Media Report on Preliminary UMaine Budget Presentation
The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on a budget forum held at the University of Maine. UMaine President Susan Hunter, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Jeffrey Hecker and Vice President for Administration and Finance Ryan Low presented preliminary work that has been done to create a balanced budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY16). The officials announced they must cut next year’s $242 million budget by $7 million, but will not eliminate any academic programs and will try to avoid layoffs. “We really do want to minimize the impact on academic and student services,” said President Hunter, adding the goal is to avoid faculty retrenchments or layoffs. The Sun Journal carried the BDN report. NECN and SFGate carried the AP report.