
AAUP chapter calls for UW provost to resign from Nike board
The Nike post becomes more controversial for Provost Phyllis Wise, especially as the legislature is about to consider the UW budget in a critical year.
Peter Jackson is the former editorial-page editor of the Everett Herald. Follow him on Twitter @phardinjackson
The Nike post becomes more controversial for Provost Phyllis Wise, especially as the legislature is about to consider the UW budget in a critical year.
The U.W. gets further connections to Nike, with a new regent appointment. So maybe Provost Phyllis Wise doesn't need to be on the Nike board now?
As UW Provost Phyllis Wise joins Nike's corporate board, a campus advisory committee warns the apparel company it has violated the university's code of conduct.
It's understandable that Joe Mallahan, a son of Everett (the Athens of Puget Sound), will be shy about lording it over his Seattle fellow-candidates. And that Dow Constantine would drip Everett-envy.