UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

12-02-2013

Udall Scholarship Nominees Needed

220px-Morris_Udall copyFaculty members are requested to nominate students for the Udall Undergraduate Scholarship, available to current sophomore or junior students who meet one or more of these criteria:

  • Students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment;
  • Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to public policy;
  • Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to Native American health care.

Nominations are due by Friday, December 5. To submit a nomination or for more information contact John Orr, assistant to the provost, at 7286 or orr@up.edu.

Join the UP Shamrock Run Team

shamrock2 copyAll faculty and staff are invited to show their UP pride and help out a great cause by joining the University’s Shamrock Run team. The run/walk takes place on Sunday, March 16, 2014, at Waterfront Park in downtown Portland. Those who join the team will get some great UP gear and will be able to pick up their race packets with official race shirt, race bib, and UP gear, on campus a week before the race.

Registration information for the Shamrock Run can be found here (choose the “team” option; the UP team code is 1070). Race registration closes on Wednesday, January 22.

Last year, the UP team was the 8th largest at the Shamrock Run, consisting of 157 runners and walkers. Because of the great turnout, we were able to raise $785 for the Bill Reed Scholarship Fund. This year, if we have at least 75 members on the UP team, Shamrock Run will donate $5 per person to the University’s Recreation and Wellness Center, which will break ground in May 2014. More information can be found here. Questions? Feel free to contact Amy Shelly (shelly@up.edu), Roya Ghorbani-Elizeh (ghorbani@up.edu), or Bridget Bimrose (bimrose@up.edu) in marketing and communications.

Personal Mail Window Hours

packagesMailing services in Buckley Center is a service for University departments and students and it is a very busy operation throughout the year. It is not a commercial mailing center or a post office, and it does not receive extra staffing for the holiday season. In order to keep University-related mail operations running smoothly during the holidays, mailing services will be open for employees’ personal mail needs from 12 noon to 1 p.m., Monday-Friday from now through Monday, December 23, according to Mary Scroggins, mailing services. The window will be open for letters, packages, and stamp purchases. All packages must be boxed, taped, and addressed, and envelopes must be addressed and sealed. The mail center is unable to provide boxes or shipping supplies.

Personal packages for faculty and staff should also not be mailed to the University. Process­ing personal packages places a great deal of strain on mailing services staff, to the detriment of providing service for University offices and students. If you will not be home and are worried about theft, please send items to a friend or family member that will be home to accept the package in your absence. For more information contact Scroggins at 7179 or scroggin@up.edu.

MAT Informational Meeting, Dec. 9

MATFaculty, staff, and students are invited to a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) informational on Monday, December 9, at 6 p.m., in Franz Hall Murphy Conference Room (room 426). The MAT is an intensive program designed to prepare individuals with baccalaureate degrees for teaching in K-12 schools.  MAT graduates earn a masters degree and are eligible for Oregon initial licensure at two contiguous levels of authorization: early childhood, elementary, middle and/or high school. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to the School of Education at 7135.

Faculty Listening Sessions: Academic Digital Futures

listeningdigitalThere is no question that change is happening; it is all around us: new government regulations, technological changes, the continued rise of for-profit institutions, questions about tuition costs, mounting student debt, and the value of a degree are all included. The University of Portland must chart a path forward regarding academic technology, and a Task Force on Academic Digital Futures is working toward that end. Input from faculty is needed in order to develop recommendations for moving forward since all faculty have a stake in the future direction of the University, and more input means a better set of recommendations. Please join any or all of these listening sessions:

  • Session III: Mon., Dec. 9, 7-8 a.m., Terrace Room
  • Session IV: Tues., Dec. 10, 5-6 p.m., Terrace Room
  • Session V: Wed., Dec. 11, 3-4 p.m., Terrace Room.

In addition to these listening sessions, a survey will be distributed so that all will have the opportunity to give an opinion and comment on aspects of digital learning. For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or staten@up.edu.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass, Dec. 11

PHOTO-Guadalupe-framed copyOur Lady of Guadalupe Vigil Mass will be celebrated in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher on Wednesday, December 11, at 7 p.m., followed by hand-made tamales and Mexican hot chocolate under the portico of the Chapel of Christ the Teacer. All are invited to attend this celebration. For more information contact campus ministry at 7131 or ministry@up.edu.

Pilot Navigator Information Needed

pilotnavigatorAs in past years, the marketing office is reaching out to a variety of constituents to help advertise upcoming University events. If your department is hosting an event that occurs between February through June/Summer and meets the parameters listed below, we would like to include it for publication in the Pilot Navigator brochure. If you are not familiar with this publication, please refer to this link for a past issue from Spring 2013.

To help her gather details, please e-mail a short description of the event (approximately 75 words), and a high resolution photo, if applicable, to Melissa Thongtan, marketing and communications, at thongtan@up.edu or Roya Ghorbani-Elizah at ghorbani@up.edu. Please do not provide images taken from websites, as the resolution is not high enough for printed materials (generally photos should be between 250K-1mb). To help ensure that all information can be included, please send event details no later than Thursday, January 2, 2014. Please note that marketing and communications will do their best to accommodate all requests, but occasionally due to event dates and other extenuating circumstances, they are not able to publish every listing.

