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University cans coach after he beats Stanford, but flunks Covid exam

Say what you will about WSU, an ag school in remote eastern Washington, but can you imagine UO doing this? We currently have roughly 200 employees who were given religious or philosophical exemptions from the vax requirement, based entirely on clicking a box then self-reporting that they’d watched a web…

Oregon State’s Board has just one job – and they’ll contract it out again.

Meerah Powell has the story on OPB here: OSU Board Secretary Debbie Colbert laid out for the trustees the proposed timeline for the upcoming presidential search process, to see “if we’re headed in the right direction.” The board is hoping to manage a process and presidential hire that can build…

Don’t worry about what to do when your student tests positive – because UO won’t even tell you that they have

I’m going to guess that an over-zealous interpretation of HIPAA by our anti-transparency General Counsel Kevin Reed is behind this latest UO policy: For reasons of privacy and protected health information, instructors will NOT be notified by Corona Corps when a student in their class has tested positive or has…

Executive Assistant to the Assistant VP for Advancement of Bloat

Executive Assistant to the Assistant VP Advancement, Strategies and Technology Innovation Location: Eugene, OR Closing Date:  University Advancement is seeking an Executive Assistant to provide executive-level administrative support to the Assistant Vice President of Advancement Strategies and Technology Innovation. The Advancement Strategies and Technology Innovation department is responsible for the design, development,…

Prov Phillips to hire search firm to lead search for new CAS dean and VPRI

Presumably Blonigen and Moseley will be candidates – I haven’t heard otherwise. Dear colleagues,I am writing to provide an update on two critical academic leadership searches that were interrupted by the pandemic but will be re-launched this fall: one for the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and…

Someone will do this job, and I thank them:

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…

Pres Schill goes native for Senate meeting

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…

NLRB rules that “Student Athletes” are now university employees – South Park’s Cartman explains consequences for big-time college sports

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…