3/25/2020 update: Dear Colleagues, In recognition of the extraordinary disruption in both professional and personal lives caused by COVID-19, all currently untenured faculty may request a one-year extension by simply communicating their preference to add an additional year to their tenure clocks. All requests will be honored. Faculty should forward…
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The email invite to a series of dinners on Love, etc.: From: VP for Equity and Inclusion <[email protected]> Date: January 17, 2020 Cc: VP for Equity and Inclusion <[email protected]> Subject: Would you like to have a conversation over dinner?: Response Requested by January 31, 2020 ~Message sent on behalf of Vice President Yvette…
The Ducks have $63M in cash. Will Pres Schill let them keep spending it on their raises and bonuses?
VPFA Jamie Moffitt has noted that UO’s operating reserves are about $60M, for a general fund budget of about $650M. After it’s gone, it’s not clear how UO will meet payroll. Meanwhile the Ducks are sitting on $63M in their “Legacy Fund”, for an annual budget of about $125M. This…
Intro Macroeconomics: To turn a recession into a depression, cut government jobs: From: CAS Dean <[email protected]> Date: March 20, 2020 at 10:57:13 PDT To: “[email protected]” <[email protected]>, “[email protected]” <[email protected]> Subject: cas-heads: Notifications of renewal and nonrenewal to career faculty Dear heads and managers, This is a reminder that the May 1…
Just kidding, I haven’t heard a peep from Weinhold lately, he’s busy running a bank on the side. In any case he already promised the endowment to the IAAF to get the Track & Field Championships. The academic side can sink or swim. Here’s Weinhold telling IAAF President Lamine Diack…
To quote an anonymous Duck PR flack, who’s taken up The Phildo meme with enthusiasm. “Mounting of crown on tower at Hayward Field sets in motion installation of graphics honoringUO greats and inspiring the next generation of university excellence.”
Obviously this and next fall will be devastating to UO. And obviously there will be huge amounts of cash flowing from the feds to the states, and UO will get a share of it. How big a share? Well that will depend on lobbying – and the Trustees ridiculous decision…
It’s a long story, and doesn’t have a very happy ending: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/magazine/title-ix-sexual-harassment-accusations.html What would be different if the accused faculty were at UO, instead of ASU? For one thing the case would probably still be dragging on. ASU closed this within a month. UO’s Office of Investigations Civil Rights Compliance…
UO – meaning mostly CAS – has been subsidizing our money pit of a law school since Michael Moffitt’s “business school case-study dream” turned out to be a scam. Today UO’s Trustees let them raise tuition – but instead of paying back their debt they’re going to use it to…
Dear students, faculty, staff and community members, The coronavirus outbreak has created unprecedented challenges for the University of Oregon, our state, and the nation. As we work to respond to this quickly-changing situation, our first priority is the health and safety of our students, faculty, and staff. As part of…
When we hope it will be safe. In any case we’re preparing. Reporter Makenzie Elliott has the story on SAIL in the Emerald here. The intro: … The SAIL website is here. If your department doesn’t yet run a camp, there’s info there on starting one. The staff is *very*…
Mighty generous of President Schill, spending other people’s money. Altman’s multi-million dollar contract is here. It seems GC Kevin Reed forgot to include a Force Majeure clause. You can’t make this shit up: Meanwhile, But then when have Duck coaches ever sacrificed anything? From this year’s State Employees Charitable Fund…