Good, bad, mediocre? Perfect? Fixable? Too much trouble, so just pay for the small stuff out of pocket? Discuss. I’m no fan of implementing university policy via software, but I haven’t used it yet. And for some historical perspective:
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Emailed to campus 6/13/2018: Dear University of Oregon community members, As we close out the 2017-18 academic year, I offer my warm congratulations to all of our graduates. I also want to thank everyone—faculty, advisors, graduate instructors and researchers, and staff—who helped our graduates reach the finish line. I look…
Ken Goe has the report in the Oregonian here: — I don’t trust yesterday’s official attendance figure of 9,767. I spent part of an afternoon earlier this year hand-counting the seats at Hayward Field. I found capacity was approximately 8,500, which is far short of the University Oregon’s official figure of 10,500.…
Reporter Meerah Powell, here.
As with most BOT meetings, this one is scheduled to coincide with an athletic event. In this case it’s the NCAA T&F championships. The next meeting is Sept 6-7, followed by a Duck football body-bag game against PSU. You can go to the BOT website here and click and page…
6/5/218: Senate meets today in REDWOOD room for curriculum vote, awards DRAFT Location: EMU 214 (Redwood Auditorium) 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. Call to Order Introductory Remarks; Senate Vice President Bill Harbaugh Update from Johnson Hall 3:30 P.M. Approval of Minutes, May 23, 2018 3:35 P.M. Business Spring 2018…
Dear Colleagues, This is the last week of the Faculty Club before we break for the summer. If you’ve been meaning to join us but haven’t gotten around to it yet, today (Wednesday) and tomorrow (Thursday) are your last chance until September. Wednesday June 6th, we celebrate Women in Science,…
A majority of OSU faculty have signed union cards, and UAOSU has filed for certification with the Oregon ERB:
From around the o: Going forward, I have asked Kaia Rogers, Senior Director of Human Resources Programs, Services and Strategic Initiatives, and Missy Matella, Senior Director of Employee and Labor Relations to jointly assume leadership of the Human Resources department. Kaia will be overseeing operations in HR programs and services,…
6/4/2018 update: Reporter Casey Crowley has the story in the Emerald, here: The ADSI will be part of the dean’s leadership team and will be tasked with developing, planning and implementing new strategic initiatives for the CAS. Stabile will not have permanent oversight of staff or budgets decisions. “She will;…
Update: As of Friday. Only Hayduke can stop the bulldozers now. It’s public property, but there’s no process for input from anyone but the UO President and the donor. Update: Can Historic Hayward Field supporters convince Uncle Phil to call off the bulldozers? Austin Meek has many new details in the…
That would be UO student diversity of thought. Emerald reporter Mateo Sundberg has the report on yesterday’s debate in a packed PLC 180 classroom between the student Republicans and Democrats. Before clicking on the link for the story here, please humor me and enter your guess in the comments as…
UO will permanently close 15th, build plaza for Slusher’s Schlong. The RG has the story here, With the usual PR flack BS: Closing East 15th Avenue would result in the loss of 115 parking spaces used by students, employees and visitors, said UO spokeswoman Molly Blancett. “Based on our most…
Opinion piece here, backed up with many examples.
That would be President Max Nikias at USC. Jack Stripling in The Chronicle, last week: Nikias Is Standing Firm as Scandals Mount at USC. But This Is What the End of a Presidency Looks Like. The LATimes has an op-ed here, from a USC professor: As Max Nikias pushed USC…