November 2020 President's Report

The Staff Council election results are now available. New representatives will begin their term in January 2021.

Executive Officer Nickole Conley and VCAS Julie Queen gave a presentation on the draft shared services proposalat the November Staff Council meeting.  

Chancellor White gave several updates at the meeting. He shared that the Board of Regents' approved UAF's differential tuition proposal. The differentiated tuition will increase upper-division tuition and graduate level tuition. Another update is that the chancellor is putting together a committee to review proposals and discuss new business models for a child care facility on campus. Chancellor White also shared that University Relations and the Development and Alumni Relations offices will be brought together under one office. There is a position that is being recruited to oversee the group, but it is not a new position, just a reprogram position. 

Mathew gave a report to the Board of Regents' at their November meeting.

UA HR recently released a Supervising for Success training. 

Interim UA President Pat Pitney attended the November Staff Council meeting. President Pitney emphasized the importance of having three unique universities with different missions. Going forward UA is focused on preserving programs. The budget reduction will mean our programs are thinner, but the programs are why we do what we do. We have to focus on administrative savings and streamlining processes. Each of you probably have an extra job on your shoulders because somebody has left and not been refilled. Think about the tasks you do and analyze it going forward because we are going to have to not do certain things and do certain things differently and easier as we size down to a smaller footprint. 

UA, UAA, UAF, and UAS will be holding expedited administrative management reviews this year. The process for UAF's expedited administrative management review is available on the chancellor's website.