• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

  • Home
  • Academics
  • Athletics
  • Campus Services
  • Events
  • Human Resources
  • University Relations

06-24-2013

Course Packs Due

July 29, 2013

coursepackAll faculty and instructors must turn in their course pack materials for fall semester to the printing services office by July 30, according to Mary Scroggins, printing services. The lead time is needed so printing services staff can obtain copyright permissions and organize the packs for production before the start of the fall 2013 semester. Some copyright requests take up to six weeks to obtain—please keep this in mind so we are better able to serve your needs prior to the start of school. For more information contact Kassie Hansen at 8101 or hansenk@up.edu.

Filed Under: 06-17-2013, 06-24-2013, 07-01-2013, 07-08-2013, 07-22-2013, 07-29-2013, Academics, Campus Services, Marketing & Communications, Printing Services Tagged With: Course Packs, Mary Scroggins, Printing Services

Want To Save Lives?

July 8, 2013

firstaidkitThe Presidential Advisory Committee on Health and Safety and the athletics office are offering free cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator (CPR/AED) training classes on July 11 and July 12, according to Jeff Rook, public safety. Come learn how to save lives. The class will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Buckley Center room 310. The class is free to all faculty and staff with limited space available. Registration for the class can be done at http://upcprtraining.eventbrite.com. Select the day that works best for your schedule. For more questions contact Rook at rook@up.edu or 7161.

Filed Under: 06-17-2013, 06-24-2013, 07-08-2013, Campus Services, Events, Public Safety Tagged With: CPR training, Jeff Rook, public safety

Independence Day Holiday

July 1, 2013

fireworks150The Independence Day holiday will be observed for University employees on Thursday, July 4, according to the 2013 University holiday schedule (http://tinyurl.com/n7jo7mq). Classes will not be held and University offices will be closed. Please note that hourly staff performing essential services who are required to work on a designated holiday will receive holiday pay. For more information, contact human resources at 8981 or hr@up.edu.

Filed Under: 06-17-2013, 06-24-2013, 07-01-2013, Campus Services, Events, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resources, Independence Day Holiday

$50,000 Galarneau Gift

June 24, 2013

galarneau croppedUniversity of Portland has announced a RISE Campaign gift of $50,000 from Donald T. Galarneau, a 1949 University graduate who worked at General Electric Company for 35 years as a field engineer. The gift will be divided equally to help renovate the Clark Library and for the Shiley School of Engineering.

A Portland resident, Galarneau earned a degree in physics at the University and served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. His interests at the University of Portland include the engineering and science programs and the Mini Baja Project. He often attends University reunions and events and is involved with the local Catholic radio station KBVM.

The library renovation and rebuilding project began in May 2012 and is expected to cost an estimated $12.5 million. The library was closed during the 2012-2013 academic year, and is set to reopen in August 2013. Library services have been offered during the interim year.

The renovated library will help facilitate new tools and resources for the University’s students. While maintaining a similar infrastructure, many aspects of the library will change from the renovation. The new library entrance will face the Academic Quad and will be open for students 24 hours a day.

The Galarneau gift is part of the University’s RISE Campaign, which was announced in December 2010 and seeks to raise $175 million by 2014. The RISE Campaign, which has raised more than $158 million to date, is one of the largest development campaigns ever for a Pacific Northwest private college or university.

For more information contact the development office at 7395 or see the RISE webpage at http://rise.up.edu.

Filed Under: 06-24-2013, Academics, Development, Library, University Relations Tagged With: Clark Library, Donald T. Galarneau, RISE Campaign

