03-24-2014

Nominate Students For Maloney Scholarships

May 12, 2014

Each year, the Maloney Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship invites University faculty and staff to nominate current full-time undergraduate students that are here for the 2014-15 school year who meet the following criteria as established by the donor:

Academic achievement;
Outstanding contribution to the University;
Outstanding contribution to the community.

Over recent years, the scholarship fund has provided financial support to two students annually. Nominations should provide information about a student’s activities, involvement with campus projects, community service/volunteer efforts off-campus, and any awards or special recognition. Grade level is not specified, but preference will be given to seniors who plan to graduate in May or August of 2015.

Bob Maloney ’64 is a shareholder in the Portland law firm of Lane Powell. He served as a member of the President’s Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Sciences and is past chair of the board of directors of the Oregon Independent College Foundation (OICF).

Please forward nominations in writing or by e-mail to Denise Stack, development, at stack@up.edu by the end of the day on Friday, May 16, 2014.

17th Annual UP Day, April 25

April 21, 2014

The 17th annual UP Day at Joe Etzel Field is scheduled for Friday, April 25, at 3 p.m. The Pilots will take the mound against the San Francisco Dons. All employees and family members are welcome to attend the game at no charge, and also enjoy complimentary hot dogs (vegetarian alternative available as well), chips, and soda. There will also be prizes raffled off every half-inning, so come out to Joe Etzel Field, take in some innings of baseball, and cheer the Pilots on to victory. Department heads and office directors are encouraged to allow as many employees to attend the game as possible. For more information contact Jon Brooks, athletics, at 7431 or brooksj@up.edu.

Philosophy Lecture Honoring Thompson Faller, April 15

April 7, 2014

All faculty and staff are invited to a lecture honoring the career of Thompson Faller, philosophy, who will retire from his long, colorful career on The Bluff at the end of the spring semester. The lecture will be “The Use of Philosophical Principles in Modern Catholic Social Teaching” by Rev. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J., associate professor at Fordham University, on Tuesday, April 15, at 7 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons boardroom. A reception will follow, and no RSVP is required. Sponsors include the philosophy department, theology department, the McNerney-Hanson Endowed Chair in Ethics, and The Garaventa Center.

For more information contact Andrew Eshleman, philosophy, at 7317 or aseshleman@up.edu.

Flexible Spending Account Grace Period

March 31, 2014

All current FSA Plan participants had through March 15, 2014 to complete eligible transactions for the 2013 plan year. Participants now have until March 31, 2014 to file all claims for reimbursement with Flex Plan. There will be no 2013 funds available beyond this grace period.

Beginning with the 2014 plan year, all savings under the plan must be used by December 31, 2014, with the exception of up to $500, which can be rolled into the 2015 plan year and used throughout 2015.

Questions regarding the plan years, grace periods, and carryovers may be directed to Andy Sherwood at 8981 or sherwood@up.edu.

Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, April 4

March 31, 2014

The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be on Friday, April 4, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy conference room. The group will be discussing Antonio Spadaro’s “Interview with Pope Frances: A Big Heart Open to God” and the Rothko paining “Orange Red Orange,” which accompanies this announcement.

Readings are on electronic reserve in the library under Eifler, Karen or Martin, Norah, Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group. All faculty and staff are welcome. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact Martin at martinn@up.edu or Eifler at eifler@up.edu.

Christie Alumni Open House, April 5

March 31, 2014

All faculty or staff members who lived in Christie Hall as a student, or worked as a member of the hall staff are invited to join the current Christie Gentlemen for an afternoon of stories, food, and fellowship on Saturday, April 5, starting with a Mass in Christie Hall Chapel at 3 p.m. The schedule follows:

3 p.m. Mass in the Christie Chapel
4 p.m. Social Hour with Appetizers
4:30 p.m. Light Dinner
5 p.m. Holy Cross Mission Fundraiser Poker Tourney hosted by Fr. Pat Hannon, C.S.C. ’82 ($5 buy-in).

Please RSVP to Christie Hall director Joe Burke by e-mail to burke@up.edu, or call 503-572-8063. The Mass, social, and dinner are free, and spouses and significant others are welcome.

Faculty Welfare Meetings

March 31, 2014

The Faculty Welfare Committee has two meetings coming up, according to committee chair Tamar More, physics. The committee will meet on Tuesday, April 1 with president-elect Fr. Mark Poorman, C.S.C., for a general conversation regarding faculty priorities and concerns. On Thursday, April 3, the committee will meet with Tom Greene, Bobbi Lindahl, and Matt Baasten to discuss UP’s summer program and scheduling issues.

If you have concerns, suggestions, or comments for the committee, please contact any member: Tamar More (more@up.edu), Mike Eom (Eom@up.edu), Lara Trout (Trout@up.edu), Caroline Mann (mann@up.edu), Ken Kleszynski (kkleszyn@up.edu), and Barbara Braband (braband@up.edu).

Kenna Zombie 5K: Fun, Funds, Brains, April 5

March 31, 2014

The staff in Kenna Hall is throwing a zombie-themed 5k run on Saturday, April 5, at 5 p.m., to benefit Holy Cross Charities. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to take part in this fundraising effort. Participants can register either as a runner or a zombie; zombies will act as obstacles along the course and will chase after (but not touch or eat) racers. Both roles cost $15, which includes an event t-shirt.

Zombies and runners can sign up at this Perfect Forms link: http://tinyurl.com/qek8apl. For more information contact assistant hall director Kathleen Doyle at doylek@up.edu.

Apply For Summer Tuition Remission By April 4, Please

March 31, 2014

Eligible employees who intend to use their tuition remission benefit during the summer semester are encouraged to apply using the online request tool no later than Friday, April 4, according to Bryn Sopko, human resources. It is required that remission requests are approved at least 2 weeks before the first class, or late charges may be applied to an employee’s account.

There are separate application forms for undergraduate (http://tinyurl.com/42haqs2) and graduate course work tuition remission (http://tinyurl.com/7sx5zs8). Any graduate level tuition remission benefit will be taxable to the employee on the value above $5,250 for attempted credits and subject to applicable withholdings and will be reflected on the W-2 of the tax year the remission was applied. Time away from an employee’s regular work day must be approved in advance by the supervisor. Tuition exchange at other universities is not available to employees.

See the Tuition Remission Policy Summary at http://tinyurl.com/czyvnrb for further details.

Time To Order Fall 2014 Software

March 31, 2014

Information services will begin creating the computer classroom and lab software builds for the 2014 fall semester in April. A software build is applied to all computers in the requested location and contains a set of applications that the students require access to in order to complete their coursework. The computer classroom and lab software builds start from a blank slate, which means that any software that was available in the previous term will not be available for the following term unless it is specifically requested. Exceptions to this are software installed commonly everywhere, including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Symantec anti-virus protection. For the Mac, Office, Safari, Firefox, and iLife are included by default.

To request software in a classroom or lab, please go to http://tinyurl.com/l5x5py3 and complete the web-based form. If you are interested in purchasing new software for your department to to http://tinyurl.com/mk9udn7 for instructions. If you are interested in requesting software for other locations that are not labs or classrooms, please contact the help desk at help@up.edu or call 7000.

Please note: Funding for new software is the responsibility of the requesting department.

The software build and deployment process is extremely labor intensive, and information services must receive software requests no later than Friday, April 4 to be included in the the computer classroom/lab software build for the Fall 2014 semester. For more information contact Sheila Smith, academic technology services, at 7658 or smithsv@up.edu.