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Provost Jim Bean Announces First Phase of Big Ideas
Released Jun 9, 2009The following message is forwarded on behalf of Senior Vice President and Provost Jim Bean:
Colleagues:
The Big Ideas evaluation committee has been working diligently. They did a thorough analysis of each proposal submitted and have recommended selections to us. We agree with their recommendations and have been meeting with these groups to inform them of the next steps. The five Big Ideas in the first phase of phased focus are:
Sustainable Cities: How do you plan, build and retrofit cities in sustainable ways targeting the intersection of green buildings, communities, business and policies.
The Americas in a Globalized World: Diversity and internationalization as keys to rethinking the past, present, and future of the hemisphere's populations, cultures, and economies.
Global Oregon: How do we rework liberal education to form not just good citizens, but good citizens of the world?
Human Health & Performance: How do we maintain health and enhance performance in the modern world.
Green Product Design: Integrating materials, product design and business models to supply the world with sustainable products.
Each of these groups will work with us during the summer to develop their organization.
We thank all the Big Idea authors for the time and thought that went into their proposals. There were many worthy proposals. We will continue to work with these groups to gain funding and prepare for further promotions to Big Ideas. We will be sending all authors comments from the Evaluation Committee.
Three UO Professors face off with UO National Debate Champs
Released May 22, 2009*The National Champion UO Debate Team is hosting a public debate versus 3 UO Professors on Tuesday May 26th at 7:00 pm in the UO Gerlinger Lounge. Resolved: Over the next 10 years, the University of Oregon should prioritize the funding of new projects to make the UO more environmetally sustainable.
Earlier in the season...
The University of Oregon forensics program, hosted in the Honors College, won another national championship in intercollegiate debate. The UO was recognized as the top scoring program at the National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) championship tournament held March 27 - 30, 2009 in Stockton, California.Robert D. Clark Honor's College student Hailey Sheldon and her partner, sophomore Matt Gander, lost in the national championship final. The NPDA attracted 250 debate teams representing over 80 colleges and universities from across the United States, including teams from University of California, Berkeley; University of Washington; Whitman College and Carlton College. The last Oregon national championship came in 2003 when students Alan Tauber and Heidi Ford won the invitation-only National Parliamentary Tournament of excellence
2008 -2009 Distinguished Teaching Award Recipients Named
Released May 13, 2009Alan W. Dickman, Research Associate Professor and Senior Instructor in the Department of Biology; Michael Dreiling, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology; and David T. Dusseau, a Donald A. Tykeson Senior Instructor of Business in the Department of Management have been honored as the 2008 - 2009 Distinguished Teachers. For more information on these outstanding faculty, the Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching, and the Thomas F. Herman Faculty Achievement Award for Distinguished Teaching, visit the Distinguished Teaching Awards web pages.The Office of Academic Affairs and CoDaC are pleased to announce the Ersted Distinguished Teaching Award Series
Released Feb 24, 2009The Center on Diversity and Community, in conjunction with the Office of Academic Affairs, is pleased to announce the next presentation of the Ersted Distinguished Teaching Awards Series. The series invites recipients of the Ersted Distinguished Teaching Awards to present remarks on the theme of ‘Engaging Diverse Learners in the Classroom'. Dr. Susan Verscheure, Instructor in Human Physiology and a 2008 recipient of the award, will present on Monday, May 6th in the EMU Gumwood Room at 12:30. Please register with Tim McMahon at timmc@uoregon.edu. A buffet lunch will begin at 12pm for the first twenty-five (25) members of the university community who register.
The Office of Academic Affairs and the Center on Diversity and Community are pleased to announce the Ersted Distinguished Teaching Awards Series. Beginning this winter, recipients of the Ersted award will share their thoughts, experiences, and insights as related to the theme of "Engaging Diverse Learners in the Classroom." This series will provide opportunity for shared knowledge and conversations that will enhance the creative, effective and inclusive teaching that lends itself to the academic excellence we strive for here at the UO. The complex nature of the diverse issues our institution has prioritized makes sharing the vast range of expertise among our colleges an unequivocal resource and who better to start these conversations than our distinguished teachers.Please join our colleague Dr. Ronald A. Beghetto, Associate Professor in Educational Studies as he kicks off the series on Monday, March 2nd in the Knight Library Browsing Room. Dr. Beghetto is a recipients of a 2006 Ersted Award.
Lunch will be served to the first twenty-five (25) members of the university community who register. Lunch will begin at 11:30 and Dr. Beghetto¹s presentation at 12:00. To register, contact Tim McMahon, timmc@uoregon.edu.
Russ
Russell S. Tomlin
Sr. Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
tomlin@uoregon.edu
6-3029For more information on future series presentations, please contact
The Center on Diversity and Community (CoDaC)
110 Gerlinger Hall
346-3212
For more information on the Ersted and other distinguished teaching awards, please visit Distinguished Teaching Awards.
