Higher Education
Commencement moved back to after finals
The Oregonian and Register-Guard are reporting that the University has changed its plans for the 2010 commencement ceremony and will now hold it after finals as is customary.
The plan had originally been to hold the ceremony before graduates took their finals in order to accommodate the NCAA National Track and Field Championships, scheduled in the [...]
Lariviere on the budget: “I don’t have all the answers”
The president has made a new blog post that includes an embedded video address to the campus with a sobering message: the state’s budget cuts have raised questions to which, he says, “I won’t kid you; I don’t have all the answers at this point.”He writes, however, that he will do his best to avoid [...]
Frohnmayer gets OUS gig
Dave Frohnmayer will stay on the Oregon University System payroll for another six weeks, according to Greg Bolt’s article in Tuesday’s Register-Guard, for the sake of “brainstorming ways to get college degrees into the hands of more people in a state with perennially weak funding for the task.” His title, Bolt wrote, will be special assistant [...]
Government moving to ease student loan pressure
The New York Times reported today that the federal government has been taking measures to decrease pressure from student loans. Among the provisions of the plan:
Reduction in payments on federal student loans based on the borrower’s income based on calculations explained here.
A 1.2 percent drop in interest rates on the government’s largest student loan program, [...]
OUS Web site becomes platform for anti-Obama message from Iran
A hacker claiming to be from Iran but posting from a Polish domain posted an anti-Obama message on the Oregon University System’s Web page Wednesday morning. The message read as follows:
Hey Stupid Fly Catcher Obama! Stop talking about Iran and telling to your dogs (UK, France, Germany) to talk about Iran and Iran Election. Keep [...]
New dorm design details; University to expand museum
On June 10, as indicated in this official record, the University’s Campus Planning Committee met to discuss ideas for the construction of the new dormitory. Architect Mark Forster of the firm Zimmer Gunsul Frasca (also designed the University’s Athletic Medicine Center) outlined preliminary plans for the project.
He said the new building will have either a [...]
Russell Athletic Agreement
Though this news is old now, what with President Dave Frohnmayer’s having elected to retain Russell Athletic’s licensing agreement, the University’s General Counsel has granted my request for the company’s licensing agreement with the University.
The first part of the document — a stock University Licensing agreement with Russell’s name handwritten at the top in blue [...]
Lariviere to restructure president's office.
This link on the University’s HR page indicates that Richard Lariviere will be restructuring the president’s office. The following administrators will change positions: Michael Redding (Interim VP for Advancement who becomes VP for University Relations), Tim Black (Director of Intergovernmental Relations who becomes Assistant Vice President), and Becky Couch-Goodling (becomes Executive Assistant to the President). [...]