Suggested parameters for inclusion in Pilot Navigator:

  • Events must be open to the public as well as university community members.
  • Space must be able to hold more than 50 people.
  • Start time must be 5 p.m. or later on weekdays. On weekends there are no time restrictions.
  • Copy points need title of the event, speaker, lecture name, etc., date, time, location, brief description of the event (no more than 50 words), photo or image if possible (usage will depend on number of photos received and design), contact person at the University (name, phone, e-mail), cost or note that the event is free.

The Pilot Navigator brochure will be produced twice per year, in late September and late January. For more information contact Thongtan at 8504 or thongtan@up.edu.

Fall 2013 Butine Awards

FrederkingDec2The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2013-2014 Butine Faculty Development Fund fall cycle, according to committee chair Lauretta Frederking, political science. This fall’s Butine award recipients are:

  • Amy Beadles-Bohling, biology: “Design and development of an upper division Neurobiology Lab and Manual,” $3,000
  • Jeffrey Cooper, theology: “Faith and the Experience of God: An International Congress on Mysticism,” $1,500
  • Valerie Francisco, sociology: “Together But Apart: Care Work in Filipino Transnational Families,” $5,000
  • Alice Gates, social work: “Dilemmas and opportunities: Perspectives on empowerment with undocumented immigrants,” $4,094
  • Rich Gritta, business: Air Transportation Research (ATRS) Conference in Bordeaux, France in July 2014, $2,500
  • Christin Hancock, history: “Connecting Local Women’s Stories to American Food History in the Post-World War II Era,” $3,000
  • Alexandra Hill, international languages & cultures: “Remembering the GDR: Gender and the Museumification of the Every Day,” $4,605
  • Julie Shalhope-Kalnin, education: “Collaborating to Integrate Formative Assessment in Lesson Reflections,” $4,875
  • Mark Kennedy, engineering: Support of Publication, $1,000
  • Jeff Kerssen Griep, communication studies, National Communication Association Scholarship, $1,342
  • Kenneth Kleszynski, performing and fine arts: “The Choral Music of George Lloyd,” $517
  • Jennette Lovejoy, communication studies: “International News on Television during a Decade of International Conflict,” $3,000
  • Tara Maginnis, biology, Invited Symposium Speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, $1,357
  • Martin Monto, sociology: Conference Travel: the Western Society of Criminology Meetings to Present Paper on Prostitution in Southeast Asia, $1,266
  • Deborah Munro, engineering: “Bone Fusion Measurements,” $1,000
  • Meike Niederhausen, mathematics: Biostat­istics Professional Development, $5,000
  • Anne Santiago, political science: “Assessing State Capacity and State-Society Relations in Uganda’s Land Policies,” $3,000
  • Maximilian Schlosshauer, physics: “Realistic Models for Quantum Darwinism,” $3,000
  • Zachary Simmons, psychology: “Of mates and men: hormonal responses to brief social interactions,” $4,475
  • Jacquie Van Hoomissen, biology: “Physical Activity and Public Health,” $3,752
  • Sarah Weigar, English: “Thoreau’s Natural History Journals: Archival Research and Publica­tion,” $4,500
  • Blair Woodard, history: “Intimate Enemies: U.S. and Cuban Visual Diplomacy, 1945-2010,” $3,000.

For more information, contact Frederking at 8076 or tas@up.edu.

New Faculty/Staff Giving Record

fireworksDec2Congratulations are in order for UP faculty and staff, who set a new Faculty and Staff Campaign giving record of 68.4 percent participation in the recently completed 2013 campaign. That means more than 469 employees participated, a significant change from 170 participants in 2010. Congratulations (and delicious Bon Appetit spice cakes) to Laurie Dizney, biology; Larry Casian, men’s baseball; and Barbara Hughes, mailing services, for tying and then breaking the record for most employee donors in one week. Faculty and staff are welcome to make gifts to the University at any time, but are only solicited during the annual campaign. Congratulations again, and look for more fun prizes and incentives next year in October. For more information contact Diane Dickey, development, at 8130 or dickey@up.edu.

New Library Hours of Operation

library150After examining data related to late night library usage and considering student input, the University officers have decided to modify library hours for fall semester dead week and exam week, according to Tom Greene, provost. Spring semester hours have also been modified; the library will open earlier and close later. Access to the library after midnight will require that community members use their ID cards. The lower level of the library will also be closed at midnight. After midnight, the library will be staffed with public safety personnel and professional library services will not be available. At the end of spring semester, library usage data will be reviewed to determine future library operation hours.

As fall semester comes to an end, the library will be open during its regular hours until Dead Week (or Reading Week) when extended hours will be offered as follows:

  • Monday Dec. 2 to Friday, Dec. 6: 7:30 a.m.-12 midnight
  • Saturday, Dec. 7: 10 a.m.-12 midnight
  • Sunday, Dec. 8: 10 a.m. -2 a.m. Access by card swipe required after midnight; lower level closed at midnight.
  • Monday-Wednesday, Dec. 9-11: 7:30 a.m.-2 a.m. Access by card swipe required after midnight; lower level closed at midnight.
  • Thursday, Dec. 12: 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
  • Friday, Dec. 13: 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

For more information contact the Clark Library at 7111 or library@up.edu.