- gimm February 2, 2011 Provost Gloria Gibson Provost Wce-President for Academic Affairs University of Northem Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0707 Dear Provost Gibson, As an M.A. graduate of the University of Northern Iowa's History Department Public History tg program, I am well acquainted with the value of the UNI Museums to students. The UNI Museums provide the only practical, hands-on experience available on campus to students wishingto pursue an interest in general museum studies, collections management, conservation and preservation of collections, and/or exhibit design and installation. In addition, the UNI Museums offer experience for student interested in careers in other fields such as website design, marketing, outreach activities, and educational programs for all ages. Dr. Grosbol|'s "lntroduction to Museum Studies" class provided the first analytical discussion of museum issues, the first exposure to collections management, and my first experience with docent training and outreach at the Marshall Center School. These experiences are invaluable additions to the Public History curriculum. After graduation, I was employed by the Cedar Falls Historical Society as Collections and Exhibits Manager. The opportunities provided by the UNI Museums fonned the basis of my success in that position. The UNI Public History program requires its students to complete *1 20-hour-= intemships, the first of which I compl?t?d at the UNI Museums:` During my intemship I leamed to use the collection database (a?pre-requisite for the majority of collections positions) and create an exhibit. I worked with the ezdiibit preparator and gained a general understanding of the construction and finish required for exhibit cases. Graduates without practical experience in their chosen profession are at a disadvantage in this competitive job mari Date: 2/22/2012 11:01 PM To: Ben Allen Gloria Gibson CC: Ian Goldsmith President Allen and Provost Gibson, I want to thank you for everything you do for our university. You've had to make such incredibly difficult decisions and have had to put up with so much abuse from the campus community. At the meeting you had with faculty today, I could see how painful these decisions have been for you. Gloria, when you spoke about the Academic Affairs debt and about the funding levels from the government, I was moved to tears. I really wanted to give you a huge hug afterwards. I have no idea how difficult these past few weeks must have been for you, and l'm sure it's only going to get worse. Just know that you have my support. For the last few days, today especially, l've been hearing from a lot of students and faculty regarding the cuts. You already know what the faculty have been saying. Students have been primarily concerned about the lab school and museum closing. But there is a major difference between what the students say to me and what the professors say to me. The majority of students, despite being upset that the lab schoo|_ would possibly be closing, have asked me to let you both know that they appreciate your efforts. They understand to a certain degree that our budget outlook is grim and that tough decisions need to be made. You both have their respect and l_think that, for the most part, they trust you to make the decisions necessary to keep UNI an excellent institution. I don't expect you've been hearing much praise recently, to make sure that you heard it from me at the very least. I I Again, thank you so much for your work and service to UNI. I I All my best, Spencer Smncer A. Walrath Student Body President Northern Iowa Sudent Government 3/9/2012 some support I Subject: some support From: James Lubker Date: 2/18/2012 9:25 AM To: Ben Allen CC: Pat Allen Ben: I'm copying this letter to Pat since you guys are so on everything and I want to be sure you both feel my support, admiration and affection. I'm writing because I'm sure you're catching a goodly lot of grief right now and although I'm also sure that you're getting some strong support, I want to add my voice to any such support. Actually, the only "grief" that I've seen is in the letters of students and such from the PLS that are appearing with the article on the Courier web page. And those letters are so emotional and speak so badly for the administrators worth serious consideration. I imagine you're getting a lot worse in the form of direct e-mails, letters and phone calls. If not outright visits. A lot of people are confused, uncertain and frightened and that's a combination of emotions that leads folks to do and say sometimes incredibly stupid things. That's an explanation and not a valid excuse for such thoughtless, emotion-driven behavior. I But thoughtful people and there are a lot of them, although I don't know how I many of them are writing or phoning you know that you're