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03-18-2019

Together We All Add UP!

March 22, 2019

Mark your calendar for April 3-4, noon to noon, and get ready for one of the biggest days of the year for the University of Portland!  #PilotsGive is a day of worldwide Pilot pride that raises critical support for scholarships, programs, innovative learning experiences, and student success. Will you help the University set a record with $1M in annual gifts in only 24 hours?

Last year over 2,000 Pilots made a gift and helped unlock challenge dollars that resulted in a total of $700,000 for programs and funds around campus. With #PilotsGive we can all continue creating positive change and amazing opportunities for students.

Together we all add UP!

For more information contact development at giving@up.edu  or x8003.

Filed Under: 02-25-2019, 03-04-2019, 03-11-2019, 03-18-2019, 03-25-2019, 04-01-2019, Campus Services, Development, University Relations Tagged With: Development, PilotGive

Time To Say Cheese, Please: March 26

March 22, 2019

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, March 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, March 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.

Filed Under: 03-18-2019, 03-25-2019, Campus Services, Marketing & Communications Tagged With: Marketing and Communications, Suzanne Frey

TIAA Representative on Campus March 26-28

March 22, 2019

A representative from TIAA, which administers the University’s retirement accounts, will be on campus on March 26-28, according to Laura Barnard, human resources. Financial counseling appointments with Rebecca Rohleder (pictured) are available during work hours on those days in the Career Center in Orrico Hall. Schedule your appointment today at www.tiaa-cref.org/schedulenow or by calling TIAA at 877.842.2028 (press 5 to schedule an appointment).

Please email benefits@up.edu with questions.

 

 

Filed Under: 02-25-2019, 03-04-2019, 03-11-2019, 03-18-2019, 03-25-2019, Campus Services, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resouces, Rebecca Rohleder, TIAA

Faculty Development Day, May 7: Session Proposals Welcome

March 22, 2019

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is excited to announce this year’s Faculty Development Day theme, “Compassionate listening and responding: How to transform UP into a more diverse, supportive, and inclusive campus.” The morning keynote address and several late morning sessions will be centered around this theme. The remaining sessions, most of which will occur in the afternoon, are then open to a variety of topics, which may or may not relate to the overall theme.

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is now accepting proposals from faculty who would like to organize 45-minute sessions on a topic of their choice. Please send suggestions/requests to committee chair Hannah Highlander (tas@up.edu) no later than Friday, April 12. Please include a title and abstract, along with any other preferences or special needs. The committee will make every effort to accommodate requests.

Filed Under: 03-18-2019, 03-25-2019, 04-01-2019, Academics Tagged With: Committee on Teaching and Scholarship, Faculty Development Day, Hannah Highlander

Writing and Faith: A Literary Panel, March 28

March 22, 2019

All are invited to hear celebrated writers read from their works, followed by a moderated panel examining how their faith influences the inspiration, process, and products of their imaginations, on Thursday, March 28, at 7 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. Panelists include poet and scholar Sr. Eva Hooker, C.S.C.; novelist and essayist Allison Grace Myers; poet GC Waldrep; and poet and fiction writer Rachel Jamison Webster. The event, a collaboration by the Department of English, the Garaventa Center, and Portland Magazine, is free and open to the public.

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

Filed Under: 03-18-2019, 03-25-2019, Academics, English, Garaventa Center, Portland Magazine Tagged With: English Department, Garaventa Center, Portland Magazine, Writing and Faith

Poetry Reading: Laura Read, March 26

March 22, 2019

Poet Laura Read will present her work in a reading on Tuesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore. The reading is free and open to all.

Laura Read’s chapbook The Chewbacca on Hollywood Boulevard Reminds Me of You won the Floating Bridge Chapbook Award in 2010, and her first full-length collection, Instructions for My Mother’s Funeral, was chosen as the winner of the AWP/Donald Hall Prize for Poetry by Dorianne Laux in 2011 and published in 2012 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Her second collection, Dresses from the Old Country, will be published by BOA in October of 2018. Her individual poems have received awards from The Florida Review, Dogwood, and Crab Creek Review and have been published in many different journals, including most recently, Radar, Beloit Poetry Journal, Blood Orange Review, and The New York Times Magazine. She teaches English composition, literature, and creative writing at Spokane Falls Community College and helps advise SFCC’s creative arts magazine The Wire Harp. 

For more information contact the English department at english@up.edu.

Filed Under: 03-04-2019, 03-11-2019, 03-18-2019, 03-25-2019, Academics, English Tagged With: English, Laura Read, Readings and Lectures Series

Faculty & Staff Discount for Women’s Soccer Camps

March 22, 2019

The Pilot women’s soccer program is now offering a 20 percent discount to all faculty and staff who would like to send their budding soccer stars to this summer’s Pilot Soccer Camps. Just use the code GOPILOTS when signing up at this link.

