From https://pittnews.com/article/167927/featured/pitt-faculty-vote-to-form-union-by-wide-margin/ When the UO faculty voted to unionize, I think we the third AAU to do so. Pitt is now the 5th. [I think , let me know if I got that wrong.] Faculty union organizers ran on a number of issues, ranging from health benefits to academic freedom. Some…
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Say what you will about WSU, an ag school in remote eastern Washington, but can you imagine UO doing this? We currently have roughly 200 employees who were given religious or philosophical exemptions from the vax requirement, based entirely on clicking a box then self-reporting that they’d watched a web…
Meerah Powell has the story on OPB here: OSU Board Secretary Debbie Colbert laid out for the trustees the proposed timeline for the upcoming presidential search process, to see “if we’re headed in the right direction.” The board is hoping to manage a process and presidential hire that can build…
Our last raise was in Jan 2020. The faculty union agreed to a wage freeze during the pandemic. Bargaining restarts soon. Since those last raises the CPI has increased 6.5%, and if current trends continue it will have increased 8.3% by Dec 2021. Median US wages will have increased about 9%…
I’m going to guess that an over-zealous interpretation of HIPAA by our anti-transparency General Counsel Kevin Reed is behind this latest UO policy: For reasons of privacy and protected health information, instructors will NOT be notified by Corona Corps when a student in their class has tested positive or has…
Last I heard UO had abandoned this initiative along with the whole “research metrics” idea that had been pushed by Chuck Lillis, Brad Shelton, and Elliot Berkman. Faculty opposition and ridicule was one reason, the rest was cost and time-suck. But now it’s back, at least for the Knight Campus.…
you can’t figure out how to make the projector work and tell the class “it’s been a while – this was so much easier in Zoom.”
Executive Assistant to the Assistant VP Advancement, Strategies and Technology Innovation Location: Eugene, OR Closing Date: University Advancement is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide executive-level administrative support to the Assistant Vice President of Advancement Strategies and Technology Innovation. The Advancement Strategies and Technology Innovation department is responsible for the design, development,…
Thanks, but no way I’m clicking on this spam to “update my profile”.
Presumably Blonigen and Moseley will be candidates – I haven’t heard otherwise. Dear colleagues,I am writing to provide an update on two critical academic leadership searches that were interrupted by the pandemic but will be re-launched this fall: one for the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and…
Interim Residence Life Isolation & Quarantine Coordinator Location: Eugene, OR Closing Date: (Internal Search) University Housing is now accepting applications for the Administration Manager position. The person in this position will be working in a potentially high COVID-19 exposure environment with known and unknown associated health risks. Individuals with underlying health conditions…
Agenda | Watch October 6, 2021 Senate Meeting Agenda Academic Year2021-2022DateOctober 6, 2021 Call to Order 3:00 P.M. Land Acknowledgment; Senate President, Spike Gildea Intro Remarks; Senate President, Gildea ASUO updates; Maxwell Ely Approval of the Minutes June 2, 2021 State of the University University President, Mike Schill New Business Discussion: UO…