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2024-03-18

Connelly Lecture Series 2024—“Frontier Fantasies: The Mid-20th Century Expansion of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands” (Mar. 18)

The Department of History’s Connelly Lecture Series is pleased to announce a lecture with Sara Fingal, PhD. In her lecture, Fingal will examine the history of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, emphasizing Mexico’s portrayal as a frontier in the mid-twentieth century. (Read More).

Green Dot Community Training Series (Mar. 20-Apr. 10)

In a fit of March Madness, we are offering Green Dot Community Training for students, staff, and faculty. We will offer (4) 75-minute training sessions that employ a modified bystander training approach, with an emphasis on learning activities for violence prevention skills, use, and collaboration. These are drop-in training courses, so it’s okay if you can’t make it to all of them. (Read More).

Covert Gallery: Liberated Archives Reception (Mar. 21)

All are warmly invited to a reception in the Dr. James T. Covert Gallery on the main floor of the Clark Library to learn about our current exhibit, entitled Liberated Archives: Memory Work Partnership with Don’t Shoot PDX. Exhibit collaborators will speak about their work, including students and faculty in UP’s Social Justice Capstone course, Public Research Fellows, and local community organization Don’t Shoot PDX, with additional support provided by UP Ethnic Studies. (Read More).

Engaged Humanities Lunch Conversation (Mar. 27)

The Public Research Fellows program invites all faculty to join us for an Engaged Humanities Lunch Conversation on the topic of technology in the classroom. While an ever-increasing reliance on tech often takes on an air of inevitability, there are compelling reasons to consider the effects of these shifts—on learning outcomes, on students’ mental health, on our abilities to make connections with one another as members of a classroom community. (Read More).

Lenten Visio Divina (Mar. 27)

Join us for a contemplative prayer practice using a sacred image from The Saint John’s Bible directly following the noon Mass on Wednesday, March 27 at 12:45 p.m. in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. (Read More).

Last Core Samples Lunch for the Year (Apr. 2)

A few seats remain for the final Core Samples lunch this spring. Award-winning professor Lars Larson will teach a favorite segment from English 112, “Literature: The Opposite of Escape.” Be a guest of the Garaventa Center and Core Program for lunch in the Teske Room, get to know more about the Core, and savor learning and teaching at its finest…with no exam or paper! (Read More).

Faculty Development Day Call for Session Proposals (Submit by Apr. 5)

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is calling for proposals for 45-minute sessions for this year’s Faculty Development Day, held on Tuesday, May 7. The keynote theme is “Setting Our Standard: Collaborating to Build a Shared Vision of Effective Teaching.” Proposals may address the keynote theme or a topic of interest to you and your peers. If you are the Chair of a committee that traditionally presents on Faculty Development Day, please still submit a proposal. The schedule and number of programs remain to be determined. (Read More).