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Teaching and Scholarship Committee

Call for Fall Butine Proposals: Application Deadline is Oct. 16

September 11, 2020

The Commitee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) invites all eligible faculty to submit proposals for funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. The deadline is Friday, October 16. Information about the fund, instructions, and application materials are available on the Butine Moodle site.

Application forms are available in two formats: online as Dynamic Forms or as Word documents. Choose the format that works best for you. Please note that applicants must discuss their Butine proposals with their respective deans (and chairs, for CAS applicants) before submitting an application.

TAS will host two Q&A sessions in Zoom about the application process on Wednesday, September 16, 9-10 a.m. and Friday, September 18, 3-4 p.m. You can also contact Diane Sotak, tas@up.edu, with questions.

Filed Under: 09-07-2020, 09-14-2020, Academics, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Butne Faculty Development Fund, Diane Sotak, Teaching and Scholarship Committee

Faculty Development Day, May 5: Session Proposals Welcome

February 28, 2020

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is excited to announce this year’s Faculty Development Day theme, “A Globalized Curriculum: Frameworks for Respectful Engagement with People from Diverse Religious and Secular Traditions.” See below for a detailed description of the day’s theme. The morning keynote address and several late morning sessions will be centered around this theme. The remaining sessions, most of which will occur in the afternoon, are then open to a variety of topics, which may or may relate to the overall theme.

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is now accepting proposals from faculty who would like to organize 45-minute sessions on a topic of your choice. Please send your suggestions/requests to committee chair Hannah Highlander (tas@up.edu) no later than Friday, March 27. In your request, please include a title and abstract. If you have any other preferences or special needs, please include those as well.  The committee will make every effort to accommodate requests.

More information about the theme for the day:

As faculty members at the University of Portland prepare students to respond to the needs of an interconnected world, it is essential to navigate the terrain of increasingly globalized and diverse identities. Students come from a wide array of backgrounds and intersectional identities while faculty members, many of whom still are part of dominant groups, are faced with the opportunity to learn about their students, de-colonize their curricula, and teach in culturally responsive/relevant ways. Inclusion matters, and more work can be done on campus in exploring multiple faith-based and secular traditions. Given that our student, staff, and faculty populations identify with the breadth of religious and secular traditions, it is imperative for us to begin to incorporate religious and secular worldviews in our inclusion work.  Our students, and indeed our faculty and staff, need to learn to communicate with those whose identities are embedded within different political, cultural, and religious or secular worldviews.  Engagement with multiple perspectives is the hallmark of an educated person, and understanding how both religious and secular beliefs influence culture, domestic and foreign policy, and our own disciplinary perspectives is a critical undertaking. The keynote and workshops are designed to begin the dialogue that is necessary for better understanding our various systems of belief and how they influence our worldviews and our actions on and off campus.

This FDD theme seeks to build on that strength and uphold the core mission by exploring two essential intersecting realities that universities face today in the area of encountering those of different belief systems and worldviews. One is the issue of globalization and diversities, whether in the context of religion, secular belief, or culture, and the second has to do with how a globalized classroom functions today that brings to bear religious, secular, and cultural diversities in the formulation and delivery of the curriculum.

Filed Under: 03-02-2020, Academics, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Faculty Development Day, Hannah Highlander, Teaching and Scholarship Committee

2019-2020 Teaching Award, Scholarship Award: Nominate Now

November 22, 2019

Excellence AwardThe Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is now accepting faculty nominations for the 2019-2020 Teaching Award and Scholarship Award. These awards are an opportunity for the University community to recognize and celebrate two of its own for outstanding achievements in teaching and scholarship. The committee will accept nominations until noon on Friday, January 24.

Nominations should be submitted to the Committee’s Moodle site. Submission of supporting materials by nominees will be due by noon on Friday, March 13. Visit the Academic Senate resources pages for information regarding the nomination process, award criteria, and supporting materials that will be needed by the committee. Contact Hannah Highlander at tas@up.edu for more information.

