NU campuses implementing shortfall plans
Scott Stewart
Issue date: 6/23/09 Section: News
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Plans were announced at UNL and UNMC, while it still remained unknown Friday how UNO and UNK would address an overall NU systemwide budget shortfall of $8.5 million.
UNL's plan to address its $3.7 million share of the university budget shortfall includes the proposed elimination of 56 full-time positions across the campus.
The recommended cuts include the elimination of the equivalent of about 23 filled staff positions, which could result in pink slips in the near future for 28 UNL employees. The cuts also remove more than 29 vacant staff positions, as well as three vacant faculty positions.
At a news conference Wednesday, Chancellor Harvey Perlman said the campus targeted the cuts to periphery programs in order to preserve the core missions of the university.
"These budget cuts are painful," Perlman said. "It may appear a lot of little ones, but they have real life impacts to people who are impacted by them."
The employees whose positions will be eliminated were notified Wednesday morning by the university, although official notice of termination won't be given until Aug. 24, according to an e-mail sent out to all faculty and staff by Perlman.
"Laying off employees in this economy is particularly difficult," Perlman said. "Over the summer, we will work hard to find these dedicated staff alternative positions within the university. We will be providing affected personnel with special services from human resources to help them with this transition."
The breakdown of the cuts at UNL include more than $680,000 in reductions to units administered by the Chancellor's Office, Student Affairs and Business & Finance; $1 million in cuts to the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and $2.1 million in reductions to Academic Affairs programs.
The proposed cuts will not be finalized until after a review by the Academic Planning Committee, a process not expected to be completed until fall. Complete details about the UNL budget reductions is available online at unl.edu/ucomm/chancllr/2009budget.
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