Interim Residence Life Isolation & Quarantine Coordinator Location: Eugene, OR Closing Date: (Internal Search) University Housing is now accepting applications for the Administration Manager position. The person in this position will be working in a potentially high COVID-19 exposure environment with known and unknown associated health risks. Individuals with underlying health conditions…
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Agenda | Watch October 6, 2021 Senate Meeting Agenda Academic Year2021-2022DateOctober 6, 2021 Call to Order 3:00 P.M. Land Acknowledgment; Senate President, Spike Gildea Intro Remarks; Senate President, Gildea ASUO updates; Maxwell Ely Approval of the Minutes June 2, 2021 State of the University University President, Mike Schill New Business Discussion: UO…
USAToday: … “I don’t like to make predictions,” LeRoy said, “but I will say, given what I have seen, it’s only a matter of time before there is another (unionization effort involving) a Division I private school football or basketball program. That will likely result in a vote for union…
9/28/2021 update: I reported yesterday, from UO’s covid tracking site, that there’d been only 1 covid case last week. Several readers pointed out they’d got an email yesterday saying there had been 29. Now the official count is up to 30. Note that they’ve also sorted the data on count…
The older your office or classroom, the more likely you are to survive teaching this fall and winter, because of quack Civil War era science. Bloomberg explains here: … It turns out that the prodigious output of steam-heated buildings is the direct result of theories of infection control that were enlisted…
I’m guessing it will increase again this fall. Rumor is that it will be a banner year for student FTE. Net, we lost 193 faculty between 2019 and 2020, and I’m assuming will see another hit when this fall’s data is released. Meanwhile rumor has it that student credit hours…
And to think Chuck Lillis thought a union would be the end of this place. Around the O has the press release here.
The Greeks had a word for this: Sent on behalf of Harry Wonham, Divisional Dean for Humanities: Dear Colleagues, I have arranged with the Teaching Engagement Program to offer a Fall Teaching Overview for Humanities faculty Monday, September 20, 10:30am-12:00pm. Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/98855984910. I’ll host the session, which we’ll record…
Gordon was one of the founders of the “Competition not Conflict” program, which ran sham undergraduate classes in the Law School with help from then Dean Michael Moffitt. Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Joshua Gordon, Woodard Family Foundation Fellow and senior instructor of sports…
You can’t make this shit up. From Around the O: The University of Oregon is offering a total of $50,000 in prizes to students who complete compliance with the UO’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements earlier than the prescribed deadlines. Any student who has completed the policy requirement will be eligible for…
you will probably find me in my ’87 Caballero making a run to the Glenwood Transfer Station, Eugene’s finest recycling center and garbage pit. If you’re a friend of the blog and have some stuff to add to the load, drop me an email. This load cost $32.50 to get…
Just kidding, they’re not employees, they’re student-athletes! https://www.purpleair.com/map?opt=1/mAQI/a10/cC0&select=35277#14.18/44.05559/-123.06687
Full email here. What You Need to Know Fall In-person Instruction and Operations: Thanks to carefully developed safety plans, the UO remains confident and committed to welcoming students back to campus for in-person learning, living, and experiences for fall term. Our full suite of safety plans and tools include: requiring…
Give the front four a pass then bet on the home team. Or the opposite. Law school prof Marc Edelman has the details in Forbes: In the three years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its seminal decision in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, at least 21 new states have…