All University faculty, staff, and students are invited to the groundbreaking ceremony for our new academic center, Dundon-Berchtold Hall, on Thursday, September 21, at 6 p.m., on the Eastside Quad near Waldschmidt Hall. There will be a short program in which we will also recognize the generous lead benefactors of the new building, Amy Dundon-Berchtold […]
Archives for September 2017
Spirit of Holy Cross Award for Brian Doyle
The late Brian Doyle, whose connection with the Congregation of Holy Cross spanned over 40 years until his sudden passing in the spring of 2017, has received a posthumous 2017 Spirit of Holy Cross Award. Given annually to lay collaborators of the Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers, the award […]
Basketball Season Tickets On Sale Now
Faculty and staff, it’s time to get your season tickets for the upcoming 2017-2018 Pilots basketball season. Faculty and staff members can receive 50 percent off of season tickets, which brings general admission season tickets to just $44. Those who buy upper or lower reserved season tickets will have the option to purchase additional single […]
Volleyball Set to Open Conference Play at Home
All campus community members are encouraged to gather up co-workers, friends, and family and make their way to the Chiles Center on Thursday night as the Pilots volleyball team starts its West Coast Conference play. The Pilots will host the Pacific Tigers from Stockton, California at 7 p.m. Following Thursday night’s action the Pilots will […]
Music At Midweek With Mary Kogen, Sept. 20
Portland State University professor emerita Mary Kogen will be the featured guest for Music at Midweek on Wednesday, September 20, at 12:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. Kogan will teach TakeTiNa, an approach to learning through rhythm and movement. “TaKeTiNa clears and frees the mind to focus. It is a meditative process that […]
TLC Teaching Tip of the Week: Digital Tools in the Classroom
The Digital Lab welcomes faculty looking to increase their students’ multimedia skills to arrange a consultation with the lab’s coordinator (and TLC member) José Velazco, velazco@up.edu. Recent collaborative student projects include: Interactive Digital Presentations: Apple’s iBooks Author (or Adobe’s InDesign) allow students to create and send interactive presentations complete with photographs, audio and video. Class members studying […]
Teaching With Technology Workshops: They’re All That!
The Office of Academic Technology Services & Innovation is hosting a number of Teaching with Technology Workshops this September. Topics will include: What’s New in Moodle Snagit for Capturing Screen Shots Creating Video Lecture for Flipped Learning VoiceThread for video-based instruction, discussion, and feedback Office 365 Basics Microsoft Teams and Planner And much much more. All […]
Constitution Day Lecture with Bill Curtis, Sept. 19
The 2017 Constitution Day presentation will take place on Tuesday, September 19, at 7:30 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. Bill Curtis, political science, will be speaking about significant constitutional cases that are up for consideration by the Supreme Court. The title will be “Travel Bans, Cell Phone Searches, and Wedding Cakes: The Supreme Court’s […]
UP Crossroads Speaker Series Welcomes Dan McGinty, Sept. 19
The UP Crossroads speaker series kicks off a new season with the theme of “Ethics and Technology” for the 2017-2018 academic year. The engaging series features an informal roundtable discussion hosted by a guest speaker on a topic at the intersection of technology and teaching. Dan McGinty, Dundon-Berchtold Institute, will start the first conversation on September 19 at 3 p.m. in the Digital Lab. […]
Howard Hall Time Capsule Recovered
The Dundon-Berchtold academic building groundbreaking occurs on Thursday, September 21. The previous Howard Hall post on the museum and archives blog mentions the time capsule that was recovered while breaking Howard Hall apart. The blog’s newest post reveals the contents found in the time capsule, now housed at the Clark Library. Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, […]