Williams tells faculty
not to lose heart
Asking the faculty to focus on its strengths
and not lose heart in the face of budgetary difficulties, interim
Chancellor Marcellette G. Williams addressed the Faculty Senate
Feb. 28.
State revenues down
12.3% during February
State revenues continued a downward trend in
February, falling $112 million or 12.3 percent from a year ago,
state officials announced last week.
Faculty Senate condemns
hiring of coach
Upset by financial constraints on the academic
area of the campus, faculty senators last week criticized the administration's
approval of the Feb. 27 hiring of an assistant football coach.
Faculty, staff testify
at legislative budget hearing
Hoping to share some of their concerns about
the campus's budget situation with legislators, two faculty and
a professional staffer traveled to Bridgewater State College Feb.
28 to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee.
RAs vote in favor of
unionization
Undergraduate resident assistants (RAs) and community
development assistants (CDAs) voted Tuesday to join United Auto
Workers Local 2322, the same union that represents graduate employees
on campus.
OBrien loses
coaching job
Joanie O'Brien's 11-year stint as coach of the
women's basketball team ended this week with the announcement that
her contract won't be renewed.
Senate agenda set
for March 14
A faculty and librarian declaration of principle,
emergency modification of Commonwealth College requirements, and
a progress report from the Provost's Steering Committee on program
assessment, strategic directions and resource allocations top the
agenda of the March 14 Faculty Senate meeting.
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