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Univ uses big-time football to recruit students, then complains when they act like drunken football fans

Interim President Phillips does not seem to be proposing any actual discipline – because of free-speech rights, or just because “what happens at Autzen stays at Autzen”? Quite the contrast with how Pres Schill dealt with the students who interrupted his state of the university address. Dear University of Oregon…

New Pres and Provost to raise faculty salaries to AAU average as their “Job #1”

Unfortunately this would be our old new president and provost: From: ProvostSent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:26 PMTo: Deans Working GroupSubject: Faculty SalariesThe Missouri article stating that UO has the lowest salaries in the AAU has caused quite a stir (we have since verified that they were correct). Low salaries…

Int Prov Janet Woodruff-Borden to help deans activate their priorities

Dear colleagues, It is an honor to serve as the University of Oregon’s acting provost and executive vice president. I am excited to lead the university’s academic enterprise at such an important time in the institution’s history—a time of opportunity and progress. I was inspired to join the UO in…

Int Pres Phillips committed to an ethos of stability and positive engagement

Dear University of Oregon community, It is with tremendous excitement that I write to you today as interim president of the University of Oregon. I am very honored by the appointment and humbled by the responsibility to our entire community that this opportunity entails. I am grateful for all the…

Will Ginevra Ralph be the sole Pres decider, and lie to the press about it like Chuck Lillis did?

Page down for the email from BoT Chair Ginevra Ralph today. Here’s an excerpt from an old post on the dictatorial secret search that led to the hiring of Mike Schill. I think the board got lucky with that hire, but they probably attribute it to their awesome skill and…