doing the right thing(s), the hard things, the things that have to be done to get through what appears to be one of the worst, if not the worst, crisis UNI has ever seen. You know that I have long argued for exactly the sorts of things you are described in the Courier as considering. Maybe even more draconian than you are actually considering. Back when I began the assessment and prioritization effort I got a message from a faculty member who said that it was high time we took the bull by the tail and saw what was in front of us. Cute. And spot on. That's all you're doing and it is the right thing to do. The Lab School should be eliminated or sharply reduced in size. It just does not serve it's original purpose well and has calcified upon the body of the university. Public Safety could probably be well run by the Cedar Falls police that's an idea that has been expressed before and should have surprised no one. In today's world, Print Services just 1sn't needed. I hate to see the Museum go and have had a long and difficult lunch with Sue, but the problems there have existed for many years and in this fiscal climate they seem unsolvable. Athletics. well. Don't get me started. In this new life I have so much time and read so many newspapers and on-line news summaries and it seems like every day there's a new problem or a new diatribe about university athletics. Did you know, for example, that between 1990 (or so) and 2008 (or so) faculty salaries went up by about 32% and football coaches salaries went up by 650%? New York Times story. Academics? we could have closed down 30% of the bachelors, masters, doctoral and certificate programs and negatively impacted only about 3 -- 4% of the students. We could, or should, eliminate the Graduate College and move those few good graduate programs into their respective colleges after eliminating probably 80% or more of the programs. And so on and on. You're doing the right thing but you're scaring the hell of out people by forcing them to take a hard look at reality and face the need for (gasp!) CHANGE. So you're going to catch enormous grief. I'm SI ll sorry for that. You deserve to be given high praise for addressing the realities facing UNI. II Here is what I hear. These are, now, not my own thoughts and words. Everyone that has spoken with me has a great lot of admiration for_you. You are recognized as a good person in a horrible position. Many wish that you had begun this long ago and are a bit angry that you have waited this long. Some feel that you are crying "wolf" that they've been hearing this doom and destruction message for so long - some support and they just don't believe it. Some are concerned about communication and transparency. They wish they were getting more regular messages and more specificity these are the folks who are frightened and confused. That's about the extent of the critical views that I've heard. From maybe only eight or ten people from a wide range of areas on campus. Your review, ongoing, will tell you more but I fear that it will be driven by the fear and confusion. My bottom line: From all I can determine, universities are in terrible favor with just about everyone. Even magazines like Forbes are predicting that we had the Dot-Com Bubble, then we had the Housing Bubble and the next one will be the Higher Education Bubble. I may be in a doomsday mode, but it truly looks like something has to be done to curb costs. Tuition increases and state support just can't do it anymore. Changes have to be made. You're stepping up and facing all of this and the crowd will surely howl in amazed anger that anyone should have the temerity to actually try to face and solve such a huge problem. But thoughtful folks will understand and applaud sadly, they will tend to be somewhat less demonstrative. So, Karin and I will be demonstrative. He love you guys and are so saddened at what you must be undergoing over this. If either or both of you want a haven for a few hours, we promise that we won't bring up the topics of budgets or the university although we'll be glad to act as sounding boards. Grandchildren. The joys and evils of retirement. Or just staring at the cornfield in our back yard. Coffee. Tea. More exotic drinks. Got a student coming out this afternoon at 1:00 to talk about her Honors Thesis that I am advising and we're going to the performance at the GBPAC tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise our schedules are flexible. Just let us know. All love Kathy McCoy I From: Ben Allen , Jennifer Yarmw <]ennIfer.yanowQIunl.edu> Ben -- In case - you want to personally -1 nt Ben Allen 1 ?2 l?l - sen, I soo completly - Kathy Sent from -1.5. Ce11u1aro Android-powered phone past feu years to prepare us for the Future. Unfortunately, those changes were not enoqlasupport services, and outsourcing opportunities are --. ith the Ioard of Regents, State-; - cu a- stmdars, na! Ranges nou to ensure the Fwd: Closing ofthe UNI Museum Subject: Fwd: Closing of the UNI Museum From: Ben Allen Date: 10/30/2011 11:09 AM To: Ben Allen ml wv I I 1INI Museum lk 27 Oct 2011 15:15:15 -0500 I I Haaften 1 .. . uni.ed [green@dmreg.comE I I A -- rier.com `newsroom@gress- slain I Dr: Gloria Gibson I I I Executive Vice Presidentj Ii Seerley 001 University of Northern Iowa I I Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614 I Dear Dr: Gibson, I Hami1& Kforgood. While I 3 in H1 dections is notedQdrer again. This is short-sighted@0,000, which is nothing compared M/mlhd University have done on the biPi his 1 lorn Center. To assume that there rn i ir?t in Ti 1 pr even a re-imagining and rebuildingo|isservice to the sensibilities of alumni. Arg:. Fwd: Closing of the UNI Museum The UNI Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums. llcan assure you this is no small feat. It takes some intense work on the part of the staff and many standards must be adhered to. The closing of its building most likely will cause it to lose its accreditation. To claim that closing the museum and moving the collections is to protect the collections is not long term viability. It is boxing it up and putting it on a shelf. Not providing a physical place will severely limit the accessibility the average person has to the museum collections. Without a physical place, the museum cannot serve its educational mission, which is the most important function of a museum. This is not in conflict with a university's mission, which is to educate. A museum is not a physical place or merely a repository of objects. It is a place where culture, history, objects, and ideas come together to change and influence visitors to think about their lives and their culture around them in a new way or a different light. I am appalled that as an alumna, I have never heard that the physicality of the museum building was in disrepair. I am frustrated that no one allowed the museum staff to share their needs with alumni who might be interested in giving. The alumni of the history and anthropology departments would have been a good place to start. Years ago I would have given to a campaign had it been created to stave off the state of disrepair it is now in. Because the university has neglected its obligation as the responsible party to keep up the repairs, there should be discussion of a new facility. Why are you not considering forming a committn to work on a capital campaign for a new museum? I take personal affront to this. As a college student, Qvolunteered at the Marshall Center I One-Room Schoolhouse. My husband was able to use work study and work in the collections . at the UNI Museum. My husband and I both have careers in museums. While not glamorous I nor as well paid as some of your other alumni, a number of us were history majors who did choose this path and would be glad to support a capital campaign for a new museum facility. UNI has a lab school, why can it not have a museum to give students real life experience in I that type of work? In addition, there are alumni who have donated pieces of UNI history to the museum; some of those items are from my own family. Without a physical facility, there is I no good place to share UNI's sense of place to its alumni, visitors, and students. Someone with more vision could create a facility that could include the art department, as well as the natural history and history collections, serving more interest groups on campus. More vision .. could work toward an endowment to continue repairs on a facility that clearly the University has chosen to neglect systematically over the years. More vision could connect the museum to the local community and become a center of community events. Instead budgets are cut andl museum is seen a an luxury. Yet museums are considered to be the one of the most trusted sources of information on Fwd: Closing ofthe UNI Musemn history. In 1998, David Thelen (a professor emeritus from Indiana University, where I understand you received your Ph D) and Roy Rosenzweig published a book, The Presence ofthe Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life. During the research for this book, the authors discovered that museums were a more trusted source of history information than personal accounts from a relative, accounts from someone who has been there, college professors or high school history teachers. Books and movies were at the bottom of the list. By this logic, the UNI Museum would be a more trusted source than the history professors or the teachers that will be graduated from UNI. WouIdn't it make more sense to encourage the use of the UNI Museum in educating the educators of tomorrow? Teach them how to show that history is more than what is on a printed page. Museums have