Oregon's first – and only – woman Gov. Barbara Roberts has had a long and inspiring political career in local and state government, starting when she was elected to a school board in 1973.

The weekly AroundtheO photo gallery focuses on the people and places that make the University of Oregon special.

COMING ATTRACTIONS is a regular feature of AroundTheO, highlighting the many upcoming lectures, exhibits and other events at the UO

Within the University of Oregon's 295-acre campus, its 260 academic programs and its countless websites, a variety of resources are available to help acclimate new additions to the university's workforce of nearly 7,000 faculty, staff and graduate teaching fellows. New faculty and staff are invited to periodic orientation sessions, but sometimes may come away feeling overwhelmed by the volume of materials.

The University of Oregon will host ESPN's "College GameDay" for the fifth-straight year when the on-campus pregame show comes to Eugene this week for No. 2 Oregon's showdown with No. 12 UCLA on Saturday.The football pregame show that has made Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit household names will be in UO’s Memorial Quad by Thursday morning – two and a half days before kickoff on Saturday.