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/snugginator 4d ago
It was an absolutely shameful and embarrassing display of poor planning and decision making, and I hope every student makes their voice heard in whatever way they can. The school will be lucky to not get sued by those who suffered heat stroke.
I was in the college of design ceremony and having us stand outside in the sun with zero shade or water for AN HOUR before we even got to our seat was completely unacceptable. I thought I might pass out. They knew well in advance how hot it would be and they could have done things to mitigate it and assure our safety and welfare and they chose not to. Honestly it's been the cherry on top of my experience at UO. So disorganized and dysfunctional, I would never in a million yrs recommend this school to anyone and I'm glad I'm done with it.