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News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

10-23-2023

Education Day is Back! (Nov. 16)

The UP Athletics Department, the School of Education, and the UP STEM Education and Outreach Center are hosting Education Day again on November 16, 2023. We expect approximately 500 kids from grades 2-7 to attend. Our visitors will spend about an hour, from 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m., engaging in hands-on educational activities on the track in the Chiles Center, and then will stay for a UP Women’s Basketball game versus Warner Pacific.      

 Day-of Logistics  

  • Table set up begins: 8:45 a.m.  
    • Kids and teachers arrive: 9:30 a.m.  
    • Hands-on activities on the track: 9:30-10:45 a.m.  
    • Transition to game: 10:45-11:00 a.m.  
    • Women’s Basketball: 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.  

We’ve had great success with this event in the past, and we hope you will join us and host an activity. Last year we had everything from bug tug-of-war to dance party and body movement to civil engineering, but all ideas are welcome. Students and faculty are invited to host tables, so please share this information with student clubs as well. This is a great opportunity for outreach with local kids.  

Please see the flyer and sign up to host a table (or tables) below:

SIGN UP HERE

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Stephanie Salomone (salomone@up.edu), UP STEM Center, or Joshua Craggs (craggs@up.edu), UP Athletics.  

New Faculty and Staff Photos (Nov. 14)

Are you a new faculty or staff member who has not yet had their professional photo taken for the UP directory? The Office of Marketing and Communications has scheduled a professional photographer for photos on Tuesday, November 14, 1:30- 3 p.m. Please email Sara Zarit at zarit@up.edu to schedule a five-minute headshot session. 

UP’s Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series Fall Lecture—Jess Walter (Nov. 1)

Spokane fiction writer Jess Walter comes to UP as our fall Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writer on Wednesday, November 1. We will host an informal classroom Q&A 4:30-5:30 in Franz 206 prior to the presentation at 7:30-8:30 p.m. in BC Auditorium. A book-signing will follow.

Jess Walter began his career as a newspaper reporter before going on to write seven novels, a nonfiction book on Idaho’s Ruby Ridge incident, and two collections of short stories. His novels, such as The Financial Lives of the Poets, Beautiful Ruins, and The Cold Millions, have been hailed as satirical, poignant, and wise.

To learn more about Jess Walter, read the full announcement here.

E-mail larson@up.edu for a free copy of his latest collection of stories The Angel of Rome. 

For questions, contact Lars Erik Larson, larson@up.edu