WELCOME TO UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND'S 
VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES
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VIRTUAL CLASSES

• Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems! Join Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence at Home for a live daily doodle lesson at 11:00am MST. Videos will be available after live on the Kennedy Center YouTube channel. 

• Join the McHarper Manor weekdays on Facebook for a daily art project tutorial. Art projects will range from watercolor paintings to chalk art to canvas painting and will take place live at 11:00am MST. Videos will be available after the live class on the McHarper Manor Facebook page.  

• For an introduction to mindfulness meditation that you can practice on your own, visit UCLA Health for downloadable guided meditations in both English and Spanish.

VIRTUAL MUSEUM TOURS

Experience the best museums from NYC to France to Seoul in the comfort of your own home. Check out these sites to go on virtual tours of different museums and specific exhibits.

• The Louvre

• National Gallery of Art

• Metropolitan Museum of Art

• National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea

• Van Gogh Museum

• National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City

• British Museum

VIRTUAL NATIONAL PARK AND LANDMARK TOURS

Check out some cool places around the world from National Parks to National Landmarks.

• Go on a virtual field trip to Ellis Island

• Take a live look at Colonial Williamsburg 

• Tour England through this 360 video

• Virtually discover Yellowstone National Park and 5 other National Parks thanks to virtual reality (and Google)!

• Talk a walk on the Great Wall of China

• Check out the view from Pompeii through Google Maps 

• Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover

ANIMAL WEBCAMS

Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! Just want a cute and cuddly distraction? Check out several different animal live cam options from watching silly sea otters and curious elephants or just mellow out to the hypnotic drifting jellyfish.

• San Diego Zoo

• Monterey Bay Aquarium 

• Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute 

• Atlanta’s Zoo Panda Cam

• Georgia Aquarium 

• Ouwehand Park Polar Bears

• Explore Live Cams 

MUSIC LIVE STREAMS

FROM BILLBOARD: Here Are All the Live Streams & Virtual Concerts to Watch During Coronavirus Crisis (Updating)

With venues and bars shut down from coast-to-coast, here's your guide to the best live-streamed music content right now.

VIRTUAL WORKOUTS

Missing fitness classes or going to the gym? Check out these online workouts that will be sure to make you sweat!

• Need your Beauchamps fix? UP Recreational Services is now offering virtual fitness classes twice a day in Microsoft Teams! To become a member of the 'UP Rec Services Virtual Fitness' team, send a quick email request to Kaitlin Bourne at: bourne@up.edu.

• Miss the gym? Check out the Planet Fitness Facebook page for live-streamed daily workouts several times a day. 

• Missing your mat? CorePower Yoga is here to keep up your practice from the comfort of your living room.

• Join local Colorado fitness professional Alex Vaughan for live dance classes through their YouTube channel Zook Dance Fitness or learn a routine for a specific song from the previously recorded videos. 

• Missing your cycling classes? The CYCLEBAR Facebook Page has you covered with live classes throughout the week!

• How about Pilates? Check out the Club Pilates Facebook Page for live classes!

• Barre? Yup, you guessed it. Click here to take a look at the PureBarre Facebook Page for live classes!

• Haven’t stretched since you were 10? Same. Take a look at the StretchLab Facebook Page for guided live classes.

• Need a little running motivation? Check out the STRIDE Facebook Page for live classes!

MORE FUN THINGS TO DO!

• Play Words With Friends Classic with Wally Pilot! Just look up the username Pilots After Dark. Click here for the android app. Click here for the apple app. 

• Check out the 25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2018 

• Have a Netflix Party with friends while watching your favorite shows together! 

• Have a long-distance movie night with family and friends.

• ​Choose from 15 Broadway plays and musicals that you can watch on stage from home. Musical television more your thing? Check out this list of 11 Musical TV Shows to binge watch while you’re home, in between your remote classes of course!

• Create a collaborative playlist with your friends or jam out to Rita Wilson’s Quarantunes playlist.

• Need a new book to read? Check out Clark Library to borrow an ebook.

• Take up a new hobby such as making towel animals, crocheting, or choose from thousands of other tutorial videos on YouTube. 

• Watch an Opera for free with the Metropolitan Opera

• Listen to a live recording from the Seattle Symphony 

• Complete the Census

• Print off a free printable coloring page from the “Color Our Collections” campaign with coloring sheets from over 100 museums and libraries from around the world or choose from over 1,500 coloring pages with Just Color.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATES AND RESOURCES

University of Portland is continuously updating its information and guidance for the university community to address the changing status of COVID-19. Please visit the university's website for more information about COVID-19 and its impacts to University of Portland, precautions that are being taken, prevention measures you can take and a compilation of frequently asked questions.

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In the Portland area? Here are some COVID-19 resources for residents living in the Portland Metro area courtesy of

Mac's List.