Help us celebrate our first-generation students! With the upcoming National First-Generation week, we would like to create a database of First-Generation faculty and staff we can point to as resources for this population as well as a resource for each other. If you are a faculty or staff member that identifies as a first-generation college student/graduate and would like to assist with this effort, you can complete a brief online form to be included in the database. (Read More).
Issues
New to The Bluff—Amanda Hanincik—Title IX Coordinator
Amanda Hanincik, from Grand River Solutions, has joined UP to serve as Title IX Coordinator. Amanda previously worked as the Director of Educational Equity and Title IX Coordinator at Lafayette College where she played an integral role in preparing for and implementing policies and procedures to comply with the 2020 and 2024 Title IX regulations. (Read More).
October Zoom Update
For information on Zoom updates and how Zoom is addressing AI, check out our October Techtalk Post!
NETWORK MAINTENANCE (Oct. 17)
Information Services will be performing network maintenance from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. on Thursday, October 17. This will impact both wired and WiFi connections and users may experience intermittent issues accessing the internet through the campus network. UP internet resources, such as PilotsUP and the UP website will also be inaccessible intermittently during this maintenance window. (Read More).
“Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” (Oct. 20)
In partnership with the American Cancer Society, UP will host the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walkathon on October 20 starting at 9 a.m. Making Strides of Oregon and SW Washington is the premier breast cancer walk in the area. (Read More).
Tibetan Nuns Jangchub Jamtse USA Tour (Oct. 21)
Campus Ministry, in partnership with Wholistic Peace Institute, will host a special event on campus with the Tibetan nuns of Jangchub Choeling Buddhist Nunnery in India, on their first-ever USA tour. Their performance will encompass profound Buddhist spiritual practices with Tibetan tradition and symbolism. (Read More).
The Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series Welcomes Viet Thanh Nguyen (Oct. 23)
The Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers series is delighted to welcome novelist and memoirist Viet Thanh Nguyen to our campus for a talk on Wednesday October 23. Nguyen is the author of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel “The Sympathizer” and works as a professor at the University of Southern California. (Read More).
2024 Fall Pillers Lecture (Oct. 24)
The Shiley School of Engineering cordially invites you to join us at this fall’s Pillers Lecture, with guest lecturer Dan Patla PE ’06. Patla is a Senior Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years of experience in hydropower engineering and serves as a National and International Technical Expert for USACE. (Read More).
Screening of OPB documentary, “Road to Sunrise: A Journey to Reconcile Oregon’s Racist History,” featuring Taylor Stewart ’18 (Oct. 28)
Join us for a screening and discussion of OPB’s documentary “Road to Sunrise: A Journey to Reconcile Oregon’s Racist History,” featuring the racial justice work of UP alum Taylor Stewart ’18. Taylor will be joining us for the discussion. (Read More).
Health & Counseling Center Vaccine Clinic (Oct. 28)
The Health & Counseling Center is partnering with Safeway to bring flu and COVID vaccines to campus. This vaccination clinic will be held in Clark Library and is open to students and employees. Safeway will bill your insurance for the vaccines and most major insurance plans are accepted. Kaiser is accepted for the flu vaccine only. (Read More)