Research involving human subjects must be submitted to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for review. During fall and spring semesters, the IRB meets monthly to review proposals requiring full board review. The IRB does not meet as a full board during June and July. Please plan accordingly and submit any proposals that may require full board review by the end of April, for review in May. Proposals should be submitted by e-mailing the completed Request For Review form and associated documents to irb@up.edu. For a copy of the request template, go to up.edu/irb.
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Scholarly Activity Portal Ready For Faculty Input
The scholarly activity portal is always live and ready for faculty input on PilotsUP under the “Academics” tab. The data obtained via the portal is used to populate A Community of Scholars, published annually by the provost’s office. That data will also be used for the Clark Library’s annual celebration of UP authors. Additionally, faculty members will send a report from their portal to their respective deans as a part of the annual self-evaluation, and they can also use the data entered to develop their personal curriculum vitae.
For any questions about uses of the portal, please contact John Orr (orr@up.edu); for questions about how to use the tool, please contact Michele Leasor (leasor@up.edu).
Apply for Dundon-Berchtold Institute Ethics Curriculum Fellowship by April 15
Applications are being accepted by the Dundon-Berchtold Institute for the 2016-17 Ethics Curriculum Fellowship. One $10,000 grant will be awarded for the 2016-17 academic year for a team of two faculty members and two students, all from the same major. Funds will be paid as $2,500 stipends to each of the two faculty members and $2,500 financial aid scholarships to each of the two students. The team will research, develop, replicate, and implement applied ethics scenarios into the course curriculum or major related to and complementing the PHL 220: Ethics course. Dundon-Berchtold Faculty Fellows will participate in three brief colloquia on classical methods in ethics facilitated by UP philosophy faculty during the Fall 2016 Semester.
During this academic year, the current teams of Dundon-Berchtold Faculty Fellows and Student Scholars working on Ethics Curriculum Fellowships are:
- Hannah Callender, Stephanie Salomone, Tangereen Claingbold, and Branwen Schaub, mathematics: “Infusing Upper Division Mathematics Courses with Intentional Writing about Belief and Use of Assumptions”
- Heather Dillon, Tim Doughty, Claire Pfeiffer, and and Ryan Barr, mechanical engineering: “Engineering a Change”
- Lauretta Frederking, Anne Santiago, Jenna Kunz, and Everett McLean, political science: “Political Problems—Ethical Opportunities”
Application letters of no more than 1,000 words providing a basic plan and outline of the project must be submitted to Dan McGinty, provost’s office, at mcgintyd@up.edu by Friday, April 15.
Apply For Sabbaticals by June 15
Applications for sabbaticals for the 2017-2018 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2016. All materials including letter from the dean to the provost are due to the provost’s office by September 1, 2016.
Faculty who are eligible to apply for a sabbatical must have completed seven years of full-time teaching at the University of Portland, or have completed at a minimum an additional seven years of full-time teaching since a previously funded University of Portland sabbatical.
Sabbatical requests are coordinated with departmental planning as well as the individual faculty member’s annual development plan. With careful planning the academic units have been able to take into consideration the needs of both the individual faculty member and the department or school. Additional information about sabbatical leaves can be found on page 50 of the Faculty Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/mvzbek8.
For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or staten@up.edu.
New Director of Institutional Research: Elizabeth Lee
The provost’s office has announced the hiring of Elizabeth Lee as the University’s new director of institutional research. She has an M.S. and Ph.D. in social psychology from Pennsylvania State University and has held research positions at University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey, Pennsylvania State, Lisbon University in Portugal, and Kantar Health in New York City. Lee was most recently associate director of analytics and research at Central Washington University. She is a member of the Association for Institutional Research and the Pacific Northwest Association for Institutional Research and Planning. Please welcome her as she assumes her new duties here on The Bluff.
For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or staten@up.edu.
University Club Event, April 6
The next (and last) University Club event for the spring 2016 semester will take place on Wednesday, April 6, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons Board Room. All faculty and staff are invited to meet and connect with colleagues from all over campus. All members of the University community are welcome; an added feature of this gathering is that retired faculty are also invited. There will be special tasting opportunities with expert guides as well.
