Green Dot is hosting its next Bystander Intervention Training for students on Saturday, April 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Organizers are still collecting nominations for student leaders to attend the training and learn how to help decrease violence in the UP community. The nomination form takes about 30 seconds to fill out and there is an […]
03-20-2017
Got a Great Student or Alumni Story? Send it to Marketing!
The marketing and communications office is always looking for stories about the marvelously talented and dedicated students and alumni who make up our community. Faculty, staff, students, alumni, parents–anyone who wants to share information about what our students do to make the world a better place can now submit their stories to the marketing office […]
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 […]
Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring Cycle Winners
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2016-2017 Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring cycle, according to committee chair Aaron Wootton, mathematics. This spring’s Butine award recipients are: Vail Fletcher, Conference Funding: International Environmental Communication Association Conference; $1,997 Ted Eckmann, Conference Funding: Joint Meeting of the Japan Geoscience Union and […]
Pamplin School Ranked Top Part-time MBA Program in Oregon
The Pamplin School of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program has been ranked 84th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, which released its 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Grad School rankings last week. The Pamplin School is ranked highest out of Oregon institutions that offer part-time MBA programs. The full rankings can be […]
“What’s So Funny About a Joke?” with Mark Roche, March 23
Mark W. Roche will present the Annual Hesburgh Lecture, “What’s So Funny About a Joke?,” on Thursday, March 23, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall 120. His talk will interlace humor with an analysis of the greatness and limits of Freud’s theory of jokes. Roche is Joyce Professor of German, concurrent professor of philosophy, and […]
School of Nursing Makes U.S. News “Best Graduate Schools”
The University of Portland’s School of Nursing ranked 72nd nationally for its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program and 108th for its Master of Science in Nursing program in the just-released U.S. News & World Report “Best Graduate Schools” rankings. Only Oregon Health & Science University’s programs ranked higher in Oregon than the University’s nursing masters programs. For […]
March Cybersecurity Focus: What it Takes to Refuse the Phishing Bait
To help raise awareness across our campus about the dangers of email phishing, information service is kicking off a monthly “Phishing Derby.” To participate simply report suspect emails to phish@up.edu. UP community members who participate will have a chance at a monthly drawing for an Amazon gift card. Learn more about how to recognize phishing and what […]
“The Office Hours” Latest UP Photo Feature
“The Office Hours” is a new photo series by the University of Portland, and the goal of the project is to make office hours more accessible to students by presenting professors’ offices in unique ways. Through the sharing of interesting images, casual conversations, and stories it is hoped this project will help calm students’ nerves and gives […]
Encounter With Christ Retreat: Palanca, Please
A group of 40 students will be attending the March Encounter with Christ Retreat along with 21 student leaders from March 24-26. All faculty and staff are asked to consider writing a note (palanca) to the students they know on the retreat’s attendance list. It is an opportunity to encourage students and express appreciation for them outside the […]