UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

07-17-2017

Soccer Is Coming! Get your Tickets Today!

The 2017 Pilots soccer season is quickly approaching for the men’s and women’s teams and now is the best time to buy tickets. Come out to support your student-athletes on the men’s soccer team as they look to repeat as West Coast Conference Champions and be there for all of the women’s soccer action as they host exciting match-ups versus Baylor, Oregon State, Santa Clara, BYU and much more.

Season tickets are on sale now and are 50% off the normal price for all faculty and staff. Get your tickets today by going to PortlandPilots.com/tickets and use promo code: STAFF, visiting the Pilots Box Office in the Chiles Center, or by calling 7525.

 

New Anti-Virus Software: SCEP

Over the next several weeks, information services will be transitioning university-owned computers from Symantec Endpoint Protection to Microsoft’s System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) for virus prevention and detection.

UP’s license for Symantec will end in late July 2017, so every university-owned computer will need to be upgraded to SCEP. Not upgrading the anti-virus software will potentially expose computers and university data to unnecessary and preventable threats.

Information Services will be updating most university-owned systems automatically. For more information about this transition and recommendations for updating personal computers currently using Symantec from UP’s software download center, please see this  Knowledge Base article.

If you have questions or need more information, please contact the help desk at x7000 or help@up.edu.

New Health and Counseling Center Director

Carol Dell’Oliver has accepted the University’s offer to be the new director of the Health and Counseling Center. Her first day on campus will be Wednesday, August 2.

Dell’Oliver is a licensed clinical psychologist and is currently director of the Caldwell Counseling Center at Warner Pacific University. She has extensive background in college counseling, supervision, and clinical leadership as well as she has experience providing outpatient mental health services to children, adolescents, and adults in her private practice.

Susan Chisum, assistant director for primary care, has served as interim director since May. For more information contact Fr. John Donato, C.S.C., vice president for student affairs, at x8532 or donato@up.edu.

All-Campus Computer Inventory

Technical services will be performing an on-site, physical inventory of all campus computers and monitors this summer. To achieve this, we will have a student staff member entering all offices and work spaces in order to collect asset tag and location information. If you are on campus, this interruption will take less than one minute. If you are away from your office, we will enter your office for the inventory and leave a “calling card” indicating we were there. Thank you in advance for helping us inventory our assets.

Questions? Contact the help desk at extension 7000 or help@up.edu

Clark Library Annual Report

Starting a new fiscal year is also an opportunity to reflect on the previous year. In that spirit, we invite you to view our 2016 – 2017 Annual Report. We also have plans brewing for the year ahead including developing a gallery space, creating thematic book displays, starting an Information Ethics project through a Dundon-Berchtold Grant, and launching more online tutorials and libguides.

Now’s The Time for Stationery Orders

Now is the time to submit orders for letterhead, envelopes, business cards, and forms for the upcoming academic year, according to Reneé Byrd, printing services. This allows the publication team to schedule production throughout the summer. Please estimate usage for the next academic year and order accordingly. Letterhead is available by the ream (500 sheets) or by the case (4,000 sheets). Envelopes are available by the box (500) or by the case (2,500). When ordering, include a sample of each item and indicate if any changes are necessary. For more information, contact Byrd at 8115 or stationery@up.edu.

Early Arrival Requests Due by July 20

All departments that will be sponsoring students to arrive on campus prior to the standard move-in dates (August 24 for new students, August 26 for returning students) are asked to complete a Department Early Arrival Request, according to Jessica Wode, residence life. Templates for making this request were sent via email on June 26; please contact residence life at reslife@up.edu or x7205 if your department did not receive one. Early arrival requests are due by July 20 to Jessica Wode at wodej@up.edu. Departments will be charged $47 per person per night unless it is specified that the students’ accounts should be charged.

Students who are not working 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 contact the Office of Residence Life at x7205 or reslife@up.edu.

Order Regalia for Orientation Mass by July 17

Faculty and staff who need to rent regalia for the Orientation Opening Mass are asked to please place your order online by Monday, July 17. Faculty should visit this link. Orientation Mass is on Saturday, August 26, at 5 p.m., with the academic procession starting at 4:45 p.m. Rented regalia will be available on Saturday, August 26, from 3 to 4:45 p.m., in the Chiles Center.

For any questions contact the events office at x7523 or events@up.edu.