Any departments that will be sponsoring students to stay on campus after the traditional halls close on December 16, or to arrive before the halls re-open on January 14, 2017, are asked to complete a Department Extended Stay Request. If your department did not receive a copy of the template for making this request (sent October 19) , please contact the Office of Residence Life at reslife@up.edu or x7205.
These requests are due by November 15 to Jessica Wode at wodej@up.edu. Your department will be charged $44 per person per night unless you specify that the students’ accounts should be charged. Students who are not working for any department but wish to request an extended stay for themselves should submit a Petition Form to Modify Housing Contract to the Office of Residence Life.
For more information contact Wode at x7205 or wodej@up.edu.
Improving the writing skills of our students across their four years is a cross-campus shared responsibility. Fortunately, both faculty and students have an enlightened resource – a common campus handbook – to help foster a shared vocabulary, writing strategies, and documentation expertise. The most recent update of this blazingly necessary resource offers faculty the chance to (re)familiarize ourselves with its holdings. Kirszner & Mandell’s Pocket Cengage Handbook, 7th ed. offers a buzzing hive of resources: 
Each month, Marketing & Communications will have a photographer available to take head shots of faculty and staff members, available on a first-come, first served basis. These photos will be taken in Clark Library’s Digital Lab. Participants will need to be available at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 25. Please contact Michelle Bickley, Marketing & Communications, at 
The Garaventa Center is hosting a talk Bibles and Brains: Reading Scripture in the Zombie Apocalypse, presented by Kelly J. Murphy on Tuesday, October 25 at 7:15 p.m. in Franz Hall Room 120. Murphy will explore what we can learn from both ancient and contemporary stories of “The End” when we think about the living dead alongside the biblical texts.
A group of 37 students will be attending the October Encounter with Christ Retreat along with 23 student leaders from October 28-30, according to Beth Barsotti, Campus Ministry. Faculty and staff are asked to consider writing a note (palanca) to students they may know on the retreat. This is an opportunity to encourage students and express appreciation for them outside the classroom. Each retreatant will receive an envelope of surprise palanca. Please do not discuss this concept with students to keep it a surprise.
Spring 2017 book orders are due by October 31, according to bookstore manager Eric Cave. Orders can be placed online at