President Dave Frohnmayer assigned various staff members to work with students on specific tasks designed to meet goals to help make the university a more safe and welcoming environment for everyone.
- Robert Melnick, dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, will work with the Office of Public Safety and the students in the Planning, Public Policy and Management class who received threatening e-mail letters. Their goal is to ensure the safety of the students.
- Tom Hager, director of the Office of Communications, will work with a group of student volunteers to draft a statement supporting zero tolerance of hate crimes. Their goal is to craft a statement that can be embraced by the university community and shared widely with the larger community.
- President Frohnmayer will work with a group of student volunteers to craft an op ed article to submit to the Oregonian and other media outlets.
- Dan Williams, vice president for administration, Wes Morrill, dean of student life, and other members of the student services staff and a group of student volunteers will review policies protecting victims of hate crimes and sanctioning offenders and draft language that could strengthen the policies.
- Duncan McDonald, vice president for public affairs, will work with a group of student volunteers to identify fund-raising goals and opportunities that could help finance programs to improve student, faculty and staff diversity.
- Dave Hubin, executive assistant president, will work with a group of student volunteers to draft a Pledge of Respect that the university community could embrace.
- Dave Hubin, executive assistant president, is working with a group of student volunteers to develop action plans for providing teaching effectiveness programs that would help faculty and staff better understand the ethnic, cultural, religious and sexual orientation of their students and develop effective teaching strategies to better serve all students.
- A group of self-identified student volunteers will meet at 11 a.m. Monday, May 24, in the Johnson Hall Conference Room with the Faculty Advisory Council to present their concerns and enlist faculty support, particularly on long-term goals.
- Another group of self-identified student volunteers will meet at 2 p.m. Monday, May 24, in the Johnson Hall Conference Room with the University Senate Executive Committee to present their concerns and enlist faculty support, particularly on long-term goals.
- On May 27, all interested students are invited to a meeting of the President’s Council on Race. The two-hour meeting will begin at 3 p.m. in a place yet to be determined.
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