Today’s devastating Civic Stadium fire prompted me to look at the agreements between UO Foundation CEO Paul Weinhold, UO Presidents Frohnmayer and Lariviere, and Duck Athletic Directors Bellotti and Mullens for the UO Foundation guaranteed loans that financed PK Park, which became the Eugene Emerald’s replacement field. One interesting clause shows that UO is…
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Around the 0 has the good news.
The Baton Rouge Advocate has the news here: … Buchanan was fired even though a committee of five faculty members that presided over an 11-hour dismissal review hearing held on March 9 recommended that she keep her job. While the committee found that her adult language and humor violated university…
Kellie Woodhouse has the story here.
Rob Moseley has the news here: By Rob Moseley Editor, GoDucks.com A strong spring fueled by NCAA championships in men’s and women’s track & field propelled the Oregon athletic department to a school-record 13th-place finish in the 2014-15 Division I Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings, as announced Thursday. The Directors’…
Bloomberg has the news on the OHSU gift here. $200M in matching funds came from the state, $100M came from Gert Boyle, founder of Columbia Sportswear: The $500 million donation by Knight and his wife Penny is the largest single gift ever made to a U.S. college, while the $1 billion total is…
Update: I’ve been told that this ad may not be for Triplett’s position. Apparently there’s other turnover as well. More good news from Johnson Hall. The AVP job posting is here. Rumor has it there have been complaints to the OFCCP about the previous non-compliant non-searches, here.
6/23/2015 update: Diane Dietz’s story, with some interesting comments, is here: On June 18, the bar’s initial investigation found there was no evidence that Hill and Park did anything “obviously illegal or fraudulent” in taking the counseling records. However, the bar took “no position” on the major question of whether…
Looks like $300K just for June so far. Yes, of course I’ve got a public records request in for the details. And there’s still a week to go before the FY closes on June 30th:
but not the name of the person making the request?
Jack Stripling has the long and very interesting story in the Chronicle (may be gated if you are off campus): … The fatigue with leadership turnover is palpable at the University of Washington. Professors, alumni, and local business leaders say they have simply had enough of what seems to be…
Their RG Op-Ed is here: The brand-new University of Oregon Police Department can expect high-profile incidents in which the campus police will use force — it is part of the job, and it is only a matter of time. The UOPD doesn’t have an oversight system that meets the standards…
Whistleblowing is all the rage these days. If you’ve got some hot muck it’s a seller’s market. Investigative reporter Les Zaitz has the story on the Oregonian’s new secure drop site, here: Want to secretly submit a tip? Try our new SecureDrop …. We understand there are those with information they want…
6/19/2015: From Around the 0:
Jane Gordon has been named the interim vice provost for UO programs in Portland and Jim Terborg will become interim dean of Lundquist College of Business.
Gordon will fill in while a search is conducted to replace Wendy Larson, the current vice provost for Portland programs, who is retiring. Terborg is taking over during the search for a new business school dean following the decision of Kees de Kluyver to step down.
6/9/2015: Kees de Kluyver out, UO searching for 4 Deans and VP of Research