University of Portland women’s soccer camps are super fun, informative, and give every camper a chance to foster their soccer passion, and further develop their skills, regardless of their current experience. Our events are led by the current Pilot coaching staff and current and former Portland student-athletes will also take part in developing each players’ soccer careers. Our three state-of-the-art soccer fields allow players to be grouped by age and ability, so campers are equally challenged as they are comfortable. So, whether you’re just getting started or an elite player, this is a great opportunity to learn from some of the most experienced Division I coaches and players on the West Coast.

Filed Under: 03-18-2019, 03-25-2019, 04-01-2019, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Pilots Soccer Camps

Class of 2021 Jumpstart: Send Us Your Sophomores!

March 22, 2019

The Career Center is hosting Class of 2021: Sophomore Jumpstart on Thursday, March 28, from 5:45 to  7:45 p.m., in Bauccio Commons. During the event, sophomores will have an opportunity to hear “10 Careers in Thirty Minutes,” followed by an opportunity to talk in depth with UP alumni about their jobs and the skills and qualifications needed to successfully perform in their roles. All sophomores are invited. Please encourage sophomores to RSVP through Engage.

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

Filed Under: 03-18-2019, 03-25-2019, Academics, Campus Services, Career Services Tagged With: Career Center, Sophomore Jumpstart

“Amazing Grace” with Christopher Pramuk, March 20

March 15, 2019

The Garaventa Center invites all faculty, staff, students, and the public to a free lecture, “Amazing Grace: Diversity, Deep Listening, and the Anatomy of a Song,” presented by Christopher Pramuk, on Wednesday, March 20, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120.

Pramuk, who serves as chair of Ignatian Thought and Imagination at Regis University, presents the remarkable story of one-time slave trader John Newton, the composer of the song “Amazing Grace,” as a portal into the struggle for diversity and inclusion in the U.S. and beyond. He will also explore the many beautiful and often painful ways that grace can break open our social horizons, from the classroom to the political realm to our efforts to create a truly diverse and welcoming environment on university campuses. Pramuk is the author of Hope Sings, So Beautiful: Graced Encounters Across the Color Line.

For ADA accommodations or more information: x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 03-11-2019, 03-18-2019, Academics, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Christopher Pramuk, Garaventa Center

Call for Participants: CAS Fellows Program Pilot Initiative

March 15, 2019

Are you interested in developing innovative undergraduate research projects in a supported environment? Have you considered connecting your teaching and scholarship with the wider public but haven’t been sure where to start? The Humanities Collaborative invites faculty from across all disciplines to an informational meeting on Thursday, March 14, at 8:30 a.m., in the Clark Library conference room (no. 222). Attendees will find out more about the CAS Fellows Program, a pilot initiative for the 2019-2020 academic year that aims to build a replicable, scalable model for undergraduate research around an annual theme and innovative public-facing projects at UP. The inaugural theme will be “The U.S. Suffrage Centennial.”

A full description of the CAS Fellows program can be found at this link.

For more information contact Laura McLary, academic associate dean, College of Arts and Sciences, at mclary@up.edu.

Filed Under: 03-11-2019, 03-18-2019, Academics, College of Arts & Sciences Tagged With: CAS Fellows Program Pilot Initiative, College of Arts and Sciences, Laura McLary

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Hannah Pick, Dundon-Berchtold Institute, published a review of Yuval Levin’s A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus: How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream through the journal of Christian Higher Education (22 January, 2021; DOI: 10.1080/15363759.2020.1865123).

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Alice Gates, social work, presented on March 3, 2021 as part of the University of Minnesota School of Social Work 2021 Research Colloquium Series.  Her paper was titled “Engaging equity and critical race perspectives in community-based research.”

Jordy Wolfand, Shiley School of Engineering, published Assessing resilience of a dual drainage urban system to redevelopment and climate change. Journal of Hydrology. 2021. 596. 126101.

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Jeffrey White, International Languages & Cultures, presented MS Teams And Office Integrations During Covid (2.0). Roundtable presentation and discussion at the 2021 National College Learning Center Association Virtual Winter Conference.

Hillary Gaudio and Randy Hetherington, education, presented Inequity in the classroom: Improving teacher training by listening to completer voice. Virtual paper presented at the Oregon Association of Teacher Educators (ORATE) conference.

Randy Hetherington, education, co-presented Training transformative leaders: Valuing teacher wellness in complex change. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education (AILACTE) conference.

Jacqueline Waggoner, Randy Hetherington, Hillary Gaudio, Bruce Weitzel, James Carroll, education, presented Inequity and the reality of teacher preparation: Hearing the voices of completers. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education (AILACTE) conference.

Bruce Weitzel, Hillary Gaudio, Jacqueline Waggoner, James Carroll, Randy Hetherington, education, presented The completer voice: Inequity revealed. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

James Carroll, Randy Hetherington, Jacqueline Waggoner, Hillary Gaudio, Bruce Weitzel, education, presented Educator preparation in traumatic stress. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

Randy Hetherington, education, co-presented Interrelated leadership: Valuing teacher impact in a complex school. Virtual paper presentation at the Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) conference.

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