UO Matters

That would be Oregon State’s VP Jon Boeckenstedt. I don’t know why UO’s Roger Thompson treats these as a state secret, even the HECC has them:

The NYT has the good news here, this time about UCLA.

That’s the word from multiple sources at the department head Zoom meeting. Apparently the plan is to blame this on UESS and staff, but we all know the real reason is that our administrative overlords can’t stand the fact that our students want to take their parents to department ceremonies…

From the Dartmouth Review: In place of large, on-campus administrative bureaucracies, UATX plans to make administration remote, outsourcing positions abroad. Not only will this arrangement save university funds, Howland noted, but it would also pay foreign workers livable, US-level wages.  and in a move Phil Knight’s BoT still only dreams…

After a dribble in June, JH has gone dark on this. Rumor down at the faculty club is that the survey shows broad dissatisfaction with our senior administrators, who have been arguing about who should get the blame and how to spin the analyses. What’s the truth (to a statistical…

Just kidding, this will be a completely closed search that will end with the Board telling the university who they have hired. Our Trustees do, however, hope to delude you into believing that you actually have some input: Dear University of Oregon community members, Thank you to everyone who participated…

That would be at UVa. Here at Oregon, our trustees have *never* let the University Senate pick the non-voting faculty representative – they just nominate a lackey to the Governor, who rubber stamps them. From InsideHigherEd: “Faculty have a legitimate desire to ensure that their representative is truly representative of…

“I was at the University of Oregon,” Schill said, “Go home tonight, (and) be happy because you’re not a public university in a state that doesn’t believe in higher education. This is a much better place to be.” From Northwestern Univ’s student newspaper.

Dear Colleagues,   Welcome to the start of the 2022-23 academic year! And, for those of you—like me—who are new to campus, welcome to the University of Oregon and the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)! This is already shaping up to be a remarkable year—we learned this week that UO…

Where will Int Pres Philips spend all this tuition money? From Around the 0: The University of Oregon is welcoming the largest number of incoming students in its history and an exceptional freshman class of diverse, talented and high-achieving Ducks. According to preliminary data, 5,338 new freshman students attended the…

That would be new faculty union president Mike Urbancic (Economics): United Academics Fall Picnic Time to celebrate! Join us this Friday, September 30 from 3-6pm at Alton Baker Shelter #2. Come out for a day in the park and celebrate the beginning of the new academic year and the salary increases our bargaining…

Or, as Richard Lariviere called them, “the entertainment side of our university” Dear University of Oregon community, Welcome to the start of fall term and the new academic year. I am honored to lead this university community. It is a responsibility I take very seriously. And that’s because together we…

I’m sure this will work out just as well as Concur has: Dear colleagues, The university’s transition to Teams calling is moving quickly toward our goal of year-end completion. We wanted to provide an update on our progress and an overview of what to expect this fall. As a reminder, this process…

Interim President Phillips does not seem to be proposing any actual discipline – because of free-speech rights, or just because “what happens at Autzen stays at Autzen”? Quite the contrast with how Pres Schill dealt with the students who interrupted his state of the university address. Dear University of Oregon…