Four New Humor Scholarships

June 24, 2013

U of P - students and faculty on a white backgroundOne of the University’s most entertaining RISE Campaign gifts are the annual Brian Doyle Scholarships in Gentle & Sidelong Humor – $3,333.33 per student for one academic year, during which the recipients must create and publicly share a project of some sort that “brings the community together in laughter, acts as a statement that the cultural bias to cruel humor and constant irony is shallow, promotes helpless giggling, and insists gently that true humor is a weapon against violence and greed,” says donor John Beckman ’42, who began the scholarships last year with his wife Patricia, as the start of what they hope will be a renowned Humor Project on The Bluff, akin to the University’s nascent Character Project. The first three recipients, last year, were students who devoted themselves to improv comedy, humorous film, and humor on the Web. The four recipients of the scholarships (named for Portland Magazine editor Brian Doyle) for the 2013-2014 year are Katherine Hampl (who plans to organize a campus comedy week), Sara Jacobs (who plans to bring local children to campus for humorous events), Andrew Stacey (who hopes to start a comic film competition and festival), and Katy Stevens (who plans to make a hilarious promotional video over the course of the year).

The scholarships are open to any current or prospective student (there were 66 applications this year), and are awarded by the University’s financial aid office; the only requirement on acceptance is public sharing of all projects. For information on applying for the annual scholarships (there will be six next year), contact Denise Stack, development, at 8545 or stack@up.edu; for information on the projects, contact Brian Doyle, marketing and communications, at 7202 or bdoyle@up.edu.

Filed Under: 06-24-2013, Academics, Development, Financial Aid, Marketing & Communications, RISE Campaign, University Relations Tagged With: Andrew Stacey, Brian Doyle Scholarships, Denise Stack, John Beckman '42, Katherine Hampl, Katy Stevens, Sara Jacobs

50th Anniversary Celebration

June 24, 2013

50years_Landing_page_1The University of Portland School of Education will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a gala reception and dinner on Thursday, June 27, beginning at 6 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. All faculty, staff, alumni, and friends are welcome to attend. Individual tickets are $50 ($35 for graduates of the past decade), and tables of 10 are $500, and can be reserved at the following link: http://tinyurl.com/mlcnk8m, or by contacting Amy Kwong-Kwapisz at kwongkwa@up.edu or 7752. A portion of each ticket sold will be applied to the 50th Anniversary Scholarship Fund, to be used in support of the next generation of teachers and school leaders to benefit from an education on The Bluff. Sponsorships in the amounts of $10,000, $5,000, and $1,000 are also available.

The 6 p.m. Meet and Greet Reception will feature open bar hospitality and the opportunity to reconnect with classmates, alumni, faculty members, administrators, and friends. Dinner will feature alumni greetings, celebrations, and special announcements. James Popham, emeritus professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), will deliver the dinner keynote address. Popham, a nationally recognized authority on educational assessment, teaching and leadership, earned his bachelor’s degree at the University in 1953 and his master’s degree in 1954.

The School of Education professional network has a far-reaching impact in the region. This includes alumni Bonnie Robb and Laurie Espenel, recent winners of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award; alumna Anne Storm, recipient of the 2010 National Catholic Education­al Association Distinguished Teacher Award; and education professor Karen Eifler, recognized as Oregon Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Free childcare is available for children between the ages of 2 and 12 during the dinner, but children must be registered by Friday, June 14. Please Kwong-Kwapisz at kwongkwa@up.edu or 7752 to arrange childcare.

Filed Under: 06-10-2013, 06-17-2013, 06-24-2013, Academics, Events, School of Education Tagged With: Amy Kwong-Kwapisz, Anne Storm, Bonnie Robb, James Popham, Karen Eifler, Laurie Espenel, School of Education 50th Anniversary

Tuition Remission Due July 1

June 24, 2013

please_note-283x300Faculty and staff applications for tuition remission will only be accepted via online forms and can be accessed through the human resources website at www.up.edu/hr/, according to Bryn Sopko, human resources. The HR office will no longer accept paper forms. In addition to easier access, HR has updated the application dates for remission to match deadlines in student accounts, so please keep these dates in mind:

  • Spring term: November 15
  • Summer term: April 5
  • Fall term: July 1.

Please note that there are separate tuition remission application forms for undergraduate and graduate course work, and that any graduate level tuition remission benefits will be taxable to the employee on the value above $5,250 for attempted credits and subject to applicable withholdings, and will be reflected on the W-2 form of the tax year the remission was applied. A summary on tuition remission and links to the online forms are available at http://tinyurl.com/c8f6j2x. For more information contact human resources at 7461 or hr@up.edu.

