Media Report on UMaine Budget Presentation

The Associated Press, Portland Press Herald, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, WABI (Channel 5), WLBZ (Channel 2) and WVII (Channel 7) were among several news organizations to cover the University of Maine’s FY 2015 community budget presentation. UMaine’s Vice President for Administration and Finance Janet Waldron presented budget information to the campus community at two public forums. Waldron announced UMaine will cut about $10 million from its annual budget without laying off faculty or cutting academic programs. Jeff Hecker, UMaine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, said the university has been making strategic decisions for years. “We’re not happy that we are taking a very large cut, but we feel good about the way we’ve managed it,” Hecker said during the first session. SFGate carried the AP report.