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05-14-2018

Pilot Kids Camps Are Here!

Pilot Kids Camp registrations are still being accepted by the recreational services office for all sessions. The ever-popular camps offer games, arts and crafts, sports, and tons of fun for kids who will be in grades 1-6 in fall 2018.  Camp runs 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays. Forms and more information are available at this link. Pilot Kids Camp has special pricing for UP faculty, staff, and students as well.

Pilot Kids Camp Dates, Summer 2018:

  • June 18-22
  • June 25-29
  • July 9-13
  • July 16-20
  • Aug 6-10

“Pilots Kids Camp is not sponsored by the University of Portland.  It is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the University of Portland. Authorized use of University of Portland logos and trademarks does not imply an endorsement of the camp or program.”

Contact Brian Dezzani, recreational services, with any questions at x7177 or dezzani@up.edu.

Complimentary Tickets to Reunion 2018, June 21-24

Faculty and staff are encouraged to join the hundreds of alumni who return to campus to participate in the annual Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 21-24. The faculty/staff registration page is available at this link (link will pre-fill the discount code). All events are free for faculty and staff.

We’ll kick-off the weekend on Friday with the President’s Welcome and Alumni Awards Gala, where we will be honoring our alumni award winners: Kenny King ’12 & ’17, Katie Hughes ’02, and Bill Reed ’72. This year, we celebrate the Class of 1968, Class of 1998, Class of 2008, and all other classes ending in 3 and 8.

Saturday features a new community-wide Pilot Pride 5k, whose proceeds will benefit the XC program. Our signature Welcome Home BBQ will take place on The Bluff starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday evening with live music, a beer garden, and kiddie funland.

For more information, go to up.edu/reunion or contact the alumni office at x7328 or alumni@up.edu.

UP Employee Discount: Pilots Summer Basketball Camps

All University of Portland employees are invited to send their kids to this summer’s Portland Pilots Basketball Day Camps and enjoy a special discount. Day camps run June 18-22, June 25-29, August 6-10, and August 13-17. While the normal fee is $350, UP employees can pay only $297.50 if they register online and enter the code “GOPILOTS.”

For more information contact Whitney Robison, athletics, at x7145 or robison@up.edu.

Thank You Bill Reed!!

We are proud of our graduates and enriched as a family with every commencement weekend, and would like to remind everyone that the bows and ribbons, programs and schedules,  the details both large and small for the big show, are expertly managed by the UP events staff, who work behind the scenes to insure a successful and memorable University of Portland commencement weekend.  This year marks Bill Reed’s 28th and final commencement (29th counting his own graduation 1972). Bill is retiring this summer as director of university events, hard as that is to believe. The University Museum and Archives gives thanks and appreciation to Bill in the latest post on the Museum and Archives blog.

As a complement to the blog entry, the Museum also has a photograph and article display about Bill in the display case on the first floor of Buckley Center near the studies abroad office. Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at x8038 or piatz@up.edu for more information.

Clark Library: Scheduling Summer Instruction

Are you teaching a course this summer? As you plan, remember that the librarians are here and available to provide library instruction. We will work with you to make sure key concepts are covered and can also create course guides to support your students in their academic research and projects. To schedule a class meeting, please email preferred dates and times to Heidi Senior at senior@up.edu. To arrange multimedia instruction through the Digital Lab, please email José Velazco at velazco@up.edu.

 

Beauchamp Center Fitness Classes: Come One, Come All!

The Beauchamp Center is offering fitness classes every day of the week during the noon hour and a few Monday, Tuesday, Friday classes before or after work, according to Kaitlin Bourne, recreational services. Classes begin May 21 and run until August 3 and are open to everyone. Below is the schedule. Please register on the Beauchamp Center’s new portal at this link.

