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04-01-2019

Columbia Sportswear Employee Store: You’re Invited!

April 18, 2019

University of Portland faculty and staff are invited to shop at the Columbia Sportswear Company Employee Store from April 5 to 28. The Columbia employee store has discounted items marked at 40-50 percent off regular retail pricing, with all of the latest product from the Columbia Sportswear family (SOREL, Mountain Hardwear, prAna, and, of course, Columbia Sportswear).

To access the store, please bring the official invitation, printed or digital versions. Also bring your UP ID or business card, paystub, signature of work email, as well as a personal ID. This invitation is valid for each employee plus four guests (you must be present for guests).

Find store location and hours here or on the invitation. To find out more contact Columbia Sportswear at portlandemployeestore@columbia.com or Hannah Pick, university relations, at pick@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-01-2019, 04-08-2019, 04-15-2019, 04-22-2019, Campus Services, University Relations Tagged With: Columbia Sportswear Employee Store

Complimentary Tickets to Reunion 2019, June 27-30

April 18, 2019

Faculty and staff are encouraged to join the hundreds of alumni who return to campus to participate in our annual Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 27-30. This year we’ll be celebrating Salzburg, Entrepreneur Scholars, and the Classes of 1969 and 1999. Enter promo code FACSTAFF at up.edu/reunion.

For more information, go to up.edu/reunion or contact the alumni office at x7328 or alumni@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-01-2019, 04-08-2019, 04-15-2019, 04-22-2019, Campus Services Tagged With: Alumni relations

Summer Course Pack Submissions Due April 8

April 5, 2019

Summer course pack submissions are due by Monday, April 8, according to Mary Scroggins, mailing and printing services. Copyrighted materials require six weeks turnaround prior to sale date, and non-copyrighted require four weeks. Please submit all jobs to printjobs@up.edu. All course materials can be purchased in the Barnes and Noble bookstore.

For more information, please call x7200 or email scroggin@up.edu.

 

 

Filed Under: 04-01-2019, 04-08-2019, Academics Tagged With: Course Packs, Mary Scroggins, Printing and Mailing Services

Have You Considered Becoming a Leadership Fellow with the Franz Center?

April 5, 2019

The Franz Center is providing free leadership education and development during the 2019-2020 academic year for faculty and staff who want to learn more about becoming a Leadership Fellow, according to Dave Houglum, Franz Center. There have been over 130 faculty and staff from across the University who have participated in the Leadership Fellows program and the Franz Center is seeking to include 30 additional faculty and staff who will begin their leadership education and development next fall.

Once faculty and staff members complete the Leadership Fellows curriculum, they are certified as Leadership Fellows and receive the opportunity to serve as leadership instructors and coaches in the Leader Certificate Program and earn a stipend of up to $2,500 for their teaching or coaching. Only exempt (salaried) employees can take part in the program at this time. Please contact Dave Houglum at houglum@up.edu if you would like to participate, want to nominate a colleague, or need more information, by Friday, May 3.

Filed Under: 02-18-2019, 02-25-2019, 04-01-2019, 04-08-2019, Academics, Franz Center for Leadership Entrepreneurship and Innovation Tagged With: Dave Houglum, Franz Center, Franz Leadership Fellows

“Pippin” Pre-Play Panel & Reception, April 13

April 5, 2019

The Garaventa Center warmly invites all ticket holders to the April 13 performance of Pippin to a complimentary wine, cheese & dessert reception and panel before the show, as campus experts highlight what to look and listen for. Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and the Beckman Humor Project. For play tickets: x7287. For ADA accommodations or more information: x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-01-2019, 04-08-2019, Academics, Campus Services, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center

Did You Know? Catholic Social Teaching

March 29, 2019

How does one live in relationship with the world today and do so in the light of the teachings of Jesus?  Catholic Social Teaching seeks to answer this question.  This teaching does not come from one particular document but is drawn from a range of sources that have been developed over the years.  From these sources seven principle themes have emerged: Life and Dignity of the Human Person; Call to Family, Community and Participation; Rights and Responsibilities; Option for the Poor and Vulnerable; The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers; Solidarity; and Care for God’s Creation.  Learn more here or watch this series of videos.

“Did You Know?” is a sort of regular feature in upbeat to help staff and faculty understand dimensions of this Catholic, Holy Cross university. You can send questions to Fr. Jim Gallagher, C.S.C. (Campus Ministry) or Karen Eifler (Garaventa Center).

Filed Under: 04-01-2019, Campus Ministry, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Did You Know?, Fr. Jim Gallagher C.S.C., Karen Eifler

2019 Butine Faculty Development Funds Awarded

March 28, 2019

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2019 Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring cycle, according to committee chair Hannah Highlander, Mathematics.

