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07-08-2019

Personalized Health Care Event, July 24: Your Input Wanted

July 19, 2019

Join us for a free educational event to learn how you can be involved in a historic effort to advance medical breakthroughs on Wednesday, July 24, from 6 to 8 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. Food and beverages will be provided. Please RSVP here. For any questions, please contact Ana Aguilera, nursing, at aguilera@up.edu or x8141.

Filed Under: 07-08-2019, 07-15-2019, 07-22-2019, Academics, School of Nursing Tagged With: Ana Aguilera, School of Nursing

Watzke Accepts Graduate School Dean Position

July 12, 2019

School of Education dean John Watzke has agreed to accept an additional appointment as Dean of the Graduate School, according to University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C. His appointment is effective immediately.

Watzke has ably led the School of Education (SOE) since 2010. During that time, the SOE has frequently been home to the University’s largest population of graduate students. He has successfully launched several community engagement programs, established a doctoral program, and built upon the SOE’s reputation for excellence. Recently, he led institutional efforts in support of Strategy B of UP’s strategic plan, “Vision 2020.”  Strategy B focuses upon expanding the University’s relevant, excellent, and self-sustaining graduation education programs.

Please join the UP administration in thanking and congratulating John Watzke for accepting this additional responsibility to serve the UP community.

Filed Under: 07-08-2019, 07-15-2019, Academics, Graduate School, School of Education Tagged With: Graduate School, John Watzke, Rev. Mark L. Poorman C.S.C., School of Education

Early Arrival Requests Due July 19

July 12, 2019

All departments that will be sponsoring students to arrive on campus prior to the standard move-in dates (August 22 for new students, August 24 for returning students) are asked to complete a Department Early Arrival Request, according to Ezequiel Delgado-Cervantes, housing coordinator for residence life.

For departments who need an excel template to submit their request, please email Ezequiel at delgadoc@up.edu. Departments will be charged $49 per person per night unless it is specified that the students’ accounts should be charged.

Students who are not arriving early for any department but wish to request an early arrival for themselves should submit a Petition Form to Modify Housing Contract to residence life.

For more information, please contact Ezequiel at delgadoc@up.edu.

Filed Under: 06-17-2019, 06-24-2019, 07-01-2019, 07-08-2019, 07-15-2019, Campus Services, Residence Life Tagged With: Early Arrival, Ezequiel Delgado-Cervantes, Residence Life

Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) Coming This Summer

July 12, 2019

Due to a dramatic rise in the scope and sophistication of phishing attacks targeting UP staff, information services will be deploying Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for specific services on campus. The enrollment process should take about 5 minutes and it will significantly enhance the security of your account and personal information.

MFA combines two or more independent credentials to gain access to a system. These credentials include something you know (username/password) and something you have (token/smart phone/office phone).  The goal of MFA is to create a multilayered approach that makes it difficult for any unauthorized individual to gain access to a system.  If one factor is compromised, such as your password, the attacker will still need the other factor to gain access.

MFA will be deployed to staff this summer, with specific departments served week-to-week as we roll out MFA. Further communications will come from Curt Pederson, CIO, detailing installation and setup instructions.

Filed Under: 07-08-2019, 07-15-2019, Campus Services, Information Services Tagged With: Curt Pederson, Information Services

New CASE Awards for Development Efforts

July 12, 2019

The University of Portland development office has been recognized with a 2019 CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Educational Fundraising Award, an honor given each year to exceptional fundraising programs at educational institutions in the United States. UPN is among a select group of more than 90 colleges and universities receiving awards this year. The University is being recognized for Overall Performance, based on the judges’ blind analysis of three years of fundraising data submitted to CASE’s AMAtlas Voluntary Support of Education Survey (VSE).

In addition, the University of Portland is being honored with a Sustained Excellence Award, which is granted to those exceptional organizations that have been recognized with Overall Performance and/or Overall Improvement in three of the past five years.

For more information, contact Connie Ozyjowski, development, at ozyjowsk@up.edu.

Filed Under: 07-08-2019, 07-15-2019, Campus Services, Development, University Relations Tagged With: CASE, Connie Ozyjowski, Development Office

Windows Update Change: Monthly Automatic Restarts Starting July 23

July 12, 2019

To enhance the security of university computers and the campus network, information services is modifying how Windows updates are being applied to Windows desktops.

Starting this month, we are requiring that updates be installed by the fourth Tuesday of the month, after which the patches will be installed automatically, and your computer restarted if those updates require it. Users will receive popup reminders to apply updates during the week before automatic updates are scheduled to be applied.

Best practices for this change would be to:

  • Install the updates yourself when notified.
  • Log out, but do not turn off your computer when not in use.
  • Save your work frequently.

Please note:  Updates will force a restart of your computer. A restart will cause any unsaved files to be lost.

More information is available on the UP Tech Support Portal Knowledge Base article, which includes screenshots and additional details, here. You may also contact the Help Desk at x7000 or help@up.edu.

Filed Under: 07-08-2019, 07-15-2019, Academics, Campus Services, Information Services Tagged With: Information Services

New Associate Registrar: Abby McMahon

July 5, 2019

Abby McMahon has been promoted to associate registrar, according to Roberta Lindahl, registrar. McMahon started as a student worker when she was in school and graduated in May of 2011. She started as a temporary worker that fall and within a year was transfer articulation and graduation coordinator until 2016, when she became assistant registrar.

For more information contact the registrar’s office at x7321 or registrar@up.edu.

Filed Under: 07-08-2019, Campus Services Tagged With: Abby McMahon, Registrar's Office

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Anita Gooding, social work, was selected as a 2020-2021 Field Research Scholar by the Transforming Field Education Landscape (TFEL) program at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Scholars attend regular seminars and present their own research related to strengthening field education in social work.

Ösel Plante, development, has a debut collection of poetry titled Waveland set for publication by Black Lawrence Press in April 2021. Please use this link to learn more.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering. recently shared some of his work on palindrome dates with the staff of Farmers’ Almanac which lead to an articled titled “2021: A Special Year For Palindrome Dates, Starting This Month!” See the article using this link.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus of environmental studies; Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated; and Nic Zentner, Central Washington University, published an animation titled “Ghost Forests: Evidence for a Giant Earthquake & Tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.” This animation explores how Native American oral history, geology of ghost forests in coastal Washington and Oregon, and written accounts of a tsunami that flooded Japanese Pacific Coast villages converge to document the most recent Cascadia subduction zone megathrust earthquake on January 26, 1700 at about 9 p.m. The Ghost Forest animation can be found on the IRIS website at: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/740 or on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xPbt8iiDRo&feature=youtu.be.

Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, wrote an editorial on “Sustainability and the Role of Higher Education” in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 62, , pp. 2-3. See the article at this link. He also contributed “On a ‘Just’ Transition, Environment” in Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 63:1, 29-31, DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1842715.. See the article using this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received an Opus Prize Foundation Grant Sabbatical Support, Opus Prize Foundation, $5,000, on November 12, 2020.

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