UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

11-13-2017

Pilots Basketball Back in Action for Three Home Matchups

Don’t miss any of the action this week as the Pilots continue to their preseason play. First, support the women’s team as they take on Utah Valley at 5 p.m. this Tuesday. After the game, stay around and watch as the men take on Walla Walla at 7:30 p.m. Finally, come out and support the men’s basketball team as they take on Oregon Tech on Saturday, November 19. Game time is 5:30 p.m. For tickets and more information, go online to portlandpilots.com/tickets, visit the Pilots Box Office, or call 503.943.GoUP. We hope to see you there!

Spring 2018 Tuition Remission Requests Due Nov. 15

Employees are reminded that Spring 2018 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.

Shannen Dee Williams Presents “The Real Sister Act,” Nov. 16

Shannen Dee Williams of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville will present a free lecture, “The Real Sister Act: Black Catholic Nuns and the Long Struggle to Desegregate U.S. Religious Life,” on Thursday, November 16, at 7:15 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. The event is hosted by the Garaventa Center and is free and open to all. In her talk, Williams will chart the fiercely contested entries of U.S. born black women and girls into historically white Catholic sisterhoods from the nineteenth century to the present day. Williams is an assistant professor of U.S. and African-American history, and is currently working on her first book: Subversive Habits: The Untold Story of Black Catholic Nuns in the United States. For ADA accommodations or more information call x7702 or garaventa@up.edu.

Internships & Job Opportunities: Please Forward to Career Center

Are you contacted by employers who want to post internship and job opportunities? The Career Center launched Handshake as the centralized internship and job posting system for University of Portland students and alumni, which democratizes access and provides students and alumni with an opportunity to connect with over 200,000 employers locally and nationally.

The Career Center has become aware that organizations (i.e. Frog Tutoring, Environment America, Teach for America, etc.) are directly contacting faculty and staff and requesting that they forward opportunities via email to students. Please direct ALL internship and job opportunities to the Career Center rather than forwarding to students. Unfortunately there are many employment scams targeted at college students. The Career Center can screen these requests and then follow up with employers to get them posted. All requests should be emailed to the Career Center at career@up.edu. All students can access Handshake through single sign-on. Questions? Contact Amy Cavanaugh, Career Center, at cavanaug@up.edu.

 

Music At Midweek: Student Performers, Nov. 15

The next Music at Midweek will feature student performers on Wednesday, November 15, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Performers will include Oliva Carbajal, mezzo-soprano; David Rodgers, bassoon; Luke McCartney, guitar; Tori Davis, soprano; Natalie Goodpaster, soprano; and Kay Smith, clarinet. Music at Midweek is free and all are welcome.

For more information contact performing and fine arts at x7228 or pfa@up.edu.