Let me be the first to congratulate former Interim UO President Bob Berdahl (left) on his courageous support for Better Oregon’s Measure 28 ballot initiative, which is the only proposal on the table that would increase tax revenues by enough to allow the sorts of increases in higher education funding that he calls for…
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Live-blogging will be light. Watch Live Senate Meeting Agenda – May 18, 2016 3:30 pm Introductory Remarks, Senate President Randy Sullivan 3:30 pm 1. Call to Order 3:30 pm 2. Approval of Minutes 2.1 May 11, 2016 3:32 pm 4. New Business 3:32 pm 4.2 US15/16/-25: Scheduling of Examinations Policy; Undergraduate Council and…
The Senate webpage with the policy proposal and amendments is here. The Senate blog is here – many interesting comments. Some History of the Responsible Employee policy, from the GCO: Prior to February 2016, UO Policy, set forth in Oregon Administrative Rule 571.003 governing Grievances, required all UO employees to report instances…
Insidehighered has the latest here. The UO story is here.
The NY Times has the news here.
And so it begins. Andrew Greif has the story in the Oregonian here. The complaint to the federal court is here:
The 20126 election results are here: http://senate.uoregon.edu/content/2016-elected-committee-results There are two runoff elections, due to ties. Vote by Friday. Login to Duckweb at https://duckweb.uoregon.edu/pls/prod/twbkwbis.P_WWWLogin University Senate: Only CAS Natural Sciences faculty will vote between Elliot Berkman, Psychology: When considering poverty, our national conversation tends to overlook systemic causes. Instead, we often blame the poor for their…
DENIED: So HLGR’s $25M loss to the family of dead smoker Michelle Schwarz stands:
The Oregonian’s Andrew Theen has a long piece on the results so far from the legislature’s decision to breakup George Pernsteiner’s OUS empire. Worth reading it all. He notes the record $665M in state funding this biennium. Here’s his take on UO: In retrospect, everyone agrees the old Oregon University…
Dear colleagues, Over the past few weeks we have announced the appointments of a new vice president for research and three deans—an unprecedented series of leadership hires that are critical for the University of Oregon’s future and ability to achieve excellence. I want to extend my deepest thanks to Brook…
Here’s a bit from Athletic Department Director Rob Mullen’s July 2012 planning document, full pdf here. Price elasticity is the top threat to Duck Athletics, followed by the NCAA, and Professors Harbaugh and Tublitz: RG sports reporter Steve Mims reported on the elasticity threat w.r.s.t. Dana Altman’s basketball team back in March, here:…
The focus of the meeting was the new “Responsible Reporting Policy”. There was lots of interesting debate, some amendments, and a decision to hold an additional Senate meeting next Wednesday the 18th to continue working on this policy. DRAFT Senate Meeting Agenda – May 11, 2016 2015-2016, Agendas, Watch Live, University Senate Blog Browsing…
Jack Moran has the story in the RG here:
The University of Oregon has accepted a $242,000 settlement deal to end a legal dispute over bonuses the UO paid to then-head football coach Chip Kelly and his staff for the 2012-13 season.
“The university is glad we were able to reach a settlement agreement and now we are looking forward to the upcoming season,” UO spokesman Tobin Klinger said.
The university had paid a nearly $490,000 premium for an insurance policy the UO says it thought would cover all incentive bonuses Kelly and his assistants earned in the 2012-13 season.
After the highly successful season, the UO paid out bonuses totaling nearly $688,000 and sought reimbursement under its policy. The insurer refused.
Financially, it appears the university would have been better off not buying the insurance at all, as the lawsuit settlement doesn’t even cover the cost of the premium the UO paid. …
Duck Associate Athletic Director Eric Roedl, who agreed to this $490,000 contract without understanding it, has been fired:
Just kidding, Rob Mullens gave him another raise:
So how much did HLGR bill UO for settling this case for 50¢ on the dollar? I don’t know, but judging by the long docket below, they probably did OK at ~$300 per. Here’s hoping PURMIT picked up their tab:
Case details
| Court: | ord |
| Docket #: | 6:15-cv-00260 |
| Case Name: | University of Oregon v. Drummer et al |
| PACER case #: | 120541 |
| Date filed: | 2015-02-13 |
| Assigned to: | Judge Ann L. Aiken |
| Case Cause: | 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract |
| Nature of Suit: | 110 Insurance |
| Jury Demand: | Both |
| Jurisdiction: | Diversity |
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Associate Brett Applegate has left HLGR’s Portland office for Larkins Vacura LLC, who famously took the case of the 1930 Pendleton Roundup Queen’s dress to the Oregon Supreme Court, and won: That does sound like more fun than helping Bill Gary and Sharon Rudnick defend Philip Morris from another lawsuit, from the family of another dead cigarette addict.