The Public Research Fellows Program will present its Second Annual Program Kickoff on Friday, November 13, from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Join us as we launch this year’s new theme, “Displacement and Justice,” with a talk by Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi, political science and global affairs and gender and women’s studies. She will present “Displaced Justice: On Agency,Representation, and Accountability.” Guided discussion to follow. Sponsors include College of Arts & Sciences, Juliet Ashby Hillman Foundation, the Jackson Foundation, Juan Young Trust, and US Bank. Please join this Zoom event using this link.
11-09-2020
New Fundraising Resource for Schools & Centers
The Office of Development has launched a new resource for departments across campus to help reach out to donors and potential donors. This quick start guide provides tips for using your communications to tell stories that will generate financial support for your programs and projects as well as information about how the Office of Development can support you. Campaign tool kits for annual fundraising campaigns, such as Giving Tuesday and Pilots Give, will also be available here throughout the year. You can find the quick start guide using this link.For more information contact Jessie Lamb, development, at x7124 or lamb@up.edu.
This Week’s Peek at The Saint John’s Bible: Joshua Anthology
Spend 90 seconds taking in the Joshua Anthology in this brief video of the illumination. It’s a different rendering for those of us who perhaps grew up singing “Joshua fit the battle of Jericho…and the walls came-a tumbling down.” Do you see the Ten Commandments used as battle flags in this imagining?. One of the artistic team’s favorite strategies was to combine elements from other illuminations in their art, linking the ideas in this way.
Clark Library: Resources for Native American Heritage Month
November is Native American Heritage Month and pays tribute to the ancestry and traditions of the people indigenous to what is now the continental United States. Visit our Native American Heritage Month guide to discover eBooks, streaming videos, and streaming music available to UP faculty, students, and staff through the library from anywhere at any time. For more information or to suggest other resources, contact Heidi Senior.
Zoom: Connect with Confidence!
Zoom has announced a two-part webinar series to take place this month. The series will be aimed at helping users increase their skill in building connection in online classrooms and meetings. For more information, or to sign up for the series, see Academic Technology Services and Innovation’s November 4th TechTalk post using this link.
For more information contact Dawn Lloyd, academic technology services and innovation, at lloyd@up.edu.
Mid-Semester Feedback Survey Report
An updated report on the Mid-Semester Feedback Survey that was administered to students at the end of September and beginning of October is now available at the IR pilots site for Internal Data and Dashboards. This updated version of the report includes analysis of the quantitative as well as the qualitative data offered by students with regard to their experiences so far this semester. Click on this link to access the report or visit the Internal Data and Dashboards pilots site.
Please contact Elise Moentmann in the provost’s office if you have any questions about the survey.
Person to Person Weekly Winner: Lisa Reed!
Congratulations to Lisa Reed, associate dean in the Pamplin School of Business, on being this week’s recipient of a Starbucks gift card after a random drawing from names of UP staff and faculty who have been trying to cultivate and nurture human relationships during these days of so much enforced solitude. An anonymous donor has provided funds for these cards, to encourage community building when it’s really hard. To enter, send a quick email to Karen Eifler in the Garaventa Center (eifler@up.edu) with the number of human contacts you have made—no other details! For each, your name is entered in a weekly raffle. The more contacts you make, the more chances you have to win.