University of Oregon President Michael Gottfredson joined Gov. John Kitzhaber and other dignitaries today (Feb. 21) in presenting this year's Collaborative Service Governance Awards to students including a pair of master's candidates in the UO's Conflict and Dispute Resolution Program.
The University of Oregon's Summer Academy To Inspire Learning (SAIL) – a pipeline program that helps make higher education a realistic goal for disadvantaged middle school and high school students – is looking for UO professors, GTFs and students to conduct visits at local schools.
Volunteers will visit Eugene-Springfield high schools to share their expertise and college experiences. Those who are interested in helping with the program can e-mail Lara Fernandez, the SAIL program's director.
Early bird registration ends on Friday, Feb. 22, for the Sustainable City Year (SCY) conference that will be held in Eugene and Portland April 9-12. The event is presented by the University of Oregon's Sustainable Cities Initiative.
The three-day conference is for university representatives and partners interested in establishing SCY programs at their home institutions.
Jim Bean, the University of Oregon's senior vice president and provost, has requested a return to teaching in the Lundquist College of Business, UO President Michael Gottfredson announced Wednesday afternoon.
Bean will continue in his current position through the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
The second of five small-group meetings with interim UOPD Chief Carolyn McDermed will be from noon to 1 p.m. today in the EMU Board Room, as discussions continue on the issue of arming campus police officers.
The first of three campus-wide forums on the issue was Feb. 11. The remaining forums are on Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the EMU Fir Room; and Wednesday, March 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Knight Library Browsing Room.
After today's initial small-group discussion, McDermed will host similar meetings:
Marc Schachter, professor of romance languages at the University of Oregon, will offer a half-day seminar entitled “Playing Through the Black Plague” on Saturday, March 9.
The seminar runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Knight Library’s Browsing Room. The fee is $45, and registration is required.
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The Oregon University System (OUS) and the UO have asked the Oregon Employment Relations Board to authorize a new Service Employees International Union (SEIU) bargaining unit for the UO’s commissioned police officers.
Woody Tasch will speak at the University of Oregon on Tuesday, Feb. 19, about Slow Money, the national movement he founded that focuses on investing locally – particularly in small food enterprises.
Tasch, who serves as chairman of Slow Money, will speak at 7 p.m. in the Great Room at the Global Scholars Hall (15th and Moss). The title of his talk is "Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered."
The University of Oregon Multicultural Center is holding its Social Justice Real Justice conference (SJRJ) from Thursday, Feb. 14 through Saturday Feb. 16, in the Erb Memorial Union.
