The list of possible subjects is large. As usual, Board Chair Angela Wilhelms isn’t giving specifics:
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James Crepea in the Oregonian, here: “We’re still trying to figure out if we can return to practice,” [Duck AD Rob Mullens] said on Oregon’s in-house radio show Friday, his first public appearance in since May 15. “So if we can’t return to practice then obviously that has an impact.…
Michael McCann, here.
President Schill was hired by Board Chair Chuck Lillis after a closed search (which additionally minimized faculty input, and gave Lillis sole power to pick the one finalist.) This report from the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information is the first attempt I’ve seen to examine the consequences of such…
Ted Sickinger has the story in the Oregonian here: Employees hired after Aug. 28, 2003 who make more than $30,000 a year are now sending 0.75% of salary to support the pension fund, with the remaining 5.25% of salary still flowing to individual accounts. The employee cost-sharing is expected to…
I can’t imagine why our provost would feel the need to put that in writing. I think the gist of his email is that faculty can now opt out of in-person teaching, whether they are obese or not: Dear Colleagues, I hope that you and your families are enjoying the…
That’s right, he’ll mortgage future income to pay Rob Mullens and the coaches now. Why not? They’ll all be gone when the bill comes due – just as Dave Frohnmayer is. Meanwhile the faculty is on its own. Jon Wilner has the scoop in the San Jose Mercury, here: The…
More than a month now:
From Inside Higher Ed: First, one piece of relatively good news. Our results indicate that as of July 21 the overall impact of the coronavirus on the fall plans of students who were already enrolled in some form of postsecondary education in spring 2020 before COVID-induced shutdowns was modest. Only 2 percent…
8/2/2020 update: According to an often reliable informant, a donor (presumably one with an optimistic view of the effectiveness of transformational change facilitators) has contributed the funds for the first few years of this new position. After that it is meant to be self-funded by money raised by this office. We’ll…
This is the first time I’ve seen Lorraine put it so plainly – or lay out what a tough and poorly paid job this is: Quoting from the full ad here: The Learning Specialist must be willing to work a flexible year-round schedule, including evenings and weekends. Master’s degree or…
I drove down to the Glenwood Transfer Station this afternoon to recycle some of my collection of UO Archives. Berdahl & Coltrane stuff – who cares about them now. Couldn’t restart the Caballero. A helpful mechanic guy who was dropping off a large load of beer cans tried to help…