4/27/2015 update:
To: University Campus Community
From: Robert Kyr, University Senate President
RE: Please Sign Up for Senate & Committee Service—
Final Deadline: MONDAY, April 27, 2015
I am writing with a last reminder that Monday, April 27 is the deadline to sign up for Senate and Committee service through the following qualtrics survey:
Alexandra Wallachy has the story, here: … Moving the school forward was a major theme in the presidential search. A set of frequently asked questions distributed at the presidential press conference twice mentioned Schill’s ability to move the university forward. Where will forward take the university? Don’t expect him to…
Doesn’t sound good about staying in the AAU. Gets asked about how difficult it is to run UO, says not different than other large publics. Here: Coltrane’s schedule for this week is here: The “meeting with faculty member” is with me, to talk about the Senate motions on athletics and…
In the RG, read it all here: The book is called “Missoula,” but don’t mistake it for someone else’s story. The title could have been “Eugene.” Or “Corvallis.” Or any of a hundred other college towns where politics, sports and campus culture collide. The latest book by Jon Krakauer, a…
I wasn’t there, but I’ve received a few emails from Journalism faculty, telling me that Professor of Advertising Deb Morrison used the occasion of a Friday J-School faculty meeting with UO’s VP for Equity and Inclusion Yvette Alex-Assensoh to assert that I was engaged in cyberbullying. The official .gov definition…
That would be in in Ethiopia. UO student reporter Joseph Hoyt has the report in the ODE, here: On April 25, 2014, Zelalem Kibret was sitting at his computer when he heard a knock at the door. Waiting on the other side stood a group of Ethiopian police officers. Kibret…
Article by Pulitzer Prize-winning Oregonian journalist Rich Read, here. The State Legislature is doing its best to clean up the mess created by the UO General Counsel’s office and Counseling Center Director Shelly Kerr when she gave Jane Doe’s counseling reports to the GC: A lawmaker who led the Oregon Senate to…
Coltrane’s call for nominations is here: Call for nominations to new Sexual Assault Advisory Council 04/22/15 As part of the comprehensive initiatives to address sexual assault, the university is seeking nominations for a new Sexual Assault Advisory Council. This group will play a key role in advancing the university’s comprehensive plan…
The Eugene Weekly has an excellent, lengthy story by Camilla Mortensen on “contingent faculty” at UO, the faculty union’s efforts to get them better pay and job security, and some of the consequences in the Journalism school, which responded by accelerating its efforts to replace adjuncts with tenured faculty. All…
The Chronicle has the story on this Iowa bill, here: I know, my first thought was “what a great idea!” too. But the report does go on to note a few potential pitfalls. I don’t see any reason not to implement this for UO’s senior administrators and lawyers though.
The Oregonian has the story, here. The reappointment of Gary is a bit of a slap in the face to the UO Senate, which voted unanimously on March 11 to reject the decision by Board Chair Chuck Lillis and Interim President Scott Coltrane to recommend that Gary be reappointed as…
Kellie Woodhouse of InsideHigherEd has the story, here: At most universities, vice presidents and other executives are at-will employees and serve at the behest of the school’s leader. “You don’t get to keep the job even though you may not be compatible with the desires of the new president,” Sharp…
Interested in big-time college sports? Want to help provide faculty oversight of the Duck athletic empire? You should run for election to the Senate IAC. The full list of open positions for the Senate, the IAC, and other committees is here. Open IAC positions: Intercollegiate Athletics – 13 openings (length…
Dennis Dodd of CBS obtained a copy of the survey – which the PAC-12 tried to keep secret – and has a report here: NCAA rules restrict athletes’ time spent on their particular sport to 20 hours per week. The study showed that limit is being violated in the Pac-12…
The rumor is Berdahl secured us a few years of grace, but the new UO Board doesn’t have long to produce the resources they promised to bring to the table, in return for getting independence from the state.