events, apart from those connected with the religious observance of […]
Summer and Fall Book Orders Due March 29
Summer and fall book orders are due by Thursday, March 29, according to Erin Cave, bookstore. Orders can be placed via the web at www.uportland.bncollege.com and select “Faculty Resources.” They can also be emailed to cave@up.edu. To make the process even easier, just say “Same as Last Year!” Orders can also be phoned in at x7125. Questions? Please contact […]
HR Policy and Process Reminders: Please Review Now
Sandy Chung, associate vice president for human resources, sent an email on March 1 to all exempt and non-exempt staff regarding policy and process reminders from human resources. HR is requesting everyone take some time to review these policies. The following links can be used: Non-Exempt Staff: click on this link or copy and paste https://uportland.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6xr8EQ0LWqNvi29 into a […]
Ron Smit Memorial Mass, March 22
Ronald “Ron” Smit, who retired from the mathematics faculty in May 2005, passed away on February 20, 2018, in Vancouver, Washington, at the age of 77. Please join the University community at his Memorial Mass on Thursday, March 22 at 4:30 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. For questions, please contact campus ministry at x7131 […]
42nd Annual UP Hawaii Club Luau, March 24
The University of Portland Hawaii Club’s annual Lū’au will take place on Saturday, March 24, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., in the Chiles Center. Every year the University’s Hawaiian community offers authentic aloha hospitality with kalua pig, shoyu chicken, poi, and other Hawaiian delicacies plus traditional dancers and decor. For tickets please click on […]
TIAA Representative Visiting Campus April 12-13: Make Appointments Now
A representative from TIAA, which administers the University’s retirement accounts, will be on campus for appointments on Thursday, April 12, and Friday, April 13, in the Career Center located in Orrico Hall lower level, according to Laura Barnard, human resources. Financial counseling appointments with Rebecca Rohleder (pictured) are available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Schedule […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group: Friday, March 23
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be on Friday, March 23, from 3:30-5 p.m., in the Murphy Room. The group will be discussing “Reflections on the Cosmic Perspective” excerpted from Neil deGrasse Tyson’s 2017 book Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and the poem “The Brain is Wider Than the Sky” […]
Rhodes and Marshall Scholarship Candidates Wanted
Faculty members are encouraged to send the names of academically and experientially exceptional, ambitious rising seniors who would benefit from attending graduate school at Cambridge, Oxford, or one of the other premier UK institutions, to the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement, according to John Orr, assistant to the provost. Students applying for these awards must […]