Show President Speaks on Future Tyler Harry Staff Writer A group of close to a hundred faculty staff and administrators filled the activities room at Redwood Campus March 25 in anticipation of talking talking talking talk talk- ing with interim President Judd Morgan The meeting was scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- for pm p.m. but before Morgan started the meeting he walked around and shook hands with every person in attendance Earlier that day he had been to the South City and Jordan campuses for similar similar similar simi simi- lar meetings and this was his S th day Morgan was there to tell the people about bout the schools school's future plans including the colleges college's plans for a new president a apay apay apay pay raise and an sionA sionA SIonA sion SIon A presidential search has not begun I dont don't know when it will I do know they will start collecting collecting collecting col col- col- col applications in May responded Morgan to a question about the topic He said they are choosing the chairperson who will play playa a key role in selecting the new dent Morgan said the new president should know what the Community College is He asked three questions of the audience to illustrate his point Why do we let all the students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents come in Why do dowe dowe dowe we extend ourselves out into the community Why do we develop partnerships partnerships partnerships part part- He said I would hope the president knows After dealing with that issue Morgan discussed discussed discussed dis dis- dis- dis cussed salaries This was obviously on the mind of the audience Many wore salary parity buttons on their clothing because the faculty and staff are paid in inthe inthe inthe the bottom 20 percent in inthe the Uie nation ati n. n Morgan focused on what the state gave the school The Utah State Legislature in a surprise move allocated 21 million million million mil mil- mil mil- lion to for a Health and Sciences Building at Jordan Campus The problem problem problem lem according to Morgan was that they were roughly 6 million short of the money required for the project If you have people that See Morgan continued on page 2 Morgan continued from front page would be inclined to help we would like to know about it said Morgan to the crowd in response to questions about where the money would come from Morgan directed the topic back to salaries One faculty member asked if they could have parity Define parity replied Morgan He asked what are we going to to to-do to do to bring about parity I would say move us to 50 percent still not parity but better than we are arenow arenow arenow now replied the questioning questioning questioning ques ques- professor In December of this year the faculty staff and administration at schools of higher education across the state will receive j a time one-time bonus of nearly one percent That's not much when you consider the faculty has not received raises for three years Something else has been worked into the plan though It is called tier- tier two or second tier funding funding fund fund- funding ing for pay raises It will cost students an additional addition addition- al five percent or per year initially Students at were apparently informed of this decision because they voted on it after a similar meeting last year Morgan said Morgan dealt with every question asked Other major topics addressed inthe inthe in inthe the meeting included that Morgan isn't going anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- where for now the faculty faculty faculty ty staff and administration tion need to ask their rich friends for money to help the college and while fac fac- fac- fac and will see a Ja a raise 11 2004 parity P is still a wa waft off |