For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or staten@up.edu.
Work-Life Balance: SOPHIA Sponsored Workshop, March 1
How best to balance faculty work and non-work responsibilities, interests, and aspirations is a persistent question. Please join SOPHIA for an interactive workshop about these balancing acts on Tuesday, March 1, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons President’s Boardroom. The workshop offers a chance to articulate the challenges faced by senior-level faculty and strategize about how to meet them.
SOPHIA is a faculty engagement program, charged by the provost to explore and provide faculty development opportunities for senior-level faculty. Since work-life issues cut across faculty careers, we welcome all faculty members to participate. However, given the group’s charge, they are especially interested in the shape this question may take for those already tenured and promoted. Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP by Friday, February 26, to Karen Eifler at eifler@up.edu.
Founders’ Day Submissions Due Thursday, March 3, 11:59 p.m.
Submissions for the University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration are due Thursday, March 3, by 11:59 p.m. Faculty who have questions about the Founders’ Day schedule and how to submit student presenters’ data for the schedule can speak to their school’s liaison (listed below) or contact Michele Leasor, program coordinator, at 8264 or leasor@up.edu.
The Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 12. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged to take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more.
2016 Founders’ Day liaisons:
- Business: Ian Parkman, Christine Naylor
- CAS: Laura Hogue
- Education: Jackie Waggoner, Stacey Boatright
- Engineering: Jamie Strohecker, Kim Spir
- Nursing: Carol Craig, Kim Nguyen.
Provost’s Initiative on Undergraduate Research Awards
The provost’s office is pleased to announce recipients of the Spring 2016 Provost’s Initiative on Undergraduate Research awards. These faculty members have been selected to collaborate with and mentor an undergraduate on a co-designed research experience during the 2016 spring semester:
- Amelia Ahern-Rindell, biology: “The Efficacy of Pharmacological Chaperones on Enzyme Activity in a Unique Model of Ovine GM1-Gangliosidosis” with Michalah Leffler
- Nicole Auxier, nursing: “Job Satisfaction and Retention Among DEU and Traditional Clinical Teachers” with Benjamin Stadelman
- Olivia Coiado, electrical engineering: “Virtual Instrument for Experimental Studies in Biosignals” with Walker Frank
- Ted Eckmann, environmental studies: “Hydrologic Analysis of the University of Portland” with Calli VanderWilde
- Sr. Angela Hoffman, chemistry: “An efficient ‘green’ method for purifying taxol” with Lukas Magee and Isabelle Nguyen
- Lorretta Krautscheid, nursing: “Clinical practice experiences contributing to moral distress among BSN students: A descriptive qualitative study” with Conor Livingston and Austin Smith
- Shannon Mayer, physics: “Holographic Interferometery” with Meagan Koeroghlian and Andrew Williams
- Cara Poor, civil engineering: “Comparison of runoff water quality from the Shiley Hall ecoroof and regular roof” with Sean Gestson
- Anissa Rogers, social work: “Person Centered and Participant Directed Social Services: An Exploration of Needs and Perceptions of Older Veterans” with Jessica Fuller and Marie Ramage
- Tammy VanDeGrift, computer science: “Computationally Modeling microRNA and gene expression in T cells of mice” with Sara Perkins.
A reminder to faculty: applications for Summer 2016 Provost’s Initiative on Undergraduate Research awards are due by Friday, February 26 at noon. E-mail ur@up.edu to request an application.
Scholarly Activity Portal Ready For Faculty Input
The scholarly activity portal is always ready for faculty input on PilotsUP under the “Academics” tab. Faculty members are encouraged to update their scholarly activity as it occurs; the portal offers a one-stop opportunity to update recent activity. The data obtained via the portal are used to populate A Community of Scholars, published annually by the provost’s office. The same data are used for the Clark Library’s annual celebration of UP authors.
Faculty members will download the report for their school and send the PDF copy of the report to their respective deans as a part of the annual self-evaluation, and they can also use the data entered to develop their personal curriculum vitae.
For any questions about uses of the portal, please contact John Orr (orr@up.edu); for questions about how to use the tool, please contact Michele Leasor (leasor@up.edu).