professionals that know how to engage visitors in several ways. These professionals can teach a lot to the students in education and history classes. I would have thought that someone who had been a dean in Humanities and Social Sciences would want students in those departments to have as many employment doors opened to them as imaginable. A museum on campus is one place where many of those students can learn about cultures, civilizations and the history of the world in a different setting with different tools for looking at our human lives and can open their eyes to a museum career. I am a museum professM1|. IIMM government, education, and museum institutions are strapped for cash. But?a university should understand that all its programs, not just athletics and performance venues, will need support of alumni and donors at any given point and that it can get that support for the dollars needed to fullill its obligations to care for collections and to educate with them. Instead of forming a committee to decide how to close down a museum and disperse its collections, I suggest this committee be formed to discuss fund raising, developing a new museum complex, a good location for it and a new strategic plan for the next ten years to reach out to students, staff, alumni, and community members. lf you I need someone to work on the committee, I would be available, but only if the committee will be formed to look forward to a strategic plan that involves a new era for the museum, one where It is nationally accredited, cared for; and participating as a viable entity in the university and municipal communities. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Jennifer Van Haaften '93 Cc: University of Northern Iowa President Benjamin Allen I I I I Fwd: Closing of the UNI Museum UNI Alumni Association Board UNI Alumni Association President Amy Mohr UNI Foundation President Bill Calhoun UNI Foundation Vice President Noreen Hermanson UNI Foundation Director of Development Debra Umbdenstock I Insupport I &In? [Nke Jk I in I ami {wrt what you 3r| doing Thu, l,}i 5:24 PM, wrote: I Qt - University of Northern Iowa IFebruary 16, 2012 IThe higher education In? has ki?. Iin Iowa and through? Q. education, we have I!-m t? and taxpayers of Iowulo niniin our orndont annhninn reputation, still and papal Ir In future. In times like his II II awk Eh- circumstances dictalzl LQ Changes have been n1?e dnl!] puulliun yunio pups us for the future. Unhinohip than uanrnot aq. We continue to need in his hhd&?ii hu reallccatino and aliorl lit'! I and values. I ademic and non-academic programs, support services, and outsourcing opportunities are being reviewed. Malcolm Price Lab School, the UNI Museum, Panther Athletics and UNI Print I Services are included in this review. We will announce academic program mergers and closures. The academic programs are those with low enrollment and few graduates. Students enrolled in those programs will be allowed to finish their programs. to Fwd: Re: A Message from UNI President Ben Allen I We are working with the Board of Reg ents, State of Iowa, and consulting with applicable stakeholders, to make changes now to ensure the educational experience we want for every student exists in the future. Making difficult decisions today will help II ensure that we continue our tradition of excellence. We believe these decisions will result in an institution that retains and builds on its historic while aligning us for future success in a challenging and competitive education environment. Thank you for your confidence and support. I I I Sincerely, Ben Allen I i I Office of the President 20 Seerley Hall University of Northern Iowa I Cedar Falls, IA 50614 I Patty i looms., I: PMI: !vII:$c? 1 1e Museum Subject: Re: Fwd: Fwd: AAUW book club Notice Museum From: Brenda Date: 3/5/2012 9:54 AM To: Patricia Geadelmann cabinetonIy@uni.edu I will add to the list of fil i&r& 1 i- ?ion on the Museum mae Brenda I li il 3/5/2012 kr -- hlould include on the web-site and to the campus plans/timelines for 1 to the building. I Original Mess{ I Sub]ect:Fwd: AAUW book club Notice I I Date:Sun, 4 Mar 2012 22:12:09 -0600 I I From:Maureen White I II From D1: Judy Beckman, co-chair Cedar Valley Discover and Discuss Diversity rom: Doris ubject: AAUI had I ate: March Judy ldr'ud .beckman cfu.net=? I I ROM: Doris Mitchell UNI Museum I II I: C1 of Cedar Falls AAUW I II 's rather hard to writeh, pn have tb I .I useum'sdoorii 1?i1'HjL I I ?r II ur current exhibit will be dismantled beginning on June 10have your book club meet here on Tuesday, June 11. A good part of the I I useum will not be accessible because of packing the exhibit and the I II I I lassroom will I in staging area for sorting and organizing education I I I Lwxutifv og I Museum I aterial. I o, unfortunately, this all means that we will not be able to