As part of ongoing efforts to improve the security and accessibility of our campus wireless service, Information Services will be making some significant changes to University of Portland’s Wi-Fi networks. On Wednesday, August 26th at approximately 7 a.m. the Pilots and PilotsWPA Wi-Fi networks will no longer be broadcast. Going forward the following Service Set […]
08-24-2015
Dexheimer Leadership Fellow training and development
The Franz Center is providing free training and development for faculty and staff who want to learn more about becoming a Dexheimer Leadership Fellow. There are over 30 faculty and staff participating this year. There are still a few available openings to participate. Dexheimer Leadership Fellows are intended to encourage, develop, and help prepare students […]
Moodle training and drop-in hours
Academic Technology Services (ATS) have completed upgrades to UP’s Moodle environment. To support faculty with their Fall ’15 Moodle courses, ATS will be staffing drop-in lab hours for support and training. We will be available in Franz Hall 10 the week prior to classes starting and the first week of classes Monday to Thursday. Drop In Hours: Monday August 24 – Thursday, August 27 from […]
Send a new student a Bluff Box!
Calling all UP faculty and staff alumni. It’s time to send a Bluff Box to students in your old dorm room. Bluff Boxes include half a dozen freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies, UP stickers and pins, and a note from you – an alumnus who was once a new Pilot too. The small care package is […]
New Student Information Release and Parent Information
We are pleased to announce a new UP website for parents (up.edu/parents) to provide important information and to help them find answers to many of their questions. In addition, we are adding a new tool enabling students to authorize a parent or other individual to view certain portions of their student records via Self Serve […]
Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group, Sept. 25
The Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group will have its first meeting of the year on Friday, Sept. 25 from 3:30 – 5 p.m. in the Murphy Room. We will discuss a chapter from Chris Lowney’s Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World and Tim Kreider’s 2012 New York Times […]
Are you a UP Author?
The Clark Library’s seventh annual UP Authors Bibliography is now available. The purpose of the bibliography is to identify staff, faculty, and student publications that will be featured at our Annual UP Authors Reception, which will be held on October 15, 2015. Please visit https://sites-dev.up.edu/library/upauthors/ to see the festivities and publications from previous years. If you […]
Bike Commute Challenge
Do you commute by bike or alternative modes of transportation? Russell Seidelman, financial aid, challenges you to join the BTA’s Bike Commute Challenge this September. The Portland Bureau of Transportation says 6% of commuters bike to work in Portland, the highest proportion of any major US city and about 10 times the national average. To […]
Beauchamp Recreation and Wellness Center to open August 24
The University of Portland Beauchamp Recreation and Wellness Center will officially open to the UP Community on Monday, August 24, 2015. Designed to be a center of campus life, the 72,000-square foot facility includes a cardio training space, a strength and weight training area, three studios for exercise/spin classes, three gymnasiums, a rock wall, a […]
Lunch and Learn series to begin Wednesday, August 26
The first Lunch and Learn series event of the year will be held Wednesday, Aug. 26 from 12-1 p.m. in the Library Conference Room. The first topic will be conflict resolution, which will be presented by Rhianna Delaney, a licensed marriage and family therapist and EAP consultant. The training will identify useful conflict resolution skills […]