Dear University of Oregon colleagues, Next week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This is important to the University of Oregon because for students on our campus, and at other universities across the country, DACA helps provide…
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That’s the title of this Op-Ed in the RG today by Jennifer Gomez, one of Jennifer Freyd’s many excellent students. Read it all, here are some snippets: … However, when people from across the country hear where I am from, invariably someone will ask, “What is the matter with University…
Phil Knight, acting through BoT Secretary Angela Wilhelms and Chuck Lillis, or whoever replaces him as BoT Chair. InsideHigherEd had the story on what happened last time, here: … In an interview, Lillis disputed a newspaper account from the meeting that said he created a process that “reserves broad powers…
and give me a chance to win $500 for doing it? Oh, right, they sell textbooks. Is this crap common in other fields? Do Lit profs get emails from Scribners & Sons pushing them to add more Hemingway to their syllabi?
Dear Colleagues, The Faculty Club—your very own “study break” from midterm exam grading—is open during the usual hours this week, Wednesday and Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00. Last week’s Halloween celebration was festive, with a spooky “signature cocktail” and more than half of the attendees in costume. The prize for…
Update, 11/4/2019: Dear Readers – Last week (Halloween to be precise) I received a letter from Attorney Peter Jarvis of the HK law firm. At his request I’ve added the full text to this post (at the bottom) and the pdf is here. He is representing Attorney Paula Barran, who…
The IT help number is 541-346-HELP. They are very helpful, which is good because the online info is useless, at least for macs.
Dear University of Oregon Faculty Members, I am excited to announce that I have selected Graduate School Dean and Vice Provost Janet Woodruff-Borden as the next executive vice provost for academic affairs. Janet joins the Office of the Provost leadership team where she will lead the academic and faculty affairs…
Not that it will matter: Dear University of Oregon Faculty, and Staff: We need your help! Transportation Services conducts a yearly survey to better understand how students, faculty, and staff commute to and from campus. This survey provides a snapshot of commuting trends and your input will help inform transportation…
10/31/2019: A Halloween reminder: 11/3/2016 update: 23 Angry Law Professors: 11/2/2016 update: Law Dean writes alumni condeming professor and racism and bigotry, then suspends her from teaching. KEZI posts professor’s explanation and apology. It seems she is not a racist or a bigot – quite the contrary: The KEZI report is here: “I…
This is apparently on top of the $1.5M we’ve already paid for the utility tunnel. From https://pcs.uoregon.edu/content/business-opportunities:
Reporter Duncan Baumgarten has the news on the latest increase in the Emerald: The current rate for a day parking pass, based on the University of Oregon Transportation Services website, is $34 a month, $306 for three terms. The rate is new, having increased around a dollar since last year,…
Letter from the President: We Have a Deal! Late last night, we reached a tentative agreement with UO administration for our next contract. After 14 hours of intensive mediation (and an awesome accompanying sit-in in the EMU!), and despite a shady 11th-hour move by the UO bargaining team, we were…
The west coast urban CPI increased 3.1% last year. Mike Gottfredson & his well paid anti-union consultants tried a similar tactic during their effort to fight UO’s faculty union. The accent grave on vis-à-vis is a nice touch though – I wonder how much Ed Ray’s consultant charged for it.…
Traditionally this has been in the fall in front of the UO Senate, followed by some gentle Q&A. I’m assuming that this year’s speech – which I’ll guess will mention “student success” and “innovation” at least 20 times, and include no more than 5 of the devalued “excellence” buzz-word, has…