schedule AAUW I I I ook club beyond your May 14 program. I I I I a personal note, it's ly nk @1 meet here the past few years I I nd miss 5L Qt I5 in !he group. I ooHs II I oris Mitchell I I Nl Museums I I I 219 Hudson Road I- I I I Ii edar Falls, IA 50614-0199 I 19-273-2188 I I I Ior deaf or har? 19-273-6924 FAX I I I uni.edu I I I useum 1*1 _11, jik, I 1-K-1 1 if- thern Iowa provides transformative learning ire students to embrace challenge, engage in ici. lgulrg creative thought, and contribute to society. I I 3,l9 20_1j . Fwd: Re: A Message from UNI President Ben Allen Subject: Fwd: Re: A Message from UNI President Ben Allen From: Ben Allen Date: 3/3/2012 9:16 PM To: Ben Allen pat.alIen@uni.edu Original Message Subject:Re: A Message from UNI X1 Date:Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:31:54 -0600 From:Betty March 1st, 2012 I President Allen: . I I Betty and I want you to know that you have our complete suppd. a "reaI" character in a Clint Eastwood movie where I could go I I imagination. My father taugh the nine of us children that above 1 . I believe you are and we respect the very difficult job you have to Q. If there is ever anything we can do to help you or Pat, please iQ You remain in our thoughts and prayers. Mike Betty Hurley I Original Message From: Te: Sent: Thursday, February I, PM Subject: A Message from UNI President Ben Allen Office of the President isbn!} H, Thrift dramatically, both in Inuglnut In ada nh in ligler 11h. I mj I ?lF Ireir parents wl ?mic Qin, Loc and pnpare for the I I ul. Iris rl! Zh prepare as In In future. not enough. We onine loaned toninohaljo huigd by niaig and lung indians to support our more mission nfxaf? I Fwd: Re: A Message from UNI President Ben Allen Academic and non-academic programs, support services, and outsourcing opportunities are being reviewed. Malcolm Price Lab School, the UNI Museum, Panther Athletics and UNI Print Services are included in this review. We will announce academic program mergers and closures. The academic programs are those with low enrollment and few graduates. Students enrolled in those programs will be allowed to finish their programs. We are working with the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, and consulting with applicable stakeholders, to make changes now to ensure the educational experience we want for every student I exists in the future. Making difficult decisions today will help ensure that we continue our tradition of excellence. We believe these decisions will result in an institution that retains and builds on its historic while aligning us for future suconn in a challenging and competitive education environment. Tl'Tank you for your confidence and support. I Sincerely, Ben Allen Office of the President I, 20 Seerley Hall University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614 I I ugfz _mo_ glial Lo Corbin: Kudos for recent decisions--proud of you Subject: Steve Corbin: Kudos for recent decisions--proud of you From: Steve Corbin Date: 2/27/2012 7:22 PM To: Benjamin Allen Gloria Gibson Gloria Ben: I Bottom Line: commend both of you for making.your tough decisions after your due diligence and several years of data investigation related to Price Lab School closing, museum closing, print services outsourced, reduction of athletic department support, possible outsourcing of Public Safety, and eliminating bachelor master degree programs that graduate so few students that if each program were applying for a loan, the ROI would look so poorly, their loan application would be deniedl I ONLY read the following "if" you've got time . . . if not, I understand 1) My undergraduate degree from UNI (1970, was in Marketing Education (all MKTG majors were teaching majors until my sr. year). As such, I participated in Price Lab School observation participation activities. In my sophomore year I knew that Price Lab was not that valuable. Why? There were many of us participating in observation activities I there were days there were more of us teachers-in-training than students in the classroom. After a while our teacher, Mr. Nelson, told us that we were getting in the way and that if we wanted to bring our books and study or just stay home that that would be fine with him. As immature 18-19-20-21 year olds, we stayed in our dorm or at least went to the lounge to play some card game. I 2) When Linda Corbin and I took our oldest son, Dan, to pre-school activities at Price Lab School, we were told by the teacher that Dan couldn't count, didn't know his colors, and didn't know the alphabet. We knew just the opposite. After quizzing the teacher if she got Dan mixed up with someone else, she said In visiting with Dan about the situation, he then brought home several learning activities where he did indeed know his colors, count and write out all letters of the alphabet--we knew it was Dan's workl When we showed the teacher his work, she said, "well, someone else must have done this for Dan." When we I brought Dan to a meeting with hen; I've only once seen more stammering and stuttering, with never an apology coming forward. We withdrew Dan from Price Lab School and his next Pre--School teacher, Mrs. Millen a UNI graduate, living near Denver; Iowa, said that that wasn't I the first experience of such a nature she had encountered with Price Lab teachers. 