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State gives $800M for raises & engineering in exchange for university freezing diversity positions

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: In a deal months in the making, the University of Wisconsin System has agreed to “reimagine” its diversity efforts, restructuring dozens of staff into positions serving all students and freezing the total number of diversity positions for the next three years. In exchange, universities would…

Provost Woodruff-Borden wants faculty to dumb down courses now, in prep for possible Grad strike

The Senate’s Academic Council has not even approved an Academic Continuity Plan yet – unless they’ve done so in secret – but Provost Woodruff-Borden is already encouraging faculty to trade academic rigor for administrative expediency. Full email here. A snippet: Instructors and research groups are strongly encouraged to develop coverage…

UO Strategic Communicators to piss away more money on brand awareness

From https://apps.ideal-logic.com/files/ver20230925144108/public/4c1250b5f4678c1a_V1C9-239VG/orig/RFQ_for_Brand_Awareness_Study_092523_lkh.pdf General Information: The University of Oregon, on behalf of University Communications (University), is issuing this RFQ seeking a vendor to conduct a follow up study to measure nationwide brand awareness of the University of Oregon and create an overview guide to train communicators broadly on our campus. The focus…

Pres Scholz takes bold action to improve the life of UO’s diverse employees

A day off for whatever reason you might want, to celebrate our individual diversity! Good for Atheists to Zoroastrianists. Take your kid to Wildlife Safari on their birthday or drive up to Willamette Pass and genuflect to Ullr, the god of telemark skiing. Too bad this wasn’t announced in time…

Rob Mullens and Duck sports bring more international recognition to UO

From the Guardian – thanks to an anonymous reader for the link: The lawsuit claims the beach volleyball team has to practice in a public park littered with feces and drug paraphernalia. Thirty-two female athletes filed a lawsuit against the University of Oregon on Friday that alleges the school is violating Title…

Pres Scholz responds to GE’s credible strike threat with offer to match AAU average for minimum starting pay.

Dear colleagues,  Recognizing the impact that negotiations with the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF) has on faculty, we want to keep you updated on developments in the bargaining process. The bargaining teams met yesterday in mediation and will meet again on November 20, 2023. Reaching agreement on GE salary is…

Grad Student union members vote 97% for strike authorization

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 6, 2023 Contact: Rosa Inocencio Smith, GTFF VP of Communications; (503) 505-1444; [email protected] ### UO Graduate Employees Cast Overwhelming Vote for Strike Authorization EUGENE: With a 97 percent vote in favor of strike authorization, members of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF-AFT Local 3544) have…

Prez Scholz announces a new vision plan with the same old buzz words

Good news update: After googling around and getting some inside info from a helpful JH administrator, I think UO Onward is a worthwhile sounding effort by Development (no consultants) to engage with alumni and donors about something other than Duck sports, with a thin veneer of faculty participation to make…

Secretive Academic Council brings Academic Continuity Plan for GTFF strike to Senate

The Academic Council hasn’t posted any meeting information on their Senate website since January 2021, but they’re bringing their full-blown strike plan to the Senate today. They haven’t posted a link to the plan on the Senate agenda either. Your Senators have seen it, but have been told not to…