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Spring 2025 Lunchtime Learning Sessions

December 23, 2024

Lunchtime sessions are created to foster continuous learning, collaboration, and personal growth through engaging, informal educational programs to learn about a specific topic or skill. Hear speakers from across the UP community as they cover a variety of subjects, such as leadership development, professional development, wellness, and much more. (Read More)

Filed Under: 2024-12-23, 2025-01-06, 2025-02-03, Human Resources, Issues Tagged With: Human Resources

Human Resources Brown Bag Session: Staff Employee Handbook (Nov. 19)

November 8, 2024

Join us for our final Brown Bag education session of the year, which will focus on updated policies and progress of the Staff Employee Handbook. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-11-11, Human Resources, Issues Tagged With: Human Resources

Faculty & Staff Autumn Retreat (Nov. 8)

October 11, 2024

The Mission Committee, the Office of the Provost, and Human Resources invite all faculty and staff to attend a day-long spiritual retreat on Friday, November 8, 2024. The retreat will be held on campus and will highlight themes of Catholic Social Teaching. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-10-14, 2024-10-28, Events, Human Resources, Issues Tagged With: Faculty & Staff Retreat, Human Resources, Office of the Provost

Annual Required Training Courses For All Employees (Due Oct. 18)

September 30, 2024

As a reminder from the Fall 2024 Human Resources Newsletter, ALL employees (part-time or full-time, staff or faculty) must complete 3 annual required training courses. The digital courses can be accessed through Moodle and, as an incentive to kick off the yearly training campaign, employees who complete all three annual trainings by the October 18 deadline will be entered into a raffle to win one of ten $50 Amazon gift cards. (Read More).

Filed Under: 2024-09-30, Human Resources, Issues Tagged With: Human Resources

Wellness Education & Prevention Training Available to the UP Community!

November 12, 2022

The Wellness Education & Prevention team has created a new online form for UP staff, faculty, and students to request Wellness training. Available trainings:   Jed Foundation’s “You Can Help a Student”  Jed Foundation’s “You Can Help a Friend”  Green Dot  General overview of wellness and counseling services on campus  This form will be open year-round […]

Filed Under: 11-14-2022, 11-28-2022, Human Resources Tagged With: Green Dot, Health & Wellness Center, Wellness Education & Prevention Training

Mental Health Resource Guide on Moodle

October 2, 2022

The UP Care Team created a “Getting the Right Help for Students” guide of different ways to support our community based on the type of concern. This is an excellent resource for faculty, staff, and parents. It can be accessed on the Moodle page by clicking on Mental Health Resources, and also available on the Care Team website. […]

Filed Under: 09-19-2022, 10-03-2022, Human Resources

Spring 2022 Tuition Remission Reminder

November 22, 2021

Now is the time to submit requests for Tuition Remission for qualified employees or dependents for the Spring 2022 semester. This is a benefit that employees need to apply for each semester in which courses will be taken. To complete the request for Tuition Remission visit the Tuition Remission page in PilotsUP  and click on the link […]

Filed Under: 11-22-2021, Academics, Human Resources, Issues

Home Loan Benefit Program Resumes

June 25, 2021

Due to COVID budget restrictions, the University suspended its’ Home Loan Benefit Program.  We are happy to report the benefit will resume with some changes on July 1, 2021.  The two most significant changes to the Home Loan Benefit Program are an increase in the home purchase price to $500,000 and increases in the loan […]

Filed Under: 07-06-2021, Human Resources Tagged With: Home Loan Benefit Program

Fall 2021 Tuition Remission Due

June 18, 2021

Employees are reminded that Fall 2021 tuition remission requests are due June 21. If you have not already done so, please submit remission requests by completing and submitting the Tuition Remission Application found on the HR webpages in Pilots.  A tuition remission summary is also available on the HR website at this link.

Filed Under: 06-21-2021, Academics, Human Resources

Title IX Advisory Meeting, April 26, 11 a.m.

April 16, 2021

All members of the UP community are invited to join the Title IX Advisory Committee and attend our meetings on Mondays at 11 a.m. this spring. Title IX Advisory Committee Meetings for Spring will take place at the following times on Zoom (https://uportland.zoom.us/j/97562343235). Our remaining meeting takes place on Monday, April 26, at 11 a.m. […]

Filed Under: 04-19-2021, 04-26-2021, Campus Services, Diversity & Inclusion, Human Resources Tagged With: Human Resources, Title IX Advisory Committee

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Susan Mcdaniel and Nicole Hanig, Music, will be performing on the concert series “Chatter PDX” on June 1 at 10:30 a.m. at the Pacific Center with Hilary Oseas, viola and James Shields, clarinet, both of the Oregon Symphony. There will also be spoken word from former professional football player and writer, Marcus Lattimore, in the hour-long concert. Tickets and information at ChatterPDX.

Maureen Briare, Nursing & Health Innovations, published Fountain of Life Mass Setting, with a special dedication to the priests and brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross at the University of Portland. GIA Publications. Released April, 2025 

Mohammadhadi Hajilou, Engineering, presented “Effect of fuel size, ignition energy, and wind speed on smoldering to flaming transition of Douglas fir lumber.” Co-presenters: R. Spring, N. Bolden, A. Henry, T. Rowley, A. Burton. 14th US Combustion Meeting, Boston, MA. March 16-19, 2025. Hajilou also published “Fire Whirl Emissions and Burning Rates for Crude Oil Slicks of Varying Thickness.” Co-authors: J. Dowling, W. Cui, M. Gollner. Fuel, 393 138482 (2025).

Kiya Riverman, Environmental Science, was awarded a grant for $489,935.00 on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense, for her research “Impacts of spatial-temporal precipitation, snowpack properties, and snowmelt variability on alpine landscapes and runoff.” February 15, 2025.

Christina Astorga, Theology, served as a Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Moral Theology. February 26 – July 7, 2019. Astorga also served as the Head of the Local Arrangement Committee for the Catholic Theological Society of America. June 13, 2024 – June 15, 2025

Mohammad Arbabian, Business, published “Optimal Inventory Management Policies When Supply Is Bundled.” 9th North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Washington D.C. June, 2024. Arbabian also published “Evaluating the Role of 3D Printing in Decentralized Supply Chains: A Stackelberg Framework for Optimal Manufacturing Decisions.” 15th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. February, 2025.

Aziz Inan, Engineering, has been credited for his research on palindrome dates in multiple news outlets including: USA Today, NDTV, NBC New York, News9live, Courier Journal, 13newsnow.com, Ozarksfirst.com, Inquirer.net, Austin American-Statesman, and The News of Israel.

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