UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

04-06-2020

Signing Documents Online with Adobe “Fill and Sign”

Staff and faculty can use Adobe Acrobat to “Fill and Sign” online documents (pdf files). The Fill and Sign feature is available to all users via Adobe Acrobat site licensing. To learn how to use the fill and sign feature, please see the Adobe helpsheet by using this link . If you have any questions or need assistance accessing Adobe Acrobat, please contact the Help Desk (x7000 or help@up.edu).

After Hours and Weekend Technology Support

Technical services staff provide on-call support to campus users during evening and weekend hours. After-hours support for audio visual related services is available by calling x7774. This includes support for connecting and operating web cameras, microphones, document cameras, or other equipment to off-site computers for remote instruction, lecture capture, or video conferencing; hosting or joining a meeting in Microsoft Teams; producing, editing, and converting original video/audio files; embedding video/audio files in Moodle; or accessing video/audio files in MediaSpace.

For any other urgent technology support needs after hours, including weekends, please call campus safety (x7161) and your call will be routed to our on-call support staff as needed. We are here to help and look forward to assisting you.

Holy Week and Easter Triduum Live Streams

Campus Ministry will be live streaming the Triduum and Easter Liturgies celebrated by the Holy Cross Community in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Due to the need for social distancing, the liturgies will not be open for the public to join in person, but all are welcome to join online. The schedule for the liturgies:

  • Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper (4/9) at 4:30 p.m.
  • Good Friday Service (4/10) at 3 p.m.
  • Easter Vigil (4/11) at 8 p.m.
  • Easter Sunday Mass (4/12) at 10:30 a.m.

All of the liturgies will stream live on the Campus Ministry YouTube Channel using this link.

Beauchamp Center Virtual Fitness Classes: Time to Join the Fun!

The Beauchamp Center’s Virtual Fitness classes on Microsoft Teams are off to a GREAT start! Over 400 members from our campus community have joined and class sizes are increasing daily. Our fitness instructors are having a blast and hope to see you in class soon! 

Rec Services’ Virtual Fitness program serves to help members of our UP community stay active, healthy, and energized. Live classes provide unique opportunities for community engagement as we adapt to the changes and challenges presented by COVID-19. Members are encouraged to join our live classes but also have the option to access workouts on their own time, as classes will be archived in Microsoft Teams.   

Each weekday at 12:15 p.m. and either 5 p.m. or 6 p.m., Beauchamp’s fitness instructors will guide students, faculty, and staff through live group workouts. Saturday is a special Weekend Warrior class! All fitness levels and beginners are welcome. Classes include: yoga, plyometrics, Zumba, and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT).  

To become a member of the UP Rec Services Virtual Fitness team, send a quick email request to Kaitlin Bourne at bourne@up.edu. 

Weekly schedule:

  • Monday: 12:15 pm – Yoga Works with Kaitlin; 5 pm – Plyometrics Plus with Lauren
  • Tuesday: 12:15 pm – Sweaty 20 with Kailtin; 6 pm – HIIT with Brie
  • Wednesday: 12:15 pm – Beginners Plyometrics Plus with Lauren; 6 pm – Zumba with Brady
  • Thursday: 12:15 pm – Beginners HIIT with Brie; 5 pm – Plyometrics Plus with Lauren
  • Friday: 12:15 pm – Zumba with Brady
  • Saturday: 12 pm – HIIT with Brie
  • We are working on adding another Zumba and Yoga class next week!

A few Pro Tips….

  • PLUG IN to the internet if possible for best video and audio quality
  • Joining a class: Double check that you are joining the class call that was initiated by the instructor. If you join a call and the instructor is not present, end the call immediately. Instructors will initiate calls 15 minutes before the class start time.
  • Microphone set-up: Feel free to unmute your microphones before and after class to say hello/goodbye to the instructor and others in the class. Mute your microphones when class starts.
  • Camera set-up: To assist the instructor in delivering classes that fulfill members’ needs, it is helpful (and fun) if you keep your camera on. However, this is your choice. By keeping your camera on, you may be recorded in the archived class video. Keeping your camera on indicates your willingness to be recorded.
  • Pin the instructor so that the video feed remains on him/her.
  • Post hellos and positive comments in the chat box!

 

The Easter Triduum: Did You Know?

Did you know about the Triduum?

As the Christian community enters into the final week of preparation for Easter Sunday, a week often called Holy Week, members of the Catholic community will begin to start talking about something called Triduum.  Taken from a Latin root that mean “three days,” it is a period of time that traces the final days of Jesus’ life, his death, and his resurrection from the dead.

Starting on the Thursday before Easter Sunday, each day is traditionally marked with a particular liturgy. On Holy Thursday there is the Mass of the Lord’s Supper that marks the Last Supper that Jesus had with his disciples, wherein he showed them what it means to serve by washing their feet. It is also meant to mark what is seen as the establishment of the celebration of the Eucharist (or Mass).

Good Friday is marked with fasting and prayer as a way to remember Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross. The Good Friday liturgy involves the reading of Jesus’ passion and death from the Gospel of John as well as an opportunity to pray with and venerate a cross – the instrument of Jesus’ death and our salvation.

Holy Saturday is meant to be a quiet day, remembering the empty space that was present for the disciples of Jesus after his death and before his resurrection. They did not expect the resurrection and so were left in a place of grief.

After sundown on Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil is celebrated. It one of the longest of Catholic liturgies, involving several readings from scripture tracing God’s care for humanity, the baptism and reception of new members of the Church, the celebration of the Eucharist, and a great many joy-filled songs. It was that night when Jesus rose from the dead. It is that great victory over sin and death that the community celebrates.

The community will then gather again on Easter Sunday to celebrate Mass and continue to the joyous songs of celebration. Jesus Christ has risen to die no more! Humanity has been invited into that same trajectory through death to life.

Unfortunately, due to the needs of our current situation, our community will not be able to gather in person for the Triduum Liturgies. However, the private celebration of the Holy Cross community will be streamed live from the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Please feel free to join online using this link.

The schedule of the liturgies will be: Holy Thursday at 4:30 p.m., Good Friday at 3 p.m., Holy Saturday Easter Vigil at 8 p.m., and Easter Sunday Mass at 10:30 a.m.

“Did You Know?” is a 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).

Clark Library & University Museum: A Trip Through Our Past

The Clark Library has launched a new online exhibit titled “The Digital Museum: Sharing UP’s History.” It presents a selection of items from the University Museum that tell the story of our campus, and the people and activities that have made this a special place. The featured artifacts represent academics, student life, and Catholic history on The Bluff. Take a virtual break and drop by the exhibit at library.up.edu/digitalmuseum. We are grateful to the Covert family for their support in bringing the University Museum online.