Find your pumpkin and get your tools ready because it's time to create a masterpiece! Carving, painting, or any other decorating methods are accepted!

Email a photo of your pumpkin to workcontrolcenter@uoregon.edu before October 31st. Voting will begin on Halloween! 1st place will receive a Duck Store Gift Card!

Aaron Olson, Emily Eng, LeAnna Pitts, & Esther Foss attended Five Voices: Discover your unique leadership voice, a leadership training event at the Graduate hotel. 

Participants learned to live and lead with their unique leadership voice. The goal of this training was to identify their unique leadership voice, gain confidence in leading from their unique leadership voice, and translate their insights into measurable actions to improve leadership.

These projects in EC Cares Modulars were very challenging! The modular classrooms are full of children's play structures and furniture that need to be deconstructed, moved, and then put back in place after work. Additionally, the modulars are not made of standard building construction materials, making it difficult to patch & paint.

Thank you to Quinton Cole, Tom Sheridan, Rick Chase, Bob Petersen, Adam Knight, and Don Kaufman for making it happen!

The summer season is ending, but the work at the WNRA is only beginning to ramp up! Sustainability Associates Ifeoma Odogwu and Andrew Leider presented on the culmination of their summer work with Natural Areas Steward Emily Hamblen, which included extensive invasive species mapping and removal, social media networking, informatics, and budget analysis. Their work was instrumental in kickstarting the WRNA’s 5-year Action Plan and getting prepared for future efforts. The upcoming fall season is buzzing with anticipation, as several events, projects, classes, and volunteering opportunities are lined up and will contribute to the WRNA’s ongoing mission of restoration, engagement, and research. Use the QR code to follow the WRNA Instagram and to stay up to date on the happenings this fall.

Each year, the Associate for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), nominates top performers from the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) for inclusion in their Sustainable Campus Index. This year, University of Oregon was recognized as a top performer in the Coordination and Planning category, which reflects UO’s strengths in this area. Of particular note was the expansive and complex process of learning, engaging, and gathering feedback on options to transition campus heating away from natural gas undertaken by the Thermal Transition Taskforce. The result of that work was a formal recommendation to UO’s President Karl Scholz and the Board of Trustees. Congrats to all of the campuses recognized in the report! Check out the full Sustainable Campus Index using the button below.

Mark your calendars for the quarterly CPFM/FASS Diversity Presentation, scheduled for November 7th! The presentation will take place virtually over Teams, so we hope you can join us! Keep an eye out for the calendar invitation with more information about the next topic being presented! 

Campus Planning would like to extend a HUGE thank you to those that have helped clean and organize Facilities Services Romania Warehouse, and prep space for other groups to move-in and use space at this location.  

Pete Enfield, Quinton Cole, John Cabaniss, Steven McCoy, Mike McCoy, Adam Knight, Bob Lyman, Gabe Hein, Jeremiah Dillon, Paul Rollins, Mike Zmolek, Matt Knox, Ottmar Geitner, Jeff Hanson, Cimmeron Gillespie

We appreciate everyone's efforts!

- Melinda Seeley, Campus Planning

We appreciate all the hard work this change has taken. Having UO custodial in the building and on this schedule has brought some life into the building's common areas. It is so nice to see the friendly faces of different members of the custodial team as I walk through the building. 

I wanted to thank you, Roland, for doing such an amazing job of restoring light to the hallway outside of my office in the UHS Admin wing. And thank you for persisting through to find a solution. What started out as a potential easy fix turned into a half day project! I appreciate your problem-solving skills and your persistence to find a solution. Great qualities to have!

Rob, you have a dedicated team member in Roland. Super star qualities! Thank you for enabling him to do such amazing work at UO. Much appreciated!

- Angie Long, University Health Services

Terri brightens up the reception area.  She's very kind & helpful for customers. 

- Alorie Mayer, Construction Services

Thank you to Alex and team who cleaned the carpets on Friday, Sept. 6th.

The captain and the director have complimented your work and are very thankful for the improvement.

THANK YOU! - Rachel Dale, UOPD

-   Thurs, Oct 3, 12-2pm: Is the Ideology of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) compatible with the First Amendment? Presentation by Del Kolde, Senior Attorney at the Institute for Free Speech, in room 282 of the William W. Knight Law Center.

-   Thurs, Oct 3-Sat, Oct 5: DesiFest 2024 in and around Eugene.

-   Fri, Oct 4, 10-11:30am: Free Navarasa Dance Workshop at the UO Campus. Part of Desi Fest 2024, a vibrant South Asian arts and cultural festival, that takes place in Eugene October 3-5. Room 353, Gerlinger Annex.

-   Sat, Oct 5, 12-4pm: DesiFest Community Gathering at Lane Community College.

-   Mon, Oct 14, 4-6pm: "The Land We Have Always Known" Exhibit Opening in celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Knight Library Paulson Reading Room, second floor north.

-   Tue, Oct 15, 12-1:30pm: The Roots of Polarization: From the Racial Realignment to the Culture Wars, Room 110, William W. Knight Law Center.

-   Thurs, Oct 17, 12 – 2 PM: Playback for Belonging: A special event for UO Employees

-   Tue, Oct 22, 4:30-6pm: Diverse Narratives: Voices from the Margins: Realities of Code Switching and Identity from Small Business Owners, Room 440, Lillis Business Complex.

-   Tue, Oct 22, 5-7:30pm: BE Elected: Dulce Gutiérrez, Washington State Labor Council's Union, Community & Naturalization Organizer. Dinner is 5-6pm and the presentation is 6-7:30pm.

-   Tue, Oct 29, 5:15-6:45pm: The Future of Multiracial Democracy, with Sara Sadhwani, assistant professor of politics at Pomona College. Room 175, Knight Law Center.

Please share your projects, campus news, photos, and kudos. You can email content for the newsletter to workcontrolcenter@uoregon.edu.

Thank you!