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The candidate, from the initial pool of applicants, will be on campus for two days, Jan. 4-5, for interviews and a public presentation.

The 13 work groups will be led by members of the university’s senior leadership and will craft recommendations by Jan. 29.

So far, UO employees have donated $137,737 of the overall university employee donations of $225,840.

Smartphone application allows people to download and use coupons from local merchants without having to use paper.

The changes to pedestrian and vehicle traffic around the building will remain in place through winter term.

Following days of high winds and rain, a large California incense cedar fell on Fenton Hall early on Thursday, Dec. 10. No injuries were reported, and damage assessment is continuing.

Landscape maintenance supervisor Phil Carroll said the tree fell about 1 a.m. during gusty winds. A crane was brought in Saturday and crews were able to remove the tree with no further damage to the building.

The tree is approximately 100 years old, almost as old as Fenton Hall itself, which was built in 1909.

As part of the changes, both André Le Duc and Nancy Resnick will take on new responsibilities within the VPFA's office.

UO President Michael Schill sent the following holiday greeting to all members of the UO community:

Dear Campus Community,

As the fall term and finals wrap up, I want to wish you all very happy holidays and a safe winter break. My first full academic term as your president leaves me inspired, invigorated, and impressed by the commitment and talent of our community of scholars.

Mossberg will address the 2015 Abroad Writers' Conference later this month in Dublin, Ireland, where she will read from her poetry.

Following her research on the author Octavia Butler, brown will turn to the work of science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin.