Online classes to continue for at least another week
Online learning will continue for the week of Jan. 17 through Jan. 21, according to an email sent by Acting President and Provost Herbert Medina.
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Online learning will continue for the week of Jan. 17 through Jan. 21, according to an email sent by Acting President and Provost Herbert Medina.
With UP requiring COVID-19 boosters for all students, faculty and staff amidst COVID-19 cases being at an all-time high in Multnomah County, The Beacon has compiled resources answering when, where and how you can get your booster shot.
Updated Jan. 7 at 8:00 P.M.
UP will be going online for the first week of the spring semester, according to an email sent to faculty and staff, citing concerns over the omicron variant. Acting President Herbert Medina anticipates classes to return to in-person after Jan. 14, but further details will be released after the first week, he said in the email.
Two years to the day since ex-UP employee and UP alum Patrick Ell assaulted former Associate Vice President for Student Development Matthew Rygg with a baseball bat, on Dec. 13, Ell was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
In August, Pilots returned to The Bluff for the first mostly-normal semester since Fall 2019. There was a freshman orientation and, for the first time ever, a sophomore one too.
Running a restaurant takes a village — managing employees, food shipments, food preparation, complaints and budgets is not easy, especially during a pandemic. Like many food service providers around the country, Bon App struggled this semester with hiring and retaining workers, unreliable delivery schedules, supply shortages and higher prices for everything.
For Tyler Robertson, the journey to college basketball wasn’t just a matter of playing the game, but meant he would have to move thousands of miles away from his home and family in Australia.
With vaccines and rapid COVID-19 tests widely available, many people will be able to reconnect with family members from pre-pandemic times this holiday season.
The travel dates are set and students are ready to leave their finals behind, but those living on or near campus might be wondering what will become of their trusty wheels while they’re away visiting family and chasing the holiday spirit.
A sexual assault was reported to the UP Daily Crime and Fire Log on Oct. 24. It occurred at 1:15 a.m on the 7100 Block of North Fiske Ave.
UP’s new Director for Studies Abroad, Maraina Montgomery, is closely monitoring a rapidly changing situation in Europe, including a COVID-19 lockdown in Austria, home of UP’s flagship Salzburg program.
An expert in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) work in higher education spent three days on campus the week before Thanksgiving talking to students, faculty and staff about UP’s strengths and weaknesses in making the University more diverse and inclusive.
It’s that time of year. The sun sets earlier, the weather is colder and students are overcome with stress about wrapping up the semester. Finals are quickly approaching and students are finding themselves at a loss for both sleep and sanity.
The 2020 CLERY report, released Sept. 30, shows a significant decrease in overall violations, largely a result of the COVID-19 pandemic keeping students off campus for most of 2020.
“College will be the best four years of your life.”
To kick off the holiday season, the UP Singers and Bel Canto choir will be performing their Advent Vespers Concert at the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church Dec. 4, 2021. The concert continues the annual tradition of UP’s signature choral event.
We are about to conclude the most normal semester we have had in over a year. Although many of us have enjoyed being back in the classroom, some students took advantage of the online classes that were still available, and next semester, that’s going to be much more difficult.
Earlier this month in Glasgow, Scotland, scientists and world leaders met to discuss climate change policies and news. This meeting, COP26, refers to “Conference of the Parties,” an annual two week climate change conference.
UP community members have been invited to participate in the presidential search process by providing input through a survey and attending listening sessions.