Professor’s faculty page aids Texas Girl Scout troop

The UO School of Law places an emphasis on public service work, so Professor Merle Weiner was pleased to discover recently that her “Links of Interest” page on the school's website had been referenced by a Girl Scouts troop in Grand Prairie, Texas.

The girls were using Weiner's links to prepare for the scouts' “Senior Citizens Day.” The troop volunteered at a local nursing home in their community to celebrate the day.

At UO's MNCH: the PaleoIndian Endowment Challenge

In the fall of 2012, a member of the UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History advisory council made a challenge to the museum: a $250,000 matching gift dedicated to the PaleoIndian Endowment.

The museum has one year to raise the additional $250,000 to reap the full amount of the matching gift.

The MNCH archaeologists are leaders in PaleoIndian research and the endowment will support archaeological research, publication and field school study related to PaleoIndian populations in Oregon's Great Basin and beyond.

Third-year law student receives inaugural Linde award

University of Oregon law student Elizabeth Brown has been awarded the Hans Linde Fellowship for Spring 2013 by the UO's Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics.

The fellowship honors former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Hans Linde. It supports legal research and activities, and the development and operation of institutions that address issues extending beyond traditional borders. 

Guide helps with students of concern

There are resources for faculty and staff who encounter students whose behavior is of concern, and a new guide makes that information available online.

The Faculty and Staff Guide to Assisting Students of Concern – The Guide – familiarizes faculty and staff, including student staff, with resources that are available when working with students whose behavior is of concern, and how to make an effective referral.