{"id":168357,"date":"2016-07-12T22:21:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T04:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=168357"},"modified":"2016-07-13T16:13:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T22:13:44","slug":"nmsu-plans-to-eliminate-126-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2016\/07\/nmsu-plans-to-eliminate-126-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"NMSU plans to eliminate 126 jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hadley

Rachel Valerio \/ University Communications<\/p>

Hadley Hall, the administration building on NMSU’s main campus in Las Cruces.<\/p><\/div>\n

New Mexico State University plans to eliminate 126 jobs — 89 that are currently vacant and 37 that are filled — as part of its efforts to address a $12.1 million budget shortfall in the current fiscal year.<\/p>\n

The university “is making every effort to place employees who will be impacted by a position elimination into another job,” Chancellor Garrey Carruthers wrote in a memo<\/a> to NMSU employees on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“We have made a concerted effort to maintain as many positions as possible while meeting our budget targets,” Carruthers wrote.<\/p>\n

His\u00a0memo includes no details about which jobs will be cut and how much money the employee\u00a0reductions will save the university.<\/p>\n

The budget deficit was largely caused by cuts in state funding for the university and decreased student enrollment. To help balance the budget, the Board of Regents recently\u00a0approved reductions in some employee benefits<\/a>,\u00a0including annual and sick leave and health and other insurance. Carruthers and many other high-ranking university employees have taken pay cuts<\/a> that are expected to save $190,000 a year.<\/p>\n

But the Regents\u00a0rejected a proposed tuition increase<\/a> to help cover the shortfall in April, and additional cuts are\u00a0needed.\u00a0Eliminating the\u00a0Employee Health Center<\/a>\u00a0is among the possibilities that has been discussed.<\/p>\n

The Regents plan to hold a public meeting on Wednesday to discuss the situation. Carruthers’ Tuesday memo announcing the job cuts says the administration will share its “budget reduction plan for the current fiscal year” at the meeting, which\u00a0is being held\u00a0in Yates Auditorium, located in Domenici Hall<\/a>\u00a0on the main campus in Las Cruces. It begins at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Those who can’t attend will be able to watch online\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In his Tuesday memo, Carruthers wrote that a member of the NMSU community recently told him “we will sail this ship together through the stormy seas.”<\/p>\n

“The waters of higher education continue to be turbulent, but I am confident that by working together we will find calmer waters and NMSU will emerge stronger and better prepared than ever to serve the people of New Mexico,” Carruthers wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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