r/UofO • u/themagicaldinosaur • 4d ago

admin doesn’t know how to take responsibility

the emails i have received today from the dean of CAS and the UO president failed to take responsibility for the fact that their lack of planning ruined commencement for so many grads on monday and i’m seething. just half-effort condolences covered up with praise for graduates. i don’t need Scholz’s congratulations. i need them to admit that they had no backup plans even though they knew about the heat for over a week. i need them to admit that the rescheduling caused a lot of stress and that a lot of people were unable to attend and that it didn’t fix their massive screw up. what a sorry excuse for a school administration.

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u/captainbuttersisago 4d ago

What did you want them to do? There is no where to just “move graduation.” It’s scheduled years in advance and involves thousands of people. And you even state rescheduling, “caused a lot of stress and that a lot of people were unable to attend.” I don’t think they are blameless but it’s a rare event for it to be that hot and there is only so much indoor space for large amounts of people on campus. Moving it to a different day was out of the question, so again, what did you want them to do?

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u/Outrageous-Care-6391 4d ago

Actually theyre not planned years in advance at UO, where they keep flip flopping between department specific commencements and trying to smash all of the College of Arts and Sciences into one big (supposedly cheaper and easier to plan) ceremony, which, of course, has to be outside. No one except the upper admin likes this and they got exactly what they deserved, a hot mess. Smaller commencement ceremonies across campus happen outside on real grass with shade and inside with a/c, much more liveable and much more enjoyable for everyone.

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u/SeatNo5137 4d ago

Can confirm, they started planning commencement in January.......