News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Kathleen Staten (Provost’s Office), a member of the UP community for over 25 years, will retire at the end of August. Please stop by the Dundon-Berchtold Lounge on the 1st floor of DB Hall on Wednesday afternoon, August 28, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. to wish her well! Light refreshments will be served.
The provost’s office has announced the following promotions to professor, effective July 1, 2024:
Genevieve Brassard, Professor of English
Valerie Peterson, Professor of Mathematics
Warren Wood, Professor of Chemistry and BioChemistry
Applications for sabbaticals for the 2018-2019 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2017. All materials including letter from the dean to the provost are due to the provost by September 1, 2017. Faculty eligible to apply for a sabbatical must have completed seven years of full-time teaching at the University of Portland, or have completed at a minimum an additional seven years of full-time teaching since a previously funded University of Portland sabbatical.
Sabbatical requests are coordinated with departmental planning as well as the individual faculty member’s annual development plan. With careful planning the academic units have been able to take into consideration the needs of both the individual faculty member and the department or school. Additional information about sabbatical leaves can be found on page 50 of the Faculty Handbook.
For more information contact the provost’s office at x7105 or staten@up.edu.
Together with the provost and SOPHIA, the Garaventa Center is thrilled to announce a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Congregation of Holy Cross in the early summer of 2018 (June 23-July 3). Grants of $2,000 are available to senior faculty members and cover all lodging and meals at the Sanctuary of Monetligeon (Base Normandy region), coach transport to all sites and to and from DeGaulle airport, and admission to attractions that are part of the pilgrimage. Participants will be responsible for their airfare and any incidentals. There are 12 seats available for this initial venture, and interested faculty will be asked to consider how they envision the experience feeding their vocation as teacher and scholar in a brief application letter. There will be a brown bag information session in the Garaventa Center on Wednesday, March 8, from noon-1. If that time doesn’t fit your schedule, please feel free to contact Karen Eifler (eifler@up.edu or x8014) for more details.
The Teacher Leadership Network and the School of Education will present “An Evening With Dr. Tom Greene” on Wednesday May 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the Terrace Room. All are invited to engage in a thought-provoking and inspiring evening with University provost Tom Greene, who rose through the ranks as a beloved and well-respected professor in the School of Education.
Greene has served the University not only as provost but as dean of the Graduate School, interim dean of the School of Education, associate dean of the School of Education, and director of teacher education. He joined the UP faculty in 1983, and won the 2010 Culligan Award, the University’s highest faculty honor. He also serves on the boards of several Portland-area educational organizations and has worked in the community as assistant superintendent of both Beaverton and Gresham-Barlow School Districts and in several other administrative and faculty positions throughout Oregon.
Please register for this event at http://tinyurl.com/kwzhg7w. For more information contact Amy Kwong-Kwapisz, education, at 7752 or kwongkwa@up.edu.
University president-elect Rev. Mark Poorman, C.S.C., invites the University community to nominate candidates for the University’s annual presentation of honorary doctorates. Such men and women have in a remarkable way encapsulated the University’s dedication to teaching and learning, faith and formation, and service and leadership in the classroom, residence halls, and the world, and are notable in their professions and/or communities for dedication, commitment, creativity, service, and the manner in which they have turned their talents to the common good.
Nominations should be sent to Tom Greene, provost, at greene@up.edu, preferably by the end of June. Names should be accompanied by a short explanation of the candidate’s life and work.
The Digital Futures Task Force met twice this summer to get organized, determine some operating assumptions, and establish three sub-task forces. The work will continue this semester. The Task Force is charged with developing recommendations for UP regarding the future of technology, specifically as this relates to academics. The three subgroups are focused on: Academic Rigor and Regulations, Pedagogical Practices, and Infrastructure/Logistics. If you have comments or ideas about these matters, please send e-mails to Jim Ravelli or Tom Greene: greene@up.edu or ravelli@up.edu. Father Beauchamp established this task force in response to the enrollment management report completed last year.
A Transfer Work Group has been established to develop recommendations to enhance the process for the admission of transfer students. It needs to effective, efficient, and welcoming of transfer students. This initiative is a result of last year’s enrollment management report.
Degree Works will be available this fall for faculty and staff and it will be available to students during spring semester. This program should help with academic planning and advising and degree audits. Your feedback is welcomed as the rollout unfolds and training opportunities continue. See the Portal Announcement for additional information.
Four times this year, the provost and executive vice president will sponsor The Faculty Club from 4–5:30 p.m. Please save these dates: Tuesday, October 8; Tuesday, December 3; Tuesday, February 11; and Tuesday, April 22.
An informal working group focused on encouraging more undergraduate research at UP has been created, with John Orr serving as chair. If you would like to contribute, please contact Orr. Amelia Ahern-Rindell is working with the group in her capacity as president-elect of the Council on Undergraduate Education, a national association focused on the importance of undergraduate research.
If you would like to serve on the University Institutional Research Board, provost Tom Greene would love to know about it. He needs to appoint four faculty members to this critical and mandated committee. As the board will ideally need representation from engineering, business, and CAS (given the representation on the board) preference will be given in these areas. Please e-mail Greene at greene@up.edu to volunteer.
During the summer, the fire marshal established new occupancy sizes for each classroom. As a result, it modified the way classes were assigned for this semester. We must honor these capacities, so if your class does not fit into your room, please do not add furniture to your room, but contact the registrar’s office immediately and a room adjustment will be made.
For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or robb@up.edu.
University offices will be closed and no classes will be held on Friday, March 29, 2013, in observance of Good Friday, according to Tom Greene, provost. The closing actually begins at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 28; no classes should continue beyond that time, and other events, apart from those connected with the religious observance of Holy Week, should not be scheduled from that time through Monday, April 1. Even though classes are not scheduled for Easter Monday, offices will be open.
The early closing on Holy Thursday is intended to allow students, faculty, and staff to attend the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, which will be celebrated in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher at 4:30 p.m. The University’s custom of closing on Good Friday is in acknowledgment of the special religious character of the day. In Catholic tradition, Good Friday has always been recognized as one of three important days (the Sacred Triduum) of religious observance: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter. For more information contact the provost’s office at 7105 or robb@up.edu.
The following faculty members have received rank and tenure decisions effective July 1, 2013:
Please contact the provost’s office at 7105 or robb@up.edu for more information.
University president Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C. has announced the appointment of Thomas Greene as provost, effective immediately. Greene has served as interim provost since August 2012. Greene’s administrative duties on The Bluff include oversight of all faculty and academic personnel and programs, as well as the Clark Family Library, the Garaventa Center, the Franz Center for Entrepreneurship, the registrar’s office, institutional research, and the studies abroad and honors programs. Greene is also a professor in the School of Education.
He assumes the position last held by Br. Donald Stabrowski, C.S.C., who left the University last September to serve as assistant provincial for the Congregation of Holy Cross, U.S. Province of Priests and Brothers.
Greene has served the University in a variety of leadership positions, including dean of the Graduate School, interim dean and associate dean of the School of Education, and director of teacher education. In 2010 he won the Culligan Award, the University’s highest faculty honor. For more information contact the president’s office at 7101 or simek@up.edu.