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Marketing & Communications

Dorm Decoration Competition, Aug. 25

orientationThe 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.

 Email mktg@up.edu if you would like to participate or keep an eye out on Wednesday, Aug. 24 for staffers passing out the voting chips.

A Brand New up.edu

celebrationPhase 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.

The redesign process included focus groups with representatives from all departments on campus, one-on-one interviews with key stakeholders, and surveys of faculty, staff, students, prospective students, parents, alumni, and donors. The site was designed with a “mobile-first” strategy. Currently about half of the University’s web site traffic comes from mobile devices; numbers are even higher for sites that cater to prospective students.

Phase II of the web redesign includes a new look for the online campus directory and improved individual pages for faculty and staff to personalize with information about their professional experience, interests, and activities. The new directory will launch in October.

Phase III includes the transition of the remaining 40 sites to Cascade Server. They will roll over to the new site throughout the fall.

For more information, contact Amy Shelly, marketing, at shelly@up.edu or 8232 or Lisel Stancil, web and enterprise services, at stancil@up.edu or 7481.

Time For A New Photo? We Can Help!

dreamstime photographerThe marketing and communications office will offer a professional photography session on Thursday, February 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in Clark Library Room 223. All faculty and staff members who need a new headshot photo taken for the online directory or another similar purpose can e-mail mktg@up.edu to request their preferred five-minute timeslot between 9:30 and 12:30.

For more information contact marketing and communications at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.

Retirement Party for John Furey, Jan. 27

furey the legendA collective gasp spread through the campus at the news of John Furey, marketing and communications, retiring at the end of this month. Furey, “the man, the myth, the legend,” has seen the University grow and change over his 19 years on The Bluff. Renowned around campus and beyond as “Everyone’s best friend,” Furey has long been an essential part of the marketing and communications team. His boisterous laugh, his endless amount of yarns and tall tales, and his unwavering love of both the Pilots and the Beavers will be missed.

Marketing and communications will host a Farewell Furey party in the Terrace Room on Wednesday, January 27, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. All are welcome to come and wish Furey the very best as he begins this next phase of his epic journey of life.

For more information, contact marketing and communications at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.

Going For The Gold

goldThe marketing and communications team has won a Gold Medal in the Multimedia for Special Events category in the 2015 Communication Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), District VIII. The winning entry was a video for the President’s Welcome event during Orientation, produced by Amy Shelly, Adam Guggenheim, Joe Kuffner, and Rachel Barry-Arquit.

For more information contact marketing at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.

CASE Awards for Portland Mag, Advancement Videos

well done dreamstime copyPublications and videos produced by the marketing and communications office have won 2015 Communication Awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), district VIII, for colleges and universities in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and all of western Canada.

Portland Magazine won a Silver award for general excellence, and a Bronze for the essay “Flying” by Dave Devine. The marketing team won a Bronze medal for the video “Discover who you want to be at UP” and Anna Lageson-Kerns won a Bronze for “Entrepreneur Scholars at University of Portland.”

For more information contact the marketing office at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.

Say “Cheese” At The UP Christmas Photobooth, Dec. 10

camera dreamstime_m_12147386.jpgAll University faculty and staff are invited to participate in a Christmas-themed photobooth on Thursday, December 10, from 11 a.m to 2 p.m., in the Bauccio Commons. All are welcome to stop by for a photo and a cookie to celebrate the holiday season.

For more information, Bridget Bimrose, marketing and communications, at bimrose@up.edu or Roya Ghorbani-Elizeh at ghorbani@up.edu.

University Launches New Promotional Campaign

BellTower1WEB copyThe University of Portland is launching a new set of promotional television spots, with a goal of raising awareness of the University and its mission. Continuing the “Rise” theme from the University’s first-ever promotional campaign in 2010, the spots highlight UP’s excellence in academics; its programs that support leadership, innovation, and ethics; and its commitment – guided by the Congregation of Holy Cross – to educating the hearts, the hands and the mind.

The spots were created by the University’s small in-house team and will be aired locally on KGW, regionally on select NBC programming, and nationally on Portland Pilot athletics broadcasts. They will also be shared on the University’s popular social media outlets so they are available worldwide for all current and former Pilots as well as prospective students and their families.

See the new UP promotional spots at http://tinyurl.com/oj5obg6 and http://tinyurl.com/ngpnwd5.

For more information contact the marketing and communications office at 7202 or mktg@up.edu.

Oh No, Joe, Say It’s Not So!

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All are invited to join the marketing and communications office us in sending Joe Kuffner off to his next adventure as a graduate student at the University of Oregon, where he will be pursing a degree in digital communications. His farewell party will take place on Friday, September 25, from 3:30 to 5 p.m., at the alumni relations house.

Joe has been an integral part of the marketing team since joining the UP staff in 2009. He has nearly singlehandedly built the UP social media presence, and if you scratch him he bleeds purple (please don’t try).

For more information contact the marketing office at 7202 0r mktg@up.edu.

Faculty/Staff Photo Shoot, Sept. 25

camera dreamstime_m_12147386.jpgFaculty or staff who would like to update their headshot photos for the campus directory or other professional uses take note: a professional photographer will be available to take photos for faculty and staff on Friday, September 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon, on the “quiet side” of Bauccio Commons. Photo sessions should take no more than five minutes. To make an appointment, e-mail mktg@up.edu with the time that you are available.

For more information contact marketing at 7202.