3) In 1975 I came to UNI on soft--money (federal Perkins Vocational-Technical Education money) as a pre- and in-service Marketing Teacher Educator. We prepared H.S. 8: Comm. Col. Marketing Vocational-Technical Educators here at UNI as well as conducted in-service I extension-like services throughout Iowa for the H.S. Marketing Education 8: "25 Community College Marketing Education teachers. My peer, Dr. Roger Ditzenberger (who was one of my undergraduate profs), and I refused to have any of our freshmen, sophomore, juniors, seniors or graduate students EVER step one foot into the Price Lab School as Ditz' (nickname) saw how Price Lab was not training us as was espoused. Ditz' and I were able to . Steve Corbin: Kudos for recent decisions--proud of you two! ll pt our Marketing Teacher-Coordinators from Cedar Falls H.S., Waterloo East H.S., Waterloo West H.S., Hawkeye Community College, Iowa Falls H.S., Decorah H.S., Charles City H.S., Oelwein H.S., Kirkwood C.C., DMACC, NIACC, Marshalltown H.S., and the list goes on and on to "take care" of our students' Phase I, ll 8: learning activities, usually on the teacher-coordinators own time and not one dimel Our students-in-training knew about Price Lab and were very appreciative that we were able to get them waived from a Price Lab disaster and give them solid preparatory training. 4) As a 11 year elected Denver Community School District Board of Education member; l've had several meetings with board members superintendents from surrounding schools and all of us were perplexed as to whether the Price Lab School was actually a "laboratory" orjust like them, but with privileges. I concur with Glenn Hansen's (Dean Emeritus, UNI Continuing Education) take, stated 6-8-10 years ago, on Price Lab: we should tell all Price Lab parents that we will experiment in every class with some form of research and your child may come out OK or s/he could have a less-than-desirable experience and YOU decide if you want your child to be in this research-based experiment . . . as he felt, via both of his kids graduating from Price Lab, that it was not an experimental or laboratory school, rather just another school surviving year by year: 5) I can't recall one good leader of Price Lab School and l've been here 37 yearsl President Emeritus Robert Koob came "this" close to closing down the Price Lab School one decade ago and got spooked at the last moment. He should have followed through with the data and knowledge he had as the statistics were delinitely on his side. We've known for decades now that the school has expired its original function, mostly due to poor leadership. You two are to be commended on your excellent leadershipl Gloria: call me as you, Doris anI I I know where there's some fine with and superb hors d' oeuvres with our name on it (cell 319-290-9779). Ben: in your first couple of years here, you use to purposely have a one-on-one meeting with me where I let you know what-the-buzz-was-on-campus . . . The I Library is still open for such a confab. Have a great day and a better tomorrow. *Steve Corbin Feb. 27, 2012 gg. I UNlBudgetC'uts Subject: UNI Budget Cui From: Dee Seeman Date: 2/25/2012 8:05 PM To: ben.alIen@uni.edu, regentrastetter@gmail.com, regentcarroll@gmaiI.com, ruth.harkin@cox.net, gretaajohnson@gmaiI.com, CC: Dear President Allen QI l! LM cl Ioard of Regents, H;1col| Price |cHgl is a vakjak resource for inkructing gr;-sgr ce 3 grigry lf of the University of Narlarn in- it a the in in fqrunnd an inproving ii 1 Ek! lose this facility k-ir ire. cf txdents participate :i1 i i each year at MPLS, t1&1iI1i. k? ?'sfield i 2 1 1. 1- dedication to 1.11 I 3 1* degree at cl: :1 ?t lz! kachers for their . A lM's ;!re-service Kc! caM FM 1 kr James O'Connor CC: Stacey Christensen Jens with the DMR, captured some nice quotes from legislators showing support for President A1len's budget decisions. . sre ister.com index. 2012 02 23 uni-to-save-1-1-million- letics-and- rintin -services Stacey Christensen University of Northern Iowa Public Relations Manager stacey.christensenQugi.g|g 319-273-6728 un1.edugnewsroom -. 