coe-staff: FW: Hopeful Progress and New Beginnings

[Lisa Fortin]

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Subject: [Uosenate] Hopeful Progress and New Beginnings


Senators, please distribute this message to your colleagues and those you represent.

Dear UO Senators,

As the conflict on campus escalates, Senate Leadership believes we need a new negotiation approach informed by shared governance to encourage authentic dialogue, mutual understanding, and empathy. Hence, Senate Leadership has consulted and secured the agreement of the University of Oregon administration and the UO Palestine Coalition. We have asked Professor Michael Dreiling, the Department Head of Sociology, to be an intermediary between the UO administration, the UO Senate, and the UO Palestine Coalition.

Professor Dreiling has agreed to serve in this role as he is a well-respected scholar on social movements and has extensive experience as a mediator, having served as the first faculty union president.  Professor Dreiling will promote the values and interests of the university mission, its students, staff, faculty, and administration. Toward this end, Professor Dreiling, collaborating with the UO Senate, shall seek to codify, in a single text, an agreement between the UO Palestine Coalition and the University of Oregon administration.  As this mediation progress moves forward - starting tonight - all parties will enter this dialogue, negotiating in good faith towards an expectation of agreement and expedited progress.

Cordially,

Gerard Sandoval and Alison Schmitke



Gerard Francisco Sandoval, PhD

President, University Senate<https://senate.uoregon.edu/>

Professor, School of Planning, Public Policy and Management<https://pppm.uoregon.edu/>

University of Oregon

147A Hendricks Hall

Eugene, OR, 97403-1209

541-346-8432



Alison Schmitke, PhD

University Senate Vice President

Senior Lecturer II, Education Studies




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