The Clark Library is pleased to announce the launch of an online UP Student Newspapers Collection. In October 2019, the library received an Oregon Heritage Grant to digitize and preserve UP’s student newspapers: The Columbiad and The Beacon. It took a year and a half to digitize the print newspapers which are housed in the University Archives. Now, eleven decades (1902-2016) consisting of 2,242 issues and over 26,000 pages are accessible through the Clark Library’s Digital Collections portal. Anyone with an Internet connection can browse the newspapers, try the keyword searching feature to look up specific people and events, or see a selection of highlighted issues including the popular April Fool’s “The Bacon” issues.
For more information, contact Philip Vue, Clark Library, at vue@up.edu.
Applications for sabbaticals for the 2022-2023 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2021. All materials including letter from the Dean to the Provost are due to the Provost by September 1, 2021. Faculty eligible to apply for a sabbatical must have completed seven years of full-time teaching at the University of Portland, or have completed at a minimum an additional seven years of full-time teaching since a previously funded University of Portland sabbatical.
All University of Portland faculty and staff are invited to access the Columbia Sportswear Employee Store from March 19 to April 11. UP community members can enjoy the same discount as Columbia Sportswear employees, 40 to 50 percent off regular retail pricing, on all of the latest product from the Columbia Sportswear Company family (SOREL, Mountain Hardwear, prAna, and of course Columbia Sportswear) .
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Students can earn a scholarship for their sense of humor! No joke — a student could earn one of five $3,333 Brian Doyle Scholarships in Gentle & Sidelong Humor for a proposal on a way to bring some laughs to The Bluff. Let your students know about this scholarship opportunity.
The Brian Doyle Scholarship for Creative Writing was established in 2018 by University of Portland regent Ralph Bliquez in memory of Brian Doyle, who passed away in May 2017. One aspiring writer will receive a $35,000 scholarship award for the 2021-2022 academic year. Applications are being accepted from now until April 9, 2021. Faculty and staff are encouraged to reach out to current freshman, sophomore, or junior students to let them know about this exciting creative writing opportunity.