On ThursdayOct 1, 2015, at 4:39 PM, AroundtheO wrote: Sorry, hard to resist that one. Actually, Around the O has been much better lately – lots more on research, events, and lots less of Tobin Klinger’s spin on academic politics.
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I’m no law professor, but this policy seems to put to rest worries that UO will ever again access confidential student counseling records for questionable purposes. It’s also notable in that the Oregon Bar ethics complaint against UO Interim General Counsel Doug Park and Associate General Counsel Sam Hill for obtaining the records, and…
From Provost Scott Coltrane’s website, a call for a “renewal and stabilization of academic leadership” and a start to 5 important searches:
Academic Executive Searches
This is an exciting time for the University of Oregon. We are embarking on a new era with a new Board of Trustees, a new president, and ambitious goals for fundraising and increasing state support. As we step into the future, we must focus on our vision of pursuing academic excellence in all that we do. This vision will be realized by expanding our faculty and enhancing our capacity for innovation and research.
Fulfilling our goal of academic excellence begins with the renewal and stabilization of academic leadership across campus. To that end, we are embarking on searches for the Vice President for Research and Innovation and for deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Lundquist College of Business, the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, and the School of Journalism and Communication. These searches will help define us as a premier public research university and set the course for determining the future of the University of Oregon.
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Search Firm: Diversified Search
Dean of the Lundquist College of Business
Search Firm: TBD
Dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts
Search Firm: Greenwood/Asher & Associates Inc.
Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication
Vice President for Research and Innovation
Page down for full search committees, or follow links above. I see many good faculty members:
Horrific. The RG has an early report here.
The excellent newsletter from the people who keep our buildings working is here, with info on campus construction including the Gerlinger Hall renovations. Irene Hazard Gerlinger was a formidable woman and UO supporter, and it’s good to see the building restored:
10/1/2015 update: The Senate website includes a proposal for a new UO policy on keeping student counseling records private. This presumably comes from the committee that interim Provost Frances Bronet appointed last spring, after she’d ordered the GC to return Jane Doe’s files: http://senate.uoregon.edu/sites/senate.uoregon.edu/files/Appendix%20B%20-%20Recommendation%20for%20the%20University%20of%20Oregon%27s%20policy%20on%20the%20confidentiality%20of%20health%20care%20and%20survivors%20services%20information.pdf 9/30/2015: Students who have been sexually assaulted often seek out mental health…
Diane Dietz has the report in the RG. Increased GPA and test scores and: One-third of resident Oregon freshman are the first in their family to attend a university. One-third of all freshman are federal Pell Grant-eligible. “This new entering class is set for success, in large part because of…
9/30/2015: Eugene’s 4J school system let HLGR keep the $19K they had billed before they mistakenly sent the RG the school board’s “confidential” emails about the Berman firing. But if I interpret this correctly, 4J now has replaced HLGR with local law firm Luvaas Cobb: The District paid $18,532 in legal costs and fees…
Very disappointing news from the 9th Circuit today on the O’Bannon case. Helfrich, Altman, and Mullens must be quite relieved. Fortunately there’s another case with better prospects now in court in New Jersey, and the 9th circuit did rule that the NCAA cartel violated anti-trust law, which will help.
Note: I’ve changed the headline of this post, in an effort to raise the tone of discourse and limit the slow drip of toxicity. Recent AAU presidents are Bob Berdahl, Hunter Rawlings the IIIrd, and now Mary Sue Coleman. Berdahl took in $619K as “past president” from this scam prestigious organization of publicly…
The Oregonian’s editorial page, here: The University of Oregon administration continues to defend the way it mishandled an alleged rape of a student by three basketball team members long after common sense and common decency would have persuaded most anyone else to gracefully back down. The university’s latest show of…
Just kidding. It’s UO Student Trustee Helena Schlegel who has the principles. It seems Professor Susan Gary (Law) intends to try and serve out her new term. Gary was first nominated for the board position by former UO Senate President and Professor Margie Paris (Law) with almost no consultation with the faculty. Gary…
Diane Dietz has an article in the RG here, with a link to a very interesting Atlantic piece here. Presumably Jamie Moffitt will be starting the searches to replace UO Chief Carolyn McDermed and other top officers soon, unless President Schill simply dissolves the UOPD and goes back to the more…
9/25/2015: Rumor down at the faculty club is that Richard Lariviere is back in town for a few days. After today’s events, it must seem like nothing’s changed. Maybe he’ll give Mike Schill some advice about how to deal with the UO General Counsel’s office.
9/18/2015: Governor Brown releases Kitzhaber emails on Lariviere firing
That’s the report from a normally well informed source. (Now confirmed, see below for the report). Today the Oregon Board of Psychologist Examiners imposed a $5,000 fine on Dr. Shelly Kerr, Director of the University of Oregon Counseling and Testing Center, for actions relating to the transfer of counseling records to…