UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

11-23-2020

Archives & Appreciation from the Garaventa Center

Video recordings of all Fall 2020 Garaventa Center lectures are now available for viewing on our website using this link, including such thought-provoking topics as “What We Can Learn about Cancel Culture from the Index of Forbidden Books,” “Mother Teresa: A Case Study in Christian Mental Health Stigma,” and more.

We’d also like to take this opportunity to say we are soooo grateful to everyone in our campus community for sticking with us during this autumn’s tectonic shift to online programming. As much as we missed seeing people in person—and we DID!—we were gratified by the expansion of our audience across many time zones, and noted that all our webinars took on extra life as people shared the links with their friends afterwards.

Visit up.edu/garaventa for a preview of events planned for this spring to help ignite your sacramental imagination!

Teaching and Scholarship Awards: Call for Nominations

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is now accepting nominations for the 2020-2021 Teaching Award and Scholarship Award. These awards are an opportunity for the University community to recognize and celebrate two faculty members for outstanding achievements in teaching and scholarship.

Qualified candidates can self-nominate or be nominated by other faculty. Submit nominations by sending a simple “I nominate X person” to tas@up.edu by January 22, 2021. Nominees will then be contacted, and their supporting materials will be due by March 12, 2021. 

Visit the Faculty Awards Moodle site for more information regarding the nomination process, award criteria, and supporting materials that will be needed by the committee. Contact Jen Lovejoy with questions.

Moment of Beauty From The Saint John’s Bible: Messianic Predictions

Spend 90 seconds with this illumination of the names of the Messiah foretold by the prophet Isaiah, rendered by artist Thomas Ingmire. He is the same one who calligraphed “The Ten Commandments,” which was highlighted earlier this year. If your curiosity gets piqued by these weekly glimpses into UP’s Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible, a benefaction from Allen and Kathleen Lund, contact Karen Eifler in the Garaventa Center, eifler@up.edu.