News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Campus Ministry will offer the following Easter Triduum liturgies in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher this week:
For more information contact Campus Ministry at 7131 or ministry@up.edu.
All members of the University community are invited to participate in the final session of Visio Divina this Wednesday, April 1, in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Visio Divina offers a chance to enter into a deep silence and simply be present, using an image from The Saint John’s Bible as a focal point. This week’s illumination is “The Crucifixion.” Sessions last about 30 minutes and are offered at 12:45 p.m., or 7:15 p.m.
For details, contact Karen Eifler (eifler@up.edu) or Beth Barsotti (barsotti@up.edu).
Campus Wide Stations of the Cross will begin in the Bell Tower Plaza on Tuesday, March 31, at 7 p.m. Participants will walk to stations of the cross around campus for liturgical readings and prayer, and will end at the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. For more information contact Campus Ministry at 7131 or ministry@up.edu.
The University will host a lecture by Peggy Maguire, senior vice president of corporate accountability and chief of staff for Cambia Health Solutions, on Monday, March 30, at 7:10 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. Her talk, part of the Bauccio Lecture Series, is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. Maguire joined Cambia in 1997 as an associate general counsel and has held several posts since then, including director of litigation and risk management, as well as vice president of legal services, before being promoted to her current position in 2008. She was presented with a 2014 Orchid Award as recognition for being a “Woman of Influence” by the Portland Business Journal.
For more information about the Bauccio Lecture Series, contact Pete Rooks, Franz Center, at rooks@up.edu or 8914.
Sharing economy expert April Rinne will present “The Sharing Economy: Rethinking Markets, Cities, and Community” at the 2015 Bauccio Lecture in Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, April 1, at 4:10 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The lecture, which concludes this year’s Bauccio Lecture Series, is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.
Rinne is an expert on the linkages and opportunities between the sharing economy and cities, travel and tourism, global expansion, and emerging markets. She advises numerous companies, governments, and think tanks. She serves on sharing economy advisory boards in Seoul, Korea and Amsterdam, and is a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum. She is also a board member for the Worldwide Web Foundation and a member of REX.
The Bauccio Lecture Series was established with a $250,000 Defining Moment Campaign gift from University regent Fedele Bauccio, ’64, ’66, and his wife, Linda. The gift enables the University to stage a series of lectures with visiting entrepreneurs and visionaries from around the country. The series is sponsored by the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Innovation. For more information, contact Peter Rachor, Franz Center, at 7782 or rachor@up.edu.
The development office has reached the home stretch in its Beauchamp Recreation and Wellness Center paver drive, according to Amy Eaton, development. Less than 250 pavers remain to be sold, so University community members are urged not to miss their chance to mark their time and service at UP.
Paver sections can be purchased for $100 for a 6×9 space, or $200 for a 6×18 space. The pavers will be engraved with personal inscriptions designed by each purchaser. During the summer, the engraved pavers will be permanently installed at the entrance of the Beauchamp Center. Pavers are tax deductible, and proceeds from the sales will support construction costs for the new center.
Creating a personalized paver is easy. Go to http://tinyurl.com/qxkoeoa to see examples. Design the paver at http://tinyurl.com/nqbg4oe, then place the order at http://tinyurl.com/qhbyy7n.
Order your paver today at up.edu/legacypaver or call 844-MY-UP-PVR (844-698-7787). Order between April 6 and April 10 and receive a 10 percent discount by using the code UPPAVREMP.
For more information or assistance with purchasing pavers contact Eaton at 8551 or eatona@up.edu.
The Garaventa Center will host a lecture by Anita Houck, “God, Humor & Humanity: From The Iliad to The Onion” on Thursday, April 9, at 7:15 p.m., in the Holy Cross Lounge in Franz Hall. Her talk is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.
Houck is chairwoman of religious studies at Saint Mary’s College in Indiana, as well as an associate professor of theology. In this lecture, she will offer the audience a whirlwind tour of humor’s history in exploring the mystery of the Divine, from Homer’s controversial depictions of the laughter of the Greek gods to the coverage of religion in Chicago’s edgy satirical newspaper. The lecture is part of the Beckman Humor Project, established by John ’42 and Patricia Beckman for a multi-disciplinary effort to study and promote humor as a “spiritual and revolutionary energy in every field of endeavor, from business to politics to the arts and beyond.”
For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 8014 or eifler@up.edu.
The Shiley School of Engineering is one of 122 schools which signed a letter of commitment presented to President Barack Obama announcing a plan to educate a new generation of engineers expressly equipped to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing society in the 21st century. These “Grand Challenges,” identified through initiatives such as the White House Strategy for American Innovation, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges for Engineering, and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, include complex yet critical goals such as engineering better medicines, making solar energy cost-competitive with coal, securing cyberspace, and advancing personalized learning tools to deliver better education to more individuals.
The 122 schools have pledged to graduate a minimum of 20 students per year who have specifically prepared to lead the way in solving such large-scale problems, with the goal of training more than 20,000 formally recognized “Grand Challenge Engineers” over the next decade. They will be trained through special programs at each institution which integrate a hands-on research or design project connected to the Grand Challenges; real-world, interdisciplinary experiential learning with clients and mentors; entrepreneurship and innovation experience; global and cross-cultural perspectives; and service-learning.
Shiley School of Engineering students have worked on projects related to the Grand Challenges by providing access to clean water, enhancing virtual reality, and engineering better medicines. Engineering dean Sharon Jones’ letter to President Obama can be found here.
For more information contact the Shiley School at 7292 or stroheck@up.edu.
Information services has upgraded the FileUP website (https://file.up.edu), which now provides access to home folders (P: drives) as well department folders (U: drives) through a web interface. Users can reach the site through Pilots and the Go portal. The new version includes a mobile/touch interface. It should detect users’ devices and use the mobile interface automatically. Users can also download the “HTTP Commander” app for iPhone or Android to connect.
For more information contact information services at 7000 or help@up.edu.
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Informational on Tuesday, March 31, at 6 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy Room (room 426). The MAT is an intensive program designed to prepare individuals with baccalaureate degrees for teaching in K-12 schools. MAT graduates earn a masters degree and are eligible for Oregon initial licensure at two contiguous levels of authorization: early childhood, elementary, middle and/or high school.
To attend, please RSVP to the School of Education at 7135.