All faculty and instructors must turn in their course pack materials for summer classes to the printing services office before leaving campus at the end of the spring semester, according to Kassie Hansen, printing services. The lead time is needed so printing services staff can obtain copyright permissions and organize the packs for production before […]
04-13-2015
Stationery Orders Due Soon
University administrative assistants and office managers are asked to order stationery for the fall 2015 semester, according to Linda Gill, printing services. And order form is available at http://tinyurl.com/lybl8ty. It can be filled out and submitted to stationery@up.edu. Printing services would like to be able to schedule printing of departmental letterhead and envelopes over the […]
Founders’ Day: Tuesday, April 14
The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 14. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Classes scheduled to begin after […]
Retirement, Investment Counseling Sessions: April 14-16
University employees’ TIAA-CREF investment counselor, Preston Watts, will be on campus a number of times this spring for individual financial counseling sessions on campus. The next one-on-one counseling sessions will take place on April 14, 15, and 16. Go to www.tiaa-cref.org/schedulenow or call TIAA-CREF at (877) 842-2028, press 5 to schedule an appointment today.
New website – we need your help!
University of Portland has recently selected Hannon Hill’s Cascade Server as the new content management system for UP’s public website, up.edu. The new CMS will replace Sherpa. To coincide with the installation of the new CMS, the University is also making plans to redesign our public-facing website, up.edu, and we need faculty and staff feedback. […]
$100K Challenge Venture Competition, April 25
The Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation is proud to announce this year’s $100K Challenge Venture Competition on Saturday, April 25, in Shiley Hall room 301. This competition provides students with the opportunity to receive feedback from experts in the entrepreneurial community, win monetary prizes, and acquire legal, accounting and other services that will […]
Immersion Accompanier deadline extended to April 17
There’s still time to apply for an Immersion Accompanier position for the 2015-16 year. The application deadline has been extended to Friday, April. 17. If you have a desire to walk alongside students serving and learning from other cultures, socio-economic groups and countries, you are encouraged to apply. All that is required is a commitment […]
Via Con Dios, Jamie Powell
After a decade at the heart of the Garaventa Center, Jamie Powell will be moving on from The Bluff to Napa, California, at the end of this month. Please join her many UP friends and colleagues for a farewell open house Friday morning, April 24. Drop by the Garaventa Center on the 3rd floor of […]
Teaching Resources of the week from TLC
College classrooms are seeing large increases of numbers of students who are on the autism spectrum or with Asperger’s Syndrome. While accommodation plans offer specific directions for each individual, professors might find it useful to understand the variety of ways Asperger’s Syndrome present in people, and valuable to absorb some basic interventions that are not […]
Apply For Sabbaticals by June 15
Applications for sabbaticals for the 2016-2017 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2015. 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 […]