The University’s annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 4, and all UP community members are invited to take part. The University pauses on Founders’ Day to celebrate its rich past and its promising future: the past as we honor the bold leaders who dared to dream of a Catholic university overlooking […]
2023-02-20
Pilot Stories (Video Series)
Marketing & Communications and Admissions recently teamed up to launch an ongoing series of videos that capture students’ transformative experiences while attending UP. The short videos are in each student’s own words and highlight them engaging in some of their favorite activities on campus. Marketed on social media, the videos aim to help prospective students imagine […]
Honors Reading Course Available to Faculty (Proposals Due by Feb. 27)
Faculty members interested in offering an Honors Program reading course during the 2023–2024 academic year are invited to send a course proposal to program director Cara Hersh by Monday, February 27. Honors students, in their junior and senior years, take two one-credit reading courses. Courses are limited to 15 students and are offered pass/no pass. […]
Apply for Sabbaticals (by Jun. 15)
Applications for sabbaticals for the 2024–2025 academic year are due along with faculty development plans to faculty members’ respective deans by June 15, 2023. All materials including a letter from the Dean to the Provost are due to the Provost by September 1, 2023. Faculty eligible to apply for a sabbatical must have completed seven […]
2023 Excellence in Service Award–Call for Nominations (Due Feb. 24)
Each year an individual faculty member is recognized for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Recipients of the awards are honored in May at the Faculty Gala. The service award seeks to identify and recognize faculty members that enhance the UP community, professional communities, and/or the world community through their service and leadership work with […]