Filed Under: 11-18-2019, 11-25-2019, Academics, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Hannah Highlander, Scholarship Award, Teaching and Scholarship Committee, Teaching Award

Faculty Development Day Program Available Now

May 4, 2018

The program for Faculty Development Day, scheduled for Tuesday, May 8, is now available through the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship. To save paper, the committee encourages faculty to download a copy of the program in advance so they can use it to orient themselves between sessions using their mobile devices. A limited number of paper copies of the program will be available on the day of the program.
  • Faculty Development Day program.
For more information contact Matthew Kuhn, TAS chair, at kuhn@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-23-2018, 05-07-2018, Academics Tagged With: Matthew Kuhn, Teaching and Scholarship Committee

2017-2018 Butine Faculty Development Spring Cycle Recipients

April 6, 2018

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2017-2018 Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring cycle, according to committee chair Matthew Kuhn, engineering. Congratulations are in order for the Butine award recipients:
  • Aihiokhai, Simon: Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, Sarjevo, Bosnia-Hezogovina, July 26-29, 2018—$2000
  • Astorga, Christina: Catholic Theological Society of America. Indianapolis, June 7-10, 2018. Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, Saravejo, Bosnia, July 26-29,
    2018—$2,000
  • Bieryla, Kathleeen: World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin, Ireland, July 8-13, 2018—$1,400
  • Dare, Alexa: International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic, May 24-28, 2018—$2,000
  • Eckmann, Ted: 10th International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation: Sydney, Australia, January 8-10, 2018—$2,000
  • Eom, Mike Tae-In: SIM (Society for Information Management), Connect Live, Dallas, Texas, April 11-13, 2018—$1,339
  • Gallegos, Benjamin: 6th Annual TeachLivE Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 23-25, 2018—$1,612
  • Gates, Alice: 2018 Work & Family Researchers Network Conference, Washington, DC, June 20-23, 2018—$1,311
  • Hanig, Nicole Leupp: National Opera Association (NOA), New Orleans, LA, Jan 3-7, 2018—$817
  • Hetherington, Randy: American Educational Research Association 2018 Annual Meeting New York City, NY, April 13-17, 2018—$2,000
  • Hoffman, Sr. Angela: Northwest Regional American Chemical Society Meeting (NORM 2018) In Richland WA, June 24-27, 2018—$802
  • Ilosvay, Kimberly: International Literacy Association, Austin, TX, July 2018—$,1783
  • Monto, Martin A. Annual Meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association, Long Beach, CA, March 28-31, 2018—$913
  • Parks, Bonnie: American Library Association Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA, June 21-28, 2018—$1,380
  • Sanchez, Rene: Catholic Theological Society of America, Indianapolis, June 7-9, 2018—$713
  • Symons, Jen: Assessing the effect of an external pinch boot on equine limb stiffness—$1,800
  • Taylor, Buck: NSF Division of Chemistry Early Career Investigator Workshop Alexandria, VA, March 26-27, 2018—$850
  • Van Hoomissen, Jacqueline: Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Annual Conference, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, May 26-30, 2018—$1,155
  • Vermeesch, Amber: Sigma Theta Tau 29th International Nursing Research Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 19-23, 2018—$2,000

For more information contact Kuhn at tas@up.edu.

Filed Under: 04-09-2018, Academics, Butine Awards Tagged With: Butine Awards, Matthew Kunh, Teaching and Scholarship Committee

Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring Cycle Winners

March 17, 2017

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2016-2017 Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring cycle, according to committee chair Aaron Wootton, mathematics. This spring’s Butine award recipients are:

  • Vail Fletcher, Conference Funding: International Environmental Communication Association Conference; $1,997
  • Ted Eckmann, Conference Funding:  Joint Meeting of the Japan Geoscience Union and American Geophysical Union, $2,000
  • Tara Prestholdt, Research Project: The effects of EÑSO on nudibranch diversity and abundance in Oregon, $1,500
  • Nicole Hanig, Research Project: Social Justice Issues in Art Song Repertoire, $650
  • Joseph Jefferson, Conference Funding: Texas Music Educators Conference and the International Trombone Festival, $2,000
  • David Taylor, Conference Funding: International Botanical Congress, $2,000
  • David De Lyser , Conference Funding: National Conducting Symposium, $1,200
  • Ami Ahern-Rindell, Conference Funding: World Symposium on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, $1,500
  • Deanna Julka, Conference Funding: Summer Institute for Educators, $2,000
  • Allie Hill, Conference Funding: Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, $871.29
  • Jakob Kotas, Conference Funding: SIAM Conference on Optimization and the MAA Pacific Northwest Section Meeting, $2,000
  • Lindsay Benes, Research Project: Validation of Bag Valve Mask Rate and Volume,           $600
  • Amber Vermeesch, Conference Funding: Western Institute of Nursing’s 50th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference, $1,764
  • Andrew Nuxoll, Conference Funding: Artificial General Intelligence Conference, $1,600

For more information contact Wootton at tas@up.edu.

