TO DO IT ON OUR OWN, WE WILL GET
% IT DONE.
% >> LAST WEEK 11 UW SYSTEM
% SCHOOLS ANNOUNCED FURLOUGH
% PLANS.
% THIS WEEK, THE UNIVERSITY OF
% WISCONSIN-MADISON ORDERED
% FURLOUGHS FOR NEARLY 16,000
% EMPLOYEES IN THE WAKE OF THE
% COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
% RIGHT NOW, ALL CLASSES ARE
% ONLINE AND ALL SUMMER PROGRAMS
% ARE CANCELLED.
% >> THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN NEARLY
% SHUTTERED SINCE MID-MARCH, WHEN
% THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK FIRST
% ARRIVED AND MANY STUDENTS STAYED
% HOME.
% TO MAKE UP A BUDGET SHORTFALL,
% FACULTY AND STAFF ARE REQUIRED
% TO TAKE THREE TO SIX UNPAID
% FURLOUGH DAYS DURING THE NEXT
% SIX MONTHS.
% CHANCELLOR REBECCA BLANK, THE
% PROVOST AND OTHERS WILL TAKE A
% 15% PAY CUT, AMOUNTING TO
% APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION.
% UW-MADISON SAYS IT HAS
% CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED LOSSES
% FROM THE PANDEMIC TO BE $100
% MILLION AND WILL MAKE UP THE
% DIFFERENCE BY REDUCING TRAVEL,
% BUDGET CUTS AND A PARTIAL HIRING
% FREEZE.
% THE CHANCELLOR SAYS FURTHER
% EXPENSE REDUCTIONS COULD BE
% CONSIDERED AS EARLY AS THIS
% FALL.
% BY WAY OF DISCLAIMER, PBS
% WISCONSIN IS PART OF THE
% UW-MADISON.
%