The University’s TIAA-CREF investment counselor for employees, Preston Watts, will be on campus a number of times this winter for individual financial counseling sessions. The next one-on-one counseling sessions will take place this week on November 11, 12, and 13 in Orrico Hall room 101. Go to www.tiaa-cref.org/schedulenow or call TIAA-CREF at (877) 842-2028 (press […]
10-20-2014
Open Enrollment Begins
Open Enrollment for the 2015 plan year will take place beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 3, and will end at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, December 2. All benefits eligible faculty and staff will receive an e-mail link to the enrollment tool and new rates later today. Please see the Open Enrollment page for more […]
Nominate Colleagues for Annual Staff Awards, Oct. 13-30
The nomination period for staff awards will be October 13 to October 30, with the winners announced at the Staff Christmas Luncheon on Thursday, December 18, according to Bryn Sopko, human resourses. The nomination form can be found at http://tinyurl.com/ousfjpd. For more information contact HR at 8981 or hr@up.edu.
MAT Informational, Oct. 27
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Informational on Monday, October 27, at 6 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy Room (room 426). The MAT is an intensive program designed to prepare individuals with baccalaureate degrees for teaching in K-12 schools. MAT graduates earn a master’s degree and are […]
Sistine Chapel Lecture, Oct. 28
The University will host Charles Rosenberg, professor of art history at the University of Notre Dame, as he presents “The Sistine Chapel History and Meaning” at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, October 28, in Holy Cross Lounge on the 3rd floor of Franz Hall. His presentation will be the annual Hesburgh Lecture, sponsored by the Garaventa […]
Celebration of 50th Anniversary of L’Arche Community, Oct. 29
The Garaventa Center will host several speakers and a reception to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the first L’Arche community by Jean Vanier (pictured) in 1964. The presentation, which includes interactive discussions with the audience, is titled “Becoming Human, Embracing the Tension Between Professionalism & Vulnerability.” It takes place on Wednesday, October […]
Next Faculty Welfare Committee Meeting on October 30
The Faculty Welfare Committee’s next meeting is on Thursday, October 30, according to chair Tamar More, physics. The Faculty Welfare Committee is the official vehicle whereby policies concerning faculty salary, fringe benefits, and working conditions are to be brought to the University administration. The committee serves as a negotiating team to work directly with the administrative offices […]
Faculty Symposium on Dante’s Divine Comedy, Oct. 30
Brad Franco, history, will conduct a faculty symposium in advance of the November 6 lecture on Dante’s Divine Comedy, according to Jamie Powell, Garaventa Center. The symposium will take place on Thursday, October 30, from 4 t0 5:30 p.m., in the Holy Cross Lounge on Franz Hall’s third floor. All faculty are invited and refreshments […]
Annual UP Wellness Fair, Oct. 30
The annual Wellness Fair sponsored by human resources will take place on Thursday, October 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Terrace Room. Representatives from the University’s benefits carriers such as Kaiser, MODA, Flex-Plan, EAP Cascade, Life Insurance carriers, and TIAA-CREF will be joined by community health vendors including West Coast Fitness Center, […]
Doyle Delivering Delightfully Droll Discourse, Oct. 30
Essayist, novelist, and Portland Magazine editor Brian Doyle will speak as part of the University’s Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series on Thursday, October 30, at 7 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. His talk will be free and open to all faculty, staff, students, and the public. Doyle is the author of many books of essays, poems, […]