All students, faculty, and staff are invited to an evening with Jennifer Freyd, professor of psychology at the University of Oregon and a fellow at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, as she discusses “Building Institutional Courage” on Tuesday, September 25, at 7:15 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. None of us can […]
09-24-2018
Drop By the 10th Annual UP Authors’ Reception, Sept. 27
All UP campus community members are invited to celebrate UP’s faculty and staff authors this Thursday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. This annual event is held on the Clark Library’s upper floor. Drop by for some refreshment and peruse publications authored in the 2017-2018 academic year. For more information contact Diane Romero at x7775 or hicksd@up.edu.
Nominations for 2019 Alumni Awards Welcome: Deadline Extended
Do you know a Pilot who deserves to be recognized for his or her work? Through the annual Alumni Awards, the University of Portland recognizes those individuals who embody UP’s mission in their life and work, and demonstrate the power of the University to prepare people who respond to the needs of the world. All faculty […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group: Sept. 28
The first meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Discussion Group for the 2018-19 year will be Friday, September 28, at 3:30 p.m., in the Murphy Room of Franz Hall. The group will discuss the article “A Burnt-Out Case: Aquinas and the Way We Work Now” by Jonathan Malesic, and Chapter 1 from Mary Rose O’Reilley’s The Garden at […]
Announcing Pilot Funder, UP’s New Crowdfunding Platform
The Office of Development is proud to announce the launch of Pilot Funder, the University’s first crowdfunding platform, at pilotfunder.up.edu. All registered UP student organizations, competitive sports and academic teams, full-time faculty, certain UP staff members, schools, colleges, institutes, and departments that have a project benefiting the UP community can use Pilot Funder. Pilot Funder […]
Look At The Birdie: Faculty/Staff Photo Shoot, Sept. 25
Each month, the marketing office schedules a photographer to take a small number of head shots, available on a first-come, first-served basis for our online directory. The September session is Tuesday, September 25, from 11 a.m. to noon. To schedule an appointment, please e-mail Suzanne Frey at freys@up.edu no later than 3 p.m. on Monday, September 24. Photos will be taken in […]
Institutional Support Survey and Conversation, Sept. 26
A follow-up conversation, “Building Courage UP,” which will focus on generating proposals specific to UP in relation to Jennifer Freyd’s “Campus Sexual Violence: Moving from Institutional Betrayal to Institutional Courage” lecture on September 25, will take place the following evening on Wednesday, September 26, at 7:15 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. This event is open […]
TLC From The TLC: New Blog Post
Online resources that support basic and reflective teaching are a great addition to the University of Portland’s teaching and learning initiatives, according to Jeffrey White, international languages and cultures. In this week’s Teaching and Learning Collaborative blog post, White profiles Carnegie Mellon University’s Eberly Center website and its approach to addressing specific teaching strategies for […]
All Invited to Prepare Fair, Oct. 10
All faculty and staff are invited to attend the Prepare Fair at Holy Redeemer’s Cantwell Hall on Wednesday, October 10, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Those who attend can meet with experts from across the city to learn more about emergency preparedness, earthquake science, and the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. Children are welcome as well, truly a […]
New Hire in Student Activities: Elizabeth Aguilera
Elizabeth Aguilera will join the Office of Student Activities on October 1 as the new administrative assistant, according to Jeromy Koffler, student activities. She has taught as an adjunct instructor in art history at the collegiate level in California and moved to Oregon to become director of education at Sylvan Learning Center of Beaverton. At […]