UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

07-04-2016

Office 2016: Campus-Wide Upgrades Coming Soon

coming soonDTAs part of an ongoing effort to improve the University’s computing environment and associated services, information services will soon upgrade Microsoft Office software to Office 2016 on all campus computers. Updates for administrative departments are scheduled to begin in July, and academic departments are scheduled to update in August. Training will be provided to each department ahead of the upgrades. To learn more about the upgrade process and timeline, and for answers to frequently asked questions, please visit sites.up.edu/office365. Department-specific communications with additional details will be provided soon.

For questions or concerns contact the help desk at help@up.edu or x7000.

Fall Course Packs Due July 11

course packsAll faculty and instructors must turn in their course pack materials for fall semester to the printing services office by Monday, July 11, 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 2016 semester. Some copyright requests take up to six weeks to obtain—please keep this in mind so staff are better able to serve everyone’s needs prior to the start of school.

For more information contact Kassie Hansen at x8101 or hansenk@up.edu.

New Monthly PCard Calendar

knott copyAll PCard cardholders are asked to please open and download the updated 2016-2017 calendar for reference during the new fiscal year. Cardholders will need to have monthly reconciliations completed by the last day indicated in blue on the calendar. Approvers have until the last day indicated in pink to approve statements of cardholders in their departments. The calendar can also be found on the Controller’s web page on the left side bar under “Purchase Cards.”

For more information contact Theresa Knott, controller’s office, at 8712 or knott@up.edu.

Campus Authors, Where Are You?

Homer copyHave you or a colleague authored a publication in the past year? Please let the Clark Library’s Diane Romero know so she can include your work in the UP Authors Reception this coming October. The Clark Library uses the summer months to prepare for this annual reception and works published between June 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016 will be featured. E-mail your publication information to Romero at hicksd@up.edu. Learn more about the event and how publications are selected at this link.

Campus Paving Projects: Commons, Physical Plant Lots

under-construction-sign-22472640The parking lots for the Bauccio Commons and physical plant will be closed for repaving during the week of July 11-15, according to Paul Luty, facilities planning and construction. Employees and visitors will need to use the University’s main lot for parking during that week.

For more information contact Luty at 8874 or luty@up.edu.

Northwest Emmy Award For Alumnus Riley Clark ’16

clarkRecent University of Portland graduate Riley Clark ’16 won a Northwest Emmy Award for his video, “University of Portland Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Raises Money for St. Baldrick’s Foundation,” on Saturday, June 4, as announced by the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. His video, produced through Portland Sports Network (PSN), won in the category of “ News: General Assignment-Serious” in the College Student Awards for Excellence division.

PSN is the University of Portland’s in-house athletics video team, made up of two full-time creative video professionals: James Vega, director of video services, and Jose Nevarez, director of live video production. Student interns from various undergraduate academic programs help in both the creative and live video productions.

Two other PSN features, “Gus & Travis: The Ultimate Gift” and “2016 Portland Pilots Baseball – The Dawn of a New Era” were also nominated. All three features were broadcast on the Comcast SportsNet Northwest monthly television show Portside with the Pilots.

The St. Baldrick’s video shows how the University’s men’s soccer team, faculty, staff, and students raised money for childhood cancer research by shaving their heads to spark fundraising efforts for the cause. Watch the full feature here.

“Gus & Travis” is a story about former Pilot baseball players Gus Little and Travis Vetters, who were teammates from 2002 to 2006. When Gus experienced kidney failure in 2014, Travis stepped up and donated a kidney and ultimately saved his friend’s life. Watch the show here.

“2016 Portland Pilots Baseball” focuses on new UP baseball coach Geoff Loomis as he enters his first season as head coach of the program. To watch the feature, click here.

The Northwest Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences serves television and media professionals in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington. The NATAS Northwest Regional Emmy Awards recognize outstanding achievements in television and allied media by conferring annual awards of merit in the chapter’s designated award region.