UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

08-25-2014

Inauguration of the 20th UP President, September 26

Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., will be inaugurated as University of Portland’s 20th president on September 26, 2014. The Inauguration Mass at 11:45 a.m. and the ceremony at 3 p.m. in the Chiles Center will cap two days of public celebration honoring the new president. All University of Portland community members are invited to celebrate […]

2014 UP Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

The University of Portland athletics department has inducted Roman Borvanov (men’s tennis), Jim Dortch (basketball/baseball), Shannon MacMillan (women’s soccer), Wally Panel (basketball/baseball) and the 2002 Pilot women’s soccer team into its Athletic Hall of Fame. The five inductees will be honored at a banquet on Saturday, October 4, with a reception at 6 p.m. and […]

Welcome, Class of 2018!

The University is welcoming the Class of 2018, beginning as freshmen moved into their dorm rooms on Thursday, August 21. It is the largest and among the most diverse and academically gifted classes in school history. More than 100 incoming students arrived on campus early to volunteer in the local community as part of the […]

Opening Convocation Changes for Presidential Inauguration

The University will not hold its usual Opening Convocation for faculty and staff this fall, according to Tom Greene, provost. Rev. Mark Poorman, C.S.C., will address faculty, staff, students, and guests as part of the Presidential Inauguration on Friday, September 26. New faculty members who are ordinarily introduced as part of the Convocation will introduced […]

UP Authors Bibliography Now Online

The Clark Library hosts an annual reception in October to honor UP faculty, staff, and student authors who published in the previous academic year while affiliated with the University of Portland. During the summer, library staff compile an online bibliography of publications that were reported in upbeat and through the Scholarly Activity Tool. If you […]

Submit Butine Proposals

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship cordially invites all regular faculty to submit proposals to receive funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. Faculty can download Butine application materials, review selection criteria, and consult the timeline for applications by visiting https://www.up.edu/academicsenate/tas/. Applications are due to the chair of the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship […]

Building Community: Serving to Learn, August 30

On Saturday, August 30, University of Portland first-year students will be uniquely immersed in the three hallmarks of our University: Teaching and Learning, Faith and Formation, and Service and Leadership. Faculty and staff members are asked to consider being a part of this endeavor by participating in the ninth annual Building Community: Serving to Learn […]

Hiring For Fall Semester

All student supervisors need to make sure each of their student employees is officially on the department’s payroll before allowing students to begin working for fall semester, according to Emily Baumbach, financial aid. All new student employees must submit a completed referral form to financial aid before their first day on the job. New student […]