We would like to hear what is on your mind as the UO prepares to navigate a post-pandemic world. We have also invited our partners in Human Resources to attend and hear your thoughts. Please save the date for a special OA Council Listening Session!

Thursday, February 18
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/95534169957
Meeting ID: 955 3416 9957

Missed the OA Council Fall Open Meeting on Thursday, November 12?

You can watch the recording here: https://uoregon.zoom.us/rec/share/O_O5ofHQ4sYcTmcRdfVz_O-82Jgm3veJ53KtuuVVXTLil6hHKDThH0avYGyszg_t.XZVFwmB3SRHd02QZ

Passcode: WUd*eQ6=

At this meeting, the OAC shared our 2020-21 Goals and provided other updates. We heard from UO’s Wellness Ambassador Program and learned about resilience as it applies to OAs from Mariko Lin, Education and Prevention Outreach Director and Senior Staff Psychologist. Dr. Lin’s presentation was excellent. We encourage you to check it out if you missed! (Begins at 32:40).

All OAs are invited to our Winter Open Meeting. Here are the details:

When: March 11, 1:30 – 3:00 pm
Where: Ford Alumni Center Ballroom

Agenda:

• OA Council Business
• Provost Patrick Phillips will deliver remarks and answer your questions.

We hope to see you there!

This event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you to those who submitted proposals for presentations. 

Save the date: April 28, 2020

This year’s theme is “Innovation, Imagination, and Ingenuity: OAs as creative problem solvers.”  We encourage OAs to submit proposals on their ideas and work around this topic! More information and the proposal submission form can be found here.

All OAs are invited to our Fall Open Meeting. Here are the details:

When: November 7, 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Where (*updated location*): Kalapuya Ilihi 117  (residence hall on E. 17th Ave, west of Moss Street)

Agenda:

• Coffee, snacks, and networking with OAC members and other fellow OAs
• OA Stars Awards presentation
• President Michael Schill will deliver remarks and answer your questions.

We hope to see you there!

The 2018 Annual OA Open meeting is this November 8th in the Performance Hall of the Living Learning Center from 3:30pm – 5:00pm. The meeting is a great opportunity to meet your current OA council members as we discuss our strategic goals and initiatives for the upcoming year. Below is an outline of what you can expect from this year’s annual meeting;

• OAC goals for 2018-2019
• Important updates on current policy groups on campus that affect OA’s (Workplace Violence, Drug and Alcohol, Conflict of Interest, etc.)
• Results from the previous years “Listening Tour”
• Common Reading program for 2018-2019 and important dates

President Michael Schill and CFO Jamie Moffit will also be presenting on topics pertaining to Officers of Administration and the current climate at the University of Oregon. Light refreshments will be available, we hope to see you there.

The Officers of Administration Council and Human Resources are offering an opportunity for OAs to enhance their leadership and management skills, to identify solutions for issues impacting higher education, and to share their expertise with their colleagues.

In response to your feedback in the Workplace Climate Survey, sessions will be geared towards managing change.

Provost Banavar will provide opening remarks, followed by our keynote presenter, Matt Coleman, DEd, Executive Director of inflexion and UO Alumni.  He will be speaking on leading and building trust in times of change.

We are also very excited to offer an additional keynote to kick off the second half of the day with Dean of Students for the Law School, Jennifer Espinola and Associate Director for Holden Center for Leadership and Community Engagement, Chris Esparza. They will be presenting on leadership strategies.

We encourage all OAs to attend.  CLICK HERE for a complete list of topics, presenter bios, schedule, and registration!

Erik Girvan, a UO associate law professor, will talk about implicit bias at the next Officers of Administration Council meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13. The meeting will be in the Redwood Auditorium in the Erb Memorial Union and streamed to UO Portland in Room 150 of the White Stag Block.

Girvan’s research investigates how stereotypes, attitudes and other biases might affect decisions in the legal system and related contexts, such as school discipline decisions. He empirically tests practical ways to reduce or eliminate implicit biases by working with a diverse variety of legal and other professionals.

Attendees are encouraged to RSVP for the OA Council meeting.