Around the O has the news here, with some other stuff about the upcoming UO Board of Trustees meetings which will be held in Portland Sept 6-8. UO faculty aren’t on contract until Sept 15th. Classes don’t start until Sept 24. But hey – there’s a home football game on…
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From June 8, just getting around to posting. Video here: I’m posting this in part because of today’s Op-Ed in the Oregonian from Oregon Association of Scholars President (and PSU PoliSci prof) Bruce Gilley, which inaccurately characterizes the UO Senate’s resolution in support of the free-speech rights of our students as…
As with most BOT meetings, this one is scheduled to coincide with an athletic event. In this case it’s the NCAA T&F championships. The next meeting is Sept 6-7, followed by a Duck football body-bag game against PSU. You can go to the BOT website here and click and page…
Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda | March 2, 2018 Ford Alumni Center Giustina Ballroom FRIDAY, MARCH 2 – 8:30 a.m. Materials 1. Standing Reports -University Senate President Chris Sinclair – Public comment -ASUO President Amy Schenk -Provost Jayanth Banavar -President Michael Schill 2. FY19 Tuition and Fees: Mike Schill, President;…
I’ll try to live-blog some of this, and I’ll be there for the public comments Friday, but there are limits on how much of this stuff I can take. Their website makes it as hard as possible to figure out what is going on, so here are the agendas for…
https://around.uoregon.edu/content/duck-grad-rudy-chapa-steps-down-uo-board-trustees At-large positions on the governing board are volunteer posts with nominees selected by the governor. The governor will submit her choice to the Oregon Senate, which in turn votes on whether to confirm nominees. Those interested in applying should contact University Secretary Angela Wilhelms, who can provide more detail…
Dec 8th, 8 AM Meeting of the Board — [Materials] [Webcast] – Call to order, roll call, verification of quorum – Approval of September and October 2017 minutes (Action) – Public comment 1. Standing Reports -ASUO President Amy Schenk -University Senate President Chris Sinclair -Provost Jayanth Banavar -President Michael Schill 2. Seconded…
This is the Dec 7 committee meetings. Dec 8th board meeting is above. Update: I’ll fix these links and add some live-blogging during the meetings today and tomorrow. They scheduled their last meeting during summer break, to coincide with a Duck football game. So I suppose this is a D+…
It looks like a busy meeting for their Executive and Audit Committee. Presidential Assessment, Audit report, Annual reports from the GC, Compliance, Ethics, etc. Here’s their agenda, with handy links: 1. Call to Order/Roll/Declaration of a Quorum (Borkar) 2. Consent Item a. Minutes of the July 20, 2017 Executive & Audit…
This idea has been kicking around for a few years, and was most recently presented to the Trustees at their Nebraska game home meeting. Saul Hubbard has an extensive story with many quotes in the RG here.
9/20/2017: Around the O has the puff piece here, from PR flack Tobin Klinger. You’d think UO’s $475K budget for “Executive Communications” would buy a few more facts – maybe even a link to the letters from the Senate and Union, which McIntyre got by making a public records request to…
9/8/2017: Some light live-blog below on Friday’s Board meeting. Page down for Th committee meetings. Live video here. Some highlights from today: – President Schill gives his definition of excellence in his remarks below. – Biology Prof Karen Guillemin gives a fascinating talk on the importance of bacterial diversity. My…
The OSU Board of Trustees finance committee is meeting in two weeks to prepare for their full set of Board meetings Oct 18-20 – when their students are actually on campus. You can find all their public meetings notices, agendas, and minutes from their many substantive meetings (10 so far…
All sessions in the Ford Alumni Center Giustina Ballroom. The BOT’s hard to navigate website is here. Livecast here. Here’s what you need to know, with handy links. Live-blog if I have time. THURSDAY: 8AM: Academic and Student Affairs Committee Materials. 1.School and College Finances: Allocation Redesign, Provost Hiring Initiative, and Existing Gap Analyses:Scott Coltrane, Senior Vice President and Provost; Brad Shelton, Senior Vice Provost for Budget and Strategic Planning; Christoph Lindner, Dean, College of Design 2. Student Health Insurance – Model and Practices: Roger Thompson, Vice President for Student Services and Enrollment Management, and LeAnn Gutierrez, Executive Director of the University Health Center 10AM: Finance and Facilities Committee…
BOT March 3 meetings: 30 month delay in internal audit of “significant risks” and “negative impact of unfortunate events in athletics” Sorry, I’m skipping today. Looks like the livecast link below is now working, and Max Thornberry is tweeting here: https://twitter.com/Max_Thornberry There’s an updated version of the BOT materials here, and I…