Faculty Nominees to the State Board

The following email message was received Tuesday 2 March 1999 from Laurel.Maughan@orst.edu. It
deals with the faculty nominees to the State Board of Higher Education

February 22, 1999

Dear Institutional Senate President:

The committee formed to select 3 or fewer faculty finalists for nominees to the State Board of Higher Education has completed its work. We met on Saturday, February 6 on the campus of Oregon State University. Having discussed the criteria we would use in evaluating our nominees, we each read the vitas of all of the candidates. We then reached the unanimous conclusion that from the group of excellent people in our pool, the best nominees (listed in alphabetical order) would be:

Peter Callero, Western Oregon University
Gary Tiedeman, Oregon State University
Craig Wollner, Portland State University

Each of these people has excellent academic credentials, and has been active in faculty governance both on their own campuses and statewide. We feel each one would make an outstanding State Board member and an effective spokesperson for faculty. In making our decision, we considered involvement and leadership in faculty governance, particularly beyond one's own campus, along with evidence of expertise in higher education issues. Each of these people has been contacted, and confirmed that they will be faculty members in the Oregon University System effective this June, and would faithfully fulfill the 3 year term if appointed by the Governor.

We in the Oregon University System have an historic opportunity to have a faculty voice on the State Board of Higher Education. The opening for a new Board member is June 1999, and the selection process by the Governor's Office will begin soon. We are in the process of forwarding these recommendations to the IFS, AOF, and statewide AAUP for endorsement. Our goal is to forward these nominees to the Governor by April 5. We very much appreciate each institutional Senate's recent approval of the desirability of having an OUS faculty member to the State Board, and endorsement of the process by which to name three high quality candidates. If your Senate is so inclined, an additional motion endorsing these three people by April 5 would be most welcome. If you have any questions regarding our procedures or the nominees, please don't hesitate to contact any of us.

Sincerely,

Ron Cease, PSU Irja Galvan, WOU Herb Jolliff, OIT Greg Monahan, EOU (5-3017) (8-8491) (5-1457) (2-3707) Laurel Maughan, OSU Paul Simonds, UO Dennis Trune, OHSU Kemble Yates, SOU (7-7278) (6-5104) (4-2931) (2-6578)