4/25/2013: Word down at the faculty club Jai Alai court is that Gottfredson is going to appoint an interim provost soon, without jumping through any of the Senate hoops. Just how Bean got the job. Presumably Doug Blandy is the man – because UO has no standards: 4/23/2013: Sami Edge has the…
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To: University Community From: Robert Kyr, senate president Re: SENATE ELECTIONS & COMMITTEE SERVICE—University Senate, Elected Committees, and Appointed Committees DEADLINE for self-nomination: Wednesday, May 3, 2013 We have extended the deadline for the completion of the UO Senate Committee Service Preference Form to this coming Wednesday, May 3, 2013.…
4/25/2013 Prologue: Note to President Gottfredson: If you have any concern for what the faculty think of you, don’t let Sharon Rudnick speak for you again. The union presented its raise proposal 5 weeks ago. The administration has been stalling on a response ever since. Tuesday, about 30 faculty showed up to hear what…
4/24/2013. Harry Esteve has the bloody details in the Oregonian.
4/24/2013. In the Oregonian. And where did UO’s money go? The ODE has a hint, here. $3 million a year in new costs, recurring. We pay Jamie Moffitt $290K a year, recurring, to control this sort of thing. Instead she’s lecturing the faculty about how much science start-ups cost.
4/24/2013: Secret meeting update: SI is reporting UO held a meeting with the NCAA infractions committee last week to negotiate penalties. The charge of the UO Senate’s IAC says the IAC shall be consulted by the 3. The faculty athletics representative about all ongoing investigations and major violations. And the Frohnmayer…
Update: The union is reporting that Gottfredson’s team has committed to present their counter on raises at 8AM Thursday. No explanation for the HLGR donut delivery problems, but the UO Matters catering division will be ready with coffee and backup voodoo. 4/23/2013: At 9:30 VPFA Jamie Moffitt will deliver President Gottfredson’s…
4/23/2013 update: Harry Esteve of the Oregonian reports that the legislature’s PERS cut / tax increase deal is likely to pass, in part because speaker Tina Kotek bought off a few eastern legislators with easier wolf kill rules. And then he links to this disturbing report on wolf attacks on…
The NYT has a discussion following up on the decision by Spellman to shift the money from a few “student-athletes” to general personal wellness programs. 4/23/2013.
According to the link here. Dental hygienists make 69K? Worst career choice: Newspaper reporter. I’d take this with a grain of salt. 4/23/2013.
4/23/2013. Report in Insidehighered, here. This leaves the lower court ruling in place, and Ms Emeldi can go forward with her discrimination suit against the College of Ed. Presumably Frohnmayer, Rudnick, and HLGR will pick up some additional billings on this one.
From Inside Higher Ed: Public universities have a long history of adapting to technological change, but they must speed up their embrace of online education — and work together to do so — to remain at the forefront of educating the citizens of their states and the country, argues a…
Monday 4/22/2013 is the last day to volunteer for appointments, and to run for the Senate and elected committees. List of who has volunteered so far is here. To: Faculty, Officers of Administration, Classified StaffFrom: Christopher Prosser, senate executive coordinatorRe: UO Senate Committee Service Preference Form Now is the time to sign…
Updated 4/23/2013 with link to full Frohnmayer opinion, here. 4/20/2013. New Oregon Administrative Rule 571-004 took effect March 4, 2013. It allows the Duck athletics department to randomly test “student-athletes” for use of illicit drugs, and take away their scholarships if they fail one test: The program shall also describe potential sanctions…
4/19/2013 parking update: ODE story on faculty union’s unsuccessful efforts to talk with Gottfredson about his bargaining team’s slow pace, here: “It’s important for our representatives to work with theirs, and not to be jumping to different personnel,” Altmann said. “The president signs off on everything that the administration does,…