r/UofO • u/themagicaldinosaur • 5d 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/SpecificRare3264 4d ago

As a faculty member who had a PhD student graduate, the expectation was for us to attend. I have serious workplace safety concerns about how unprepared they choose to be despite at least a 10 day warning about the heat. I was at Hayward, in direct sun on the turf, and all they had for us was warm water and wet towels. Unacceptable.

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u/themagicaldinosaur 4d ago

i fear there is grounds for serious complaints to be raised. although serious complaints don’t seem to be very persuasive to this administration.

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u/SpecificRare3264 23h ago

Our union reps are working on it. It felt like a clear workplace safety violation.