Dennis Galvan (Poli Sci) is the new head of Undergraduate Studies. I know I’ve said a few unkind things about Dennis in the past, but that was only because I knew he was a better man than Ali Bongo deserved. UGS is the right job for him. I’m not being…
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Galvan confirmed as permanent Ambassador to Gabon, Freinkel as VP for UGS. Nothing yet on HC Dean. 7-17-13 Interim Provost’s Message July 17, 2013 • PROVOST’S WEBSITE • FORWARD THIS EMAIL Scott Coltrane Colleagues, As I step into my new role as Interim Senior Vice President and Provost, I am delighted to announce…
5/16/2013: Dear colleagues: I invite you to a presentation by Dr. Dennis Galvan, who is a finalist for the position of Vice Provost for International Affairs. Dr. Galvan’s application materials (letter and cv) will be available for your review on Monday, May 20, at http://provost.uoregon.edu/content/vice-provost-international-affairs-finalists. He will give his public presentation…
I try to keep this blog focused on sleazy administrators, football scams, and transparency. But every now and then something a bit more consequential comes up. From the comments on a UO Gabon post: Citoyen Libre Gabon Sunday, 02 December, 2012 University of Oregon just accepted a gift of $20M from…
Story here. 11/6/2012.
10/14/2012: Longtime readers may recall the bizarre alliance between Richard Lariviere and Ali Bongo Ondimba, the “President” of Gabon. UO was supposed to get $20 million from Gabon – Dennis Galvan helped set this up and is now in charge. The latest from Gabon is that Bongo has decided overnight to…
2/6/2012: From the Guardian: In an unprecedented move, three serving African leaders and their families are under investigation in Paris over whether they embezzled state funds to acquire vast assets in France including bank accounts, Riviera villas and fleets of luxury cars. The clan of Gabon‘s late leader Omar Bongo…
10/30/2011: Many of the comments on the appointment of Dennis Galvan as VP for IA are somewhat supportive. I don’t trust Dennis Galvan because of the way he handled the deal between UO and Gabon this summer. Galvan and Lariviere signed UO to a deal with Gabon based on some…
There were (at least) two credible internal candidates. President Lariviere went with the one who was willing to go to Gabon and prove he had no spine. As with other recent appointments there was no legitimate search committee, hence Galvan will take office without any buy-in from the people he…
6/28/2011: From the Voice of America. I didn’t realize they had survived the end of the cold war. The videos are just fascinating, and not simple. Great questions, some plausible answers, tough followups. Impressive on both sides. A lesson for US reporters. But keep thinking about his $140 million Paris…
6/28/2011: The Koch Foundation’s academic grants – which come with many strings – are in the news again, Dan Berrett has an excellent piece in Insidehighered.comhttp://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/06/28: It concludes with this: The best way to safeguard a university’s interests and commitment to academic freedom is to be clear about expectations up…
6/20/2011: Deborah Bloom of the ODE manages to extract some qualifying language from Professor Galvan on Gabon: “It’s one thing to say we won’t do business in Africa,” Galvan said. “It’s another thing to say we are going to understand the African reality of what a change toward good governance…
6/15/2011: UO Matters’s foreign correspondents have been hard at work on the UO Gabon partnership. Turns out the US Ambassador Eric Benjaminson is a UO alum and football fan – pretty sure he’s not talking soccer. Finalement, c’est un réel plaisir de vous présenter le Dr. Dennis Galvan et John…