That’s the question the Register Guard is wondering about, on the editorial page here: The University of Oregon is getting mixed signals from authorities charged with enforcing codes of professional conduct. In June, a division of the Oregon State Bar found that UO lawyers did nothing wrong in 2014 when they…
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Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Search Committee Search Firm: Diversified Search I’m no football coach, but the tag-line is not the way I’d kick off the search for a permanent Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences: Dear CAS Faculty: The search process for the next dean of…
Back in 2009 UO’s General Counsel Office was claiming that the names of professors who got tenure at UO were confidential personal records – so secret that the provost (I think this was Jim Bean) couldn’t even tell the Faculty Personnel Committee that had reviewed the cases:
I even had to retract this photo. Fortunately saner hands are now in control. Either that, or Interim CAS Dean Andrew Marcus is in some deep shit for sending out this party invitation, complete with the list of who got tenure and promotions:
Dear CAS Faculty and Staff,
On Wednesday, October 21st, the College will host the first CAS Dean’s Reception of the new academic year. The theme of this reception is welcoming all new CAS faculty and staff, and celebrating faculty members who are newly promoted and/or tenured.
I know that the start of Fall term is a busy time but I’m hoping that you will join us at this event. Other campus welcome events invite just newcomers or focus on students, but this one is intended for all staff and faculty in the college and is meant to celebrate the beginning of a new academic year.
The CAS Dean’s Reception will be held in Gerlinger Lounge from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. with the program beginning at 4:15 p.m. Light appetizers and wine will be served.
I’d like to enlist your assistance in giving a warm welcome to the new faculty and staff who have joined the College of Arts and Sciences, and honoring our colleagues who have earned a promotion or tenure.
I hope to see you on Wednesday, October 21st
NEWLY PROMOTED AND TENURED FACULTY 2015
On ThursdayOct 1, 2015, at 4:39 PM, AroundtheO wrote: Sorry, hard to resist that one. Actually, Around the O has been much better lately – lots more on research, events, and lots less of Tobin Klinger’s spin on academic politics.
I’m no law professor, but this policy seems to put to rest worries that UO will ever again access confidential student counseling records for questionable purposes. It’s also notable in that the Oregon Bar ethics complaint against UO Interim General Counsel Doug Park and Associate General Counsel Sam Hill for obtaining the records, and…
From Provost Scott Coltrane’s website, a call for a “renewal and stabilization of academic leadership” and a start to 5 important searches:
Academic Executive Searches
This is an exciting time for the University of Oregon. We are embarking on a new era with a new Board of Trustees, a new president, and ambitious goals for fundraising and increasing state support. As we step into the future, we must focus on our vision of pursuing academic excellence in all that we do. This vision will be realized by expanding our faculty and enhancing our capacity for innovation and research.
Fulfilling our goal of academic excellence begins with the renewal and stabilization of academic leadership across campus. To that end, we are embarking on searches for the Vice President for Research and Innovation and for deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Lundquist College of Business, the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, and the School of Journalism and Communication. These searches will help define us as a premier public research university and set the course for determining the future of the University of Oregon.
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Search Firm: Diversified Search
Dean of the Lundquist College of Business
Search Firm: TBD
Dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts
Search Firm: Greenwood/Asher & Associates Inc.
Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication
Vice President for Research and Innovation
Page down for full search committees, or follow links above. I see many good faculty members:
Horrific. The RG has an early report here.
The excellent newsletter from the people who keep our buildings working is here, with info on campus construction including the Gerlinger Hall renovations. Irene Hazard Gerlinger was a formidable woman and UO supporter, and it’s good to see the building restored:
10/1/2015 update: The Senate website includes a proposal for a new UO policy on keeping student counseling records private. This presumably comes from the committee that interim Provost Frances Bronet appointed last spring, after she’d ordered the GC to return Jane Doe’s files: http://senate.uoregon.edu/sites/senate.uoregon.edu/files/Appendix%20B%20-%20Recommendation%20for%20the%20University%20of%20Oregon%27s%20policy%20on%20the%20confidentiality%20of%20health%20care%20and%20survivors%20services%20information.pdf 9/30/2015: Students who have been sexually assaulted often seek out mental health…
Diane Dietz has the report in the RG. Increased GPA and test scores and: One-third of resident Oregon freshman are the first in their family to attend a university. One-third of all freshman are federal Pell Grant-eligible. “This new entering class is set for success, in large part because of…
9/30/2015: Eugene’s 4J school system let HLGR keep the $19K they had billed before they mistakenly sent the RG the school board’s “confidential” emails about the Berman firing. But if I interpret this correctly, 4J now has replaced HLGR with local law firm Luvaas Cobb: The District paid $18,532 in legal costs and fees…
Very disappointing news from the 9th Circuit today on the O’Bannon case. Helfrich, Altman, and Mullens must be quite relieved. Fortunately there’s another case with better prospects now in court in New Jersey, and the 9th circuit did rule that the NCAA cartel violated anti-trust law, which will help.
Note: I’ve changed the headline of this post, in an effort to raise the tone of discourse and limit the slow drip of toxicity. Recent AAU presidents are Bob Berdahl, Hunter Rawlings the IIIrd, and now Mary Sue Coleman. Berdahl took in $619K as “past president” from this scam prestigious organization of publicly…
The Oregonian’s editorial page, here: The University of Oregon administration continues to defend the way it mishandled an alleged rape of a student by three basketball team members long after common sense and common decency would have persuaded most anyone else to gracefully back down. The university’s latest show of…
Just kidding. It’s UO Student Trustee Helena Schlegel who has the principles. It seems Professor Susan Gary (Law) intends to try and serve out her new term. Gary was first nominated for the board position by former UO Senate President and Professor Margie Paris (Law) with almost no consultation with the faculty. Gary…