Center for Teaching and Learning

Work Life Integration—Designing a Meaningful Career for Faculty and Staff

January 6, 2023

The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Faculty Welfare Committee invite all faculty and staff to participate in an interactive workshop on work-life integration on Wednesday, January 11, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Franz 120. Faculty and staff are the most prized and creative assets of any higher education institution. Yet over […]

Center for Teaching and Learning Invites Applications for the Inclusive Teaching Scholars Program (Due Oct. 28)

September 30, 2022

All full-time faculty members are invited to apply for the Inclusive Teaching Scholars Program. This program seeks to identify and support at least one person from each academic unit for a total of 5 or 6 scholars who would function as a cohort. Individually, Scholars will undertake or enhance an inclusive pedagogical project in areas […]

Aziz Inan, Engineering, published, “Portland engineering professor: Happy Perfect Square Year!” Portland Tribune, December 31, 2024. Inan also published a different version of the article titled, “2025—A One-Of-Of-A-Kind Year!” IndiaWest Journal, December 31, 2024.

Amanda Cardwell-Aiken, Performing Fine Arts, was the Costume Designer last November for the Northwest Premiere of Dorothy’s Dictionary by EM Lewis at 21TEN Theatre, as well as, Corrib Theatre’s production of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. She also draped and built costumes for the Portland Revels Mid-winter revel Norse Fire. This spring they will be working with Štěpán S. Šimek of Lewis and Clark College who has made his own translations of 3 one act farces by Anton Chekhov The Bear, The Proposal and The Ravages of Tobacco at 21TEN Theatre Feb. 2/21-3/9.

Corey Pressman, Nursing and Health Innovations, launched his workbook A Rewilded Mind: An Evidence-Informed Guide to Reclaiming Your Wild Imagination. This work was commissioned by Arizona State University’s Center for Science and Imagination and is available for free download on their website.

Christopher Merideth, Education, will celebrate the launch of his publishing house Neuro-Education Press with a special event on March 1, featuring lectures and performances from UP faculty. Neuro-Education press publishes academic books and educational materials related to the intersection of neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and language studies.

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