Filed Under: 06-17-2013, 06-24-2013, Academics, Campus Services, Human Resources Tagged With: Bryn Sopko, Human Resources, tuition remission

Print Shop Inventory Time

June 24, 2013

WarehousePrinting services will be closed for the entire day of Friday, June 28, according to Mary Scroggins, printing services director. The closure will allow staff to conduct their annual inventory. Please plan printing projects accordingly. For more information contact Scroggins at 8334 or scroggin@up.edu.

Filed Under: 06-17-2013, 06-24-2013, Academics, Campus Services, Marketing & Communications Tagged With: Inventory, Mary Scroggins, Printing Services

What’s That Smell?

June 24, 2013

harlequinFaculty and staff are reminded to take notice of the beauty all around them this summer; some of the summer blooming plants you will see (and smell) include:

  • Harlequin Glorybower (pictured): Late summer blooms grace this tree near the library, Franz Hall, and the walkway by the baseball stadium. You can smell its perfume-like fragrance from blocks away.
  • Goldenrain tree: Flower clusters from the summer turn into papery fruit capsules that resemble Japanese lanterns and persist all winter. You can find them near Buckley Center Auditorium.
  • Ground cover roses, shrub roses: Pink “flower carpet” roses bloom all summer in front of the Chiles Center sign; pink and white Meidiland (pronounced May-de-land) roses bloom around Franz Hall and along the road that goes by the health center.
  • In 1982, the estate of William Ingram of Salem donated many mature Camellias to the University, including several large C. Sasanquas, which can be seen blooming from early winter through early spring. Several are located on the east side of Howard Hall.

For further information contact Michele Zimmerman, physical plant, as she makes her rounds of campus flora, or Jim Haines, as he does the same.

Filed Under: 06-24-2013, Physical Plant, Uncategorized Tagged With: Jim Haines, Michele Zimmerman, physical plant

Personnel Changes

June 24, 2013

miss youThe financial aid office would like to congratulate Alex Gonzalez, who has been hired full-time by the Office of Admissions. Alex has been working part-time in financial aid as the document imaging clerk. Congratulations also go to Brian Flynn, who was recently hired by the Office of Web and Administrative Services. Both Alex and Brian will transition out of the financial aid office on July 1. For more information contact Janet Turner, financial aid, at 7311 or turnerj@up.edu.

Filed Under: 06-24-2013, Campus Services, Financial Aid, Human Resources Tagged With: Alex Gonzalez, Brian Flynn, Financial Aid, Janet Turner

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
  • YouTube

News Categories

UpDate

Katie Danielson, education, had her piece, “Effectiveness of scaling up a vocabulary intervention for low-income children, pre-K through first grade” (with coauthors Susan B. Neuman and Preeti Samudra) published in The Elementary School Journal, 121(3), 385-409. https://doi.org/10.1086/712492

Claire McKinley-Yoder, nursing, contributed “Student-led fall prevention care management reduced fall risks at assisted living facilities” (with coauthors Kiyoshi-Teo, H., Lemon, E., & Ochoa, O.) in the December 2020 edition of Innovation in Aging,  4(Suppl 1), 238, https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.767

September Nelson, nursing, was awarded Outstanding Abstract at the Western Institute of Nursing – Gerontology Special Interest Group, April 2021. She also attended the Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference- Predictors of intent of leave among long-term care nurses, April 2021.

Cara Hersh, English, was mentioned in a piece on crafting and presenting effective syllabi in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Teaching newsletter.

 

Update Archive

About

UPbeat is a newsletter for University of Portland faculty and staff published through the marketing & communications office; submit information to Marc Covert, upbeat editor, at 8132 or upbeat@up.edu. Submission deadline is noon the Thursday prior to publication. Submissions may be edited for clarity, consistency, brevity, or style.

Copyright © 2021 · University of Portland