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ESTEEM Master’s Program Virtual Information Session: Nov. 5

October 30, 2020

UP alumni Declan Kerwin ’20 and Kevin White ’20, who are currently in the ESTEEM master’s program in Entrepreneurship, Technology, & Innovation for STEM Students, will host a virtual information session on Thursday, November 5, at 4:30 p.m., according to Amy Cavanaugh, Career Center.

Notre Dame’s ESTEEM program prepares students with STEM backgrounds to become leading innovators among the world’s most successful startups and corporations, as both entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. Business courses, technical electives, a capstone project, and hands-on experience in real startup environments combine to create a uniquely rich experience. Attend the virtual info session to hear more about the program. If you are unable to participate or have any questions, contact dkerwin@nd.edu or kwhite22@nd.edu. You can also contact Cavanaugh at cavanaug@up.edu.

Filed Under: 11-02-2020, Academics, Campus Services, Career Services Tagged With: Amy Cavanaugh, Career Center, STEM

UP Robotics Team Hosting Lessons

October 2, 2020

The University of Portland Robotics Team is hosting asynchronous Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) lessons which will be posted every other week, according to Stephanie Salomone, mathematics. Through this program, we aim to encourage more students to engage in STEM education and expand a love for STEM in kids in grades K-12. The UP robotics team is a group of undergraduate students which competes yearly in the NASA Robotics Mining Competition (RMC). 

If you want to register fill out the form at this link.

Filed Under: 10-05-2020, Academics, Mathematics, STEM Center Tagged With: STEM, Stephanie Salomone, UP Robotics Team

Family STEM Day, KDP Literacy Fair: Feb. 23

February 14, 2020

Kids and their families are invited for fun, hands-on reading and STEM activities at the Literacy and STEM fair hosted by KDP, the School of Education, and the UP STEM Education and Outreach Center on Sunday, February 23, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Chiles Center. Every child will leave with a book, crafts, new knowledge, and even more questions.

 

Filed Under: 02-17-2020, Academics, Campus Services, School of Education, STEM Center Tagged With: Literacy Fair, School of Education, STEM

STEM Center Joy of Teaching Lunch, Nov. 14

November 8, 2019

Join the STEM Education and Outreach Center and the Garaventa Center for their Joy of Teaching brown bag lunch on Thursday, November 14, noon to 1 p.m., in Franz Hall 120. The theme of this lunch is “Hope.” Time to gather with like-minded joyful teachers for sharing of information, impressions, and the ends and pieces of leftover Halloween candy.

For more information please email salomone@up.edu or childs20@up.edu.

Filed Under: 11-11-2019, Academics Tagged With: STEM, Stephanie Salomone

Family STEM Night, Nov. 17: Volunteers Needed

November 11, 2016

stemkids150The University of Portland STEM Education and Outreach Center is hosting a Family STEM Night for neighborhood children, grades K-8, and their families on Thursday, November 17, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., in Howard Hall. Student volunteers are needed to help with manning the registration table and leading hands-on activities.  For more information or to volunteer contact Tisha Morrell, education, at morrell@up.edu.

 

Filed Under: 11-14-2016, Academics Tagged With: STEM, Tisha Morrell

UP Makes Top 21 STEM Colleges List

July 29, 2016

waldschmidt150The University of Portland has been ranked no. 18 in “The Top 21 STEM Colleges of 2016” by Forbes.com. STEM is an acronym used to identify fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The list of schools, whose most popular areas of study included at least 40% in STEM according to the Department of Education’s College Scorecard, is topped by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. UP came in just below California Polytechnic State University and above Rose Hulman Institute of Technology. The University of Portland is the only Oregon college to be ranked on the list.

To see complete rankings and for more information, go to this link.

Filed Under: 08-01-2016, Academics Tagged With: Forbes.com, STEM

First Family STEM Night at UP

November 13, 2015

_1aMath150The University is sponsoring a free STEM family night on Thursday, November 19, from 7-8:30 p.m., at the Howard Hall gym. All employees and family members are invited to attend the event, which will provide hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to pique everyone’s interest in those fields.

For more information contact Patricia Morrell, education, at 8013 or morrell@up.edu.

Filed Under: 11-09-2015, 11-16-2015, Academics, Events Tagged With: School of Education, STEM, Tisha Morrell

Helping STEM Students Shine

June 26, 2015

mitchell copyUniversity of Portland business professor Gary Mitchell and his wife, Veronica, coached a team of 13 Lake Oswego students who recently became robotics world champions. The students, ranging from grades eight through eleven, won the Control Award (for Robot Intelligence) at the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) World Championship, held April 22-25, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri. Team Axis is a self-funded neighborhood robotics team that just finished its second year of FTC competition.

Only 128 of 4,500 teams from around the world qualified for the annual World Championship. The Mitchells started coaching the team last year when they learned their local high school had no space or budget to support a robotics team. Their son, Colin, is a member of the team as well.

In order to make it to the World Championship, the team had to advance through four levels of competition, including the Oregon State Championship and the West Super-Regional Championship (72 teams from 13 western states). The top 2.9% of teams from around the world competed at the World Championship, including teams from the U.S., China, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia, Canada, Australia, Romania, India, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and the Netherlands.

According to the Mitchells, the primary mission of Team Axis is to provide STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) opportunities for kids who do not have access to similar programs through their school.

Team Axis has social media pages at twitter.com/teamaxisftc and www.facebook.com/TeamAxis7187. Additional information on the FIRST FTC program can be found at www.usfirst.org/ftc and information about FTC in Oregon can be found at http://www.ortop.org/ftc/.

Filed Under: 06-29-2015, Academics, Campus Services, Pamplin School of Business Tagged With: Gary Mitchell, Lake Oswego High School, Pamplin School of Business, STEM

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Anita Gooding, social work, was selected as a 2020-2021 Field Research Scholar by the Transforming Field Education Landscape (TFEL) program at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Scholars attend regular seminars and present their own research related to strengthening field education in social work.

Ösel Plante, development, has a debut collection of poetry titled Waveland set for publication by Black Lawrence Press in April 2021. Please use this link to learn more.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering. recently shared some of his work on palindrome dates with the staff of Farmers’ Almanac which lead to an articled titled “2021: A Special Year For Palindrome Dates, Starting This Month!” See the article using this link.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus of environmental studies; Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated; and Nic Zentner, Central Washington University, published an animation titled “Ghost Forests: Evidence for a Giant Earthquake & Tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.” This animation explores how Native American oral history, geology of ghost forests in coastal Washington and Oregon, and written accounts of a tsunami that flooded Japanese Pacific Coast villages converge to document the most recent Cascadia subduction zone megathrust earthquake on January 26, 1700 at about 9 p.m. The Ghost Forest animation can be found on the IRIS website at: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/740 or on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xPbt8iiDRo&feature=youtu.be.

Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, wrote an editorial on “Sustainability and the Role of Higher Education” in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 62, , pp. 2-3. See the article at this link. He also contributed “On a ‘Just’ Transition, Environment” in Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 63:1, 29-31, DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1842715.. See the article using this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received an Opus Prize Foundation Grant Sabbatical Support, Opus Prize Foundation, $5,000, on November 12, 2020.

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