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10-19-2020

Campus Ministry Day of The Dead Altar, Mass

Día de los Muertos is a special day of the year when family, friends, and loved ones who have passed away are remembered with gratitude and joy. It is a tradition that its origins in Aztec rituals and has grown to merge with Catholic and Christian celebrated in places throughout North America and Latin American countries. On this day, many families and communities build Ofrendas (altars) in honor of their loved ones. These altares are decorated with photos, flowers, religious symbols, and sometimes food or objects that remind people of the person who has died.

This October, Campus Ministry will build a Day of the Dead altar to commemorate and celebrate the special people in our lives who have died. We invite everyone, regardless of faith and background, to send us a digital photo of any family or friends that you have lost. We will be placing these on our Day of the Dead altar which will be present in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher from Thursday, October 29 through Friday, November 6.  There will also be a Mass for all deceased members of the UP campus community streamed from the Chapel of Christ the Teacher at 5 p.m. on All Souls Day, Monday, November 2.

For the Day of the Dead altar, please send the photos (and names) to Br. Pablo Quan, C.S.C., at quanlope@up.edu.

For the Mass on All Souls Day (5 p.m., 11/2/20) the stream will come through on the Campus Ministry YouTube Channel using this link.

A Reminder: Community Conversations on Oct. 29

The international education, diversity, and inclusion office would like to remind faculty and staff to RSVP as soon as possible for their upcoming Community Conversations on October 29. Attendees will again engage in meaningful peer-to-peer conversations about race. Read either How to be an antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi or Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper. Details are available here by using this link.

Questions? Contact Rebecca Seibert, international education, diversity, and inclusion, at seibert@up.edu.

Mother Teresa & Christian Mental Health Stigma: This Tuesday Oct. 20

The Garaventa Center welcomes everyone to a free online lecture on Tuesday, October 20 at 5 p.m: “Mother Teresa: A Case Study in Christian Mental Health Stigma.” Here’s the Zoom Webinar link to join the live event, which is open to all.

Mother Teresa’s diaries made public the saint’s struggle with intense sadness and sparked debates about her mental health. Jessica Coblentz, assistant professor of religious studies & theology at Saint Mary’s College, will explore the assumptions about depression and Christian holiness that emerged in these debates. Coblentz will also invite participants to reflect on Christianity’s contributions to mental health stigma, as well as possibilities for counteracting it in church and society. For more information or questions: up.edu/garaventa or garaventa@up.edu.

Summer Research Poster Session – Please share details with students

The Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement will host the University’s annual Summer Research Poster Session virtually on Wednesday, November 18 from 9:15am-3:35pm. The goals of the Summer Research Poster Session are twofold: to celebrate undergraduate research conducted by UP students during the summer, and to create awareness of research experiences that other students might be interested to explore.

All current students who participated in a research experience on or off campus Summer 2020 are invited to apply to participate. Participants must be able to produce a poster that is of the quality and style of those seen at professional conferences in their discipline. The poster session will use VirtualPosterSession.org software.

Participant will be required to:

  • Submit a high-quality PDF of your poster to scholars@up.edu by Monday, November 9 at 10:00am.
  • Be available to speak with session attendees for at least one time block; see the application for time blocks.
    People who desire to participate but who are unavailable during the identified time blocks should contact Michele Leasor (leasor@up.edu).
  • Provide a Zoom meeting link where event attendees can live video conference you during the Poster Session. This link must be sent by Monday, November 9, at 10:00 a.m.

Click here for the application or visit pilots.up.edu/group/academic/undergraduate-research. The deadline to apply is Friday, October 23.

 

Faith & Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Oct. 23: All Welcome!

The Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will have its only meeting of the fall semester on Friday, October 23, 3:30 to 5 p.m., on Zoom, according to Norah Martin, philosophy. We will be discussing “Sacrifice, Race, and Indifference” from Send Lazarus: Catholicism and the Crisis of Neoliberalism by Matthew Eggemeier and Peter Fritz (Fordham University Press, 2020). The reading and the Zoom link can be found on the Garaventa Center website using this link. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend.

Fifth Annual Operations & Technology Management Symposium: Oct. 20-22

Join the Pamplin School of Business for the 5th Annual OTM (Operations and Technology Management) Symposium, “Risk Management as Exposed by COVID-19,” on October 20 through October 22. This virtual symposium will offer sessions on Risk Management (101) for Everyone, Risk Management in Cyber, and Risk Management in the Physical Site. Questions? Contact Lilia Grundy, business, at grundy@up.edu.

TLC Tip of the Week: Ways to Take Care of Yourself

These days, creating a sustainable “work-life balance” feels as elusive as a unicorn, but it’s an absolute necessity to ensure you are still whole and healthy by the time we get to The Other Side of the pandemic. A recent article by Rebecca Pope-Ruark in Inside Higher Ed lays out several doable strategies for college teachers managing their own stress as they tend to the needs of their students, and is worth a read. If you only have five minutes, these four questions she poses may steer you in the direction of prioritizing your own well-being:

  • What fills your cup and gives you energy? What can you do from home to recreate these energizing activities or moments?
  • How might you design a morning routine that eases you into work at the start of your day and an afternoon ritualthat shuts down your workday?
  • What activities can you plan for the times you are “off the clock” (for example, taking a walk, doing a puzzle or paint-by-number, playing a game with your children)?
  • What can you not do? What can you put on hold for the time being so that you can focus on priorities and well-being?

If you have a favorite tip for taking care of yourself in these oddest of days, the Teaching & Learning Collaborative is all ears, and happy to compile a treasure chest full of these lifesaving nuggets. Send your shareable tip(s) to Karen Eifler, eifler@up.edu.

 

UP Internship & Job Expo, Oct. 26

The Career Center invites all business, humanities, and social sciences students to the UP Internship & Job Expo on Monday, October 26 from noon to 3 p.m. This event will take place virtually within the Handshake platform.

Faculty who work with students in the Pamplin School of Business, or humanities and social sciences within the College of Arts & Sciences, are asked to share this virtual recruiting event, created exclusively for University of Portland students and recent graduates. They will have the opportunity to engage with employers hiring for internships and/or full time jobs in group sessions and/or one-on-one video meetings, all within the Handshake platform. To ensure a positive experience, advanced registration within Handshake is required for this event. View the event preview link here.

The UP Internship & Job Expo is open to all students, though employers are specifically interested in connecting with the following majors: accounting, communication, economics, English, environmental ethics & policy, finance, French studies, German studies, history, marketing, music, operations & technology management, organizational communication, philosophy, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, Spanish, theater, and theology.

For questions or ADA accommodations, contact career@up.edu or x7201.

Cultural Art Gallery Submissions Welcome

The International Club would love to see your artwork for its Cultural Art Gallery. The gallery is one of the events of International Education Week (IEW). It is open to all UP community: students, faculty, staff, and alumni. We are hoping this exhibition to be able to connect UP community and let people learn various backgrounds and perspectives.

The artwork can be anything such as drawing, painting, poetry, music, video. Themes can be about your own traditional culture, BLM, LGBTQIA+, and more.

We would like you to submit your artwork on Microsoft Forms by Sunday, November 8, and we will transport your artwork to Microsoft Sway and make it public on the first day of IEW, November 16. If you have multiple submissions, please submit them one by one. You cannot submit them all at once.

Please reach out to Shiipin Lau (I-club president) at laus23@up.edu if you have any questions.