9/19/2014: Academic leadership retreat:
9/16/2014: Brad Shelton and Jamie Moffitt have led a JH takeover of CAS discretionary spending, and CAS has in turn has taken control from the departments. So even aside from the reports on a possible GTF strike and upcoming faculty negotiations, this should be an interesting meeting:
CAS Department Heads’ Retreat
Wednesday, September 17, 2013
8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Ford Alumni Center – Ballroom
8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast and mingle
9:00-9:20 Introductions and Opening Remarks
Andrew Marcus
9:20-9:50 Financial & Budget Process Update
Gordon Taylor & Sherri Nelson
9:50-10:05 ADUE Update
Ian McNeely
10:05-10:30 Governance/CBA implementation schedule for coming year
Doug Blandy, Barbara Altmann and Bill Brady
10:30-10:45 BREAK
10:45-11:00 GTF Negotiations Update
Kassy Fisher
11:00 – 11:15 Research and Innovation
Brad Shelton
11:15-11:30 CAS Strategic Communications Update
Lisa Raleigh
11:30-11:45 Development and Campaign Update
David Welch
11:45 – 12:00 Wrap-up and Question/Answers – Andrew Marcus and ADs
12:00 – 12:15 Transition to Divisional Breakout Sessions
Ballroom – Managers
Ford 403 – Humanities
Ford 402 – Social Sciences
Ford 301 – Natural Sciences
12:15 – 1:30 Lunch and Divisional Breakout Sessions
“Innovation” and “Brad Shelton” are words not often found in the same sentence.
Look, a pointless, anonymous ad hominem attack by a UOMatters commentator.
It’s not ad hominem. The statement is meant to point out that Shelton is not known for his innovative mind and, therefore, perhaps should not be leading a discussion of innovation on this campus.
Snarky…but not ad hominem.
If the poster had said, “Brad Shelton doesn’t know how to relate to other human beings.” it would be ad hominem because that has nothing to do with his ability to present on innovation. For example.
I have no idea how innovative Shelton is, but the Innovation in his title is about managing tech transfer, not that he should be some mad genius coming up with innovative ideas for everyone else’s research program. Ad hominem or not, it was besides the point.
Collective bargaining, graduate teaching fellows bargaining, sexual assault prevention, diversity, research funding, “leadership development” — it all sounds like academic administration jargon or gobbledygook — not much like what used to come to mind long ago when I heard mention of “the academy.”