(Now updated with a long response from the administration, below) Thus ends a busy three weeks that began with President Schill’s Weakly Progressive Pay Reduction ultimatum on April 16, and finished with an overwhelming demonstration of faculty trust in union President Chris Sinclair and Exec Director Dave Cecil, and the…
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Reporter Hans Boyle, here. A snippet: Fall Enrollment In a statement to the Emerald, Jim Rawlins — director of the Office of Admissions — said the UO was currently tracking on pace with last year’s recruiting class, but acknowledged uncertainty regarding the number of incoming freshmen for fall term. “We…
Marcus resigned from the UO Administration as CAS Dean, effective Jan 2019, after disagreements with President Schill on matters of principle. Now he’s joined the Faculty Union: Dear […] I want to let you know that I have just joined the ranks of United Academics as a dues paying member.…
5/6/2020 update:
The latest email from HR is here. It gives the faculty a 6 day extension on the demand for requests for remote teaching. I clicked on the Remote Work Request Form link in the email. I was surprised to learn that there’s a university policy requiring all employees to demonstrate honesty in communication & conduct. I guess there’s an exemption for JH administrators.
In any case I’ve got a fifth of Laphroaig for whoever submits the best reason in the comments for wanting to work remotely. In keeping with UO policy, all entries must start with “Honestly, ”
5/5/2020: HR gives faculty til Friday to get BMI up to 40 & request opt-out from in-person teaching
A letter to campus from one of our our Italian correspondents. Page down for her op-ed in today’s Oregonian: From: Melissa Graboyes <graboyes@uoregon.edu> Subject: UO Fall Term Planning–Concerns about the Safety of In-Person and On-Campus Instruction Date: May 6, 2020 at 6:54:09 AM PDT To: Andre Le Duc <leduc@uoregon.edu> Cc:…
Just kidding, apparently Uncle Phil’s not going to come through with the second $500M for the Knight Campus, so they’re going to hire a specialist to hit up our other donors – to report to Knight Director Rob Guldberg and not UO Development, so there won’t be any leakage. And…
6/1/2020: From the Wall Sreet Journal, not the fake news people at Around the O: I wonder what other boondoggles UO is supporting. 5/4/2020: UO rents out unreinforced masonry building to FEMA for mask decontamination Within 1/2 mile of most of UO’s student housing. Doesn’t really sound like the most…
Outreach to faculty and staff as we plan for on-campus activities Dear Colleagues, Last week, President Schill and Provost Phillips announced that discussions are underway to proactively develop plans for a number of possible scenarios that would allow the university to be open for in-person, on-campus instruction this fall. The…
A bunch of these going around, here’s the one from Ohio: https://www.change.org/p/ou-aaup-volunteer-gmail-com-faculty-firings-no-confidence-vote?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=fb4f9f60-8bf1-11ea-a569-416d1811d8e6
Introducing our new “Cry for Help” series. If you know of a good campus related event, post it in the comments and each Friday we’ll highlight one and put it at the top of the blog. 5/1/2020: A cry for help from Brian McWhorter: Today at 4p! Watch Eugene Ballet…
ACADEMIC COUNCIL: UPDATED ACADEMIC CONTINUITY EXPECTATIONS The Academic Council met 4-22-20 to discuss academic continuity planning for the duration of the COVID-19 disruption. The Academic Continuity Plan approved by the Academic Council on March 4, 2020 (https://senate.uoregon.edu/2020/03/05/academic-continuity-plan-for-the-coronavirus-health-emergency/) remains in effect until the academic disruption is declared over by the Academic…
From Around the 0, of course: University of Oregon students, faculty members and staff are invited to attend a virtual town hall meeting at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, to discuss planning for in-person, on campus instruction for fall term. President Michael H. Schill announced the intent for fall term, including…
4/30/2020 update: A few hours after this post, the Duck’s strategic communicators responded: In light of the ongoing challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, all University of Oregon head coaches have voluntarily agreed to take a 10 percent salary reduction for the 2020-21 academic year … Additionally, all UO head…
I’m no physician, but I hear this can be treated with penicillin: Thanks to an alert reader for forwarding the link to the reddit discussion. UO’s website claims “Funding: Fully funded by gifts from Penny and Phil Knight and more than 50 other donors”. That is not entirely true: On…