Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef gave his State of the Campus address on Feb. 26, assuring the Academic Senate that ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù has weathered financial storms in the past and will do so again as state government deals with a projected $16 billion deficit.
Indeed, he cited "positive momentum" that puts ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù in a position to prosper, once this crisis has passed.
The chancellor's prepared remarks in full start on page 5 of today's Dateline. Here are highlights:
PROVOST'S BUDGET LETTER — It assigns an average 2.6 percent reduction in general fund budgets for academic units, and a
7 percent reduction for academic support and other administrative units, effective July 1, with exceptions for graduate student support from Graduate Studies, student mental health programs and externally purchased utilities.
HIRING — The allocation of growth faculty positions will be deferred, but active recruitments will continue to completion. Staff hiring will be watched carefully but not frozen.
POSITIVE MOMENTUM — "Our popularity with students continues to grow," with ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù' 15.6 percent increase in freshman applications the largest such gain in the UC system for the second year in a row.
The chancellor noted the faculty's garnering of research grants and contracts worth more than a half-billion dollars for the third year in a row.
And he cited cost savings in energy use, irrigation management and administrative reorganization.
NEW PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS — Including the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which gave $100 million to start a School of Nursing; and alumnus Maury Gallagher, $10 million for the Graduate School of Management's new home, now under construction.
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