Filed Under: 03-13-2017, 03-20-2017, Academics, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Aaron Wootton, Butine Faculty Development Fund, Teaching and Scholarship Committee

Faculty Development Day Panel Proposals Welcome

March 23, 2015

panel upbeatThe Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is accepting proposals from faculty who would like to organize panels for Faculty Development Day on Tuesday, May 5. Please send panel proposals to committee chair Lauretta Frederking, (frederki@up.edu) by Friday, April 10.

Filed Under: 03-23-2015, Academics, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Faculty Development Day, Lauretta Frederking, Teaching and Scholarship Committee

Butine Proposal Submissions Now Done Through Moodle

September 1, 2014

FrederkingDec2The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship cordially invites all regular faculty to submit proposals to receive funding from the Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. Faculty can download Butine application materials, review selection criteria, and consult the timeline for applications by visiting https://www.up.edu/academicsenate/tas/.

Submissions for post-Butine reports, new Butine submissions, and all supporting letters are now done through Moodle. The deadline for submission through Moodle and the applicants’ respective department chairs (if CAS) and deans is no later than noon on Friday, October 3, 2014. Please note also that applicants must discuss their Butine proposals with their respective deans prior to submitting applications for consideration.

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship will host two workshops to review the Butine application process: Monday, September 8, 9-10 a.m., and Monday, September 8, 3-4 p.m., both in the Clark Library conference room.

A final reminder: All interim or completed project reports of previously funded proposals are due to Teaching and Scholarship through Moodle, as well as the appropriate dean, no later than Friday, September 26. Report forms can be downloaded from the website listed above. Please contact Lauretta Frederking (tas@up.edu) for further information.

Filed Under: 09-01-2014, Academics, Teaching & Scholarship Tagged With: Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund, Lauretta Frederking, Moodle, Teaching and Scholarship Committee

New Podcast From Award-Winning Teacher

March 17, 2014

Staff and faculty portraitsAll faculty and staff who wanted to attend the recent afternoon Teaching and Scholarship presentation by Lars Erik Larson but had previous commitments can see his talk, “Dialectical Teaching in a Righteous Age,” as a 22-minute podcast at this link: http://tinyurl.com/o57qdd4. Larsen’s talk is featured on the new Garaventa Center series Solloquia Tempestiva, the center’ first podcast from their mobile studio. All are invited to see a great sample of the caliber of teaching we have here at UP, and sending it viral wouldn’t hurt either.

Filed Under: 03-17-2014, Academics, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler, Lars Erik Larson, Teaching and Scholarship Committee

Faculty Development Proposals

March 10, 2014

FrederkingMarch10The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is soliciting proposals from faculty and staff to host workshops, roundtables, and presentations during Faculty Development Day, to be held on Tuesday, May 6, according to Lauretta Frederking, committee chair.  The theme of Faculty Development Day will be “From PHL 220 to Graduation: Infusing Ethics throughout the Curriculum.”  The committee will host Jim Baillie as keynote speaker and many breakout sessions will reinforce what is taught in PHL 220 in classes across all disciplines.  Proposals related in some way to the theme of ethics, but also the promotion of teaching or professional development are encouraged. Please contact Frederking at 8076 or tas@up.edu with proposals, questions, or requests for additional information. Committee members include Eric Anctil, Genevieve Brassard, Lauretta Frederking, Aziz Inan, Angela Hoffman, Kathleen McManus, Laurie McLary, Mark Meckler, Stephanie Salomone.

Filed Under: 03-10-2014, Academics Tagged With: Laurette Frederking, Teaching and Scholarship Committee

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