News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
All faculty and instructors must turn in their course pack materials to the printing services office before leaving campus at the end of fall semester, according to Kassie Hansen, printing services. The lead time is needed so printing services staff can obtain copyright permissions and organize the packs for production before the start of the spring 2016 semester.
For more information contact printing services at x7200 or hansenk@up.edu.
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is accepting faculty nominations for the 2015-2016 Teaching Award and Scholarship Award, according to committee chair Aaron Wootton, mathematics. These awards are an opportunity for the University community to celebrate publicly two of its own for outstanding achievements in teaching and scholarship. The committee will accept nominations until noon on Friday, January 29, by e-mail to tas@up.edu. Submission of supporting materials by nominees will be due by noon on Friday, March 18. Visit the Teaching and Scholarship website for information regarding the nomination process and materials that will be needed.
Contact Wootton at tas@up.edu for more information.
In spring of 2015, the Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research was inaugurated. Faculty members from across the University collaborated with undergraduates on a research project that extended throughout the semester. The provost’s office is committed to increasing opportunities for experiential student learning, and this initiative represents a key element in achieving that goal. Faculty members are invited to apply for one of ten Spring 2016 Provost’s Initiative grants for support to collaborate with an undergraduate on a co-designed research project during the spring semester 2016.
Students are expected to meet and work with the faculty member weekly. Students will enroll in a 493 course and will earn a minimum of 1-credit for their work on the project and produce an artifact (research paper, literary review, or presentation, etc.) appropriate to the discipline. (Note: 1 credit hour typically requires 45 hours of work on the project, which includes faculty meeting time). Faculty members will be compensated $1,000 for mentoring the students in research. Applications are available at up.edu/undergraduateresearch and are due December 1, 2015.
E-mail ur@up.edu with questions or call Lauretta Frederking, acting assistant provost, at 7857.
The gender and women’s studies program and Committee on Rank and Tenure will present a woman-to-woman mentoring seminar, “Promotion to Professor: A Woman’s Journey,” on Friday, November 13, from 12:30 to 2 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The event is free and open to all; bring a sack lunch for this informal, conversational event. In this demystifying round-table discussion, ten women professors representing all five colleges on campus will share personal anecdotes and wisdom about navigating from assistant to associate to professor, in the hopes of creating transparency and encouragement for women faculty at differing stages in their careers.
For more information contact Vail Fletcher, communication studies, at fletcher@up.edu.
The University is sponsoring a free STEM family night on Thursday, November 19, from 7-8:30 p.m., at the Howard Hall gym. All employees and family members are invited to attend the event, which will provide hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to pique everyone’s interest in those fields.
For more information contact Patricia Morrell, education, at 8013 or morrell@up.edu.
The Garaventa Center will sponsor a community conversation with L’Arche Portland exploring the concept of “Becoming Human,” as introduced by L’Arche founder Jean Vanier, on Wednesday, November 18, 4:30-6 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 120. The event is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served.
L’Arche is an international federation dedicated to the creation and growth of homes, programs, and support networks with people who have intellectual disabilities.
For more information or to RSVP, contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
All ticket holders for the November 21 performance of “Mirror Mirror” are invited to enjoy a complimentary wine and cheese reception as campus experts highlight intriguing themes and production details before the show. The reception begins in Mago Hunt Center recital hall at 6:30 p.m. and the panel starts at 6:45.
For theater tickets call the Hunt Center box office at 7287. For more information, contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
Employees are reminded that Spring 2016 tuition remission requests are due by November 15 in order to avoid late charges on students’ accounts. There are separate application forms for undergraduate course work and graduate courses. A tuition remission summary is also available on the HR website at this link.
For more information, stop by the HR offices on the fifth floor of Waldschmidt Hall or e-mail hr@up.edu.
Colonel Christian Rees, Chief of Staff, Land Component Command of the Oregon Army National Guard, will be the featured speaker at the University’s annual Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11, at the Praying Hands Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the University’s Air Force and Army ROTC programs, will recognize campus members who have served during times of war, including World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Gulf War veterans. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
Rees was formerly director of installations for the Oregon Military Department. He earned a bachelor of science at Cornell University, an M.Arch. in architecture at the University of Oregon, and a master’s degree in strategic studies at the U.S. Army War College in 2012.
Also on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m., the University will have calls for world peace at the International Peace Garden located outside of Buckley Center Auditorium. A few short readings will be given by international students, along with personal messages and prayers in their own languages and religions calling for world peace.
The Praying Hands Memorial was built by the University’s Class of 1948, in honor of the 69 University of Portland students killed during World War II.
For more information on the Veterans Day observation, contact Pete Wood, Army ROTC, at x8058 or woodpe@up.edu. For information on Prayers for Peace, contact the Garaventa Center at x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.
Junior business students Isaac Mansuetti, Lance Chee, and Connor Ward have qualified for the semi-finals of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) accounting competition. Ten percent of the score to reach the finals is based upon a vote which is open to the public, and the top three teams advance to the finals held in North Carolina, where they vie for $10,000 in prize money. The University’s 2013 accounting team won the national AICPA competition in 2013.
University community members are asked to help the UP team (Northwest Accountants) by voting for them at http://tinyurl.com/qdjotph from November 5 to 11. Voters will receive a confirming e-mail; once they click on that e-mail their vote will be registered. (Check your spam folder in case you don’t receive the confirming email.) Their winning video can be seen at https://competition.thiswaytocpa.com.
For more information contact Taireez Niswander, business, at 8801 or niswande@up.edu.