Budget Engagements

• January 26, 2025 – Email Message
  • Subject – SU’s Budget Outlook
  • Audience – Faculty and Staff
• February 4, 2025 – The Tuesday Report
  • Title – SU’s Budget Outlook
  • Audience – Faculty, Staff, Students, Foundation and Alumni Boards
• February 24, 2025 – Consortium Coordinating Committee
  • Audience – Shared Governance Heads
• March 28, 2025 – Consortium Coordinating Committee
  • Audience – Shared Governance Heads
• April 1, 2025 – Budget Presentation
  • Audience – Extended Cabinet
• April 2, 2025 – Budget Presentation
  • Audience – Deans, Department Chairs/School Directors
• April 3, 2025 – Budget Presentation
  • Audience – Deans, Department Chairs/School Directors
• April 4, 2025 – Email Message
  • Subject – FY26 Budget Update
  • Audience – Faculty and Staff
• April 29, 2025 – The Tuesday Report
  • Audience – Faculty, Staff, Students, Foundation and Alumni Boards

• April 30, 2025 – Faculty Town Hall
  • Audience - Faculty
• May 1, 2025 – Staff Town Hall
  • Audience - Staff
• May 6, 2025 – Virtual Town Hall
  • Audience – Open to all Faculty, Staff, Students
• May 9, 2025 – Student Town Hall
  • Audience – Students
• May 9, 2025 – Make-up Town Hall
  • Audience – Open to all Faculty, Staff, Students

• 1/27/25 – budget updates from Aurora
• 3/17/25 – new budget updates provided
• 3/24/25 – further budget conversations
• 4/7/25 – budget guiding principles discussion

 

• 4/2/25 – budget presentation with deans, chairs, and directors (all invited)
• 4/3/25 – budget presentation with deans, chairs, and directors (all invited)

Ad Hoc Budget Advisory Council – Provost created an ad hoc budget advisory committee (start of April) - told faculty senate before that the committee was being created. Comprised of faculty financial oversight committee (FFOC), long range planning committee, past summer advisory council, and a few volunteers.

Current Members Include: Joerg Tuske, Memo Diriker, Bart Talbert, Mia Waldron, Steven Binz, Timothy Dunn, Jim Fox, Emily Zerrenner, Elizabeth Emmert, David Keifer, Maida Finch, Ryan Shiffler, Sandy Pope, Sally Perret, Nicole Kulp, Jeffrey Emmert

• Meetings held:
  • April 10, 2025
  • April 14, 2025
  • April 18, 2025
• Future meetings scheduled:
  • May 1, 2025
  • May 5, 2025
  • May 6, 2025

Provost Messaging: on April 12, 2025, Provost Couch shared via email guidance on the budget process as a follow-up to everyone who was invited to attend the deans, chairs, and directors meetings. There was additional information, FAQ document, and the “Guiding Principles for Academic Affairs.”

• School-wide town hall on 4/14
• individual school directors meeting on 4/15, each of the schools met.

• School-wide town hall on 5/7
• Weekly chairs meeting to have group discussions on budget
• “With Appreciation” section in the Fulton Exchange, address current challenges in newsletter column

• School-wide town hall on 4/23 (led by Henson faculty senators).

• bi-weekly leadership team meetings talking about budget.
• School-wide meeting on 5/1

• 4/18 full day meeting with faculty about curriculum and discussions on budget
• 4/23 leadership meeting
• 4/24 school-wide meeting
• 5/8 school-wide meeting

• 3/26/25 – Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Pay and Benefits
• 4/4/25 – Tara Smith meeting with Budget Managers, Budget Office, to discuss FY26 budget workbooks
• 4/8/25 – budget discussion with deans, Jessica Clark, and Tara Smith

*Budget Office: Open Office Hours – hosting sessions to answer specific questions related to budget planning. Total of 36 meetings available.

• 4/18 – 1:00-3:00pm
• 4/21 – 9:00-11:00am
• 4/22 – 1:00-3:00pm
• 4/24 – 9:00-11:00am
• 4/29 – 9:00-11”00am
• 5/1 – 1:00-3:00pm
• 5/5 – 1:00-3:00pm
• 5/6 – 9:00-11:00am
• 5/8 – 9:00-11:00am