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…
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Time to give Rob Mullens and the coaches more raises! @shawnmedow has the news:
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…
Docs here. It appears Chair Ginevra Ralph has decided not to have a public discussion about how to hold what will almost certainly be a private, closed search for the next permanent president. That has been removed from the agenda announced previously and the trustees will presumably hash it out…
Surely these contracts have been finalized, 3 days before the Trustees meet to approve them, and the Trustees told what they will be rubber-stamping. So why is Ralph hiding the details from the university and the public? Normally the meeting docket includes the contracts. Not this time: And then there…
Wait, I got that wrong – he’s suing because they *blocked him* from reading DEI tweets. Which is weird, because he seems like just the sort of guy that DEI would want to reach out to. Betsy Hammond has the report in the Oregonian here: Portland State University political science professor…
Dear University of Oregon community members, It is with mixed emotions of pride and sadness that I announce that President Michael H. Schill will be leaving the University of Oregon to become president of Northwestern University. During his seven-year tenure at the UO, President Schill has significantly propelled the university…
I need some ethics advice. An overnight visitor leaves a iphone charger in the guest bedroom. I should: A: Fed-Ex it them immediately B: Email them that I found it and offer to mail it back C: Pretend you didn’t see it and leave it for the next visitor D:…
From Eric Kelderman in the Chronicle: According to the survey, presidents most often expect criticism from lawmakers. When asked “which group of people is most likely to respond negatively if you were to publicly take a position,” presidents pointed to elected officials for all but one of eight possible topics…
Back in 2015, in the midst of a lawsuit by the RG to force the Eugene School District to release public records about a potentially illegal firing decision, the District’s law firm Harrang, Long, Gary and Rudnick mistakenly emailed the entire file of documents to the RG. This ended the…
That would of course be OSU: Meanwhile here at UO, application numbers are a closely guarded secret, to prevent department heads from getting uppity and asking tough questions about why JH is starving them.
Just kidding, they renovated the Alumni Center where the trustees meet, over by the basketball arena:
… I appreciate you beyond words and am so proud of the University of Oregon you showed the world. Thank you again. And, Go Ducks! Michael H. SchillPresident and Professor of Law Full yada yada here. Meanwhile for those interested in numbers instead of mindless sports boosterism, here’s the ECONorthwest…
The NYT on the failure to expand the aging fan base: … “The fans gave me almost chills.” The problem is, there have not been many of them compared to other championships. Hayward Field has a capacity of about 30,000. Once sponsors and delegations from every country were taken care…
In the Oregonian: … While representing clients, mostly in professional football and basketball, he was fond of the “holdout,” a tactic where the represented player would sit out for an extended period of time during the season to put on pressure during contract negotiations. In a 1985 profile on Slusher, People magazine…