Last updated 4/1/2015 Senate Task Force on Sexual Violence Prevention: Website and Final Report. Gottfredson and Coltrane’s handpicked “independent” review panel. Website and Final Report. Lawsuit against Dana Altman and UO by the alleged rape victim, and the countersuit by Altman and UO against the victim. Docket and links to documents…
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As announced on April 15, Dr. Kimberly Andrews Espy will be leaving the University of Oregon on May 23 to take a new position at the University of Arizona. After consulting with a number of faculty and administration colleagues over the last few weeks, the President and I have made some decisions about how best to transfer the responsibilities of the office for Research, Innovation, and Graduate Education. Beginning Tuesday, May 27, we will separate the responsibilities of Graduate Education from Research and Innovation. Today, we are pleased to be naming two interim positions, both of which will report directly to me.
5/12/2014 Update: By an accident of history, President Gottfredson’s Q&A about the latest athletic scandal at the upcoming Wednesday May 14 Senate meeting will come on the anniversary of his first sustained interaction with the UO faculty, the infamous 2013 “asked and answered” debacle. (Yes, he managed to wait almost 10 months after taking office to meet the UO faculty.)
Since then, it’s been all downhill. I know there are those counseling we wait for the UO Board to deal with this disastrous president, and maybe they’re right. (Although I doubt that’s the message the alumni and parents are sending.) But here’s a little history to support the argument that enough is enough, and that if we don’t get answers from Gottfredson on Wednesday, we should hold an immediate vote of no-confidence:
5/14/2013: President Gottfredson’s first talk with UO faculty goes very badly.
Update on the shared governance “conversation” with President Gottfredson:
Our president’s most common response to the faculty is now a curt “read my written remarks” or “asked and answered”, a phrase lawyers use to semi-politely insult each other, when objecting to a question in court.
Steve Duin quotes Professor Jennifer Freyd’s questions for President Gottfredson, in the Oregonian: Late last week, Kelly McIver, communications director for the University of Oregon Police Department, told Freyd in an email that the March 8 incident “is not in the log because it did not generate a UOPD case…
President Gottfredson’s normal Monday schedule involves “leadership” meetings: 9:00 a.m. — Executive Leadership Team weekly meeting 10:00 a.m. — UO Foundation leadership monthly meeting 11:00 a.m. — Faculty Advisory Committee monthly meeting 1:00 p.m. — Meeting with University Senate President Margie Paris and Senior Vice President and Provost Scott Coltrane…
Breaking news: DA indicts two players, NY Times report here, USDE Civil Rights Division invesigation here. Oh wait, this is from the University of Montana, two years ago. Never mind.
Diane Dietz has the story in the RG. This is news to the UO Faculty and Senate, which has been pretty much kept out of the loop, despite Oregon law which delegates this responsibility to the faculty. The links below, from the UO Senate website, don’t go to any actual…
Their press release is here: The Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) has contracted with Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) for over 10 years to provide free, confidential support and advocacy services to students who experience sexual violence. This is a critical component of the University’s response and…
Last summer they had this to say: What a board can bring. Autonomy is about leadership, not just governance. … The board will have authority over such matters as issuing bonds and hiring a president — but its real value will lie in its ability to provide leadership and support.…
It seems unlikely. BBall owner and noted racist Donald Sterling can’t give it away: So, would any local charity accept the $95K in bonus money Rob Mullens and Dana Altman earned from playing two alleged Duck gang rapists in the NCAA tournament? I doubt it – particularly since the Duck…
Apparently I’m not the only person who assumed he’d go with some outside firm, then stick the academic side with the bill. But his Chief Strategic Communicator Tobin Klinger says no, it’s all in house: From: Tobin Klinger <[email protected]> Subject: RE: name of PR firm / lawyers for sexual assault Date:…
The new UO Board of Trustees doesn’t have authority to fire President Gottfredson until July 1st. But they can certainly talk to OUS and Kitzhaber about it, and you can be sure those conversations have started. Latest story here: “Sorry. Don’t buy it.” Fortunately we have a respected, experienced, and well…
This report by the Oregonian’s Susan Nielsen is the most genuine and compassionate I’ve read.
UO’s President Mike Gottfredson has been claiming he couldn’t alert UO students to the alleged March 9th gang rape, because of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. It turns out he’s just the latest in a long tradition of university administrators trying to hide behind FERPA. Get a clue…
9:45 PM: From the Oregonian: 5:30 PM: And sure enough, the NY Times is already reporting they don’t think President Gottfredson is telling the truth: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/10/sports/ncaabasketball/3-suspended-in-oregon-sexual-assault-case.html?_r=0 The university did not act sooner because the Eugene police asked officials to delay administrative reviews until after a criminal investigation was complete, Gottfredson and a…