3
finalists for chancellor to visit campus next week
The three finalists for the chancellor's post will
visit campus next week for meetings with administrators, deans, faculty,
alumni and students.
Bulger
leading system-wide appeal for private support
For the first time, a system-wide fund-raising
appeal is underway, targeting the University's 300,000 alumni as
well as key corporate and business leaders in Massachusetts.
Swift appoints 3
new trustees
Alumni of the Boston and Dartmouth campuses
have been appointed by Acting Gov. Jane Swift to fill three vacancies
on the 22-member Board of Trustees.
Academic planning,
Athletics dominate senate discussions
Nearly an hour after the Faculty Senate convened
its March 14 meeting, the group considered the original item on
the top of its agenda.
Grant- and trust-funded
staff win shot at early retirement
An early retirement program aimed at trimming
the state workforce has been extended to employees paid through
grants, contracts, capital accounts and other non-state funds.
University declines to
negotiate with resident assistants
Campus officials this week notified the union
representing resident assistants that the University will not participate
in collective bargaining, a move that opens the door for a court
challenge to the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission ruling
that undergraduates can unionize.
Librarians, faculty
to confer on acquisitions
Campus librarians plan to meet with all academic
departments in March and April to evaluate how best to meet the
information needs of students and faculty with a significantly reduced
acquisitions budget.
Search begins for
new women's basketball coach
A national search for a new women's
basketball coach is underway, according to athletic director Bob
Marcum, who appointed a three-member search committee before spring
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