UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

06-03-2019

Beauchamp Center Updated Summer Fitness Schedule 

The Beauchamp Center is offering a variety of fitness classes for Summer Session II, according to Kaitlin Bourne, recreational services. Faculty/Staff Weightlifting on Tuesday mornings at 7:15 a.m. and Kickboxing on Thursdays at 12:05 p.m. have been a big hit. This week, Weightlifting will take place on Tuesday but there will not be a Kickboxing class on Thursday, as the Beauchamp Center is closed on the 4th of July.

See the newly updated Fitness Schedule for Summer 2019-v3.

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

Pilot House (Happy) Hours, Bauccio Commons Too

Starting on June 14, the Pilot House will be offering $3 pints of beer from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Friday throughout the summer, according to Samantha Zizza, Bon Appetit. All are welcome to join colleagues and friends for this special summer happy hour offering.

  • Pilot House hours for the summer are 3-7 p.m., Monday through Friday, starting on June 10.
  • Macks Market is on the same schedule, only it will open at noon.
  • The Bauccio Commons is open now, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. for breakfast, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for lunch, Monday through Friday.

For more information contact Zizza at zizza@up.edu.

Complimentary Faculty/Staff 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 the annual Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 27-30. This year we’ll be celebrating Salzburg, Entrepreneur Scholars, and the Classes of 1969 and 1999! All events are free for faculty and staff. Enter promo code FACSTAFF at up.edu/reunion.

We’ll kick-off the weekend on Friday with the President’s Alumni Awards Gala, where we will be honoring our alumni award winners: Cathryn Casey ’19, Molly Craft Johnson ’13, Margarita Bautista Gay ’87, and Mike Irwin ’78. This year, we celebrate the Class of 1969, Class of 1999, and all other classes ending in 4 and 9.

Saturday features the annual community-wide Pilot Pride 5k, with proceeds benefitting the XC program. Our signature Welcome Home BBQ will take place on the Academic Quad starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday evening with music, a beer garden, and kiddie funland.

For more information, go to up.edu/reunion or contact the Office of Alumni & Parent Relations at x7328 or alumni@up.edu with questions.

High School Graduation Ceremonies Galore!

Portland area high schools will be holding their commencement rehearsals and exercises in the Chiles Center through June 14, and parking is likely to be impacted on campus as well as in the surrounding neighborhood. Scheduled ceremonies include:

  • June 10: Sunset HS commencement ceremony, 7:30-9 p.m.
  • June 11: Milwaukie HS commencement ceremony, 7-9 p.m.
  • June 13: Rex Putnam HS commencement ceremony, 7-8:30 p.m.
  • June 14: Beaverton HS commencement ceremony, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Please contact university events at x7523 or events@up.edu for more information.

Soccer Season Tickets: 50% Discount for Faculty, Staff

University of Portland faculty or staff members are eligible to receive 50% off season tickets for the upcoming Pilots soccer season. You can attend all 21 men’s and women’s home soccer games starting at just $45 for general admission bleachers, $70 for bench back seats, and $110 for stadium chairs. Secure your seats to the best college soccer experience in the country by visiting www.portlandpilots.com/tickets and use promo code STAFF or by calling the ticket office at x7525.

Mock’s Crest Productions Presents “The Yeoman of the Guard”

This 30th anniversary season of the University’s Mock’s Crest Productions will present Gilbert and Sullivan classic operetta The Yeomen of the Guard on June 8-9, 14-16, and 20-23. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. on Sundays) in Mago Hunt Center Theater. Tickets are $34 for general admission, $29 for seniors/non-UP students, and $27 for groups of ten or more. University of Portland faculty and staff are offered $20 tickets and UP students are $15.

The Yeomen of the Guard was an attempt by Arthur Sullivan to move John Gilbert’s topsy-turvy world into more serious opera. It is a tale of a nobleman wrongfully accused of sorcery who has been locked up in the Tower of London and scheduled for execution. However, Mr. Gilbert puts his comic spin on this tale where bravery, comic disguise, and a lovelorn jailer and jester make a tragic tale end with true love overcoming all obstacles. It is one of Sullivan’s best musical scores with classic numbers like “The Merryman and his Maid.”

Mock’s Crest is a semi-professional company devoted to a yearly summer production of comic light opera, primarily the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan. It combines professional singers and musicians with students, faculty, and staff in the Department of Performing and Fine Arts. The production company was originally created under the guidance of the late Roger O. Doyle in 1990 with UP theater faculty support as his production team. This year marks the last year that Larry Larsen, performing and fine arts, will serve as producer after 26 years. Next year, David De Lyser and Nicole Hanig will be stepping in to assume leadership with a production of  HMS Pinafore.

For more information or to purchase tickets contact the Mago Hunt Center box office at x7287.

Latest Murdock Grants Total $178,427

The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust recently awarded three grants totaling $178,427 to the University of Portland to support scientific research. The three grants include the following:

  • One grant to the biology department to advance scientific understanding of how chemotherapy drugs affect immune system cells, potentially improving the ability of some of these cells to attack cancerous tumors.
  • A grant to the environmental studies program to shed light on how the physical topography and rock hardness of the Oregon coast is related to biodiversity and the overall ecosystem.
  • An award to the chemistry department to explore the immense diversity of a superfamily of enzymes’ functionality, which is important in many cell activities including DNA repair and creation of anti-viral and anti-bacterial compounds.

This grant marks a total of $2.6 million awarded to the University of Portland by the Murdock Trust since 2011.

For more information, contact development at x7395 or giving@up.edu.

Please Load Scholarly Activity On The Portal

Faculty members are reminded to load their scholarly activity on the portal in PilotsUP by May 31, 2019. Data obtained through the portal will be used to populate A Community of Scholars, published by the provost’s office. Faculty members use their school’s report on the home tab of the Scholarly Activity Portal to send the data to their respective deans as a part of annual self-evaluation.

You can find the link to the Scholarly Activity Portal in the Academic menu of PilotsUP or you can go directly to https://pilotsclassic.up.edu/group/main/scholarly-activity.

The Scholarly Activity Portal will retain the “Pilots Classic” look until July 2019, when it will fully transition the new PilotsUP. You will have to enter your username and password to login to the Scholarly Activity Portal until July 2019.

For any questions about uses of the portal, please contact John Orr (orr@up.edu); for questions about how to use the tool, please contact Michele Leasor (leasor@up.edu).

Campus Archaeology: On the Shoulders of Giants

Dundon-Berchtold Hall excavations recently disclosed a lost, unknown, unidentified building frame inches below the surface of campus.  A real live mystery for the University Archives! According to museum coordinator Carolyn Connolly, “We aced it in a day with the assistance of databases left by earlier archivists, but this report has taken longer.” Read the archives and museum blog post to follow the clues.

Contact Connolly at x8038 or piatz@up.edu for more information.

Saturday Academy Special Offer for Faculty & Staff

Saturday Academy is now offering a 20% discount to UP faculty and staff who would like to sign up their children for classes and summer camps. The organization values UP’s partnership and the campus community for its continued support. Register using this link. Please use code UP20  to receive the discount. This year, we are offering over 30 classes and camps at UP, among other sites all over the Portland metro area.

Saturday Academy has served the Portland area for 36 years as a nonprofit. We offer more classes and summer camps for children in grades 2–12 in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math classes—integrated with the arts—than anyone else. Our instructors teach at more than 20 locations across the Portland metro area. These hands-on experiences provide opportunities for deep learning and knowledge sharing by experts in the field. We believe all students deserve a chance to explore their curiosity! Financial aid is available, and the application process is quick and confidential.

For more information, visit www.saturdayacademy.org.