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New Pres and Provost to raise faculty salaries to AAU average as their “Job #1”

Unfortunately this would be our old new president and provost: From: ProvostSent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:26 PMTo: Deans Working GroupSubject: Faculty SalariesThe Missouri article stating that UO has the lowest salaries in the AAU has caused quite a stir (we have since verified that they were correct). Low salaries…

Int Prov Janet Woodruff-Borden to help deans activate their priorities

Dear colleagues, It is an honor to serve as the University of Oregon’s acting provost and executive vice president. I am excited to lead the university’s academic enterprise at such an important time in the institution’s history—a time of opportunity and progress. I was inspired to join the UO in…

Int Pres Phillips committed to an ethos of stability and positive engagement

Dear University of Oregon community, It is with tremendous excitement that I write to you today as interim president of the University of Oregon. I am very honored by the appointment and humbled by the responsibility to our entire community that this opportunity entails. I am grateful for all the…

Will Ginevra Ralph be the sole Pres decider, and lie to the press about it like Chuck Lillis did?

Page down for the email from BoT Chair Ginevra Ralph today. Here’s an excerpt from an old post on the dictatorial secret search that led to the hiring of Mike Schill. I think the board got lucky with that hire, but they probably attribute it to their awesome skill and…

UO Trustees to meet Tu at 8AM to appoint Patrick Phillips as Interim Pres & give Rob Mullens and Dana Altman a shit-ton of money

Docs here. It appears Chair Ginevra Ralph has decided not to have a public discussion about how to hold what will almost certainly be a private, closed search for the next permanent president. That has been removed from the agenda announced previously and the trustees will presumably hash it out…

Why is new UO Board Chair Ginevra Ralph hiding contract details for Rob Mullens and Dana Altman?

Surely these contracts have been finalized, 3 days before the Trustees meet to approve them, and the Trustees told what they will be rubber-stamping. So why is Ralph hiding the details from the university and the public? Normally the meeting docket includes the contracts. Not this time: And then there…

Pres Schill moves on to regional college in NW Illinois

Dear University of Oregon community members, It is with mixed emotions of pride and sadness that I announce that President Michael H. Schill will be leaving the University of Oregon to become president of Northwestern University. During his seven-year tenure at the UO, President Schill has significantly propelled the university…

Ethics questionnaire

I need some ethics advice. An overnight visitor leaves a iphone charger in the guest bedroom. I should: A: Fed-Ex it them immediately B: Email them that I found it and offer to mail it back C: Pretend you didn’t see it and leave it for the next visitor D:…