Each month, the marketing office schedules a photographer to take a small number of head shots, available on a first-come, first-served basis, for the University’s online directory. The October session is Tuesday, October 24, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. To schedule an appointment, please e-mail Suzanne Frey at freys@up.edu no later than 3 p.m. on Monday, October 23. Photos will be taken in Clark Library’s Digital Lab, located on the second floor, room 215. Only those with confirmed appointments may attend. Please note: These appointments are limited to faculty and staff who currently do not have a professional headshot in the online directory.
The marketing and communications office worked with development to create the “Your Gift Sparks…” online end-of-year giving campaign, which won a Silver Award in Innovation in Fundraising in the 2017 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VIII Communication Awards competition. This latest award joins Portland Magazine‘s Bronze Award in in the category “Print General Interest Magazines, circulation less than 29,999.” CASE District VIII encompasses colleges and universities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and all of western Canada.
The University’s quarterly Portland Magazine has earned a Bronze Award from the 2017 CASE District VIII Communication Awards in the category “Print General Interest Magazines, circulation less than 29,999.”
Each month, a photographer is scheduled to take a small number of faculty and staff head shots, available on a first-come, first-served basis. November’s session is Tuesday, November 29, at 11:30 a.m. To confirm an appointment for this session, please e-mail 
The Graphis Design Annual, an international competition that began in Switzerland more than seven decades ago, recently announced the winners of its 2017 competition. Lightner Design, working closely with the University’s marketing and communications office, received a Silver award for its work on the University of Portland’s admissions brochures, a series including Preview, Campus Visits, Financial Aid, and Study Abroad brochures. Lightner also received a Merit award for the University of Portland Outcomes brochure.
A professional photographer will be on campus to take headshot photos for faculty and employees on Friday, September 23, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the quiet side of Bauccio Commons. Photo sessions should take no more than five minutes. To make an appointment, e-mail 
The Dorm Decoration Competition is a move in day tradition at UP. The marketing and communication office is inviting all faculty and staff to participate in the competition by voting for the new People’s Choice Award during move in day on Thursday, Aug. 25. Participants can walk around campus anytime between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to take a look at all nine residence halls for their décor and spirit (Lund Family Hall will be in the running this year!) as well as the welcome signs around The Bluff. Faculty and staff will be provided two chips for voting. All votes will be cast at the Pilot House during move in day. The winner will be announced with the other Dorm Competition awards at half-time during the soccer game on Aug. 26.
Phase 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.
