UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

Amy Shelly

Faculty Profiles: Are You Up To Date?

Faculty members: is your web directory profile up to date? Visit up.edu/directory and search for yourself. If your profile needs to be updated with new awards, professional affiliations, publications, or a new CV, contact your department superuser, or contact Amy Shelly (shelly@up.edu) or Roya Ghorbani-Elizeh (ghorbani@up.edu) for help.

If your title, phone, or office location is inaccurate, please contact hr@up.edu to make updates.

If you need a new photograph, sessions are offered monthly. Keep an eye on upbeat for announcements.

Profiles can include any or all of the following: a brief (one paragraph) narrative summary of your education, professional background, and research interests; a list of degrees received (degree, institution, year awarded optional); awards; professional affiliations; publications (please limit to the five or so most recent); and a link to your CV. (Note: if you choose to include your CV, this is available to the public on the internet, and you may wish to omit your home address, personal email, etc.).

For more information, contact Amy Shelly, marketing, at shelly@up.edu.

Web Team Nominated for Innovation Award for New UP Website

The interdepartmental Web Team has been nominated for the “Best Innovation” award by Hannon Hill. The University of Portland’d website was nominated against those from Washoe County Nevada and Sarah Lawrence College. The winner will be announced at the annual Cascade Server Conference in Atlanta later this fall.

The new UP website was launched last summer with a brand new look and content management system (CMS). The new CMS, Cascade Server, was installed last spring and has replaced Sherpa for all content management on UP’s main website, up.edu.

The University’s interdepartmental web team includes Lisel Stancil (web and enterprise services), Amy Shelly (marketing), Ryan Benedetti (web and enterprise services), Jacob Caniparoli (web and enterprise services), John Carleton (web and enterprise services), Adam Murakami (web and enterprise services), Anna Lageson-Kerns (marketing), and Roya Ghorbani-Elizeh (marketing).

For more information, contact Amy Shelly, marketing, at shelly@up.edu or x8232 or Lisel Stancil, web and enterprise services, at stancil@up.edu or x7481.

A Brand New up.edu

celebrationPhase I of the University’s much-anticipated redesigned website launches on Monday, August 1, when some 60 of the University’s highest-traffic sites will debut a brand new look. The web redesign project includes both a new look for the website as well as a new content management system (CMS). The new CMS, Cascade Server, was installed last spring and will ultimately replace Sherpa for all content management on UP’s main website, up.edu. More than 100 superusers have been trained in the new system.

The redesign process included focus groups with representatives from all departments on campus, one-on-one interviews with key stakeholders, and surveys of faculty, staff, students, prospective students, parents, alumni, and donors. The site was designed with a “mobile-first” strategy. Currently about half of the University’s web site traffic comes from mobile devices; numbers are even higher for sites that cater to prospective students.

Phase II of the web redesign includes a new look for the online campus directory and improved individual pages for faculty and staff to personalize with information about their professional experience, interests, and activities. The new directory will launch in October.

Phase III includes the transition of the remaining 40 sites to Cascade Server. They will roll over to the new site throughout the fall.

For more information, contact Amy Shelly, marketing, at shelly@up.edu or 8232 or Lisel Stancil, web and enterprise services, at stancil@up.edu or 7481.

Going For The Gold

goldThe marketing and communications team has won a Gold Medal in the Multimedia for Special Events category in the 2015 Communication Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), District VIII. The winning entry was a video for the President’s Welcome event during Orientation, produced by Amy Shelly, Adam Guggenheim, Joe Kuffner, and Rachel Barry-Arquit.

For more information contact marketing at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.

New website – we need your help!

Screen shot 2015-04-10 at 11.06.06 AMUniversity of Portland has recently selected Hannon Hill’s Cascade Server as the new content management system for UP’s public website, up.edu. The new CMS will replace Sherpa.

To coincide with the installation of the new CMS, the University is also making plans to redesign our public-facing website, up.edu, and we need faculty and staff feedback. A short user survey is running on up.edu. Next time you visit the website, please click on the “How Can We Improve?” tab and take a moment to answer the short questions about how you’re using up.edu. Your answers will help our design team plan the architecture and navigation for the new site.

Superusers are invited to a meeting on Tuesday, April 21 at 9:30 a.m. in the Chiles Center Hall of Fame Room. Timelines for the redesign and CMS installation will be shared and there will be ample time for a question-and-answer session.

