All UP employees, both faculty and staff, are welcome to take part in the first annual Employee Kickball Extravaganza on Wednesday, August 14, at 4 p.m., on the Shipstad Quad, according to organizers Mary Beebe and Joe Kuffner, marketing and communications. Kick off the new school year by playing everyone’s favorite schoolyard game (no, not dodgeball) with your UP coworkers. All skill levels welcome; the only requirement is a desire to have some fun in the sun before students show up and take over the campus. Please RSVP to Kuffner at kuffnerj@up.edu or Beebe at beebe@up.edu.
07-22-2013
Special Deal For “The Music Man”
Journey Theater Arts Group is presenting Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man, an affectionate tribute to Smalltown, USA, which follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize, despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. Performances will take place at Mago Hunt Center Theater, August 9 through 18, Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Pre-sale adult tickets are $18; student and military tickets are $15 (with ID); youth and senior tickets are $12. In a special deal for University of Portland faculty and staff, all tickets for the 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, August 10 are $12. Use coupon code “UPMM” for $1 off each ticket. The coupon code is not valid on at the door sales. All tickets are $2 more at the door. Tickets are on sale now at www.journeytheater.org or 360.750.8550. For more information contact Bethany Larson, Journey Theater Arts, at blarson611@gmail.com or 360-921-2944.
Library Closure for Final Move
The reopening of the Clark Library is just around the corner, but first we must close to the public from August 2-11, according to Diane Sotak, library. This will give library staff a chance to move into the building and test drive the facility before reopening on August 12. The paging service and pick-ups for Summit materials will also be suspended on August 1, so please plan accordingly if know you will need something during the closure. Our usual online resources will still be available, as well as interlibrary loan (ILL) service for article requests.
For more information contact the library at 7111 or library@up.edu, or go to http://library.up.edu.
Course Packs Due
All 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.
Student Photo Show
The Buckley Center Gallery is exhibiting the final presentation photographs of students who completed the Introduction to Black and White Photography course offered during the first summer session, according to Pat Bognar, performing and fine arts. The students, Josie Benedetti, John Carleton (his photo at left), and Victoria Kerssen-Griep, all did wonderful work and we encourage you to visit the gallery! The students enrolled in the second summer session photo course will be showing their images in Buckley Gallery from August 1-18. For more information contact Bognar at 7792 or bognar@up.edu. Enjoy!
Student Photo Show
The Buckley Center Gallery is exhibiting the final presentation photographs of students who completed the Introduction to Black and White Photography course offered during the first summer session, according to Pat Bognar, performing and fine arts. The students, Josie Benedetti, John Carleton (his photo at left), and Victoria Kerssen-Griep, all did wonderful work and we encourage you to visit the gallery! The students enrolled in the second summer session photo course will be showing their images in Buckley Gallery from August 1-18. For more information contact Bognar at 7792 or bognar@up.edu. Enjoy!
New Grant, FirstUP Planning
The University of Portland has received a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service and Oregon Campus Compact to host an AmeriCorps VISTA member who will help the University develop resources and build capacity to better serve first-generation college students, according to Michele Leasor, honors program. Holly Sweeney, pictured, will be joining the UP community for this one-year AmeriCorps VISTA appointment beginning August 31.
In fall 2012, the University of Portland hosted FirstUP, a welcome event for first-generation college students. FirstUP was a cooperative effort between the academic and student affairs divisions. One aspect that made FirstUP 2012 a great success was the support of faculty and staff who were themselves first-generation college students. All first-generation college students who would be willing to have the planning group contact them with opportunities to be involved with this year’s efforts are asked to contact Leasor at 8264 or leasor@up.edu.
The FirstUP Planning Committee would like to thank the Division of Student Affairs, Office of the Provost, and Office of the Executive Vice President, who collaborated to provide the matching funds required for the AmeriCorps VISTA grant.
Denise Breyley Speaking July 18
Denise Breyley of Whole Foods Markets will be speaking to Howard Feldman’s BUS 513 (Social Issues in Business) class at 6:10 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, in Franz Hall 206. Any interested faculty, staff, or students are welcome to attend. Breyley serves as Local Forager for Whole Foods, working with and providing support to local farms and vendors to get their products into local Whole Foods stores. Breyley will speak about Whole Foods’ perspectives on organic and genetically modified foods and their connection to the company’s philosophy of “conscious capitalism.” For more information contact Feldman at 7270 or feldman@up.edu.
UP ROTC Cadet Takes Top Honor
Colin Root, a cadet in the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at the University of Portland, was honored as the top overall cadet in his regiment during graduation ceremonies for the 2013 Leader Development and Assessment Course at Watkins Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington on July 11. He was among approximately 885 ROTC Training Corps cadets from the 1st and 2nd Regiments.
Root was among a group of eight cadets honored for individual accomplishments that set them apart from their peers. From each regiment, awards were handed out for distinguished honor graduate, honor graduate, top male and female scores on the Army physical fitness test, and the cadet who best represented the Warrior Ethos, a term coined to reflect the embodiment of a soldier. Root, a junior Global Business major at the University, was recognized as 1st Regiment Distinguished Honor Graduate, Bravo Company.
The ceremony capped off 29 days of leadership-infused training designed to develop each cadet’s leadership abilities through a sequentially organized training schedule that incorporated the basic necessary skills to become an effective military leader. The leadership course is one of the final steps for cadets prior to completing the ROTC program and entering the Army as commissioned officers.
For more information contact the Army ROTC office at 7353 or armyrotc@up.edu.
Faculty Deferred Pay Option
All nine-month faculty members can opt in to be paid over a 12 month span, according to Debbie Schwartzkopf, payroll. This process begins with September paychecks and holds a portion aside for nine months, then pays out over June, July, and August of the following summer. To sign up for this option please contact payroll at 8338 or payroll@up.edu. Faculty who sign up for this program remain enrolled until they give written notice that they do not want to participate in the program. There is no need to renew paperwork each year. All forms must be submitted to the payroll office no later than Friday, September 13, 2013 to be eligible for the 2013-2014 academic year.