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11-30-2020

Course Packs Due NOW Please

December 11, 2020

Course pack materials for Spring 2021 are due in printing services NOW to ensure they are ready prior to the start of Spring 2021 classes. For more information email printjobs@up.edu or call x8101; please ask for Kassie Hansen.

Filed Under: 11-30-2020, 12-14-2020, Academics, Campus Services, Printing Services Tagged With: Kassie Hansen, Printing Services

Free Zoom Presentation: “Nurses Out Front: The Future of Nurse-Driven Health Reform,” Dec. 11

December 4, 2020

School of Nursing dean Casey Shillam will serve as a panelist for the 2020 Oregon Health Forum’s “Nurses Out Front: The Future of Nurse-Driven Health Reform,” a Zoom event on Friday, December 11, at 10 a.m. In this first-ever all-nurse panel ever hosted by the OHF, Shillam will be sharing about the work the School […]

Filed Under: 11-30-2020, 12-07-2020, Academics, School of Nursing Tagged With: Casey Shillam, School of Nursing

Get Ready for #GivingTuesday, Dec. 1

November 27, 2020

#GivingTuesday is nearly here, and the University community is reminded to get ready for fundraising for all departments, centers, clubs, or schools with the 2020 #GivingTuesday Social Media Toolkit. This year’s #GivingTuesday takes place on December 1. Contact Jessie Lamb, director of annual giving, at lamb@up.edu if you have questions or need support.

Filed Under: 11-16-2020, 11-23-2020, 11-30-2020, Academics, Campus Services, Development Tagged With: #GivingTuesday 2020, Development, Jessie Lamb

ShareUP Training Via Zoom, Dec. 2

November 27, 2020

The marketing and communications division will host virtual training for those faculty and staff wanting to learn more about the ShareUP online portal on Wednesday, December 2, at 1 p.m., using the Zoom platform. ShareUP allows faculty and staff to search, download, create, and learn about such brand elements as templates, logos, colors, fonts, and […]

Filed Under: 11-23-2020, 11-30-2020, Academics, Campus Services, Marketing & Communications Tagged With: Chris Long, Marketing & Communications, ShareUP

Lifetime Achievement Award for Michael Lewellen, Marketing & Communications VP

November 27, 2020

Michael Lewellen, vice president of marketing and communications, will receive the 2020 William W. Marsh Lifetime Achievement Award by the Public Relations Society of America – Oregon Chapter during their virtual Spotlight Awards Gala on Thursday, December 3. William Marsh was a leading figure in the public relations profession in Oregon for nearly 40 years, […]

Filed Under: 11-30-2020, Marketing & Communications, University Relations Tagged With: Marketing & Communications, Michael Lewellen

Title IX Advisory Committee Meeting: Dec. 3

November 27, 2020

All members of the UP community are invited to join the Title IX Advisory Committee meeting to learn more about Title IX related policies, processes, and supports at UP and provide feedback and insight to help the Title IX office best serve our community. The next Title IX Advisory Committee Meeting will be on Thursday, […]

Filed Under: 11-30-2020, Campus Services, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resources, Sarah Meiser, Title IX Advisory Committee meetings

Honors Reading Course Solicitation

November 27, 2020

Faculty members interested in offering an Honors Program reading course during the next academic year are invited to send a course proposal to program director John Orr by February 1. Honors students, in their junior and senior years, take two one-credit readings courses. Courses are limited to 15 students and are offered pass/no pass. Team-taught courses are […]

Filed Under: 11-30-2020, Academics, Honors Program Tagged With: honors program, John Orr

A Visio Divina to Experience Remotely

November 27, 2020

The chance to engage contemplatively with a sacred image from UP’s Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible and the Scripture passage it illuminates—Visio Divina—lends itself reasonably well to the remote experiences of this semester. Visio Divina means “sacred seeing,” and is a venerable form of individual prayer that requires only our presence and attention. […]

Filed Under: 11-30-2020, Campus Ministry, Campus Services, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Visio Divina

TLC Teaching Tip of the Week: Good Enough

November 27, 2020

As we claw our way to the end of a semester like no other, the Teaching & Learning Collaborative offers this pithy tip on the virtues of doing work that is not miraculous, but good enough: “Good enough” doesn’t mean settling. “Good enough” isn’t a cop-out. “Good enough” represents an attitude of deep gratitude toward […]

Filed Under: 11-30-2020, Academics, Teaching & Learning Collaborative Tagged With: TLC from the TLC

Undergraduate Research Awards: Nominate Now

November 27, 2020

The provost’s office and the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement are requesting nominations for two awards to be given on Founders’ Day: the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentor Award and Outstanding Graduating Senior in Undergraduate Research Award. Faculty members can be nominated by other faculty members, administrators, students, or by self-nomination. Students can be nominated […]

Filed Under: 11-30-2020, Academics, Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement Tagged With: Undergraduate Research Awards, Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

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Eugene Urnezius, Chemistry, published “2,5-Dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinones Appended with −P(═O)(OR)2 (R = Me or Et) Groups and Their Ammonium and Lithium Salts: Structural, Spectroscopic, and Electrochemical Properties.” Co-authors: Claire A. Kearney,  Kailin M. Mooney, Jordan N. Sanders, Kai J. Edison, Milan H. Hague, S. Joseph Lippert, Timothy J. Dobson, and Edward J. Valente. ACS Omega 10(44): 52954-52967.

Ashley Hass, Business, published “Behind the Screens: An Exploration of Social Media Marketer Burnout.” Co-author: Kelley Cours Anderson. Student Co-author: Kiley Pettit. Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice, 1-23. October, 2025. Hass also attended the 2025 Conference of the Society for Marketing Advances (SMA) in Las Vegas, NV, where she sat on the discussion panels for the following sessions: “Digital Parenting Roundtable: Untangling the Marketplace of Children’s Digital Consumption”; “Sustainable Me: The Mental Health Journey of Marketing Graduate Students and Academics: A Discussion”; “Exploring Student’s Creativity with Artificial Intelligence in Marketing Higher Education”; and “Navigating Mental Health in Early Academic Careers.” Hass also presented “Empathy Without Eyes: Perceived Non-Judgment and Empathy from GenAI and Its Elects on Consumer Self-Esteem.” Student Co-presenters: Alex Tran, Danielle Hass. November, 2025.

Andra Davis, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “Chemo chair conversations: A qualitative study of how life and death influence oncology nurses’ well-being and professional care.”  Seminars in Oncology. Available at SSRN 5277000. October, 2025. Davis also published “Towards equity in evaluation: Rethinking grading for nursing students.”  Journal of Nursing Education. August, 2025.

Ian Parkman, Business, was named to the editorial board of the Journal of Design, Business & Society.

Matthew Warshawsky, International Languages and Cultures, presented an invited lecture via Zoom about his book From New Christians to New Jews: Seventeenth-Century Spanish Texts in Defense of Judaism for the Kanter Lecture Series of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies. November 9, 2025.

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