We’re seeking faculty and staff volunteers from across the University to join us for a two-hour discussion session to facilitate engaging table discourse with new students as part of our Fall CORE 101: Anchor Seminar. Your main job is to just show up in a spirit of constructive dialogue! Accompaniers will need to sign up to join at least one two-hour session, to be held on TBD dates in August, September, and October. (Read More)
Core Curriculum
Don’t Miss February’s Core Samples Lunch! (Feb. 25)
All staff and faculty are invited to attend one (or both) of this spring’s Core Samples Lunches, as guests of the Garaventa Center and Core Program. These have proven a terrific way for all of us to build our knowledge of what happens in UP’s Core Curriculum. (Read More).
Don’t Miss a Core Samples Lunch this Semester! (Nov. 13)
Learning from gifted teachers over free food and without exams: could it be any better? All staff and faculty are invited to attend one or both of this fall’s Core Samples Lunches, as guests of the Garaventa Center and Core Program. These gatherings are a terrific way to build your knowledge of what happens in UP’s Core Curriculum. (Read More).
Call for Exploration Level Course Proposals for the UP Core (Oct. 1)
The Undergraduate Core Curriculum Committee (UCCC) is readying for its annual October 1 priority review deadline to consider new exploration level (X) courses for the UP Core. These courses are upper division offerings that emphasize interdisciplinary thinking with some grounding in the liberal arts–but they can come from any UP discipline. The UCCC will review courses at other times in the year, but October 1 is our only annual priority deadline. (Read More).
Last Core Samples Lunch for the Year (Apr. 2)
A few seats remain for the final Core Samples lunch this spring. Award-winning professor Lars Larson will teach a favorite segment from English 112, “Literature: The Opposite of Escape.” Be a guest of the Garaventa Center and Core Program for lunch in the Teske Room, get to know more about the Core, and savor learning and teaching at its finest…with no exam or paper! (Read More).
The Flickering Universe: An Evening with Pattiann Rogers, Robert Michael Pyle, and University of Portland Scholars
In her most recent book, poet Pattiann Rogers offers a fresh metaphor for the ephemeral nature of experience, time, and the human soul—flickering. Join Rogers and fellow naturalist and writer Robert Michael Pyle for a live online panel discussion about flickering and being. The panel will be moderated by University of Portland scholar Corey S. Pressman (Integrative Health and Wellness) and rounded out by Rachel Wheeler (Theology), and Shannon Mayer (Physics). (Read More).
Imagining New Courses: A Focus Group Discussion on Interdisciplinary Teaching (Feb. 24)
Have you been curious about developing a new Core Exploration course but haven’t yet taken the plunge? Do you feel like you understand interdisciplinarity as a concept, but not how to put it into practice in the classroom? The Core Curriculum (Andrew Guest) and the NEH “Core Humanities” grant team (Jen McDaneld and Molly Hiro) […]
Core Revitalization Course Changes and Advising Notes
As we get ready for Spring registration, there are a few curricular changes associated with the implementation of the revitalized University Core Curriculum that may be helpful for faculty and staff to keep in mind during the upcoming advising period. Note that general information about the revitalized Core is available at https://pilots.up.edu/group/core-curriculum, including a summary of Core […]
Core Revitalization Continues for Fall 2021
For several years the University has been engaged in a process to revitalize its core curriculum, and now a revitalized core is being readied for a phased implementation starting with new first-year students in the fall of 2021. Newly appointed core director Andrew Guest, psychological sciences, has posted an update on the revitalization process on […]