Who's that Duck?

Duck of the Week aims to tell the stories of our employees and their work in their own words.

Here we highlight those who have gone above and beyond – such as creating new ways to engage with students, or taking care of critical infrastructure on campus, or embracing technology to stay connected with colleagues.

Take a moment to suggest a coworker or two to be featured in an upcoming week. Nominations are open to faculty members, officers of administration, classified staff, graduate employees and student workers.

Nominate an Employee

The purpose of Duck of the Week is to help foster community among UO employees and share employee experiences by learning about different UO jobs and hearing from our colleagues’ point of view. Being included in the series is not intended to be an assessment or evaluation of on-the-job effectiveness or otherwise connected to a formal performance review.

 

Who orders the books for the library?

Chris Tweeter takes requests from university faculty and patrons to fill the shelves

Community relationships helped in moving thousands of books

Michael Brown is the manager of the UO Portland Library

Who keeps track of all those marching band kids?

Anna Frazer wrangles the Oregon Marching Band to make sure students perform at their best

Screen keeps the tight-knit program on the coast afloat

Laura Screen is the office specialist at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology

Who compiles and approves all the course packets?

Kati Kronholm cleans up and assembles documents with guidance from instructors