Please contact Amy Shelly, shelly@up.edu, or Lisel Stancil, stancil@up.edu, for more information.

Join the UP Shamrock Run Team

shamrock2 copyAll University community members are welcome to help a great cause by joining UP’s Shamrock Run team. All team members get free UP gear to wear at the race on Sunday, March 15, at Waterfront Park in downtown Portland. To join the UP team, you must register online at http://www.shamrockrunportland.com/ (choose the “team” option; the UP code is 1070). Packet pick-up (race t-shirt, pins, bibs, and UP gear) will be available on campus closer to the race date. Online registration for teams closes Saturday, January 31, 2015.

As an added bonus, if there are at least 75 members on the UP team, Shamrock Run will donate $5 per person to the long-anticipated Beauchamp Recreation and Wellness Center, which opens to the University community in August 2015. Last year the UP race team consisted of roughly 160 runners and walkers and was the 7th largest team at the race, and raised nearly $800 for the Beauchamp Center.

For more information, contact Amy Shelly, Bridget Bimrose, or Roya Ghorbani-Elizeh, marketing and communications, or Sean Ducey, university events.

Join the UP Shamrock Run team

1958315_10151903281872371_342431523_n 2Show your UP pride and help out a great cause when you join UP’s Shamrock Run team – we’ll give you free UP gear to wear at the race, Sunday, March 15 at Waterfront Park in downtown Portland.

To join the UP team, you must register online at http://www.shamrockrunportland.com/ (choose the “team” option; the UP code is 1070). Packet pick-up (race t-shirt, pins, bibs, and UP gear) will be available on campus closer to the race date – more information to come soon. Online registration for teams closes Saturday, January 31!

As an added bonus, if we have at least 75 members on the UP team, Shamrock Run will donate $5 per person to the long-anticipated Beauchamp Recreation & Wellness Center, which opens to the University community in August 2015.

Last year the UP race team consisted of roughly 160 runners and walkers and was the 7th largest team at the race. We were able to raise nearly $800 for the Beauchamp Recreation & Wellness Center.

For more information about the UP Shamrock Run team, contact Amy Shelly, Bridget Bimrose, Roya Ghorbani-Elizeh, marketing & communications, or Sean Ducey, events.

New Content Management System to Replace Sherpa

University of Portland, upThe University’s officers have approved a  content management system (CMS) replacement project. The new CMS will replace Sherpa, which has powered up.edu for a decade.

Using comments and feedback gathered from many stakeholders at the University, the web team has identified two finalist candidates—OmniUpdate and Cascade Server by Hannon Hill—for the new CMS. Both are used by many colleges and universities nationwide.

Vendors from both companies will be coming to campus to present demo and information sessions about the benefits and features of each CMS.

Superusers and all interested parties are invited to attend the sessions.

  • OmniUpdate Demo: Monday, July 28, 2014, 2:45-4:15 p.m., BC 163
  • Cascade Server by Hannon Hill Demo: Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 2:45-4:15 p.m., BC 163

To assist in the selection of the new CMS, feedback will be gathered from attendees following the sessions. A complete project timeline will be available after the CMS is selected.

For more information, please contact Amy Shelly, marketing,  at shelly@up.edu or 8232.

Join the UP Shamrock Run Team

shamrock2 copyAll faculty and staff are invited to show their UP pride and help out a great cause by joining the University’s Shamrock Run team. The run/walk takes place on Sunday, March 16, 2014, at Waterfront Park in downtown Portland. Those who join the team will get some great UP gear and will be able to pick up their race packets with official race shirt, race bib, and UP gear, on campus a week before the race.

Registration information for the Shamrock Run can be found here (choose the “team” option; the UP team code is 1070). Race registration closes on Wednesday, January 22.

Last year, the UP team was the 8th largest at the Shamrock Run, consisting of 157 runners and walkers. Because of the great turnout, we were able to raise $785 for the Bill Reed Scholarship Fund. This year, if we have at least 75 members on the UP team, Shamrock Run will donate $5 per person to the University’s Recreation and Wellness Center, which will break ground in May 2014. More information can be found here. Questions? Feel free to contact Amy Shelly (shelly@up.edu), Roya Ghorbani-Elizeh (ghorbani@up.edu), or Bridget Bimrose (bimrose@up.edu) in marketing and communications.