Butine award recipients are:

  • Christina Astorga: Catholic Theological Society of America, Pittsburg, $2,000
  • Barbara Braband: Sigma Theta Tau, International Congress 2019 Calgary, Canada, $1,282.49
  • David DeLyser: 2019 Chorus America National Conference Philadelphia, $2,000
  • Carol Dempsey: College Theology Society National Conference Holy Cross College, South Bend, Indiana, $1,363
  • Caery Evangelist: Liber International Summer School, Trends in Manuscript Studies, Italy, $2,000
  • Alice Gates: National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, Portland, $895
  • Eli Goldwyn: American Mathematical Society Sectional Meeting University of Hawai’i, $740
  • Hannah Highlander: International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Spain, $2,000
  • Gregory Hill: Systems Mapping for Transformational Governance, $1,637
  • Samuel Holloway: Beeronomics,org, Czech Republic, $2,000
  • Sally Hood: Seventh International Conference on Immersion & Dual Language Education, Charlotte, $1,275
  • Kevin Jones: 2019 National Association for Poetry Therapy 39th Annual Conference, Baltimore, $1,935
  • Jakob Kotas: MAA MathFest, Cincinnati, $2,000
  • Bohn Lattin: Northwest Communication Association Conference Coeur’d’Alene, $730
  • Lora Looney: Denial: The Final Stage of Genocide First International Conference Center of Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies University of North Carolina, $701.14
  • Kala Mayer: Sigma Theta Tau 30th International Nursing Research Congress, Calgary, Canada, $1,450.23
  • John Orr: The Seventeenth International Conference on Books, Publishing & Libraries Granada, Spain, $2,000
  • Gregory Pulver: Corrib Theatre Irish Theatre Tour 2019, $2,000
  • Anjanette Raber: Sigma Theta Tau 30th International Nursing Research Congress, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, $1,589
  • Nicole Ralston: American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada and US Conference on Teaching Statistics
    State College, Pennsylvania, $2,000
  • Buck Taylor: National Organic Chemistry Symposium University of Indiana, Bloomington, $1,790
  • Amber Vermeesch: Third International Integrative Nursing Symposium, Galway, Ireland, $2,000
  • Blair Woodard: 2019 Conference of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Arlington, Virginia, $1,944.35

For more information, contact Highlander at x7162 or tas@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-01-2019, Academics Tagged With: Butine Faculty Development Fund, Hannah Highlander

New Women’s Basketball Coach: Michael Meek

March 28, 2019

Michael Meek has been hired as the new head coach for the Pilots women’s basketball team. Meek comes to Portland from George Fox University where we he was head coach for nine seasons.

Meek led the Bruins to remarkable results including NCAA Division III championship game appearances in 2012 and 2015. He guided George Fox to eight NCAA Tournament appearances – including the last six seasons – six Northwest Conference (NWC) championships, and his teams were ranked at the end of the year seven times.

With a career collegiate coaching record of 230-35 (.868), Meek ranks fourth in career winning percentage among active coaches with five-plus years of experience at all divisions of women’s college basketball. He was named the D3hoops.com NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year in 2012 and was three times named the NWC Coach of the Year, including in 2019. He coached four players to All-America recognition, while Hannah Munger also earned Academic All-America honors in 2012.

For more information contact athletics at x7117 or portlandpilots.com.

Filed Under: 04-01-2019, Athletics Tagged With: Pilot women's basketball

TLC from The TLC: Cultivating World Citizenship

March 28, 2019

UP aims to cultivate world-citizenship in its students; are faculty up to the task?  In this week’s Teaching & Learning submission, Lars Larson reviews the book Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things are Better Than you Think that can help orient our global imaginations more accurately.

For more information contact Larson at larson@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-01-2019, Academics, Teaching & Learning Collaborative Tagged With: Lars Larson, Teaching & Learning Collaborative

Pilot Baseball Bark in the Park, April 28

March 28, 2019

Mark the 1st ever Bark in the Park on your calendar as the Pilots take on Santa Clara on Sunday, April 28 at 3 p.m. You will not want to miss this night of great baseball, food, and dogs filling Joe Etzel Field!

For more information on Bark in the Park, visit PortlandPilots.com/Bark

Filed Under: 04-01-2019, Athletics Tagged With: Athletics, Pilot Baseball

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Dave Houglum, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, completed a six-year commitment on the Board of Directors for the Maybelle Center for Community, with two of those years serving as the Executive Board Secretary. Founded by Fr. Richard Berg, C.S.C. (former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at University of Portland from 1978-1991), the Maybelle Center disrupts social isolation so we can all experience a healthy, connected life and contribute to a thriving Portland.

Chloe Littzen, nursing, co-presented “Pronoun recognition for inclusive excellence across the UACON.” [Abstract]. LGBTQ+ National Symposium.

Eli Goldwyn, mathematics, published “Calculating prescription rates and addiction probabilities for the four most commonly prescribed opioids and evaluating their impact on addiction using compartment modelling.” Mathematical Medicine and Biology: A Journal of the IMA, dqab001.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, published the article titled, “Numerical curiosities for Bob Moore’s 92nd birthday,” in Clackamas Review, Pamplin Media Group, Portland, Oregon, February 16, 2021.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, was a manuscript reviewer for Springer’s Journal: SN Social Sciences.

Barbara Braband, Amber Vermeesch, Corey Pressman, nursing, published “Piloting the perfect Storm: A vision for the vital practitioner.” Journal of Nursing Education (accepted/in press).

Barbara Braband, nursing, published “Working with community populations to increase wellness.” In A. Vermeesch (Ed.), Integrative health nursing interventions for vulnerable populations, (pp. 73-87). Springer.

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