For the past 31 years, the Board of Directors at United Campus Ministry has been recognizing individuals in the Athens community for their efforts to promote peace and justice.
Student Senate’s Wednesday meeting will be a global affair.In honor of this year’s International General Board Meeting, members of Ohio University’s Student Senate plan to wear international costumes to celebrate the various cultures represented at OU.Speakers at the meeting will include Vice Provost for Global Affairs Lorna Jean Edmonds and Gerard Krzic, director of the Ohio Program of Intensive English.“I’m speaking to Student Senate tomorrow night to share where we’re at in terms of our development of our global strategy and reflect on where we are today,” Edmonds said.International Affairs Commissioner Hashim Pashtun encouraged anyone who plans to attend the meeting to wear international garb, if possible.Interim Chief Information Officer Duane Starkey and David Alexander, a systems and projects administrator for Office of Information Technology, will also speak at the meeting to give an update from OIT.Finally, Caleb Balduff, university life senator-at-large, will speak about the responsibilities students take on when they decide to host parties.cb536511@ohio.edu@CarolineBartels
As some students kick back to sip a cup of coffee at the Academic and Research Center’s café, their peers down the hallway are studying objects atom by atom through microscopes.
E-cigarettes aren’t allowed in Ohio University’s laboratories, but they might be allowed in classrooms, depending on the professor.
Ohio University’s Board of Trustees committed to raising all faculty salaries within the next three years, and faculty gathered Monday night to hold preliminary discussion on how to make that happen.
Ohio University’s Board of Trustees committed to raising all faculty salaries within the next three years, and faculty gathered Monday night to hold preliminary discussion on how to make that happen.The Faculty Compensation Plan passed Friday at the board meeting intends to propel all OU faculty salaries to be among the third highest for state universities in Ohio.Currently, OU faculty salaries rank from sixth to eighth, depending on faculty titles.OU administrators, with the help of Faculty Senate, will decide how to distribute funding for this year’s paychecks at the end of the year. The provost’s office will ultimately make the final decision, said Ben Stuart, chairman of the finance and facilities committee.The resolution, on its first draft, comprises three parts. Together, the resolution asks that:• A reasonable percentage of the money allocated for this year’s raise pool increase should be given to faculty across-the-board, or the same for each unit (professor, assistant professor or associate professor) of faculty groups on the Athens and regional campus• The across-the-board money should be given as a fixed dollar amount for each unit, rather than a percentage of each professors’ salary• Any remaining portion of the raise pool should be given to deans and departments to distribute as merit-based raises“The idea there was to say that everyone should benefit,” Stuart said. “What we’re trying to say is everyone as a professor is valued dollar-wise.”The committee had not established a percentage of the raise pool it would like to receive as a fixed amount, though senators discussed suggesting a rate of 50 percent.The remaining percentage of the raise pool would be distributed between deans and departments to be used as merit increases for outstanding faculty members.“This is a three-year process, so this first year is going to be a very quick turnaround,” Stuart said. “It is an ongoing process, so this is something that we’ll want to have discussions on a continuous basis.”OU President Roderick McDavis also made an appearance to address the language in Ohio House Bill 472, which would require faculty of all Ohio public higher education institutions to increase their workload by 10 percent, which could be passed into law Dec. 31.McDavis said it was still early in discussion in both the house and the Inter-University Council, a coalition of Ohio’s public universities, but the council was previously instrumental in removing a similar policy.The next Faculty Senate meeting will take place April 14, where the senate will elect next year’s chair, voting between Beth Quitslund, the senate secretary and an English professor, and Kenneth Hicks, a senator and physics and astronomy professor.dk123111@ohiou.edu@DanielleRose84
Ohio University’s Board of Trustees walked out of Walter Hall on Friday afternoon with a new chairman and a commitment to increasing faculty salaries to compete with those at top-compensating state universities.
Students will be able to speak with their professors from the comfort of their beds once the university installs its new telephone systems.
Ohio University officials are offering a way to stay dry in Athens’ rainy weather with its umbrella sharing program, “yOUr Umbrella.”
Ohio University’s Board of Trustees walked out of Walter Hall on Friday afternoon with a new chairman and a commitment to increasing faculty salaries to compete with those at top-compensating state universities.
Sitting in the audience of AVW’s Fridays Live in the RTV Building, the booth seems to be a quiet place. Inside the large-windowed room, however, it’s anything but, with the director calling out “take” or “ready and dissolve” every few seconds.
Students will be able to speak with their professors from the comfort of their beds once the university installs its new telephone systems.
Ohio University officials are offering a way to stay dry in Athens’ rainy weather with its umbrella sharing program, “yOUr Umbrella.”
Ohio University Student Senate will be loud and proud as they host Pride Week, starting Monday, featuring guest speakers, socials and educational events on LGBTQA issues and focus on inclusion.
The Board of Trustees met in Athens Thursday and will vote on its agenda’s resolutions Friday. The board, Ohio University’s governing body, spent Thursday in individual committee meetings to further dissect the agenda’s topics.
Despite the desire to shed Ohio University’s proclaimed party image, administrators did not consider pushing spring break back two weeks to fall during St. Patrick’s Day.
Ohio University students would see more cops around campus under an OU Police Department proposal to hire an additional five sworn officers, a notion that has received support from top university administrators.
The Board of Trustees, met in Athens on Thursday and will vote on its agenda’s resolutions Friday. The board, Ohio University’s governing body, spent Thursday in individual committee meetings to further dissect the agenda’s topics.
Ohio University’s Student Senate meeting was devoted to a preview of the Board of Trustees meeting taking place on Thursday and Friday.
Even if Ohio University’s six regional campuses are scattered throughout Ohio, they will have a presence at this year’s undergraduate graduation ceremony in Athens.
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