02-07-2022

UPBeat will continue on an “every-other-week” schedule during Spring 2022. Please remember to send any submissions the Thursday prior to publication.  

It is time for faculty to place rental regalia orders for Spring 2022 Commencement. Commencement takes place on Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1. Orders can be placed online by visiting the Josten’s website. Click on the link for Graduation Caps and Gowns. The last day to order regalia, without incurring a $15 late-order fee, is Monday, […]

Have questions about upcoming events and what is allowed during the current pandemic? Check out the Spring events pandemic guidelines here. If you need a refresher on how to use the Event Management System (EMS), check out our EMS training videos. For help with EMS, please email reservations@up.edu. For general event questions, please email events@up.edu. […]

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 […]

The Why: The students are in their second clinical year and currently taking a Gender Health course. We want to prepare the students prior to going to their clinical sites. The What: We would like to demonstrate how to measure the abdomen and check for fetal heart tones and then allow students to do this […]

Running with scissors… while laughing all the way to Bansky is a series of kinetic sculptures created by Mark Pitzer, psychological sciences. He was inspired by the questions and ideas that trickle down from life with kids, death of parents, struggles with work, preposterous news, and adapting to life with COVID-19. They will be on display from […]

After five years as the extraordinary Coordinator for Diversity and Inclusion Programs (DIP), we wish a fond farewell to Yuri Hernández Osorio. Yuri has accepted a new position at the DREAM (Diversity, Respect, Equity, Action, Multiculturalism) Office at the University of California Berkeley, School of Public Health. The DREAM Office made the right choice after […]

Are textbooks affordable for all UP students? Open textbooks and Open Educational Resources (OER) can enhance student success by reducing the cost of course materials and ensuring that all students have access to course readings. Join the Clark Library for an online discussion on Friday, February 11, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (https://uportland.zoom.us/j/91663552691). Learn more […]

All ticket holders for the Saturday, February 19 performance of The Moors are invited to enjoy a complimentary cheese, wine, and dessert reception and panel discussion before the show, compliments of the Garaventa Center. Reception in the Mago Hunt Theater lobby at 6:15 p.m. Pre-play panel at 6:45 p.m. Play at 7:30 p.m. For theater tickets: onthestage.tickets/university-of-portland1. Guests over […]

We would like to ask you to recommend 1-2 students for the Outstanding Contributions to Diversity Award. The award goes out to one student each year who has personally contributed to anti-racist efforts on campus. It is awarded by the Diversity and Inclusion Committee (DIC), a committee composed of students and staff.  Please consider sharing the names […]