Archive for the ‘OSU’ tag
OSU furlough details
The official OSU furlough numbers have arrived…here is the monthly furlough breakdown for 9-month and 12-month employees:
| Monthly Base Salary Rate at 1.0 FTE* | Total Number of Furlough Days per Academic Year at 1.0 FTE** | Total Number of Furlough Days for 1/1/10 to 6/15/10 at 1.0 FTE** | Amount of Furlough Time Off Per Month for 1/1/10 to 6/30/10 at 1.0 FTE** |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2,450 or less | 3 days | 1.83 days | 2.66 hours |
| $2,451 to $3,105 | 4.5 days | 2.75 days | 4 hours |
| $3,106 to $5,733 | 5.25 days | 3.2 days | 4.66 hours |
| $5,734 to $8,333 | 6 days | 3.66 days | 5.32 hours |
| $8,334 to $10,934 | 7.5 days | 4.57 days | 6.65 hours |
| $10,935 and over | 9 days | 5.49 days | 7.98 hours |
| Monthly Base Salary Rate at 1.0 FTE* | Total Number of Furlough Days per Fiscal Year at 1.0 FTE ** | Total Number of Furlough Days for 1/1/10 to 6/30/10 at 1.0 FTE** | Amount of Furlough Time Off Per Month for 1/1/10 to 6/30/10 at 1.0 FTE** |
|---|---|---|---|
| $2,450 or less | 4 days | 2 days | 2.67 hours |
| $2,451 to $3,105 | 6 days | 3 days | 4 hours |
| $3,106 to $5,733 | 7 days | 3.5 days | 4.67 hours |
| $5,734 to $8,333 | 8 days | 4 days | 5.33 hours |
| $8,334 to $10,934 | 10 days | 5 days | 6.67 hours |
| $10,935 and over | 12 days | 6 days | 8 hours |
* Monthly base salary rate is derived by dividing the employee’s annual base salary rate by either 9 or 12 appointment basis.
** Furlough time off will be prorated for employees working less than 1.0 FTE.
via the Gazette-Times
Furloughs and Privilege
It was almost two weeks ago when the Oregon State University faculty senate voted for furloughs for all faculty (grant-supported salary is exempt) in 2010. It should be noted that the Oregon State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors “came out in support of furloughs provided that a number of important principles be included in the resolution.” I agree with the OSU AAUP’s suggestions. The top income tiers for furloughs need to be modified so that people who make more than $14,000 per month take more furlough days. If you make $168,000 pre-tax, I think you can handle a bit more of a cut. If you can’t make ends meet, then perhaps you should hire me to manage your finances.
Speaking of privilege…OSU Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Robert P. Garrett, decided that the best way to address the furlough situation was to attack Oregon State’s multicultural support programs via a letter in the Corvallis Gazette-Times. According to “Bobby,” OSU’s programs that support underrepresented and/or historically marginalized groups represent a redundant financial burden on our predominantly white campus. In summary, a white male professor on a mostly white campus says that there are just too many campus groups that support women, people of color, and LGBT folks. I wonder how many groups/organizations/offices at OSU are made up of a majority of straight white men. Anecdotally, I would offer that there are a lot…more in fact, than the “redundant” orgs of which Robert writes.
Here are few of the choicest bits from Robert P. Garrett’s letter with a few added thoughts from yours truly:
A bad day for the OSU web
I almost forgot to post this… A few weeks ago, I was meeting with one of my advisees. I wanted to show them something on the OSU Registrar’s web site. When I arrived on the Registrar’s URL, the “Reported Attack Site!” warning appeared in Firefox. It turns out that several high-level OSU sites were hacked and that several were still suffering from residual hack effects.
Regarding sites being designated as containing malware, many sites will still show up as being malware until the services that browsers use to detect malware sites rescan and update oregonstate.edu sites.
Central Web Services web servers were subject to an attack this weekend. Due to this, a number of services have been temporarily disabled to CWS sites, including ssh and ftp access. Personnel are currently working to clean up this incident. Central Web Services hosts oregonstate.edu and many other sites in the oregonstate.edu domain.
For users accessing a web page, you may receive a message that states something similar to: “Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer…site contains malware”. If you see this visiting oregonstate.edu (the Home Page), the calendar, or the campus map the issue is resolved.
Fall colors at OSU
Oregon State University’s campus is coated in a covering of red and yellow leaves.
via Life@OSU
Adding captions to YouTube videos
I used to be a huge fan of Vimeo. Their user interface and HD video capability is top notch. Unfortunately, Vimeo has decided that accessibility is not a priority. 8 days ago on the Vimeo forums, the topic of accessibility via closed captions / subtitles was added to the Vimeo Community Forums – Feature Request section. Vimeo’s response to this request was extremely saddening:
We have a lot of higher priority features in the cue right now, and when we find the appropriate time, we will definitely look into offer CC support.
Vimeo is telling its community that users with hearing impairments do not matter.
Thankfully, YouTube has now made it very easy to add captions to videos. In fact, YouTube allows for HD uploads, accessible videos and better uptime than Vimeo.
It’s really easy to add captions / subtitles to a YouTube video using dotSUB:
Flashmob: Oregon State University Valley Library
Hundreds of Oregon State University students took over the Valley Library on Thursday, October 1st. (via the Oregon State University Admissions Blog)
It was a successful flashmob, although I really think that OSU (Oklahoma State University) and UNC (University of North Carolina) have set the bar for successful university flashmobs:
OSU is Powered by Orange
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Does Race Still Matter?
Does Race Still Matter?
Interrogating “Post-Racial” Notions in the Age of Obama
Panel Discussion / Open Forum
Tuesday, May 12
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Memorial Union, Room 213
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
Google the term “post-racial” and one will find plenty of debate surrounding our current historical moment and the significance-or insignificance-of race in US society today. After all, did we not elect our first African American President? How then can one argue that race is still a factor of any substantive consequence in American life? Clearly, given Obama’s election we have reached a point in our history where race no longer constitutes a barrier to opportunity or socioeconomic mobility-or so the argument goes.
What exactly does it mean to assert we are now living in a “post-racial” US? What is at stake? Does race still matter, and if so, in what ways?
Join the Oregon State University Association of Faculty for the Advancement of People of Color (AFAPC) in a panel discussion and open forum as we grapple with these very questions.
Iowa becomes smoke-free
The University of Iowa has announced that it will become smoke-free by July 1, 2009. I was born in Iowa. Most of my family lives there, so I am thrilled to hear any news on tobacco cessation programs, smoke-free campuses, etc. The last time I went back for a visit I almost choked to death while sitting in the non-smoking version of a restaurant. Excuse me, but the air does not recognize your latticed divider.
The smoke-free dining atmosphere of Corvallis, Oregon is wonderful!
Don’t forget that OSU is going to be tobacco free on July 1, 2008 and Miami University will be smoke-free in the fall of 2008.
I even located a model policy for a smoke-free university…
