This week’s selection from the Teaching and Learning Collaborative comes from Zachary Simmons, psychological sciences. Like many UP professors, he does his best to carve office hours in stone, held invioalate for the good of his students, but life always seems to do its best to wreak havoc on his best laid plans. Sound familiar? […]
11-21-2016
Holiday Payroll Instructions: Thanksgiving
The payroll office would like to continue to pay employees in a timely and accurate manner for the remainder of 2016 payrolls. For the Thanksgiving holiday week, please follow the special instructions as noted below. Student Employees: Enter your worked hours on the web time entry daily for the pay period 11/16/16-11/30/2016 Do not enter […]
Music at Midweek: William Berger, Baritone
This week’s Music at Midweek performance features baritone William Berger, hailed by Gramophone Magazine as “one of the best of our younger baritones,” on Wednesday, November 23, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center Recital Hall. Due to problems with Berger’s travel arrangements to the U.S., his performance date was changed from last week. A compelling interpreter of song, Berger […]
Third Annual ReadUP Books Available Now
For those who pre-ordered copies of All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, copies are now available. To pick up your copy, please go to the main circulation desk in the Clark Library anytime between 7:30 a.m.- 10 p.m. More information regarding upcoming book discussions and other highlights can be found at up.edu/readup.
Holiday Hours for Beauchamp Center
The Beauchamp Center will be open on the following schedules during the Thanksgiving and Holiday breaks, according to Brian Dezzani, recreational services. Thanksgiving Break Schedule: Wednesday, Nov. 23, 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday-Friday, Nov. 24-25, Closed Saturday, Nov. 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, 12 p.m.-midnight Fall Finals & Holiday Break: Thursday, Dec. 15, 6 […]
Teaching Award, Scholarship Award: Nominate Now
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is accepting faculty nominations for the 2016-2017 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 […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Feb. 3
The next meeting of the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will be on Friday, February 3, at 3:30 p.m., in the Murphy Room. The group will be discussing “Hope Reimagined” from Krista Tippett’s 2016 book Becoming Wise: An Enquiry into the Art and Mystery of Living, and the poem “Atwater Kent” by William Stafford. The readings […]
UP Volleyball Last Home Match, Nov. 21
Pilot volleyball’s last home match of the year is Monday, November 21, which also means it’s Senior Night! The match is against WCC rival Gonzaga at 5 p.m. in the Chiles Center. The 2016 senior class, consisting of Katie Sullivan, Brittney Markwith, Monica Gajda, and Djurdjina Milovic, will be honored before the Pilots face Gonzaga. With eight WCC wins, the Pilots […]