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03-19-2018

Pilots Give 24-Hour Day of Giving, April 4-5

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 for Donors Donuts, and more.

Pilots Give is our opportunity to reach out to Pilots near and far and reconnect them to campus. By encouraging philanthropy from those who have benefitted from a UP education, we can strengthen our programs at UP. The difference between a good school and a great school is giving. By creating an annual tradition through Pilots Give, we can continue to transform education for UP students today and tomorrow.

Everyone on campus can do something to help us reach our goal of 1,000 gifts in 24 hours. To learn more or volunteer, use this link or please contact Amy Eaton, development, at x8551 or eatona@up.edu.

Late Stay Requests Due to Residence Life by April 6

If your department will be sponsoring students to remain on campus after the standard move-out dates (May 4 for most students, May 7 for graduating seniors), please complete a Department Late Stay Request form for residence life. If your department did not receive a copy of the template for making this request (sent March 12), please contact the Office of Residence Life at reslife@up.edu or x7205. These requests are due by April 6 to Jessica Wode at wodej@up.edu. Your department will be charged $47 per person per night unless you specify that the students’ accounts should be charged. Students who do not need to stay for any department but wish to request a late stay for themselves should submit a Petition Form to Modify Housing Contract to residence life.

 

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 see what God might have to say to us. Our meditation will focus on an illumination from The Saint John’s Bible. All are welcome. For ADA accommodations or more information: garaventa@up.edu or x7702.

Holy Week, Easter Triduum

Campus Ministry will offer a number of services in celebration and observance of Holy Week, known as the Easter Triduum, all in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher:

  • Triduum morning prayers: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, March 29, 30, 31, at 9 a.m.
  • Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 4:30 p.m., March 29
  • Good Friday Liturgy: 3 p.m., March 30
  • Easter Vigil Mass: 8:30 p.m., March 31
  • Easter Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m., April 1.
  • No 4:30p.m. Mass will be offered on Easter Sunday.

For more information contact Campus Ministry at 7131 or ministry@up.edu.

Say Cheese, Please: March 27 Directory Photo Session

Each month, the marketing and communications office schedules a photographer to take a small number of head shots for our online directory. The January session is Tuesday, March 27, from 11 a.m. to noon. To set up an appointment, please contact Suzanne Frey at freys@up.edu or x8676 no later than 3 p.m. on Monday, March 26. 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.

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 Holy Week, should not be scheduled from that time through Monday, April 2.

Even though classes are not scheduled for Easter Monday, University offices will be open as usual.

The early closing on Holy Thursday is intended to allow students, faculty, and staff to attend the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, which will be celebrated in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher at 4:30 p.m.

The University’s custom of closing on Good Friday is in acknowledgment of the special religious character of the day. In Catholic tradition, Good Friday has always been recognized as one of three important days (the Sacred Triduum) of religious observance: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday.

For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or staten@up.edu.

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 Cave at x7125.

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:

If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact human resources at hr@up.edu or x8484.

Clark Library Gallery: “From Page to Production” Opening Reception, March 23

Join us at the opening reception for From Page to Production on Friday, March 23, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., in the Clark Library Gallery. See how a play script is brought to life from theatrical design sketches and scaled models to finished costumes and sets. The exhibit features the work of scenic designer Larry Larsen, performing and fine arts, and costume designer Gregory Pulver, performing and fine arts. They will give a brief talk about their work at the reception. Refreshments will be provided.

For more information contact the Clark Library at x7111 or library@up.edu.

Learning Commons Receives National Recognition

The College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) recognized the University’s Learning Commons with International Tutor Training Program Certification – Level I. This recognition by the CRLA authorizes the Learning Commons to certify tutors as meeting CRLA-approved requirements for Level I certified tutors. To become certified, the Learning Commons trained tutors must complete 11 hours of training and 25 hours of active tutoring time. In addition, Learning Commons tutor trainer and administrator Jeffrey White, international languages and cultures, observes and debriefs trainees prior to certification. White will submit materials for the next stage of certification in November 2018.

Tutor training and certification are part of a larger continuous effort to improve peer assistance in the Learning Commons as it seeks to meet standards and guidelines for peer learning assistance programs as developed by the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education. After having completed a CAS Standards self-assessment with staff of the Shepard Academic Resource Center, the Learning Commons is in the process of drafting a CAS Standards report by the end of summer.

Research shows that students benefit from well-trained tutors, and the ITTPC certification is the national gold standard for tutor training certification. The Learning Commons’ trained tutors and peer assistants handle approximately 4,600 tutoring sessions for around 1,200 unique visitors per year. In the current academic year, the Learning Commons is on track to surpass the number of visits and visitors.

Students can access tutoring and peer assistance in areas of writing, math, physics, chemistry, biology, nursing, languages, speeches and presentations, group work, economics, accounting, finance, business law, and sophomore engineering courses.

For more information on how faculty can encourage their students to improve their learning and gain confidence in their course work, please contact Jeffrey White at white@up.edu, x7141, or follow us on Facebook.