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John Orr

Please Load Scholarly Activity on the Portal

Faculty members are reminded to load their scholarly activity on the portal in PilotsUP by May 31 each year. Data obtained through the portal will be used to populate A Community of Scholars, published by the Provost’s office. Faculty members use their school’s report on the home tab of the Scholarly Activity Portal to send the data to their respective deans as a part of annual self-evaluation.

You can find the link to the Scholarly Activity Portal in the Academic menu of PilotsUP or you can go directly to this link.

For any questions about uses of the portal, please contact John Orr (orr@up.edu); for questions about how to use the tool, please contact Michele Leasor (leasor@up.edu).

Fulbright Grant Candidates Wanted

Now is the time to start sending the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement (OUSE) the names of current juniors who would be strong candidates to apply for Fulbright Grants. Fulbright offers grants to countries around the world, and in many cases, the applicant is not expected to have studied the language of the host country. Likewise, Fulbright has no minimum GPA requirement, but they are looking for people who will be good ambassadors for the U.S. Fulbright is particularly interested in getting applications from underrepresented groups. Students from all disciplines and schools are encouraged to apply, but OUSE needs faculty to identify them. Send names to scholars@up.edu and we will contact the student and invite them to meet.

Rhodes & Marshall Scholarship Nominations Needed

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.

Students applying for these awards must have a University endorsement and formally express their intent to apply by early April. Students will be contacted and given assistance in starting the application process, will participate in campus interviews in late April, and will continue to receive support 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 scholars@up.edu or call x7857.

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Please Add Information to Scholarly Portal

The Scholarly Activity Portal is always live and ready for faculty input on PilotsUP under the “Academics” menu or you can go there directly via this link. The data obtained via the portal is used to populate A Community of Scholars (published annually by the Provost’s office) and annual self-evaluations.

For any questions about uses of the portal, please contact John Orr (orr@up.edu); for questions about how to use the tool, please contact Michele Leasor (leasor@up.edu).

Honors Reading Course Solicitation

Faculty members interested in offering an Honors Program reading course during the next academic year are invited to send a course proposal to program director John Orr by February 1. Honors students, in their junior and senior years, take two one-credit readings courses. Courses are limited to 15 students and are offered pass/no pass. Team-taught courses are particularly welcome. Proposals should include a course title and brief description.

For more information, or to submit a proposal, contact Orr at orr@up.edu.

Honors Program Mentors Needed

Faculty members are invited to serve as Honors Program mentors. Faculty mentors assist with selecting the incoming honors class, are assigned two incoming honors student mentees, and are encouraged to meet with them on a regular basis during the students’ first two years at the University.

Those who would like to learn more about being a mentor for fall 2021 are asked to contact John Orr (orr@up.edu).

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Applications due Sept. 15, 2020

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers hundreds of awards each year to teach, research and conduct professional projects internationally. University faculty members and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, and independent scholars are all eligible to apply. Awards vary in duration from two weeks for the International Education Administrator programs to a year for some research and teaching placements. View the Awards Catalog to determine if there is a good fit for your professional interests.

All eligibility criteria must be met at the time of grant application. Basic eligibility criteria are included below, but specific countries may have additional requirements.

  • U.S. citizenship
  • Two years since the date of completion of a prior Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant
  • Residing outside the U.S. for no more than one year in the six-year period preceding application submission
  • Generally, a Ph.D. or equivalent professional/terminal degree is required
  • Foreign language proficiency may be required depending on the country, type of grant activity (teaching or research), and the nature of the proposed project. English is sufficient for teaching activities in many areas of the world.

Contact John Orr, orr@up.edu, if you plan to submit an application this year.

Please Load Scholarly Activity On The Portal

Faculty members are reminded to load their scholarly activity on the portal in PilotsUP by May 31, 2020. Data obtained through the portal will be used to populate A Community of Scholars, published by the provost’s office. Faculty members use their school’s report on the home tab of the Scholarly Activity Portal to send the data to their respective deans as a part of annual self-evaluation.

You can find the link to the Scholarly Activity Portal in the Academic menu of PilotsUP or you can go directly to this link.

The Scholarly Activity Portal will retain the “Pilots Classic” look until July 2020, when it will fully transition the new PilotsUP. You will have to enter your username and password to login to the Scholarly Activity Portal until July 2020.

For any questions about uses of the portal, please contact John Orr (orr@up.edu); for questions about how to use the tool, please contact Michele Leasor (leasor@up.edu).

10 UP Students Named Fulbright Finalists

John Orr of the undergraduate scholarly engagement office is pleased to report that 10 UP students from the Class of 2020 were named as Fulbright U.S. Student Program Finalists and offered awards to teach English abroad. It is hoped that Fulbright recipients will be able to travel to their programs in fall 2020; the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has instituted a temporary pause of all Bureau of ECA-funded international exchange programs, including Fulbright.

UP finalists include:

  • Erick Berrelleza, Mexico
  • Travis Bigelow, Mexico
  • Joshua Bode, Mexico
  • Isabel Cortens, Argentina
  • Autumn Fluetsch, Luxembourg
  • Athena Hills, Germany
  • Surabhi Joglekar, Taiwan
  • Preston Korst, Bulgaria
  • Amanda Mosler, Colombia
  • Joanne Tran, Taiwan

The United States Fulbright program began in 1946 after World War II to “assist in the development of friendly, sympathetic and peaceful relations between the United States and other countries of the world” through the exchange of students, scholars and professionals. The program operates in more than 140 countries worldwide.

For more information contact Orr at orr@up.edu.

 

Fulbright Grant Candidates Wanted: Open To All Disciplines

Now is the time to start sending the Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement (OUSE) the names of current juniors who would be strong candidates to apply for Fulbright Grants. Fulbright offers grants to countries around the world, and in many cases, the applicant is not expected to have studied the language of the host country. Likewise, Fulbright has no minimum GPA requirement, but they are looking for people who will be good ambassadors for the United States. Fulbright is particularly interested in getting applications from underrepresented groups. Students from all disciplines and schools are encouraged to apply, but OUSE needs faculty to identify them.

Send names to scholars@up.edu and we will contact the student and invite them to meet.