4 1 Fwd: Issues Update: UNI announces reallocatlons for future growth Subject: Fwd: Issues Update: UNI announces reallocations i From: Troy Dannen Date: 2/23/2012 12:39 PM To: FYI II Fonlvarded me? From: James 0'Connor Ian: '|'luo hh It -2 at 12:32 PM QQ: UNI announces reallocations for future growth To: Cc: JAMES 0'Connor The Office of University Relations provides Issues Updates to key campus administrators. Please share the information as you see fit. lf you have questions, please call 273-2761. The following information will 1 p.m. today, please until 1 p.m. - 2/23/12 UNI officials announce actions to reallocate resources for future growth Cedar Falls, Iowa Unix; i I 1 Ben Allen announced today strategic I decisions to reallocate and realign resources in nademic priorities and to ensure future growth. I i? Qc! I the nation's premier public i 1 ri i 1 academic experience for our . changes taking place in higher ?Is_n nrelh an qnnerliir hnkela renaslalig of the University of Northern MQ We want to define our own destiny rather than allow circumstance| i i it n" Pending approval by thqBoard of Regents, State oflowa, UNI administrators will make the following program and services changes: Recommend the closure of Malcolm Price Laboratory i I UNI will continue to lead the nation in teacher education ty and development models in partnership with education I school districts. Malcolm Price Laboratory School has been an integral part of the strong Fwd: Issues Update: UNI announces rcallocations for future growth heritage of achievement in teacher education at UNI, but it is not feasible for UNI to continua to subsidize the school or to invest millions of dollars to improve the aging school building. The financial constraints, combined with current best-practices and research that support realistic and diverse field experiences for education students, make it necessary to recommend the closing of the school by .Iune 30, 2012. Funds will be reallocated to lowa's Statewide Research and Development initiative and the UNI teacher education program. - Reduce general fund support for Intercollegiate Athletics I UNI is continuing its progress toward reducing general fund support for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Through a combination of expense reduction and revenue generation, general fund support provided to Athletics will be reduced by an additional $$00,000 over th| next three years. Athletic Director Troy Dannen will provide more detail as soon as linal decisions are made. Elimination of sports programs is not anticipated. - Integrate selected UNI Museum collections within campus and community for greater I I student access Successfully integrating selected collections into library and department buildings is a primary goal to provide enhanced student access and stronger visitor traffic. The current museum building is in need of major repairs and renovation. The museum building will be closed to the public .Iune 30, 2012 and the collections will be moved to various campus and community locations to provide research, teaching and outreach opportunities. The university will retain ownership of the collections. The closure will save $200,000 annually as well as capital funds that would be required to renovate or build. Oflice and exhibit spaces will be provided. Print services partnership for access to new technology and services A partnership with a variety of local printing and copying companies will provide access to the latest technology and lower overall printing expenses. UNI Print Services will close no later I than June 30, 2012. This change will allow UNI to avoid more than $400,000 in equipment replacement costs, as well as department salaries and benefits. I These recommended program changes and cost savings will allow UNI leadership to invest in programs (academic and non-academic) where there is the greatest demand and need. I Academic program changes -- announcement next week I A separate announcement about academic program mergers and closures will be made next week. The programs likely affected are those with low graduation rates. I During the past three years, President Allen has established multiple study groups at UNI to review all academic and non-academic programs, as well as services and outsourcing opportunities. Many changes have already been made with program and service enhancements, closures, outsourcing and reduced staffing levels. The strategic budget decisions announced today$ in addition to significant changes already ml . Fwd: Issues Update: UNI announces rr{ buh grkri. Since 2000, UNI's annual general fund appropriation has been cut i!s rE Q: Qe funding to UNI has decreased 3 1 o? K, I Q. The university began fiscal 2012 3 . 1 iation is $4.3 million below the fiscal - X. IEI kin fiscal 2013 with an I $4.1 million in negotiated salary and benefits increases. I James O'Connon APR Executive Director Office of University Relations University of Northern Iowa 125 East Bartlett Cedar Falls, IA 50614-05 Office: (319) 273-2761 Fax: (319) 273-2888 I I G0 PANTHERSI Inns I 1*1* df 1 Inn 319-273-2470 I I A I i*?f3