{"id":20400,"date":"2003-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-06-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/06\/11\/dr-maurer-announces-budget-cuts\/"},"modified":"2003-06-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-06-11T05:00:00","slug":"dr-maurer-announces-budget-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/06\/11\/dr-maurer-announces-budget-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Maurer announces budget cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Chancellor Harold M. Maurer, M.D., has announced plans for UNMC to reduce its state-supported budget by an additional $2 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These were not easy decisions, and there is pain in these cuts,&#8221; Dr. Maurer said. &#8220;We will overcome this, however, and move forward on our trajectory to become a world-class academic health sciences center.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Maurer outlined the cuts at campus forums on Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The reduction will entail two different elements. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University Medical Associates, the faculty practice plan of UNMC physicians, has made a commitment of support of $1 million annually to help the College of Medicine manage its reductions.<\/li>\n<li>It is anticipated that there will be an average 1.25 percent increase in the UNMC employee salary pool for each of the next two years. UNMC received a 1.75 percent increase in this pool, but the difference, which amounts to about $1 million, will be used to save jobs and programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The University of Nebraska&#8217;s biennial budget was approved Saturday by the NU Board of Regents. The state-supported portion of the budget is $50 million less than it was in the budget approved two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The cuts were necessitated by a downturn in the state&#8217;s economy, which drove state revenues lower than projections. Over the past 18 months, UNMC&#8217;s state-supported budget has been reduced by $11.2 million, or 11.7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If our budget hadn&#8217;t been cut, those monies could have been used to build excellence in programs,&#8221; Dr. Maurer said. &#8220;It has affected our momentum somewhat, but I&#8217;m still excited about where our campus is going.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will get through this, and we will continue in our quest to be world-class.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chancellor Harold M. 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