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Re: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 1:19 am
by Western_101
wiu712 wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:35 pm McDonough County Emergency Services director is fighting against planned program cuts at Western Illinois University.
From WGEM News:
https://wgem.com/2019/04/04/officials-f ... niversity/


A Conversation with the New Chairperson of WIU's Board.
From Tri-States Public Radio, WIUM-FM:
https://www.tspr.org/post/conversation- ... wius-board
Non story, For a non "Major". If you have one person in the Dept. and its the only major in the State. Well, it's like this, Emergencies happen, we don't know when or where. Competent Leadership stands up to direct responses and mitigate damage. You don't need to major in something you may only use once every 3 to 8 years.... It's called something different, "Leadership". Schools in the 80s 90s and 00 just kept adding on and making up new Majors.

This should never have been a thing.

Re: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 5:59 am
by sealhall74
RedNeck wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2019 1:19 am
wiu712 wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:35 pm McDonough County Emergency Services director is fighting against planned program cuts at Western Illinois University.
From WGEM News:
https://wgem.com/2019/04/04/officials-f ... niversity/


A Conversation with the New Chairperson of WIU's Board.
From Tri-States Public Radio, WIUM-FM:
https://www.tspr.org/post/conversation- ... wius-board
Non story, For a non "Major". If you have one person in the Dept. and its the only major in the State. Well, it's like this, Emergencies happen, we don't know when or where. Competent Leadership stands up to direct responses and mitigate damage. You don't need to major in something you may only use once every 3 to 8 years.... It's called something different, "Leadership". Schools in the 80s 90s and 00 just kept adding on and making up new Majors.

This should never have been a thing.
10-4 agree with you. Organizations create Go-Teams and Red-Teams to deal with emergencies. This major sounds like someone's pet project to me. Maybe a certificate program at best.

Re: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 7:05 pm
by wiu712
Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management.
http://www.wiu.edu/academics/majors/edu ... gement.php

Re: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:25 am
by sealhall74
wiu712 wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2019 7:05 pm Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management.
http://www.wiu.edu/academics/majors/edu ... gement.php
Someone will need to clue me in on how those "Ag" options relate to emergency management. The only thing I can come up with is that if we cant produce food, we would definitely have an emergency situation. More likely an error on the website.

Re: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:16 am
by Tere North
sealhall74 wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:25 am
wiu712 wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2019 7:05 pm Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management.
http://www.wiu.edu/academics/majors/edu ... gement.php
Someone will need to clue me in on how those "Ag" options relate to emergency management. The only thing I can come up with is that if we cant produce food, we would definitely have an emergency situation. More likely an error on the website.
Definitely an error. Those are the options for a BS in Agriculture.

Re: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:12 pm
by ST_Lawson
Tere North wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:16 am
sealhall74 wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:25 am
wiu712 wrote: Fri Apr 05, 2019 7:05 pm Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management.
http://www.wiu.edu/academics/majors/edu ... gement.php
Someone will need to clue me in on how those "Ag" options relate to emergency management. The only thing I can come up with is that if we cant produce food, we would definitely have an emergency situation. More likely an error on the website.
Definitely an error. Those are the options for a BS in Agriculture.
I'll get it taken care of. Thanks for mentioning it. If anyone ever sees anything that's incorrect on the WIU website, please let me know. If I can't fix it myself, I know the person who can.

Re: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 5:35 pm
by Tere North
ST_Lawson wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:12 pm
Tere North wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:16 am
sealhall74 wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:25 am

Someone will need to clue me in on how those "Ag" options relate to emergency management. The only thing I can come up with is that if we cant produce food, we would definitely have an emergency situation. More likely an error on the website.
Definitely an error. Those are the options for a BS in Agriculture.
I'll get it taken care of. Thanks for mentioning it. If anyone ever sees anything that's incorrect on the WIU website, please let me know. If I can't fix it myself, I know the person who can.
I sent an email to Jeremy.

Re: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:22 pm
by wiu712
State Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) suggests consolidating functions and offerings at the state’s public universities to help address costs. Without changes, funding issues will continue to compound, he said.

From the Illinois News Network:
https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/pri ... ead%20more

Re: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:26 pm
by Tere North
wiu712 wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 6:22 pm State Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) suggests consolidating functions and offerings at the state’s public universities to help address costs. Without changes, funding issues will continue to compound, he said.

From the Illinois News Network:
https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/pri ... ead%20more
Exactly the problem. “We have an excess of capacity in this state,” Rose said. Despite having fewer students, “we keep going on a spending spree and building out more capacity.”

Re: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:31 am
by Western_101
Wish we could go back and undo the decision to expand WIU with the satellite Moline campus. Big mistake.