  • Monday: Pilot Cycle, 7-8 a.m.; Conditioning & Flexibility, 12:15-12:55 p.m.
  • Tuesday: Centering Yoga, 12:15-12:55 p.m.
  • Wednesday: Zumba, 12:15-12:55 p.m.; Pilot Cycle, 5-6 p.m.
  • Thursday: Pilot Cycle, 12:05-12:55 p.m.
  • Friday: Pilot Cycle, 7-8 a.m.; Erg Spin Rowing, 12:15-12:55 p.m.

For more information contact Bourne at x7294 or bourne@up.edu.

Campus Traffic Changes Start Monday, May 14

Construction activity will be ramping up on Dundon-Berchtold Hall now that summer is underway, according to Jim Ravelli, university operations. Fortis Construction will need to accelerate the pace of their work in order to accomplish as much as possible during the summer months when students and many faculty are not on campus. In order to accomplish this, there are going to be changes to the traffic flow entering and exiting campus beginning this week and continuing through August 20. Please read the information below carefully and refer to the map located at the Facilities Planning & Construction page at this link.

VEHICLE ACCESS

Beginning Monday, May 14, auto traffic coming onto the campus via the main drive off of Willamette Boulevard will be required to stop and turn right by the Pilot House and proceed to the main lot. Cars will not be able to proceed any further along the main drive past the Pilot House to reach the Waldschmidt parking lot or Kenna Road. Southbound traffic on Willamette will be allowed to turn right to enter onto Kenna Road at the southeast edge of campus in order to park in the bluff or Waldschmidt lots. Traffic departing campus from Kenna Road can only turn right onto Willamette and proceed south.

Northbound traffic on Willamette cannot turn left onto Kenna Road, but must either proceed into the main entrance or must turn around further north and proceed back to the right turn entry into Kenna Road. Kenna Road will be striped to provide two lanes for traffic moving in both directions from Willamette Blvd. to the Waldschmidt parking lot.

All buses visiting campus will be directed to enter via Portsmouth Avenue, which will not be affected by the construction. This includes buses for camps or athletic events.

Fortunately, there will be no additional loss of parking spaces during the summer.

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS

From May 14 through August 6, pedestrian access to the Bookstore and Pilot House will be limited to the east side of the building. Contractors will be removing the recycled rubber pavers from the west side of the Bookstore and replacing the surface. The white oak in the middle of the turnaround on the main drive will not be harmed by construction projects but the other trees will be removed.

During this period, the Bookstore will remain open for business Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Pilot House will close beginning May 11 and will reopen on June 11 from 3 to  7 p.m.  Access to the patio and the sidewalk on the west side of the Bookstore will reopen after August 6.

The sidewalk along the east side of Romanaggi Hall and the Buckley Center will also be closed until August 6. All other pedestrian access remains the same as it has been during the early months of construction.

As always, the main concern is the safety of everyone on the campus, so please stay alert to contractor vehicles and trucks as they come and go, and be aware of these additional impacts the project will make.

After months of looking at the preliminary pre-construction work, you’ll finally be able to see the new Dundon-Berchtold Hall beginning to rise over the summer. The first stage will be the installation of the basement walls. The steel supports, which will be lifted into place by a crane, not pounded into the ground, will be installed in July. By the time the new academic year begins in late August, the superstructure of the new building will be in place.

For more information contact university operations at x7540 or landtise@up.edu.

2018 Faculty Award Winners Announced

The University’s Faculty Awards were presented on Tuesday, May 8, at the Faculty Awards Dinner, with the following results:

