Posts published by “uomatters”

Dear Colleagues, This weekend, as I watched the graduate parade from the steps of Johnson Hall and gave out diplomas (actually diploma covers) to jubilant students in the Memorial Quad, I found tears streaming down my face on more than one occasion. These were not tears of sadness; to the…

Request Date Title Requester Status 06/14/2021 Financial Records Tomai, Diana No Responsive Records 06/07/2021 Contracts Brown, Matt Records Provided 06/07/2021 RFP Jennison, Codie Awaiting Payment from Requester 06/07/2021 Financial Records Brown, Matt Records Provided 06/07/2021 Contract Gelalich, Jeff Records Provided 06/07/2021 Project Data Berthiaume, Pam Request Withdrawn 06/04/2021 Contract McCombs,…

Greetings, Senators and members of the Senate Exec,The Senate Antiracism Academy wants to hear from you about how our work in this area went this year. When you have a moment, can you please take our 9-item survey? Thank you. Also, Rehearsals for Life requests feedback on their session from those of…

Dear University of Oregon Faculty Colleagues, As the 2020-21 academic year winds down, we look forward with great hope for the coming fall. Yet we cannot pretend that the past 15 months have not had dramatic impacts on many in our community. This message announces a new program to help…

Some would say “hell yes I want to catch some big salmon, but of course I’ll have to pay for the trip myself”. Others would say “let me have my $350K lawyer, paid with public funds, send the Oregon Government Ethics Commission a brief asking if I can let you…

Current UO Faculty are not eligible to apply, presumably because that would mess with UO’s monopsony wage discrimination scheme. InsideHigherEd has the job ad here, some snippets: The Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon is offering a Virtual Faculty-in-Residence (FiR) Award to enhance course offerings in…

Rumor down at the faculty club is that Math lost $1.3M, so they have first dibs:

Duties will include:· Managing the furniture portfolio, interior condition assessments and creation of interior standards for University Housing; preparing project specifications and assisting with the bid and purchasing processes. The Interior Design Manager will provide interior design services to plan, design, and furnish interiors of University Housing facilities. This includes…

Over the past 5 years Southern Oregon University has earned 10.9% on its endowment, after fees. UO has earned 7.8%. What’s SOU’s secret? While UO has been paying out the butt for Foundation CEO Paul Weinhold and his investment expert Jay Namyet, SOU just left it up to the Oregon…

From Homeland Security Today: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), private sector partners, local first responders, and state and federal partners held a tabletop exercise today to test emergency response and recovery operations in preparation for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track &…

Meanwhile, on the hot and gritty south side of campus: From: CAS Dean <[email protected]>Subject: [Casfac] Budget NewsDate: May 19, 2021 at 3:41:28 PM PDTTo: “[email protected]” <[email protected]>, “[email protected]” <[email protected]> Dear faculty and staff, As many of you know, the pandemic created a substantial loss in tuition revenue this year, in large part due to a 20%…

Also some poorly thought out requirements legislating faculty requirements re Canvas, office hours and email responses, back for the third time I think. No discussion of the Board of Trustees proposed student conduct code changes, which will allow discipline  a) which causes substantial disruption to the University community or any…

Rumor down at the faculty club is it that the Covid vaccine requirement announced by Pres Schill and Provost Phillips will not actually be enforced. Students, staff, and faculty will be able to declare a medical, religious, or philosophical exemption, but will not have to provide documentation or explanation.