Letters and other documents for the IFS 2004

  1. Notes taken by P. Gilkey at a meeting the Governor  held with various UO Faculty and Administrators on 15 January 2004.
  2. Letter to Bend Bulletin. The article appeared 18 January 2004 and an Archival copy is stored in text format.
  3. Letter from Chancellor Jarvis to employees of the Chancellors Office 10 February 2004
  4. Draft of briefing book
  5. Information about the International Science and Engineering Fair - and the OUS involvement in the May competition in Portland. See also Information on theIntel ISEF Judging Committee For further information or to register as a judge go to http://www.intelisef2004.org. You can also contact
    1. Bill Cameron, Oregon Health Sciences University, cameronw@ohsu.edu
    2. Anna Cavinato, Eastern Oregon University, acavinat@eou.edu
    3. Bob Dryden, Portland State University, drydenr@pdx.edu
    4. Joseph Graf, Southern Oregon University, graf@sou.edusm
    5. Lonnie Guralnick, Western Oregon University, guralnl@wou.edu
    6. Skip Rochefort, Oregon State University, skip.rochefort@orst.edu
    7. Randy Sullivan, University of Oregon, smrandy@darkwing.uoregon.edu
    8. Sherri Yang, Oregon Institute of Technology, yangs@oit.edu
    See also one-page informative recruitment flyer for the 2004 Portland ISEF Fair
  6. Salary Comparison information: OSUPSU, UO, OSU/PSU/UO (on their common list) EOU, SOU, WOU, OIT, for 2002/3
  7. Legislative history at UO concerning COLLEGE HIGH program and history at Community colleges
  8. Denise Yunker writes 9 March 2004: Break in Service Problem Fixed (Questions about PERS' break in service rules for academic year employees taking unpaid career development leave have been resolved. Please see the attached memo. For further details see http://www.pers.state.or.us/member/docs/persplan/publications/break_in_service_word_version.pdf or http://www.pers.state.or.us for details.)
  9. Sabbatical Report - Teaching for excellence
  10. Letter to the Editor by Tim Young - in response to an editor in the UO Daily Emerald about Chanceelor Jarvis.
  11. Documents related to State Board Meeting May 6/7 at EOU
    1. Proposed amendment to Agency request budget policy package proposal.
    2. Possible reorganization structure for the Chancellors office
    3. Fact sheet concerning Tuition Plateau provided by the OSA
    4. Critical Issues identified by OUS Faculty
    5. Salary and total compensation information for OUS institutions
      1. Total Compensation information for OUS omparators 2003/4
      2. Total Compensation information for OUS omparators 2003/4 adjusted to Portland equivalents
      3. Salary & Compensations data for past 5 years for OUS institutions
  12. Remarks to UO Senate 12 May 2004
  13. Letter to OUS Provosts 11 May 04
  14. Letter From Gretchen Schuette re MBF received 11 May 2004
  15. Letter From Bob Turner to Neil Bryant 18 May 2004
  16. Letter from Maureen Sevigny 19 May 2004 dealig with TGEC.
  17. Letter From Susan Weeks 7 June 2004 containing two documents dealing with "quality":
  18. email as of 8 June 2004 from Deb Carver (UO Librarian) giving information about serials cuts. See attached document giving information about inflation for the last binium.
  19. General statement about inflation in the costs for subscriptions to journals:Ê Background and some solutions for the escalating cost of OUS journals Ê Prepared by members of the OUS Library Council, June 18, 2004 and UO Strategies concerning the matter. Transmitted 20 June 2004 by UO Librarian Deb Carver.
  20. Postponent of E-board action on "fighting funds".
  21. Information about mis-identification of PERS Tier One participants as PERS Tier Two participants.
  22. Salary Proposal from the State Board for 2005-6 and 2006-7.
  23. Information on the General Transfer Education Certificate from M. Sevigny 12 July 2004
  24. Charge to the Provosts Council - adopted 16 July 2004.
  25. JBAC Proposal 15 Sept 2004. Cover letter and proposal. See also PDF form:Proposal 15 September 2004 from JBAC.
  26. Communication from Lorraine Davis (chair Provosts Council) containing the policy packages that the Provosts' Council submitted to the Chancellor in September 2004.
  27. Letter from UO Senate President Marcus concerning the meeting on the UO Campus 6 October 2004 concerning the board initiatives and information about those meetings. These are part of a faculty driven process on all the OUS campuses.
  28. Letter from AOF September 2004 to all faculty on OUS campuses.
  29. Letter and attached documents from Andy Duncan concerning Gen Ed Requirements 4 October 2004
  30. Cover letter from EOU Provost Miller concerning JBAC GTEM dated 15 September 2004. A revised version was posted 9 October 2004.
  31. Information about OUS/ORP discussion + Stakeholders Meeting 12 October 2004. Follow up letter from Lisa Zavala 19 October 2004
  32. MBF minutes 15 October meeting
  33. Information on Salary Questions.
    1.  Audit Fact Sheet (OUS)
    2. Summary of the Audit (State of Oregon)
    3. Statement by UO Academic Vice President Davis
    4. Audit finds 'questionable' pay raises at UO, OSU. Bend.com LLC
    5.  When Private Colleges Come Knocking, The Chronicle of Higher Education 11.12.04, by Piper Fogg; As those institutions get richer, public universities struggle to keep their professors. See also https://webmail.uoregon.edu/redirect?http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i12/12a02001.htm
  34. Email summarizing conversation between IFS President (2005) Turner and Chancellor Pernsteiner 17 November 2004
  35. Email from Dan Edge summarizing OSU-OGA view of Governor's Budget

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