Your Help is Important

A letter from 'the top' which naturally has everyone in a tizzy. I guess with the way things are right now it should not come as a big shock....

Is there anything that you can do now to help your unit's budget situation?

Obviously, any immediate reduction in discretionary spending, reduced travel or a delayed computer purchase will ease this year's budget. Less obviously, if you have an accumulated vacation balance, using up that balance will directly benefit your department's budget, since vacation pay comes out of a separate accrual account, not current funds. But most importantly, if you have ideas for significant savings that might be achieved in your department or office, please share them with your department chair, office manager or directly with me. We all can find ways to get things done more efficiently.

As challenging as these times may be for the university, they will be temporary. We remain a fundamentally strong, financially healthy institution. Your contributions to maintaining our standards of excellence, each and every day, are significant. We will weather these difficult circumstances. I will be back in touch with all of you as we have further developments in the budget circumstance.