Restructuring The Painful Process Keeps the College on Firm Footing by Kathleen Scalise Several arduous years spent defending itself in the face of systemwide proposals to drastically cut funding paid off for the College of Natural Resources this spring with a commitment to restructure programs but keep them on a sound footing.
People here are really tired of being reorganized.
They want to get on with the business of doing their work. The college expects the new structure to be well under way this summer. But this change does not come without pain. As many as 39 staff employees will lose their jobs, said Dean Gordon Rausser. The large numbers of staff layoffs are due less to the restructuring and more to years of using funding from unfilled positions to meet budget cuts, said Rausser.