Last I heard UO had abandoned this initiative along with the whole “research metrics” idea that had been pushed by Chuck Lillis, Brad Shelton, and Elliot Berkman. Faculty opposition and ridicule was one reason, the rest was cost and time-suck. But now it’s back, at least for the Knight Campus.…
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you can’t figure out how to make the projector work and tell the class “it’s been a while – this was so much easier in Zoom.”
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,…
Thanks, but no way I’m clicking on this spam to “update my profile”.
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…
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…
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…