Office of the Chancellor

Chancellor Holub provides an update on the latest campus budget situation.

Chancellor Holub shares the budget plan for the next fiscal year.

An update from Chancellor Holub on advocacy for UMass Amherst, the federal stimulus, and plans for campus reorganization.

In the Governor's plan, $81.6 million would be allocated to the UMass system in fiscal 2010, with approximately half that amount coming to the Amherst campus.

Chancellor Holub spoke to the Committee about UMass Amherst and what the current economic situation means for the campus.

Chancellor Holub shares the process for moving forward with a campus reorganization.

Chancellor Holub provides an ongoing update to UMass Amherst students on the university's response to the fiscal crisis.

Members of the campus community can use the blog to share comments, ideas, and proposed plans concerning the proposed academic reorganization.

The Task Force includes several heads and chairs from affected departments as well as faculty members suggested by the Faculty Senate.

Chancellor Holub announces the formation of a Task Force on Reorganization that will deal with issues of reorganization and make recommendations.

Chancellor Holub writes to faculty about the process undertaken to prepare for budget cuts and to share his thoughts on how the campus can best meet the financial challenge.

Chancellor Holub updates UMass Amherst students about the current budget situation and what the campus is doing about it.

Chancellor Holub shares information with staff members on how UMass Amherst is preparing to deal with the current financial crisis and seeks input on the ongoing budget process.

Chancellor Holub provides an update at the start of the new year on the campus's response to state budget cuts.

Chancellor Holub explains how the UMass Amherst central administration will make significant budget reductions in administrative spending and capital construction as part of the larger plans to deal with our budget shortfall.

Chancellor Holub sent a message to the Budget Task Force with further information about the role of the Budget Planning Task Force.

The next meeting of the Budget Planning Task Force will be held Tuesday, Dec. 2, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. in Campus Center 162-175. Members of the campus community are welcome to attend.

The Budget Planning Task Force, chaired by Professor John McCarthy, received its charge from Chancellor Robert Holub this week. The chancellor wants recommendations on strategic choices that the campus must make as it weathers $11 million in state budget cuts this year and anticipated reductions next year.

Chancellor Holub shares with the campus plans to address the need to fill critical faculty positions right away and a longer-range plan to partner with the faculty to grow its ranks in both number and quality as a central part of an initiative to become one of the nation’s best public research universities.

Chancellor Holub provides the campus community with updated information on the budget process and responds to some of the suggestions from the campus community.

Chancellor Robert C. Holub has called for the entire campus community to engage in developing plans to deal with major state cuts to the campus budget. He announced a broad consultative process to provide input, including a Web site dedicated to fiscal matters and establishment of an advisory Budget Planning Task Force.

Chancellor Holub provides some insight into basic concepts of campus budgeting.

Chancellor Holub addresses the campus community in response to Massachusetts Governor Patrick’s announced mid-year budget cut.

Provost Seymour addresses the impact of the budget cuts on Academic Affairs, and especially on faculty recruiting.