for Sara Ganim, a 24-year-old newly graduated student reporter, for her work on the Penn State scandals.
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4/13/2012: That’s the rumor, from an anonymous correspondent. They recently hired a rather controversial VPFA, Monica Rimai. And their website reports some serious budget problems. UO’s operations in Portland are also not doing well either – reportedly losing $3.5 million a year. Good thing we didn’t let Frohnmayer and Bean…
Update: ODE story here. 4/13/2012: Rumor down at the faculty club is that he’s up for a job “in Chicago.” Update from Bill Graves: It’s president of the Field Museum of Natural History. Previous president was paid $509K. And from an anonymous correspondent, this great article in the Trib: The…
4/13/2012: In the Oregonian: “Wow. Just what cash-strapped prospective college students really need: Another web site”
4/12/2012: Sent out yesterday at 10AM, sorry for the delay in posting, people don’t always forward me the administration’s confidential emails as quickly as they should. Emphasis added: To: [email protected]: cas-heads: Urgent information request due today 4 p.m. Dear department heads, We have been asked by the Graduate School to…
4/12/2012: The “We are Oregon” ASUO presidential slate tried to pull a Bush and get themselves declared winners, but the student court slapped them down. Rebecca X of the Commentator has the commentary. Branden Alexander of the ODE gets a good quote on the “Katie and Alex” phishing scandal that…
Blogspot approval has been a little messed up for a few days, sorry if I missed a few. Let me ask people again to consider using a screen name to help keep the threads organized. You just click the drop down box, go to name/url and type in whatever you…
4/11/2012: That’s what happened at the University of Illinois 3 weeks ago: Hogan has been under fire since early January, when his chief of staff, Lisa Troyer, resigned after being accused of posing as a faculty senator in anonymous emails sent to a faculty group to influence its debate. Troyer…
4/11/2012: UO will never have to worry about this sort of thing, right?
Today, Phil Knight Library, Room 101 3:00 ‐ 5:00 pm Some live notes: (My interpretation of what speakers mean, not their own words!) Lorraine Davis talks about OIEB benchmarks, then announces she is leaving the Senate meeting, but wants to say something about emeritus policy first. Why doesn’t the provost…
4/10/2012: KEZI has an informative broadcast:
4/10/2012: Randy Geller spent almost 4 weeks going through these with his whiteout bottle, but here they are. Looks like UO hired Mike Glazier last month for a second project, reviewing NCAA compliance. $9,245 in billing on that, plus $11,194.79 for the Willie Lyles football recruiting cleanup. No worries, UO…
4/10/2012 Update: The deadline is extended until 4/24. There’s a list of current nominations here. Many committees do not have enough names. 4/10/2012 Update: The deadline to complete this form is today. 4/5/2012: This will be an important year for shared governance. The call for faculty/OA/staff participation is out: To:…
4/10/2012: From Bill Graves in the Oregonian: The university is offering a $10,000-to-$40,000 cash incentive to faculty and staff who are at least 55 as of June 30 or have at least 30 years of retirement credit with an Oregon Public Employee Retirement System employer. … The retirement incentive was…
4/10/2012: From Joe Nocera in the NYT: Instead, universities do the opposite. With their phony majors and low expectations, they send the unmistakable message to the athletes that they don’t care what happens after their eligibility expires. It’s a disgrace. Instead, why not allow football players to major in, well,…