Ready, set, go! The new library management system goes live on June 16. As a result, UP Library Search will be replacing the UP-only Catalog and UP WorldCat. Visit About UP Library Search to learn more. Also, further customizations will be made to the system over the summer, and we invite you to be our partner in the fine tuning. Contact us to report any problems and tell us how it is working for you.
06-16-2014
Five Pilots Earn WCC All-Academic Team Honors
Portland Pilots pitchers Chad Kjemhus and Jackson Lockwood and outfielder Chet Thompson have been named to the 2014 West Coast Conference Baseball All-Academic Team. Portland junior infielders Cody Lenahan and Caleb Whalen each nabbed all-academic honorable mention, giving the Pilots a total of five players honored by the WCC. Kjemhus, who also earned All-WCC Honorable Mention, graduated in May with a degree in marketing and a cumulative grade point average of 3.42. Thompson, also a senior who graduated last month with a 3.62 GPA, earned a mathematics degree while minoring in economics. He earned conference all-academic honors as a junior as well. Lockwood is a sophomore with a 3.48 GPA and is working towards a business degree. Both Lenahan and Whalen are marketing majors with GPAs of 3.30 and 3.27, respectively. Lenahan and Whalen both landed on the WCC’s 2013 All-Academic Team as sophomores last season.
At the conclusion of each athletic season, the WCC selects an all-academic squad for each WCC-sponsored sport. To be considered, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average, while also being a significant contributor to his team. For more information contact athletics at 7117 or go to www.portlandpilots.com.
Aaaaaaargh!
Faculty, staff, and students are reminded that the bluff area on campus is perhaps the world’s most efficient breeding ground for poison oak, an innocent-looking plant that causes intense itching, swelling, and oozing blisters on the skin of those unfortunate enough to brush against it, or to pet a dog which has recently rolled in a big juicy patch, or any number of surreptitious poison-oak-delivery systems. The resulting misery will not soon be forgotten.
The best way to avoid poison oak is to stay away from the sloping sides of the campus bluff altogether. If your job makes it necessary to climb down the bluff, it would be best to learn to identify the plant (“leaves of three, leave it be”), which typically has shiny green leaves and white berries— but not always. For more information, contact campus horticultural whiz Jim Haines, physical plant, at 7306 or haines@up.edu.
Semi-Monthly Timesheets Due Monday, June 16
Semi-monthly employees need to submit their timesheets by 3 p.m. on Monday, June 16, according to Karen Davis, payroll. Supervisors have until 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 17 to approve hours. For more information contact payroll at 8338 or davisk@up.edu.
Personal Preparedness Brown Bag Lunch, June 23
The public safety office will present a “Personal Preparedness and Disaster Response” brown bag lunch on Monday, June 23, in Buckley Center room 163. All campus members are welcome to come and learn about personal preparedness tips in response to any type of disaster. Environmental health and safety officer Jeff Rook will be presenting from noon to 1 p.m. For more information contact Rook at 7161 or rook@up.edu.