Butine Award Applications

Call for Spring Butine Proposals: Deadline Feb. 7

January 31, 2020

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship invites all eligible faculty to submit proposals to receive funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. We are excited to announce that, in efforts to improve accessibility, clarity, and efficiency, we have created new and improved online application forms, along with screen reader friendly Word versions of the applications. Faculty are welcome to use either version. There is also a new Instructions for Butine Applications document to help ensure complete applications.

The deadline for submission and to the applicant’s dean and chair (if CAS), is no later than noon on Friday, February 7, 2020. Please note that applicants must discuss their Butine proposals with their respective deans (and chairs, for CAS applicants) prior to submitting applications for consideration. Please contact Hannah Highlander (TAS@up.edu) with questions or for further information.

Submit Butine Proposals Through Moodle

August 28, 2015

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship invites all regular faculty to submit proposals to receive funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. Faculty can download Butine application materials, review selection criteria, and consult the timeline for applications by visiting https://www.up.edu/academicsenate/tas/.

Submission of post-Butine reports, new Butine applications, and all supporting letters are now done through the Teaching and Scholarship Moodle site at this link. The deadline for submission through Moodle and the applicants’ respective department chairs (if CAS) and deans is no later than noon on Friday, October 2, 2015. Please note also that applicants must discuss their Butine proposals with their respective deans prior to submitting applications for consideration.

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship will host two workshops to review the Butine application process on Monday, September 7, 4-5 p.m., and Thursday, September 10, 11 a.m.-noon, both in the Engineering Conference Room (Shiley 232).

A final reminder: All interim or completed project reports of previously funded proposals are due to the Teaching and Scholarship Committee through Moodle, as well as the appropriate deans, no later than Thursday, October 1. Report forms can be downloaded from the website listed above.

Please contact Aaron Wootton, TAS chair, at tas@up.edu for further information.

Jeffrey White, international languages & cultures, attended “Engaging College Students Using Active Learning Techniques,” .Magna Online Seminar, October 2020; and Southeast Supplemental Instruction Conference (SESI), University of North Georgia (online), September 2020.

Fr. Jim King, C.S.C., conducted the first session in a six-part workshop on the Catholic Church’s social justice teaching and Christian education from a Holy Cross perspective to the faculty and staff of Holy Redeemer Parish in North Portland on November 4, 2020.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “Alterity and Violence in Nigeria: Rethinking Interfaith Encounters” at the 63^rd annual meeting of African Studies Association (Virtually). November 20, 2020. He also presented “Rethinking One’s Gifts as a Leader in a World of Radical Diversity,” a virtual lecture on transformative leadership given to FGEN sophomores at the University of Portland Shepard Academic Resource Center, November 20, 2020; as well as “Reading Things Fall Apart through a Decolonial Lens of Inquiry: Retelling Africa’s Stories,” a virtual lecture given to students registered in PHL 410: Education and Politics. University of Portland, October 22, 2020.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, presented and published the paper titled, “Conducted Emissions Feedback from VSD operated products” with Pete Perkins (Principal Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs Consultant), Henry Benitez (Electromagnetic Investigations), Christian Miles (Mentor Graphics), and Joshua Thompson (Intel Corporation), in the IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering (SPCE) 2020 Virtual Conference, November 16-20, 2020. Note that except Inan, all of the other authors are UP alumni.

Alice Gates, social work, received national recognition from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) as the 2020 recipient of the Early Career Faculty Award for Service and Leadership in Social Work Education. Gates was recognized during the virtual Annual Program Meeting of CSWE on November 20, 2020. The award presentation highlighted the contributions Gates has made at the university, local, state, and national level to address injustice and amplify the reach and impact of social work.

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