UW-Green Bay Chancellor Gary L. Miller released the following statement via e-mail to employees on Wednesday, February 4, 2015:
As you know, we have initiated the difficult process of taking a substantial reduction in the university budget. In order to manage resources to achieve as much flexibility as possible I am taking the following actions effective immediately:
- A moratorium on hiring for all positions including permanent ongoing, temporary or short-term for all employment classifications, from any fund source. Requests for exceptions should be submitted to the Position Review Committee and approved by the Provost. Student hires are allowed to fulfill duties normally covered by student employees.
- A moratorium on all out-of-state travel (excluding Minneapolis and Chicago).
- Immediately centralize expenditure authority for all funds. Expenditure approval must be made at the Dean or Area Leader level. Expenditures for Student Organizations is exempted.
- Immediately centralize all tuition funded cash balances outside of the tuition pool. This will include balances in funds 131, 136 and 189.
These actions will be in effect until further notice. Exceptions must be approved by the Provost.
I am deeply appreciative of your understanding of the necessity of these measures.
Further discussion of the proposed state budget will take place at a Town Hall Meeting, scheduled for Monday, February 9th at 2:30 p.m. in Phoenix B. I hope to see many of you there.
c: Council of Trustees
