The second annual Summer Research Celebration will occur on Tuesday, November 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Franz Hall lobby. All are welcome to come see the amazing research opportunities many students had this past summer, both at UP and all across the nation and world. Students will be presenting posters of their […]
Michele Leasor
Please Load Scholarly Activity Data To Portal
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 […]
Scholarly Activity Portal Always Ready For Faculty Input
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 […]
Founders’ Day Reminder: Data Entry Deadline Is March 16
All presentation and poster information for Founders’ Day 2015 must be entered into the data entry system here by 11:59 p.m., on Monday, March 16. Contact Founders’ Day school liaisons or Michele Leasor, leasor@up.edu, with questions. School liaisons are: Business: Ian Parkman, Christine Naylor CAS: Linda Lechler Education: Jackie Waggoner, Stacey Boatright Engineering: Kim Spir, […]
Founders’ Day, April 14
The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 14. Four sessions of student presentations will be held in place of regularly scheduled classes, and all students and faculty are encouraged to take part in the day’s events, featuring senior presentations, undergraduate research, panel discussions, recitals, and more. Faculty who have questions […]
New Institutional Review Board Review Request Deadlines
All Institutional Review Board (IRB) requests for review should be submitted to irb@up.edu, according to Michele Leasor, assistant to the provost’s office. Requests should no longer be sent directly to the faculty member in your department. This fall the IRB Committee is piloting a new deadline and response schedule. The Spring 2015 schedule will be […]
Recognizing Student Off-Campus Research
All faculty members who wrote a letter of recommendation for a student to pursue off-campus research this past summer are asked to please send the student’s name to John Orr (orr@up.edu). The provost’s office is preparing a document, similar to A Community of Scholars, about students; documenting the on-campus experiences is fairly easy, but they […]
A Community of Scholars
Thank you to the faculty members who provided feedback to improve the Scholarly Activity Pilots portal after using it to provide information for the Community of Scholars report last year. Please continue to use this tool to report information for the 2013-2014 Community of Scholars report. Faculty should start loading scholarly activity for the past […]
Scholarly Activity Portal Ready For Faculty Input
The updated version of the scholarly activity portal is now live and ready for faculty input on PilotsUP under the “Academics” tab. The data obtained via the portal will be 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 […]
New Grant, FirstUP Planning
The University of Portland has received a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service and Oregon Campus Compact to host an AmeriCorps VISTA member who will help the University develop resources and build capacity to better serve first-generation college students, according to Michele Leasor, honors program. Holly Sweeney, pictured, will be joining the […]