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Senior Applications For NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

September 2, 2016

The National Science Foundation made a significant change to their eligibility guidelines for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program this year, according to Michele Leasor, Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement. Graduate students can apply only once for the grant, as opposed to twice in the past.  The end result is that seniors going to graduate school […]

Filed Under: 08-29-2016, 09-05-2016, Academics Tagged With: Michele Leasor, National Science Foundation, Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Submit Scholarly Activities Now

May 27, 2016

Faculty are encouraged to submit their scholarly activities since June 2015 to the scholarly activity portal on PilotsUP. The data entered will be used by faculty for their annual self-evaluation and will populate A Community of Scholars as well as the Clark Library’s UP authors celebration. The portal closes on June 2, 2016, so please […]

Filed Under: 05-30-2016, Academics Tagged With: John Orr, Michele Leasor, Scholarly Activities

Please Load Scholarly Activity Data To Portal

May 13, 2016

Faculty members are reminded to load their scholarly activity on the portal in PilotsUP. Data obtained through the portal will be used to populate A Community of Scholars, published by the provost’s office. That data will also be used for the Clark Library’s annual celebration of UP authors. Faculty members will send the data to […]

Filed Under: 05-02-2016, 05-09-2016, 05-16-2016, Academics Tagged With: A Community of Scholars, John Orr, Michele Leasor

Thanks For The T.I.P.

April 29, 2016

As the semester draws to a close, faculty are asked to take a moment to reflect on freshmen and sophomores who might be strong candidates for University-endorsed awards, such as Fulbright grants. The Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement’s Talent Identification Program (T.I.P.) uses faculty to help identify high achieving students early in their careers, marking […]

Filed Under: 05-02-2016, Academics, Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement Tagged With: Michele Leasor, Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement, Talent Identification Program (TIP)

Scholarly Activity Portal Ready For Faculty Input

April 15, 2016

The scholarly activity portal is always live and ready for faculty input on PilotsUP under the “Academics” tab. The data obtained via the portal is used to populate A Community of Scholars, published annually by the provost’s office. That data will also be used for the Clark Library’s annual celebration of UP authors. Additionally, faculty […]

Filed Under: 04-18-2016, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: John Orr, Michele Leasor, Provost's Office, Scholarly Activity Portal

Founders’ Day Submissions Due Thursday, March 3, 11:59 p.m.

February 26, 2016

Submissions for the University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration are due Thursday, March 3, by 11:59 p.m. Faculty who have questions about the Founders’ Day schedule and how to submit student presenters’ data for the schedule can speak to their school’s liaison (listed below) or contact Michele Leasor, program coordinator, at 8264 or leasor@up.edu. The Founders’ […]

Filed Under: 02-29-2016, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: Carol Craig, Christine Naylor, Founders Day, Ian Parkman, Jackie Waggoner, Jamie Strohecker, Kim Nguyen, Kim Spir, Laura Hogue, Michele Leasor, Provost's Office, Stacey Boatright

Scholarly Activity Portal Ready For Faculty Input

February 19, 2016

The scholarly activity portal is always ready for faculty input on PilotsUP under the “Academics” tab. Faculty members are encouraged to update their scholarly activity as it occurs; the portal offers a one-stop opportunity to update recent activity. The data obtained via the portal are used to populate A Community of Scholars, published annually by […]

Filed Under: 02-22-2016, Academics, Provost's Office Tagged With: John Orr, Michele Leasor, Scholarly Activity Portal

Please Help T.I.P. Program

December 11, 2015

As the semester draws to a close, faculty are asked to take a moment to reflect on freshmen and sophomores who might be strong candidates for University-endorsed awards, such as Fulbright grants. The Office of Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement’s Talent Identification Program (T.I.P.) uses faculty to help identify high achieving students early in their careers, marking […]

Filed Under: 12-14-2015, Academics Tagged With: John Orr, Michele Leasor, T.I.P. Program, Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement

Honors Reading Courses

November 20, 2015

Faculty members interested in offering one of the Honors Program reading courses during the 2016-2017 academic year are invited to send a course proposal to program director John Orr by Monday, December 7. Honors students, in their junior and senior years, take two one-credit-hour readings courses. Courses are limited to 15 students and are offered […]

Filed Under: 09-21-2015, 11-23-2015, Academics, Honors Program Tagged With: honors program, Michele Leasor

Udall Scholarship Nominees Needed

November 6, 2015

Faculty members are requested to nominate students for the Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship, available to current sophomore or junior students who meet one or more of these criteria: Students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment; Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to public […]

Filed Under: 11-09-2015, Academics Tagged With: Michele Leasor, Udall Scholarship

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Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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