Program date: Jan. 19, 2024
Air date: Jan. 22, 2023
From the City Club of Eugene:
University of Oregon President Karl Scholz gives a university update, recapping his first six months as president and sharing early insights from meeting with campus and community members. President Scholz discusses the university’s future, from his goals to support student success, career preparation, and sense of belonging, to UO’s move to the Big 10 and the role of a top-tier research university in the state and local economy.
Speaker:
John Karl Scholz is the 19th president of the University of Oregon. He began his tenure on July 1, 2023, after the UO Board of Trustees unanimously selected him as president on March 13, 2023. Prior to coming to UO, Scholz was the provost at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a position he had held since August 2019, after serving six years as the dean of the College of Letters & Science. During his tenure as provost, Scholz launched the Center for Teaching, Learning and Mentoring, to support instructors across campus. In addition, under his leadership, average time for earning a degree dropped to under four years (for the first time) and fell three consecutive years, to 3.89 years. During this time, the university also recruited the most diverse entering class in UW–Madison’s history.
Scholz had joined the university’s department of economics in 1988 and was later named the Nellie June Gray Professor of Economic Policy. He directed the Institute for Research on Poverty at UW-Madison from 2000-2004.
Scholz is an internationally respected economist who writes on diverse topics, including household saving, the earned income tax credit, low-wage labor markets, financial barriers to higher education, and bankruptcy laws. His research has appeared in leading economics journals. He earned a BA in economics from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and a PhD from Stanford University.
About the City Club of Eugene:
The mission of the City Club of Eugene is to build community vision through open inquiry. The Club explores a wide range of significant local, state, and national issues and helps to formulate new approaches and solutions to problems. Membership is open to all, and Club members have a direct influence on public policy by discussing issues of concern with elected officials and other policy makers. The City Club’s mailing address is PO Box 12084, Eugene, OR 97440, and its website is cityclubofeugene.org.
Video and Broadcast
This program will be live streamed, and the videotape will be made available on the City Club of Eugene’s Facebook page and You Tube Channel, in addition to our website. It will be broadcast on Monday, Jan. 22, at 7:00 pm, on KLCC 89.7 FM.
Contact: For more information, visit CityClubOfEugene.org.
