All faculty members who wrote a letter of recommendation for a student to pursue off-campus research this past summer are requested to please send the student’s name to ur@up.edu. As the University prepares for its next accreditation visit, there is a need for better data on student participation in undergraduate research.
The University has made great strides in tracking on-campus undergraduate research, but the undergraduate scholarly engagement office needs faculty assistance in identifying which students participate in research off-campus. The office will follow up with students for more details about their experience; all they need from faculty are student names.
For more information, contact John Orr (orr@up.edu) in the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement.
Faculty members are encouraged to send the names of academically and experientially exceptional, ambitious rising seniors who would benefit from attending graduate school at Cambridge, Oxford, or one of the other premier UK institutions, to the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement, according to John Orr, assistant to the provost.
Faculty members are encouraged to send the names of ambitious and talented rising seniors who would benefit from a year of study, research, or teaching English abroad after graduation to the fellowships and grants office, according to John Orr, assistant provost. Students will be contacted and given assistance in starting the Fulbright application process over the summer, so their files can be finalized at the start of the fall semester. For more information or to pass along names, send an e-mail to 
Submissions for the University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration are due Thursday, March 2, 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 x8264 or 
The University of Portland is committed to helping students find undergraduate research opportunities and has recently adopted a resource, the 
As the semester draws to a close, faculty are asked to take a moment to reflect on freshmen and sophomores who might be strong candidates for University-endorsed awards, such as Fulbright grants. The Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement’s Talent Identification Program (T.I.P.) uses faculty to help identify high achieving students early in their careers, marking them as potential candidates for various fellowships, grants, and scholarships.
Faculty members are encouraged to send the names of academically and experientially exceptional, ambitious rising seniors who would benefit from attending graduate school at Cambridge, Oxford, or one of the other premier UK institutions to the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement, according to John Orr, assistant to the provost.