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SFA will be closed and eligible
employees furloughed for four days
in the coming months to help meet
an immediate required state budget
reduction of more than $1 million.
The Board of Regents on Tuesday
approved closing the University
April 21-22, May 27 and July 1.
Staff members classified as “ex-empt”
will be allowed to expend
accrued vacation time for the re-quired
furlough days or take leave
without pay. “Non-exempt” staff
members may choose to expend
accrued vacation and/or compen-satory
time or take leave without
pay.
SFA faculty members will not be
affected this budget cycle because
their current contracts do not allow
for furloughs. Administrators indi-cated
that future faculty contracts
will include such a provision. SFA
personnel considered essential
to the operation of the University
will be required to work during
the furlough days but must expend
four days of appropriate leave time
prior to Aug. 31.
On Dec. 6, the governor, lieu-tenant
governor and speaker of
the house sent a joint letter to the
heads of state agencies directing
them to reduce state appropria-tions
by an additional 2.5 percent
for fiscal year 2010-11. This 2.5-per-cent
reduction is in addition to a
5-percent biennial reduction that
was ordered in January 2010.
“Times are difficult, and I truly
appreciate what the administration
has done to come up the least pain-ful
way to address the state budget
reduction,” Regent Scott Coleman
said.
The furloughs will result in a
planned reduction in salary expens-es
of almost $600,000. Additional
savings also are expected to re-sult
from closing the university on
those four days, which have been
scheduled so that the impact on
the university’s academic programs
will be minimized.
The remaining $425,000 in the
state budget reduction will be
spread across all other areas of the
university, including $200,000 from
academic affairs, $100,000 from
university affairs, and $100,000
from finance and administration.
The biggest impact to academic
affairs will involve cuts to the sum-mer
budget.
The SFA administration will now
turn its attention to the legislative
House bill, which reflects a reduc-tion
in general revenue funding of
almost $20 million in the next two
years. President Baker Pattillo said
the administration will report on
an expected reduction in the Fiscal
Year 2011-2012 budget at the next
Board of Regents meeting in April.
“There will be many difficult de-cisions
made over the next several
weeks and months, not only as we
deal with the immediate reduction,
but also as we prepare for the re-ductions
that will be necessary in
the development of our budget for
the next fiscal year,” Pattillo said. “I
remain confident that we will work
through these issues and emerge
from these challenges more fo-cused
than ever.”
The Board of Regents also ap-proved
the following items at the
meeting Tuesday: issuing a request
for quotations to develop a new
master plan for the University;
contracting with Mooring Recovery
Services to provide restoration
services in the event of emergen-cies
such as wind damage, flood or
fire; naming a new 8-acre garden
near the intersection of University
Drive and Starr Avenue after the
late Gayla Mize, a longtime SFA
supporter; Fiscal Year 2010 annual
financial reports for the University
and the SFA Charter School; resolu-tions
to approve qualified financial
institutions and investment bro-kers;
and grant awards from Sept.
15 to Dec. 21, 2010.
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Graduating
quarterback
Jeremy Moses
scores Walter
Payton honors
Execution
woes make
for awkward
situations By Traneka R. Southwell
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Sports marketing professional Marc Williams is lending
his expertise to a new course at SFA this spring.
Marketing 362: Sports Promotion in the Nelson Rusche
College of Business will be taught by Williams and Dr.
Marlene Kahla, associate professor of marketing.
Williams, widely regarded as one of the nation’s foremost
experts on branding, has worked in the entertainment and
sports industry for the past 10 years. Working for three of the
largest sports brands in the world—Champs, Footaction and
Reebok—he has developed national partnerships with the
entertainment and sports-retail industries.
The joint teaching partnership between Kahla and
Williams marks not only the first time the course has been
taught at SFA, but also the first time the College of Business
has had two instructors for a single course.
Kahla, who has taught at SFA for more than 30 years, said
she understands that having two instructors in the class-room
presents a unique opportunity not only for students
but for her as well.
“This is a rare opportunity to bring someone from the
industry here and to teach this course on a regular basis. I
think the students will be excited,” she said.
Board of Regents approves campus closures, furloughs
Dr. Baker Pattillo announces new measures to help the University meet the required state budget reduction of more
than $1 million. Furloughs for non-exempt staff will result in a planned reduction in salary expenses of almost
$600,000. Additional savings also are expected to result from closing the university on those four days, which have
been scheduled so that the impact on the university’s academic programs will be minimized.
Marketing expert
lends skills to new
business class
By Andreya Stephenson
FEATURES EDITOR
28-year-old SFA student, Justin Shank, died
Friday around 7 p.m. in a motorcycle accident on
North Street.
Shank was driving a Buell motorcycle that he had
reportedly purchased earlier that day when he col-lided
with a Nissan Titan pick-up truck. According to
police, the truck was driven by 20-year-old Lakken
Messimer, of Winnsboro, Texas.
Witnesses said Messimer was making a left turn
when she struck Shank. The motorcycle caved in
the middle of the truck and knocked out the drive
shaft upon collision, according to reports.
The investigating officer said the motorcycle
caught fire quickly and that several citizens dragged
Shank from the motorcycle.
He was taken to Memorial
Hospital where he was pro-nounced
dead.
Dr. Adam Peck, SFA dean of
student affairs, said Shank was
a freshman by credits. More
information about funeral ar-rangements
will be released to
the SFA community when they
are available, Peck said.
According to Shank’s
Facebook profile, he was study-ing
engineering and physics at
SFA.
Shank’s father, Dan Shank,
posted memories and his
thanks to those that offered support on his Facebook
page.
He said, “His heart was bigger than anything! He
was an adventurer and loved a challenge and a good
rush!” Shank’s father asks that his son to be remem-bered
for who he was. “Put him in your heart and
remember him always!” Dan Shank said.
astephenson@thepinelog.com
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PHOTO COURTESY OF KEVIN WHITE
Two vertical black aerosol paint markings, which turned the letters S into dollar signs, were found on the new
SFA entrance sign at North Street and Vista Drive on Wednesday, Jan. 29. There are currently no suspects for the
vandalism.
Motorcyle accident takes life of student
MARKETING continued on page 7
Freshman Justin Shank
killed in wreck on North
Street Friday evening
Justin Shank
PHOTO COURTESY
STONE FORT
YEARBOOK
Law enforcement and fire officials investigate the scene.
STEPHANIE BALLARD/THE PINE LOG
SFA’s main entrance vandalized