12/15/2010: Greg Bolt has a substantive piece on the promotion of Michael Moffitt to law school dean. Mat Wolf of the ODE has another. The search did include outside candidates. Moffitt’s plans apparently include raising money to expand the building – which, I believe, was Phil Knight’s last contribution to…
UO Matters
12/14/2010: From the official announcement: The University of Oregon is firmly committed to diversity and seeks to further this goal among our faculty, staff and student body. To lead us in these efforts, we are searching for a new Vice President of the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity to…
12/12/2010: This quarter’s grades are now up for the UO administrators. Given that Chip Kelly only got an A-, our poll responders seem a bit on the tough side. You want to see more evidence of effort? . Title Name Fall 2010 GPA Fall 2010 Grade . Coach, Football Kelly,…
12/11/2010: From Bill Graves in the Oregonian: “We see their position as what is good for the UO with very little consideration for the impact on others in the system,” Kelly said. That’s Paul Kelly, the OUS board chair. The guy who happily signed off on furloughs for the staff,…
12/10/2010: The Connecting Eugene group recently made this appeal to the Senate Transparency Committee regarding UO’s delay responding to public records requests about the Trammmel Crow / ORI / Riverfront Research contracts, and UO’s refusal to grant a public interest fee waiver for the documents. Yesterday the committee met to address this complaint.…
The UO Senate Transparency Committee will meet with UO Public Records Officer Liz Denecke this Thursday 12/9/2010 at 11 AM, in the EMU Oak room. From the UO Senate Calendar: Senate Transparency Committee Date: Thu, 12/09/2010 – 11:00am Location: Oak Room in the EMU All meetings of the STC are…
12/8/2010: UO student and ODE Opinion Editor Tyree Harris has an extremely interesting Op-Ed in the Oregonian on black culture and his place in it. (Thanks to Tomchak for the link.) Being called a sellout because I don’t accept the media-spun perceptions of blackness made me paranoid and uncomfortable. I was…
12/8/2010: Not sure this is a new job, but it looks like Frances Dyke is giving DPS a new administrator to keep track of all the money she is throwing at them. Presumably this will be paid for out of the $3 million that she just took back from the…
12/6/2010: It’s not officially a done deal, but Nigel Jaquiss reports he is on the short list of state agency heads who have been told to prepare their resignations. Kitzhaber writes: You will note that the list does not include all state agencies or programs. Rather, it represents my immediate…
12/6/2010: VCU’s president is in some serious trouble with his university’s board. The confidentiality agreements he made his staff sign are part of the problem. It’s a public university. Someday administrators will learn that transparency is the best policy for the long run. They sure haven’t learned it at UO…
12/6/2010: From Alan Brettman in the Oregonian, via Alex Tomchak Scott’s excellent Commentator digest. Worth reading: Knight’s take is that Lariviere wants to privatize UO and raise tuition. Q: What’s next to elevate the status of the University of Oregon? A: I think the athletic department is really the best marketing tool…
12/6/2010: Stefan Verbano of the ODE digs into the recordings of the OUS meeting on the new UO athletic complex, back in June: At one point in the meeting, however, Lariviere spoke frankly about how the school has been obliged to embrace such projects even if they do not buttress…
12/5/2010: As we wrote this summer, the university funding/autonomy situation in NY is very similar to that in Oregon. There is even a wealthy donor pushing an autonomy proposal and promising a big donation in return. Of course, if Phil Knight and Howard Slusher have made any promises to UO, they…
Meanwhile, Chancellor Pernsteiner prepares his OUS board and staff:
12/1/2010: The Senate meets today, agenda here. A report from President Lariviere/Provost Bean on the Riverfront Research Park should be interesting, given recent revelations about UO’s apparent failure to follow the development procedures. I suspect the statement will be limited, given the potential for a lawsuit from the developer. France…