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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><a href="mailto:uosenate-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">uosenate-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <</span><a href="mailto:uosenate-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">uosenate-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">>
on behalf of Senate President <</span><a href="mailto:senatepres@uoregon.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">senatepres@uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 17, 2024 5:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> </span><a href="mailto:uosenate@lists.uoregon.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">uosenate@lists.uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <</span><a href="mailto:uosenate@lists.uoregon.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">uosenate@lists.uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">>;
Senate Vice President <</span><a href="mailto:senatevp@uoregon.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">senatevp@uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">>; Sandy Weintraub
<</span><a href="mailto:sandymw@uoregon.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">sandymw@uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">>; Betina Lynn <</span><a href="mailto:betina@uoregon.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">betina@uoregon.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Uosenate] Hopeful Progress and New Beginnings</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Senators, please distribute this message to your colleagues and those you represent.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Dear UO Senators, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Cordially,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Gerard Sandoval and Alison Schmitke </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Gerard Francisco Sandoval,</span></b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"> PhD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">President, </span><a href="https://senate.uoregon.edu/" target="_blank" title="https://senate.uoregon.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">University Senate</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Professor, </span><a href="https://pppm.uoregon.edu/" target="_blank" title="https://pppm.uoregon.edu/"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">School of Planning, Public Policy and Management</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">University of Oregon</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">147A Hendricks Hall</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Eugene, OR, 97403-1209</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">541-346-8432</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Alison Schmitke,</span></b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif"> PhD</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">University Senate Vice President</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Senior Lecturer II, Education Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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