No info on their agenda yet, though they’ve picked an auspicious date: The Board of Trustees will hold an ad hoc meeting on February 2 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. This meeting will occur remotely given ongoing health guidance and operational practices. Livestream and telephone access will be available for members…
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Compared to a pre-Covid predicted 3% annual increase, though presumably costs will rebound after elective tests and surgeries resume. I don’t know if PEBB will rebate the savings to UO, or add it to their reserves. If it’s a rebate, it would be about $1,300 in costs per employee, or…
Who wouldn’t be excited about this sort of publicity? A little homework – a concept Mr. Reed is apparently not familiar with – show’s it’s a scam. I wonder which of the many outside law firms Reed has hired paid his tab for this?
CBS here: “We appreciate Larry’s pioneering efforts in growing the conference by adding new competitive university programs and accelerating the Pac-12 to television network parity with the other conferences,” Oregon president Michael Schill said in a statement. “At one point, our television agreement was the most lucrative in the nation…
Daily Emerald reporter Claire Warner has the story here: … Launched in 2014, Chegg Study provides students 37 million Q&A’s “to help students better understand their schoolwork,” according to its website. While many of its customers use the service to do just that, some students pay the $14.95-per-month subscription fee to…
From Reason: This incident unfolded in Beaverton, Oregon, on January 16, according to The Oregonian. It was about 9 a.m., and the mom needed milk and meat. She put her four-year-old in the back seat, buckled him into his booster seat, and headed to the grocery store. She made sure to park right…
1/19/2021 update, posted with permission: Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 3:18 PMSubject: Re: PsychList: Inside Higher Ed reports on Jennifer Freyd’s Open Letter to UO Board of Trustees (and the support she has received for this) Dear Colleagues, Today I learned that the University of Oregon (UO) has decided to alter the…
1/18/2021 update: After years of paying buy-outs to fired coaches like Mark Helfrich, you’d think our General Counsel’s office would have a clue. But, in response to complaints, they’re claiming they’ve just now identified “a tax compliant way” to split the payments: NEW: Retirement Incentive may be split into two…
It’s clear from the RG story here that the protocol problem is that a few of his unpaid student-athletes have tested positive trying to cover Altman’s $3.2M salary (before bonuses and perqs) with a relentless travel schedule, not that Altman is standing on a basketball court arguing without his mask:
3-5PM Wed Jan 13, Zoom link at https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/94535299849 January 13, 2021 Senate Meeting Agenda Call to Order Land Acknowledgment; Suzie Stadelman Intro Remarks; Senate President Elliot Berkman/Vice President Spike Gildea ASUO updates Approval of the Minutes December 2, 2020 State of the University President Schill New Business US20/21-03: Change the majority…
This is from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021, and is on top of the $16M we got from the CARES act in 2020. Of the total $40M, $16M is reserved for student grants. I don’t know where the other $24M has gone/will go. The RG…
Dear University of Oregon faculty, I am writing again with this important reminder from the University of Oregon’s Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee (IAAC). The committee wants to remind all faculty about NCAA rules as they pertain to academic misconduct and academic extra benefits for student-athletes.While most NCAA rules do not…
I hope this is not true, and that the Duck boosters have figured out how to slip them some bitcoin along with the customary trinkets and sneakers. Here are the top earners for the Fiesta Bowl, which has managed to keep it’s non-profit status despite the scandal which lead to…
https://goducks.com/news/2020/12/30/womens-basketball-oregon-extends-contract-of-graves.aspx EUGENE, Ore. – University of Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens announced today that the University has reached an agreement on a contract extension with head women’s basketball coach Kelly Graves. The extension runs through the 2028-29 season, and the incremental increases are funded through private athletic gifts. In his seventh season with the…
How to give: click here to go to the UO Foundation donor page for SAIL, you know the rest of the drill. There’s a one page info sheet here. (OK, actually it’s two pages.) Some SAIL history and future, and how to volunteer: UO’s Summer Academy to Inspire Learning was…