Applications for sabbaticals for the 2017-2018 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2016. All materials including letter from the dean to the provost are due to the provost’s office by September 1, 2016.
Faculty who are 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: http://tinyurl.com/mvzbek8.
For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or staten@up.edu.
The new residence hall on Willamette Boulevard will open in two phases: August 19 for Wing B (Willamette side) and late October for Wing A (Portsmouth side). To accommodate this timeline, the Office of Residence Life has developed a plan to ensure all students have housing. Wing A has a total of 92 students, 48 of whom are returning and 44 who are incoming students. With a first-year student residency requirement, all incoming students will be housed on campus in alternative locations during this transition. Returning residents can elect to stay on campus in extended rooms in any of the halls, including Wing B, or in Fields/Schoenfeldt study rooms. Students who choose this option will receive a $750 housing credit, including students who are temporarily gaining an extra roommate. Returning residents can also choose to stay with family or friends off campus until Wing A opens. These students will receive a pro-rated refund for the unused on-campus housing and their meal plan will remain active.
Nominations are being taken now for the Maloney Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship, and are due by May, 6, 2016. Each year, the development office invites University faculty and staff to nominate current full-time undergraduate students that are here for the 2016-17 school year who meet the following criteria as established by the donor:
The Moreau Center’s Civil Rights Immersion group is hosting a fundraiser in the form of spring cleaning during the month of April. Students and staff are willing to work hard and get grubby; jobs that have been completed in the past include washing/cleaning cars, scrubbing windows, gardening, pulling weeds, spreading bark, mowing lawns, and painting. Jobs are not limited to those listed here. Propose a job for consideration by filling out the form found at 
The University Museum has created two displays to honor the memory of emeritus professor of Spanish Manuel Macias, who passed away on March 19, 2016. Please visit and remember him by viewing items in the Buckley Center first floor display case across from the studies abroad office. See photos and memorabilia donated by Macias to the University Museum, including his extremely memorable blue “lampshade” academic cap and regalia. Also, view an online display and blog post at 
It’s getting to be that time of the semester – projects are wrapping up, finals being taken, and there are crucial grades to be entered. This week’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative tip offers faculty a few helpful pointers for entering grades into Moodle. This 
The Pilots baseball team hopes that all UP baseball fans will join them on Tuesday, April 12 as they take on Oregon at Ron Tonkin Field in Hillsboro, Ore. home of the Hillsboro Hops. Game time is set for 6 p.m. Tickets for the game are on sale through the 
The Pilots baseball team returns to Joe Etzel field to take on Pacific this weekend in a three-game series. The first and second games of the series are on Friday and Saturday night at 6 p.m., and will feature a beer garden for those 21 years and older. The beer garden will take place down the first baseline on the berm area of the stadium, and the entrance is located off Portsmouth past the grandstands. The final game of the series will be on Sunday at 11 a.m. Tickets for all three games are on sale now at the Pilots Box Office. For more information visit PortlandPilots.com.