News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Faculty, staff, and neighborhood families are invited to participate in the annual HALLoween trick-or-treating night in selected UP dorms on Monday, October 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. Children through sixth grade can trick-or-treat, a great way to celebrate Halloween in a safe and controlled environment. All children wishing to participate in HALLoween must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Picture ID is required upon check-in for all parents and guardians. There will be one check-in location, under a tent in front of the Chiles Center, and parking in the main lot. Everyone must check in at this location and receive a wristband to gain admittance to the residence halls.
HALLoween is sponsored by the Campus Program Board and Office of Residence Life. For more information contact residence life at reslife@up.edu.
In 2015, the School of Education launched the Open School Master of Arts in Teaching (OMAT) Residency Program at Open School East, a 7th-12th grade college preparatory and leadership alternative school in east Multnomah County. The OMAT program prioritizes the recruitment and development of aspiring teachers of color to better represent the diversity of local schools, but accepts applications from all pre-service educators with a calling to work with marginalized youth. Applications to begin the OMAT program in Summer 2017 are due by March 1, 2017. Faculty who know about students who are interested in entering the teaching profession and feel called to work with disconnected, struggling youth are asked to share information about this program with them. For more information, please go to this link or contact Peter Thacker, education, at thacker@up.edu, or Anne Rasmussen, education, at rasmusse@up.edu.
Fields Hall will present its signature event, the annual Trivia Night, a fundraiser for the Holy Cross Missions, on Friday, November 4, from 10 to 11:30 p.m., in the Pilot House. Faculty, staff, and students are advised to form their five-member teams early. It’s great fun and open to all members of the UP community. Prizes include Meal Points from Bon Appétit, gift certificates, and a study week package given by provost Tom Greene and Sr. Sue Bruno, residence life. There will be five game prizes including Holy Cross packages such as dessert at the president’s house with Fr. Mark Poorman, C.S.C.; a tour and history of the Bell Tower with Fr. Gerry Olinger, C.S.C., and Fr. Jim Gallagher, C.S.C., followed by dessert; a dessert extravaganza at Papa Haydn with Fr. John Donato, C.S.C., and Fr. Edwin Obermiller C.S.C.; and a spaghetti dinner with Sr. Sue Bruno.
For more information contact Sr. Bruno at x8476 or bruno@up.edu.
Waldschmidt Hall will play host to a gaggle of young ghosts, goblins, ghouls, superheroes, and archvillians when the University’s daycare house denizens come trick-or-treating through offices on Monday, October 31, at approximately 10 a.m. For more information contact Andrea Palacios, Vermont Hills Family Life Centers, at 503.283.9688 or andreap@vhflc.com.
Students from all academic disciplines will be presenting posters documenting the research they completed both at UP and at other institutions across the nation this summer. Students will be sharing their results from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2 in both the Franz Hall Lobby and in Shiley Hall’s 3rd Floor Atrium. Please come show your support of our students and their work. This summer research celebration is sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement. For more more information, please contact Michele Leasor at ur@up.edu or x7857.
Donations from faculty and staff have been the backbone of the success of the annual silent auction fundraiser for the Moreau Center’s Nicaragua Immersion service program. All faculty, staff, students, and UP friends are welcome to participate in the silent auction, either as a donor of items or a bidder. This year’s auction will take place from Monday, November 28 to Friday, December 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons main entrance hallway. Single items, gift baskets, tickets to events, signed books, weekends at vacation homes or timeshares, gift certificates to local restaurants, and UP merchandise are just some of the items that have been popular at the auction in the past. Donations can be brought to the Moreau Center any time during the workday from now through Wednesday, November 23.
Please contact Theresa McCreary at x7131 or mccreary@up.edu if you have any questions about the auction.
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join the UP rowing team at their home race, the Portland Fall Classic Regatta and Open House on Sunday, October 30, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the Portland Boathouse on 1515 SE Water Avenue.
The Portland Boathouse is “next to” Omsi and under the Hawthorne Bridge. Follow exits #300 from I-5 northbound or #300B from I-5 southbound.
The UP teams will be racing throughout the morning, and coffee and refreshments will be available to all Pilot fans at the team tent in the Festival Plaza.
UP Race Schedule:
8:36am Varsity 8+
8:38am JV 8+
10:58am V4+
11:00am JV 4+
11:17am Novice 8+
11:20am Novice 4+
PACE, the Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education, a program of the School of Education, is hosting an information meeting Thursday, October 27 at 7 p.m. in Franz Hall Room 034.
PACE is a post-graduate teacher education program through the University of Portland in which candidates earn tuition-free graduate degrees in education while they serve as teachers in Catholic schools. Over the course of three summers and two academic years, PACE teachers strengthen Catholic education while developing and refining the skills of successful educators. The PACE program focuses on whole-person formation, with attention to Personal, Communal and Professional formation, informed by the charisms of Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C., and the Congregation of Holy Cross.
PACE is seeking faith-filled applicants (Catholic and non-Catholic) from all academic majors. Education majors pursue the M.Ed. in the graduate program, non-education majors pursue the M.A.T.
For more information, contact Leah Nusse at x 7043 or nusse@up.edu.
The University Museum and Archives is continuing their election series featuring past presidential candidates who have visited The Bluff with a post about Senator John F. Kennedy and his campaign in the 1960 election. Follow this link to our blog post and return to the Museum and Archives site for more entries in the election series between now and the November election.
For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, piatz@up.edu or x8038.
