03-23-2015

Submit Book Orders, Help Students Save $$

March 23, 2015

Summer and fall book orders are due by Friday, April 3, and submitting book orders now helps the Barnes & Noble bookstore keep costs down for students, according to bookstore manager Erin Bright.

Book rentals are one way students can save. UP’s rental program grows each semester; in the current semester, students rented almost 6,000 books, saving an average of 50 percent off the price of a new book, with many books at an 80 percent discount. Over 80 percent of textbooks are available to rent.

Used books are another way for students to save money. The more time bookstore personnel have to find used books, the more copies they will be able to stock for students. UP Bookstore competes for used books everyday with bookstores across the country. With variable pricing on rental books, students save even more by renting a used book. Placing faculty book orders early will also enable Barnes & Noble to buy back textbooks from students. If the book is being used again in the fall semester, students can receive 50 percent back in cash for that book.

How to place book orders:

Website (www.uportland.bkstore.com), go to Faculty Services to fill out the online form.
E-mail (bksuportland@bncollege.com) – please provide complete information on the books and course.
Telephone (7125—please ask for Erin Bright or Mark Heinowski)

Book order forms are available through department assistants or the bookstore. For questions or assistance contact Bright at 7125 or bright@up.edu. She can take care of book ordering for faculty members if they would like—no special forms or online links.

A Given Life: Called To Serve

March 23, 2015

Within a community of given lives some are chosen to lead, not always by choice. The University’s mission, summarized as Teaching and Learning; Faith and Formation; Service and Learning, is not for students alone. The University of Portland has been a cradle of leadership for the religious of Holy Cross, who practice and model what they preach about giving of self to others. In the seventh installment of the “A Given Life” series, the focus is on leaders in Holy Cross who spent time on The Bluff working as administrators before assuming further leadership roles in the congregation. Visit the new post from the University archives and museum at http://tinyurl.com/p4o8l6u. For other posts in the series, go to http://tinyurl.com/m9v6bhm.

Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu or 8038 for more information.

An American Dream—an opera by librettist/Portland Magazine editor, Jessica Murphy Moo, and composer Jack Perla—was produced by OperaLab Japan in Tokyo (November 2024) and Manhattan School of Music (December 2024).

Larry Larsen, Performing and Fine Arts, designed the scenery for this year’s production of Nordic Fire for the Portland Revels that is playing at the Alberta Abbey from December 13 through December 22. He also is designing the lighting for Lakewood Theatre Company’s production of The Maltese Falcon based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett, which plays at the Lakewood Center in Lake Oswego from January 3 through February 9.

Lizhong Hao, Business, presented “The Impact of Auditor and Client Bargaining Power on Audit Pricing: A Two-Tier Stochastic Frontier Approach.” The 2024 Corporate Behavior and New Development of Financial Markets International Conference. Chongqing, China. November, 2024.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, was a discussant and participant at the International Congress on the Future of Theology ‘Legacy and Envisioning.’ Organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education. Vatican City. December 9–10, 2024. Aihiokhai was also a discussant and participant at the General Assembly of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (INSeCT). Rome, Italy. December 8 – 13, 2024.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, completed the training requirements to be certified in the DiSC assessment on December 19, 2024. The DiSC assessment is a powerful tool that helps individuals and teams improve communication, collaboration, and workplace dynamics by providing insights into behavioral and communication styles. If you’d like to explore using the DiSC assessment for your individual or team’s leadership development, please contact Dave Houglum.

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