  • The James Culligan Award, established in 1953 in memory of a dedicated servant of the University and presented annually to a faculty member in recognition of distinguished service, was presented to Matthew Kuhn, Br. Godfrey Vassallo Professor of Civil Engineering (pictured). Winners of the Culligan Award wear the medal with their academic regalia, as a sign of the University’s highest faculty honor.
  • The Deans’ Award for Faculty Leadership, presented annually to a tenured faculty member who exemplifies, in an extraordinary way, the qualities of teaching and scholarship described in the University’s Articles of Administration for appointment, advancement in rank, and tenure, was presented to Lorretta Krautscheid, nursing.
  • The Outstanding Teaching Award, presented annually by the University’s Committee on Teaching and Scholarship to a faculty member who is a particular exemplar of the University’s commitment to superb teaching, was presented to Tara Prestholdt, biology..
  • The Outstanding Scholarship Award, presented annually by the University’s Committee on Teaching and Scholarship to a faculty member who presents unusually significant and meritorious achievement in professional scholarship during the past two academic years, and whose work substantively enhances the effectiveness of his or her classroom teaching, was presented to Alexandra Hill, international languages and cultures..
  • The Faculty Award for Outstanding Service, presented annually by the Committee on Committees to a faculty member “who engages in creative service work that transforms not only local communities but also those afar and acknowledges distinguished contributions that express the University’s commitment to responding to the needs of the world,” was presented to Anissa Rogers, sociology and social work.

For more information contact the provost’s office at x7105 or provost@up.edu.

First Cohort Announced for Ignite Grants

The provost’s office is pleased to announce the first cohort of Ignite Grant awardees. This award program supports new ideas and approaches for course, curriculum, and program development that make an innovative contribution to UP’s teaching and learning future. The following faculty will receive a $5,000 grant to explore new ideas that have the potential to reshape the classroom experience:

  • Jeffrey White, international languages and cultures; Carolyn James, mathematics: “Peer Learning Capture”
  • Rebecca Smith, Nicole Ralston, and Ben Gallegos, education: “Going Beyond the Classroom: Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Classroom Learning”
  • Laurie Dizney, Tara Prestholdt, ad Christine Weilhoefer, biology: “Advancing the Biology Curriculum through the Franz Campus”
  • Alexa Dare, communication studies; Lauren Alfrey, sociology; Ali Na, communication studies: “Radical Praxis: Race and Gender Inequality In and Beyond the Classroom”
  • Lindsay Benes and Joanne Olsen, nursing: “Designing the Learning Ecosystem to Ignite Education”
  • Sam Holloway, Ian Parkman, and Itzel Megchun, business: “MakerSpace Curriculum”

Project abstracts will be posted in the coming weeks on the Teaching and Learning Hub under “Ignite Grants.” The Office of the Provost extends its thanks to all who have participated in this round of Ignite Grants and Tom Greene would like to acknowledge leadership of Erin Tochen and Sam Williams in facilitating this work. Stay tuned for the next round of Ignite Grants scheduled to launch in the fall.

Dr. Joane Moceri Nursing Scholarship Announced

In honor of Joane Moceri’s retirement as dean of the University of Portland School of Nursing, an endowed scholarship for nursing students has been established in her name. The Dr. Joane Moceri Nursing Scholarship, initiated by her family, will help support first generation college students and underrepresented students of color.

The endowed scholarship came as a surprise; Joane’s husband Steve and their three children originally began thinking of a scholarship last year as the most meaningful gift they could give her upon her eventual retirement. A diagnosis of kidney cancer earlier this year accelerated her retirement plans and the scholarship was presented to her on the University’s Founders Day celebration on April 10. All of the Moceri children, as well as friends and co-workers from Oregon, Washington, and Washington DC contributed to the endowment.

During her tenure as dean, Moceri has overseen the development of a simulated health center, created new and innovative teaching programs, and fostered a deeply interconnected culture of mutual support and celebration between faculty, staff, and students. She was appointed dean of nursing by University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., in July 2015. She joined UP as an associate professor in 2012, and began service as the associate dean for the undergraduate nursing program in May of 2013. Along with nursing, Dr. Moceri has experience in business management and taught undergraduate courses on nursing theory, communication, and nursing leadership; as well as graduate courses on resource management, communication, and population health.

For more information contact the School of Nursing at x7211 or nursing@up.edu.