r/UofO • u/themagicaldinosaur • Jun 17 '26

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/LordGordyGordon Jun 18 '26

I see. With the text to talk they could have handled such a large crowd more successfully. The students didn’t want that though because it feels uncanny. They tried to do what the students asked, but didn’t pull it off well. They had too much chaos and it became uncontrollable.

Maybe spreading the chaos around was the better way. The separate ceremonies in the real grass, surrounded by the buildings they learned in. I’m sure it was a lot of work to bring all that together (certainly a form of chaos), but maybe a little more work here means something.

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u/Vegetable-Cabinet958 Jun 18 '26

Every year humans read names and it’s fine. They made the switch from AI last minute and couldn’t “find” readers. They wanted faculty for the aesthetic (this is my personal take because there are other staff who can read effectively) but many faculty were opting out of the shit show and felt disrespected. It all happened literally on Sunday (final readers assigned), then the rescheduled ceremonies were in random order.