1/20/2012: Which would be getting UO out from under Pernsteiner’s thumb. Bill Graves story here. Read it all. Job #1 is finding UO a new president. Pernsteiner was supposed to announce the search committee this week, but no news yet.
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1/8/2012: Back in November, Bob Berdahl wrote in the RG: If you want to be president of the University of Oregon, be prepared to knuckle under to the chancellor and the board and be wary of the promises of the governor. Now Berdahl has the job of helping the chancellor…
1/6/2012: Written 12/28/11, link here. Apparently there will be a more complete contract by 1/31/12. Salient points: It’s open ended. He’s got a key role in the search. Kitzhaber wants UO to have its own board, but not until the 2013 session, and on his own terms. And George Pernsteiner…
12/11/2011: Greg Bolt has a long story in the RG on how the Lariviere firing has forged new leadership and solidarity at UO: History professor Ian McNeely, a member of the UO Senate’s executive committee, said it has been inspiring to see how people have put aside differences to work…
(interim). And then appoints Allyn Ford as chair of search committee for permanent President, with no consultation with the faculty. Throw the dog a bone? Aren’t we still paying off his Ford Alumni Center debt? The gift that keeps on taking. Berdahl’s opinions on OUS board members like Allyn Ford…
12/9/2011: 5:11PM. The board tricked us and is doing this meeting in person. They also started with an executive session, not announced in advance. Web link here. They are currently talking about how great Berdahl is. Now they are laughing, voting. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, …12/8/2011: Does anyone know…
12/1/2011: Yesterday’s meetings made it very clear to Governor Kitzhaber, the OUS Board, Chancellor Pernsteiner, and his mostly young and ambitious staff that there is only one clear way out of the disaster they have created for themselves: appoint Robert Berdahl as interim President and give him control of the…
11/30/2011: From Robert Berdahl’s Op-Ed in the RG today: … The chancellor and board have recklessly ignored the wishes of donors, alumni, faculty and students. They have signaled the academic community throughout the nation that innovative, courageous leadership will neither be sought nor tolerated. If you want to be president…
http://ous.edu/state_board/meeting/notices They created the pdf at 3:43 – 17 minutes to spare. But read this for more, and for a copy of the pdf with conflicting dates.