All are welcome to sign up for the next interior tours of the Clark Library on February 26 or February 27, according to Diane Sotak, library. Reserve your spot by e-mailing Kathy Riddell O’Connell at oconnell@up.edu. Tours meet at 3:45 p.m. in the Franz Hall lobby and last 45 minutes to an hour. Closed-toe shoes are required.
Issues
TIAA-CREF Representative Visit
Mark Gilgan from TIAA-CREF will be on campus on Tuesday, February 26 to give a brown bag presentation on the state of UP employees’ retirement accounts. The presentation will be held at noon in Buckley Center room 163. All are welcome to bring their lunches and join fellow employees and HR staff for an informative session on retirement.
MAT Informational
Faculty, staff, and students are invited to a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Informational on Tuesday, February 19, 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.
Engineering Dean’s Forum
A Dean’s Forum has been scheduled with Sharon Jones on Tuesday, February 12 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Shiley Hall room 319. All are welcome to bring questions, comments, concerns and an appetite to this open forum. Pizza and beverages will be provided and there will be a drawing for five Shiley School of Engineering t-shirts. For more information contact Kim Spir, engineering, at 7314 or spir@up.edu.
Freedom Fighters Exhibit
A group of freshman students from Roosevelt High School have created a museum-quality traveling exhibit and publication featuring the stories of sixteen local individuals who have taken part in historic social justice movements. The Freedom Fighters Exhibit will be on display on Tuesday, February 19 and Wednesday, February 20, in the Franz Hall foyer, and is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.
Fourteen University of Portland students in Rich Christen’s social studies methods course assisted ninety Roosevelt students in a freshman humanities course as they interviewed local community leaders who have taken a stand for social justice, working to advance the civil rights of various races, cultures, and religions. The resulting exhibit has been traveling alongside a national Frederick Douglass exhibit throughout Portland and Multnomah County during the month of February 2013.
For more information contact Kathleen Staten, education, at 7135 or staten@up.edu.
John Martin Fischer Lecture
John Martin Fischer, distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of California at Riverside, will present a lecture, “Would You Choose to Live Forever?,” on Thursday, February 28, at 4 p.m., in Buckley Center room 163. His talk is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public.
Fischer serves as president of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, and is also project leader for The Immortality Project, an interdisciplinary research effort on various aspects of belief in immortality, backed by a $5 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
For more information contact Andrew Eshleman, philosophy, at 7317 or eshleman@up.edu.
Ash Wednesday Services
Ash Wednesday will be celebrated on campus on February 13 on the following Mass schedule, according to Theresa McCreary, campus ministry:
- Chapel of Christ the Teacher: 12:05 p.m., 4:45 p.m.
- Uganda Martyr’s Chapel/Shipstad Hall: 8:30 p.m.
- Sacred Heart Chapel in Fields/Schoenfeldt Halls: 10:15 p.m.
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel in Kenna Hall: 10:15 p.m.
- Our Lady of Holy Cross Chapel in Mehling: 10:15 p.m.
- Lenten Stations of the Cross: Fridays at 4:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher.
For more information contact McCreary at 7131 or mccreary@up.edu.
Dundon-Berchtold Initiative
The University of Portland recently launched the first semester of the Dundon-Berchtold Initiative in Applied Ethics, funded by Amy Dundon-Berchtold and Jim Berchtold ’63, and designed to ensure that the University meets its “aspirations both to form the moral character of its students and to conduct sustained ethical reflection in applied aspects of business, science, engineering, education, health care and the arts.” The initiative began in January 2013 after seven faculty fellows and seven student scholars were selected. The faculty-student groups will work on distinct ethics projects over the course of the semester:
- Brian Adams and Colin Mahoney ’15, business administration: “Issues in Finance: Planning a Financial Ethics Symposium”
- Timothy Doughty and Jordan Schiemer ’14, engineering: “Ethical Resources for Engineers: What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do”
- Karen Eifler and Cady Anderson ’13, education: “Ethics from the Teaching Trenches: A Principled Framework for Differentiated Instruction”
- Deana Julka and Georgia Wilson ’13, psychology: “Ethical Issues Related to the Adoption of Physical Activity Programs in Various Social Settings”
- Jeff Kerssen-Griep and Danielle Christensen ’13, communication studies: “Exploring Ethics in Organizational Decision-Making Practices at the University of Portland”
- Lorretta Krautscheid and Molly Brown ’14, nursing: “Micro-Ethical Decisions in Clinical Practice Settings: A Qualitative Investigation of Student Nurse Experiences”
- Jacquie Van Hoomissen and Tiffany Chau ’13, biology: “Ethical Issues Related to the Adoption of Physical Activity Programs in Various Social Settings.”
For more information on the initiative go to http://tinyurl.com/bz2ssvl.
Greene Named UP Provost
University president Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C. has announced the appointment of Thomas Greene as provost, effective immediately. Greene has served as interim provost since August 2012. Greene’s administrative duties on The Bluff include oversight of all faculty and academic personnel and programs, as well as the Clark Family Library, the Garaventa Center, the Franz Center for Entrepreneurship, the registrar’s office, institutional research, and the studies abroad and honors programs. Greene is also a professor in the School of Education.
He assumes the position last held by Br. Donald Stabrowski, C.S.C., who left the University last September to serve as assistant provincial for the Congregation of Holy Cross, U.S. Province of Priests and Brothers.
Greene has served the University in a variety of leadership positions, including dean of the Graduate School, interim dean and associate dean of the School of Education, and director of teacher education. In 2010 he won the Culligan Award, the University’s highest faculty honor. For more information contact the president’s office at 7101 or simek@up.edu.
Paperless W-2 Forms Ready
W-2 tax forms for employees who signed up for electronic delivery for 2012 are now available in Employee Self Service at http://tinyurl.com/8y5yq65 (you will need to provide your UP login and password). Instructions for accessing and printing W-2 forms can be found on the UP web at http://tinyurl.com/ay8sfrz. For 2012 you will need to click the “Printable W-2” button in the lower left-hand corner to get the official document to submit with tax returns. Paper forms were mailed on Wednesday, January 30. New this year is code DD in box 12. This is an informational box that lists the total cost of healthcare that employees and the university paid for the calendar year. For more information contact payroll at 8338.