News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
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. Or stop by the circulation desk; extra copies are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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.
Thank you for your support!
Do you have an innovative teaching idea you are interested in deploying in your classroom? Do you want guidance and support in its implementation and some grant funding to make it happen? 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. All grant projects will receive guidance and coaching during the grant period. Interested?
Please inquire with the Center for Teaching and Learning (ctl@up.edu) or Terry Favero (favero@up.edu) for details.
This project is funded in part by the HHMI IE3 Grant.
This year three buildings that are integral to student life here on The Bluff are celebrating milestones for their years of service. Kenna Hall and Bauccio Commons both mark 65 years on November 22, 1959. Mehling Hall, also part of the November 22 anniversary trio, is slightly younger at 60 years and was dedicated in 1964. The University Museum and Archives has dug up some interesting (and fun!) facts about each building along with photographs from throughout the years.
Check out our PortLog post for historic images and more:
For more information contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, museum@up.edu.
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is pleased to announce the Fall 2024 Butine Faculty Development Fund Awards. Congratulations!
All staff and faculty are invited to attend one or both of this fall’s Core Samples Lunches, as guests of the Garaventa Center and Core Program. These have proven a terrific way for all of us to build our knowledge of what happens in UP’s Core Curriculum.
Learning from gifted teachers over free food and without exams: could it be any better? Lunches will convene in the Teske Room in the Commons (seating is limited).
Please RSVP to Shannon Mayer, mayers@up.edu.
The Clark Library invites you to a reception with Kowkie Durst and Victoria Christen, celebrating their ceramic exhibit Holding: New Work by UP Ceramic Faculty. It will be held Wednesday, November 13, from 4-5 p.m. in the Dr. James T. Covert Gallery on the main floor of the library.
This exhibit shows how the works of Durst and Christen are connected by their shared curiosity for finding ways in which bodies or objects hold the vestiges of relationships with others, both past and present.
Kowkie’s recent project, a series of rock bowls, is an exploration of how he holds emotions in his body. These objects, which are inspired by river rocks or the cells in the body, act as cradles or canyons for the memories we carry and store.
Victoria’s work in ceramics, fiber work, and paintings hold memories of her grandparents, parents, family and friends, as well as the inherited knowledge and lessons they have bestowed. Together, they form a braid of memories and learning, symbolized by concrete objects such as the braided rugs (and rug making skills) passed on from one generation to the next, and by the repurposing and weaving together of inherited materials, ideas, and traditions.
The exhibit will be featured in the Covert Gallery from November 4 through spring break. For more information, contact libraryevents@up.edu.
The CAS Advantage Institute is a faculty development program in collaboration with the Career Education Center. This training series provides tools, strategies, and a supportive community to implement career readiness concepts into courses to help students recognize and communicate how their CAS education prepares them for future endeavors.
By the end of this series faculty will have developed an assignment, activity, syllabus or course content that incorporates career readiness tools and strategies to be used in their classroom and shared with the CAS Advantage Institute community. Selected faculty members will receive a stipend of $500 and create and benefit from a supportive working group of reflective teachers.
Application Deadline: Friday, November 15
Workshops are held every other Monday from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Workshop 1, January 27: Welcome, Framing, & Orientation
Workshop 2, February 10: The Liberal Arts & Career Readiness
Workshop 3, February 24: A Menu of Readiness Integration: Tools & Strategies to Implement
Workshop 4, March 10: Design and Implementation
Thank you for applying to be a part of this professional development opportunity! Questions? Contact Natalie Nelson-Marsh (nelsonma@up.edu) and Chelsea Chase (chase@up.edu).
Time is running out! There are only a few days left to reserve your free copy of this year’s ReadUP selection, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Portland author Cheryl Strayed. Order by November 15 for pickup at the Clark Library starting November 21. After that, copies will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. The library also has ebook copies available.
And don’t forget to mark your calendar for Thursday, March 13, when Strayed will visit campus for a talk and book signing at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers Series.
For more information visit up.edu/readup.
Ticket show holders for Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind enjoy a complimentary drinks and small bites reception and an expert pre-show panel discussion. Saturdays, November 16 & 23, Mago Hunt Center.
Visit PREPLAY for show and ticket information.