03-30-2015

Save The Date for Anchors Away, April 30

March 30, 2015

All faculty, staff, and students are invited to gather together on the bluff behind Bauccio Commons for Anchors Away, featuring a barbecue, live music, a beer garden, and lots of fun, to celebrate the conclusion of the academic year. Tickets for faculty and staff are free and will be delivered to campus mailboxes soon. Additional tickets for family members are available for $10, and drinks at the beer garden will cost $3. Local band The Junebugs will perform.

Please contact Joe Kuffner, marketing, at kuffnerj@up.edu, or Craig Swinyard, alumni relations, at swinyard@up.edu with questions.

A Given Life: Out of Exile

March 30, 2015

Those called to a life of service in the Church sometimes face opposition to their work. In 1901, the Sisters of Mary of the Presentation in France found themselves without home or work after the French government enacted anti-clerical legislation aimed at the Catholic Church. Through the Congregation of Holy Cross, some of these sisters were transported to locations in the United States, including the new Catholic university in Portland. The eighth installment of the “A Given Life” series focuses on these religious sisters and their service at UP in its early years. Visit the new post from the University archives and museum at this link. For other posts in the series, go to this link.

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

Parents Night Out, April 3

March 30, 2015

University parents are invited to take the opportunity to enjoy four hours of free time with their significant others while the UP onsite daycare watches their children on Parents Night Out, Friday, April 3, from 6-10 p.m. This service is provided by Vermont Hills Family Life Center daycare/preschool. The cost is $30 for one child and $45 for families, and includes dinner for the little ones. Proceeds benefit the UP daycare/preschool house.

For more information or to sign your kids up, contact Cala Richman, director, at (503) 283-9688 or calar@vhflc.com.

Schoenfeldt Hall Director Changes

March 30, 2015

Brock Vasconcellos (pictured), who currently serves as assistant hall director of Schoenfeldt Hall, has been named interim hall director for April 1 through May 31. Previous hall director Joe Coulter has accepted a position at the Boys & Girls Club of Portland, and his final day at UP will be Tuesday, March 31.

For more information, contact residence life at 7205 or reslife@up.edu.

Retirement, Investment Counseling Sessions: April 14-16

March 30, 2015

University employees’ TIAA-CREF investment counselor, Preston Watts, will be on campus a number of times this spring for individual financial counseling sessions on campus. The next one-on-one counseling sessions will take place on April 14, 15, and 16. Go to www.tiaa-cref.org/schedulenow or call TIAA-CREF at (877) 842-2028, press 5 to schedule an appointment today.

Time To Order Fall 2015 Software

March 30, 2015

Information services will begin creating computer classroom and lab software builds for the 2015 fall semester in April, and must receive software requests no later than Friday, April 3 in order to be included. Computer classroom and lab software builds start from a blank slate, so any software that was available in the previous term will not be available for the following term unless it is specifically requested. To request software for a classroom or lab, go to this link and complete the form.

For more information contact Sheila Smith, technical services, at 7658 or smithsv@up.edu.

Invitation: CISGO Reading Group

March 30, 2015

The Collaborative for International Studies and Global Outreach (CISGO) invites all members of the campus community to join a reading and study group dedicated to learning more about international and global education. The reading group will help to develop a common vocabulary and support the development of learning outcomes as a part of the campus initiative to create a framework for meaningful, intentional, and rigorous international and global learning. Kimberly Ilosvay, education, and Jeffrey White, international languages and cultures, will lead the discussion.

The first reading is available via Moodle at this link. Enter the password “culture” to enroll. The first meeting takes place on Wednesday, April 8, from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 210. Refreshments will be served.

For more information contact CISGO chair Laura McLary, international languages and cultures, at mclary@up.edu.

Your Voice Matters: Office 365 Evaluation and Demo

March 30, 2015

Information services is exploring Microsoft Office 365 as a comprehensive set of collaboration tools for staff, faculty, and students at the University of Portland. Feedback from the campus community is an important part of the process of exploring new tools and services to best meet campus needs. All are welcome to check the website at https://sites.up.edu/office365/. Log in with the usual UP credentials.

Demonstrations will also be scheduled for faculty and staff on the following dates in Franz Hall room 10:

Tuesday, April 7, at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 14, at p.m.
Wednesday, April 15, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

For more information contact information services at 7000 or help@up.edu.