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News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

04-08-2019

Let Us Commence

Faculty members are invited to visit the 2019 Commencement website to access comprehensive information about the event, including schedules, regalia ordering information, FAQs, and more.  Please visit up.edu/commencement.

Schedule highlights are as follows:

Saturday, May 4

  • Nurses’ Pinning Ceremony – 11 a.m.
  • University ROTC Ceremony – 1:30 p.m.
  • Baccalaureate Mass and Reception – 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 5

  • Commencement I – 10 a.m. (Pamplin School of Business, Shiley School of Engineering, and School of Nursing)
  • Commencement II – 3 p.m. (College of Arts and Sciences and School of Education)

Academic Regalia

Rental academic regalia for faculty and staff may be ordered through commencement@up.edu.

  • Complete master’s regalia: $56; master’s hood only: $21
  • Complete doctorate regalia: $63; doctoral hood only: $24

Academic regalia can be purchased from commencement@up.edu.

  • Master Package: $349
  • Sussex Doctor Package: $539
  • Windsor Doctor Package: $799

For more information or questions please contact commencement@up.edu.

Columbia Sportswear Employee Store: You’re Invited!

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.

Complimentary Tickets to Reunion 2019, June 27-30

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.

Holy Week Easter Triduum at UP

Campus Ministry will offer a number of services in celebration and observance of Holy Week, known as the Easter Triduum, all in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher:

  • Triduum morning prayers: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, April 18, 19, 20, at 9 a.m.
  • Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 4:30 p.m., April 18
  • Good Friday Liturgy: 3 p.m., April 19
  • Easter Vigil Mass: 8:30 p.m., April 20
  • Easter Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m., April 21.
  • No 4:30p.m. Mass will be offered on Easter Sunday.

For more information contact Campus Ministry at 7131 or ministry@up.edu.

 Lenten Visio Divina, April 17

Campus Ministry and the Garaventa Center invite you to join with others for Lenten Visio Divina on Wednesday, April 17, during Holy Week, from 12:35-1 p.m., following noon Mass in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. Visio Divina is an ancient form of Christian prayer in which we allow our hearts and imaginations to enter into a sacred image, in silence, to see what God might have to say to us. Our meditation will focus on an illumination from The Saint John’s Bible.

For more information contact the Garaventa Center at x7702 or up.edu/garaventa. (Image credit: Suffering Servant, Donald Jackson, Copyright 2005, The Saint John’s Bible.)

 

Apply For Sabbaticals by June 15

Applications for sabbaticals for the 2020-2021 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2019. All materials, including the letter from the dean to the provost, are due to the provost’s office by September 1, 2019. 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.

Sabbatical requests are coordinated with departmental planning as well as the individual faculty member’s annual development plan. With careful planning the academic units have been able to take into consideration the needs of both the individual faculty member and the department or school. Additional information about sabbatical leaves can be found on page 50 of the Faculty Handbook.

For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or staten@up.edu.

 

Thank You, Pilot Family! #PilotsGive A Tremendous Success

The development office is happy to report that the Pilot family came together to raise over $1,108,000 for University of Portland students during #PilotsGive 2019. UP alumni, regents, students, faculty, staff, and friends made a total of 2,610 gifts, completing 37 matching challenges during the 24 hours of #PilotsGive. Special gratitude goes out to those who funded the giving challenges. Their leadership motivated the Pilot community to give generously to the causes they care most about.

For #PilotsGive, there were 12 campus campaigns: UP Fund and Scholarships, Clark Library, Moreau Center for Service and Justice, Salzburg and Study Abroad, Campus Ministry, Dundon-Berchtold Hall and programs, Shiley School of Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School of Nursing, Pamplin School of Business, and Athletics. Throughout the 24-hour period, these campaigns connected with thousands of Pilots around the globe to support critical programming for students.  Each of them also competed for bonus funds to support their incredible program offerings—click here to see the winners.

UP is so grateful to all those who campaigned, posted on social media, and made donations during #PilotsGive.  It is our Pilot community that is taking UP to new heights everyday—through their generosity—students are getting the support and resources they need to thrive.

Thank you, Pilots! You did it!

Founders’ Day, April 9: Come Celebrate!

The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 9, and all UP community members are invited to take part. Founders’ Day is when the University of Portland pauses to celebrate its rich past and its promising future: the past as we honor the bold leaders who dared to dream of a Catholic university overlooking the Willamette River; the future as we learn from our most outstanding seniors whose research as undergraduates portends great things for the future. In recognition of the importance of both the past and the future, the University holds no classes on a Tuesday in April and instead opens its doors to all to learn from our best and brightest students. A schedule of events can be found here.

Founders’ Day was an annual event dating back to the origins of the University. It was revitalized in 2001 as a part of the University’s centennial celebration. It has continued to grow since then and now is kicked off with an awards breakfast for graduating seniors, followed by senior presentations, panel discussions, recitals, and the Scholarship Luncheon, where students who receive financial aid from scholarships meet the benefactors whose generosity helped them attend the University. Classes scheduled to begin after 4 p.m. meet at their regularly scheduled times.

For more information go to the Founders’ Day webpage at this link.

Fine Arts Student Exhibit Reception, April 11

The performing and fine arts department will present its annual Fine Arts Students’ Exhibit on Thursday, April 11, with an opening reception from 5-6 p.m. All are invited to see the remarkable artistic talents of our students and meet the artists themselves.

For more information contact Pat Bognar, performing and fine arts, at bognar@up.edu.

Bluff Brushes with Fame: Buzz Aldrin

On July 20, 1969, an estimated 530 million people watched Apollo 11 astronauts take the first steps on the moon. The whole world remembers Neil Armstrong’s small step and giant leap in human achievement. And was there a local connection? Read about UP’s brush with fame in our latest post from the University Museum and Archives.

For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu or x8038.