News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Mail center specialist Barbara Hughes will retire on Thursday, April 30, after 14 years with the University. A farewell gathering is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on that Thursday in the mailing and printing services office in Tyson Hall. Please stop by to wish Barbara well in her new endeavors and thank her for her expert, cheerful service and devotion.
For more information contact Mary Scroggins, mailing and printing services, at 7179 or scroggin@up.edu.
Please help library staff keep things to a whisper as students prepare for exams. In response to student feedback, all floors of the library are for quiet study through April 30. After exams, the library will close at 5 p.m. on May 1 and will also be closed on Sunday, May 3. Visit the library website to see full commencement weekend and intersession hours.
The University archives and museum have a new post on their blog featuring five members of the University faculty who will retire at the conclusion of the academic year (including the fierce young chemist at left). A slideshow of the honored retirees can be found at this link. To complement the WordPress post, the museum also has a photograph display of the retiring faculty in the display case on the first floor of Buckley Center across from the Shepard Freshman Resources Center.
Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at 8038 or piatz@up.edu for more information.
Clark Library staff are ready to receive course reserve materials for the upcoming summer sessions. Please fill out the online Course Reserves form or e-mail a list of citations to library@up.edu. Faculty who plan to use materials that were on reserve in the past year can let staff know and they will find that previous list. Library staff handle scanning and copyright permissions, so be sure to include the course name, course number, instructor, and number of students enrolled in each section.
For more information stop by the library service desk, call 7111, or e-mail library@up.edu.
One of the most frequently asked questions posed to the University museum and archives is, “Who moved the cannons, and where are they now?” Answers to these and more questions, plus some history of the once-iconic bluff cannons, can be found in the latest post on the museum blog at http://tinyurl.com/mmyu9l5.
Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu or 8038 for more information.
On Saturday, April 18, eleven scholars from Portland, Eugene, Tacoma, and surrounding areas met on the UP campus for the second annual meeting of the Northwest Early Christian Studies Seminar, according to Michael Cameron, theology. Early Christian Studies deals with the history, culture, thought, and practice of Christianity from about 100-800 C.E. The group heard papers by leading scholars from the University of Oregon, Pacific Lutheran University, and the University of Portland. The group, grateful for UP’s springtime beauty and hospitality, asked to return for its third meeting in April 2016.
For more information, contact Cameron at cameronm@up.edu.
University parents are invited to take the opportunity to enjoy four hours of free time with their significant others while the UP onsite daycare watches their children on Parents Night Out, Friday, May 1, from 6-10 p.m. This service is provided by Vermont Hills Family Life Center daycare/preschool. The cost is $30 per child or $45 per family and includes dinner for the kiddies. All UP faculty and staff are welcome to take advantage of this service. Proceeds benefit the UP daycare/preschool house.
For more information or to sign your kids up contact Cala Richman, director, at (503) 283-9688 or calar@vhflc.com.