NDUS Budget Cuts (changed name to be system-wide)

[Oxbow6]

3 hours ago, Old Fella said:

What are the odds Kennedy will move to North Carolina?

I'll pitch in if there's a GoFundMe to accelerate this move.

[darell1976]

I think it’s time for Kennedy to move on. We are starting to fix the money problems and then he does this. 

[SWSiouxMN]

10 minutes ago, darell1976 said:

I think it’s time for Kennedy to move on. We are starting to fix the money problems and then he does this. 

Unless the SBoHE fires him (unlikely) or the faculty get to "storm the Bastille" level angry (who knows),  I don't see him going anywhere. 

[Blackheart]

2 hours ago, darell1976 said:

I think it’s time for Kennedy to move on. We are starting to fix the money problems and then he does this. 

They should have fired his dumb ass after the whole florida debacle...#tomclifford

[The Sicatoka]

21 hours ago, Cratter said:

When you put it that way, it makes it sound like every other week, you get to work while on vacation from North Carolina.  

Speaking as a guy who works from home most of the time, when you work from home you're always at work. It's not a much fun as one would think. 

[The Sicatoka]

18 hours ago, UNDBIZ said:

What are Foster's qualifications to be a chief of staff?

That's what gets me. You'd think someone in that role, if not a lawyer, would at least have some graduate level degree in Educational Administration.

I know of an MS Ed Admin that'd take $119k to move to UND and do that job. Frankly, you'd probably get the person I'm thinking of for $80k and knowing the person they'd succeed no matter how "challenging" some are claiming the job to be. (This person has run statewide programs and had to deal with ND DPI and dozens of local school districts all at once.) 

[streetsahead]

New info: She received the promotion to Chief of Staff (and a $30k raise) in November, shortly before the announcement that she'd be leaving in May.

https://www.sayanythingblog.com/entry/und-employee-to-be-allowed-to-work-from-texas-got-a-promotion-and-30000-raise-in-november/

[Siouxperfan7]

Update:  https://www.sayanythingblog.com/entry/und-employee-to-be-allowed-to-work-from-texas-got-a-promotion-and-30000-raise-in-november/

When I reached out to UND spokesman David Dodds for more information, he justified this move by claiming that it would be cheaper than hiring a new chief of staff based on regional salary comparisons for that position. “We conducted a search for a Chief of Staff and, as part of the process, learned that such position among higher education institutions in our region and peer group run $185,000 as a median and $225,000 as an average. Some spot checking confirmed those figures,” he told me.

 

Something still doesn't add up here.

[SWSiouxMN]

7 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

Update:  https://www.sayanythingblog.com/entry/und-employee-to-be-allowed-to-work-from-texas-got-a-promotion-and-30000-raise-in-november/

When I reached out to UND spokesman David Dodds for more information, he justified this move by claiming that it would be cheaper than hiring a new chief of staff based on regional salary comparisons for that position. “We conducted a search for a Chief of Staff and, as part of the process, learned that such position among higher education institutions in our region and peer group run $185,000 as a median and $225,000 as an average. Some spot checking confirmed those figures,” he told me.

 

Something still doesn't add up here.

<tinfoil hat on for this one>

Justification for the move.

"Hey, by doing this we are saving costs!"

<takes tinfoil hat off>

How is she at her job?  

[Cratter]

Interesting that Jayson Hajdu, just shortly after leaving UND, already has not so positive things to say about UND (President) on twitter.

Didn't see that one coming.

[The Sicatoka]

5 minutes ago, Cratter said:

Interesting that Jayson Hajdu, just shortly after leaving UND, already has not so positive things to say about UND (President) on twitter.

Didn't see that one coming.

Can't tell if you're serious or not.
I'll just say I'm not surprised based on the company he kept. 

[Cratter]

17 hours ago, Cratter said:

Well it was certainly the talk around the water cooler for UND employees today.

As seen by a bunch of former UND employees on twitter.

Imagine now how big of news this is to a lot of current UND employees today.

[Oxbow6]

8 minutes ago, Cratter said:

Interesting that Jayson Hajdu, just shortly after leaving UND, already has not so positive things to say about UND (President) on twitter.

Didn't see that one coming.

Was that on Jayson's WWE alter ego Twitter account?

[Walsh Hall]

The optics are horrible.

That said, I have no idea of her value to the University, and it doesn't sound like anyone here does as well.   She may be worth every penny and then some.  It sounds like her compensation is not out-of-line with that position.

But the optics are absolutely horrible.

[bang]

My opinion won’t ever change on this. If you work for the University of North Dakota as a top administrator you should live within driving distance. Like 25 miles at most. If you’re going to work from home some days I’d say that’s more than fine. If your title is chief of staff and your staff is 1000’s of miles away....... Its a joke. If your an IT guy living 1000’s miles away supervising nobody it would make sense. 

[The Sicatoka]

5 minutes ago, bang said:

If your an IT guy living 1000’s miles away supervising nobody it would make sense. 

Only if you have access to local hands and eyes (boots on the ground) to make physical changes or look at things in person as needed. 

[jdub27]

No doubt the optics on this are less than great and it feeds perfectly into those that don't care for MK. Also, I'm not sure how that job functions and if doing it remotely is realistic, though it seems like someone who's working on site would be more effective, but as always, some of this is a little more nuanced than the knee jerk reactions.

NDSU hired a Chief of Staff a few years ago, which was in the news as the individual that was hired there was previously on staff at NDSU as legal counsel. The state moved all legal counsel under the NDUS, so he was out of a job. Instead of applying for a job in Bismarck, NDSU hired him as chief of staff. His salary is about $183K/year and is in line with the average/median salaries stated by UND. While the individual at NDSU is an attorney, I don't know if that job actually  requires a JD nor do I do know if the UND and NDSU jobs have similar duties but they do share titles and have a pretty significant difference in salaries.

[bang]

18 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

Only if you have access to local hands and eyes (boots on the ground) to make physical changes or look at things in person as needed. 

Correct

[Kab]

Kennedy needs to be gone

not sure what he has accomplished for us

look at what Shea has done at Mary

lets get that guy 

soon Mary will be bigger than UND and hockey too

 

[gfhockey]

We like the minot st guy

[nodak651]

9 minutes ago, Kab said:

Kennedy needs to be gone

not sure what he has accomplished for us

look at what Shea has done at Mary

lets get that guy 

soon Mary will be bigger than UND and hockey too

 

He's done well considering the state cuts UND's funding by 10% every chance they get...  Not defending this, though.

[The Sicatoka]

38 minutes ago, Kab said:

look at what Shea has done at Mary

Pretty sure Monsignor Shea isn't interested in running a public university nor do I think his boss (the Bishop) would be impressed with such a move. 

[The Sicatoka]

34 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

We like the minot st guy

Clearly the %gobc knows no one from Valley City (or Shirley's time there). 

[SWSiouxMN]

35 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

We like the minot st guy

The committee didn't

My late prof I think had him 3rd when he served on that committee.

Had the Boise guy as his top choice.

I wish he was still around to discuss this. 

[Kab]

Not saying he would be interested

i see him on Tv a lot talking about their new programs and fund raising, new engineering program

wont be long before they start looking at a medical school too,

i don’t see the same thing out of Kennedy

not in grand forks, does kennedy get out and meet with local leaders or does his surrogates do that too