Faculty and staff are invited to shop at the Columbia Employee store from now through December 22 with an additional 10% off your entire purchase! (Read More).
2024-11-25
January Book Club: “Mind Over Monsters” (Jan. 8)
The College of Arts and Sciences in collaboration with the Center for Teaching and Learning invite you to join your colleagues for a discussion of Sarah Rose Cavanaugh’s book Mind over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge. Cavanagh, a professor and psychologist, employs pedagogical, neuroscientific, and psychological research to frame an approach we can use in the classroom: compassionate challenge. (Read More).
Teaching and Scholarship Awards—Call for Nominations (Jan. 24)
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) is accepting nominations for the 2025 Faculty Teaching Award and Faculty Scholarship Award. Nominations are due by January 24, 2025. (Read More)
UP Theater Community Survey
UP Theater is beginning our 25-26 season selection process and requesting your feedback on our programming. Please help us by taking this two-minute survey to let us know what work you’ve found most meaningful and what you’d like to see on our stages next year. (Read More).
Don’t Forget to Pick Up Your Free Copy of “Wild”
If you ordered a copy of this year’s ReadUP selection, Wild by Portland author Cheryl Strayed, it’s available for pick up now at the Clark Library during regular business hours. Did you miss your chance? No worries, the library also has ebook copies available. (Read More).
Center for Teaching and Learning: Innovation Grants
Do you have an innovative teaching idea you are interested in deploying in your classroom? The CTL is seeking applications for its Teaching Innovation Grant program to support innovative teaching endeavors across the college. Successful applicants will receive up to $500 in stipend and an additional $500 in project budget funds. (Read More).
PortLog: Kenna and Commons at 65; Mehling at 60
This year these three buildings that are integral to student life here on The Bluff are celebrating milestones for their years of service. The University Museum and Archives has some interesting (and fun!) facts about each building along with photographs through the years. (Read More).
Fall 2024 Butine Faculty Development Fund Award Recipients
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is pleased to announce the Fall 2024 Butine Faculty Development Fund Awards. Congratulations! (Read More)