More on the UW administration’s problems with following the Faculty Code. In this letter, stored in our Library, Attorney David Corbett defends a faculty member from UW Tacoma. The letter, however, is not really about that faculty member. The letter details, in a very orderly way, a series[...]
Archive for November, 2010
November 13th, 2010 - 10:22 am § in UW
The administration is systematically violating the Faculty Code.
November 13th, 2010 - 9:10 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
AAUP Writes Letter to Presidential Search Committee, While Only 2 Faculty Show Up to Talk with The Commitee!
Letter to the Search Committee from the AAUP: “Mark Emmert gravely undermined the principles of shared governance.” The University Chapter of the AAUP has written a very worrisome letter to the Presidential Search Committee. The key charge in the letter is that the administration has u[...]
“It is inappropriate for you to have any further activity in any UW laboratory.
“It is inappropriate for you to have any further activity in any UW laboratory.” This phrase is from a letter Andrew Aprikyan just received. Andrew had been seen sitting in on a course offered by the UW’s Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM). These course[...]
November 10th, 2010 - 9:54 am § in Misc., Schools & Colleges
SPIEGEL: Is the US Education System, with its faith in the magic of unregulated entrepreneurs, viable?
The current Spiegel English edition has a very well written article on the “nouveau poor” in the USA. This ought to have special meaning for the UW at a time when British students are protesting their new government’s plan to change from free tuition to loans. Imagine, that! Th[...]
November 8th, 2010 - 8:41 am § in Misc.
Move-On Potluck, on THE-Ave
Capitol Hill, near Aloha and 19th 14 Nov , 06:00 PM My wife Barbara and I, along with the our new website, THE-Ave.US, are excited to host a potluck for MoveOn. Join us for food, a Move-On tele conference, and a chance to meet new friends. For our part we hope to introduce some of […][...]
November 6th, 2010 - 10:26 pm § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Huge New Whale at Children’s, Work of Marvin Oliver
Marvin Oliver has a new show at Stonington Gallery. Marvin is one the UW’s world class artists and a leader in the tradition of Northwest Coastal Art originating in the Washington State’s Lopez Island under Bill Holm, now UW Professor Emeritus, and Mungo Martin, perhaps the greatest of[...]
Did Nike Pay for Oregon’s Victory?
The Huskies lost to Oregon. Or did they really lose to Nike? Last March, Oregon concluded an unpublished contract for support from Nike through 2018. UW folks may not realize it but Oregon alum, Phil Knight, the founder of Nike, not only donates to the schools athletics but has claimed this money [...]
Mourning for Our Country
Nov. 10 2010 I mourn the path my country is taking, and the social forces that drive it so. This, on a cloudless crisp fall day, trees in color, beautiful beyond words. We expect the seasons to turn. May our country, also. Halstead[...]
November 5th, 2010 - 9:20 am § in Misc.
The Ave! Coming to be. See NING too.
The Ave should be “up” this weekend. In the meantime, I just learned of a tool that might have done the work for me. That tool is Ning. Ning is a for profit but inexpensive web based tool that has been used by a number of organizations to create communities centered around common inter[...]
November 4th, 2010 - 10:57 am § in Misc.
Western Washington University Claims to be Able to Try Faculty in Closed Session
From the Chronicle of Higher Education via Raya Fidel Below the fold I have copied an article posted on the AAUP listserv by Raya Fidel. The article details a disciplinary hearing of Professor Peter Mills at Bellingham in 2005. The administration at Western Washington University conducted the he[...]