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A Message from the President

August 6, 2004

Dear Colleagues,

I want to make certain that everyone has received correct information regarding salary increases for our faculty and staff. Please click on this link to read the press release which was issued Wednesday, August 4.

I also want to make it clear that the merit pay increases and the additional across-the-board payments of $400 are retroactive to July 1, 2004. The following information is being disseminated by the Department of Human Resources and explains how the retroactive pay will be distributed. Please review this information carefully and direct any questions you might have to Russ Willis at 266-4050.

For biweekly paid employees, the first pay period began July 3, 2004; for monthly paid employees, the pay period began July 1, 2004.

For all biweekly paid employees, the pay increase will be reflected in your September 10, 2004 paycheck. The September 10, 2004 paycheck will also include the retro payment. Thus, the September 10 paycheck will be for a larger amount than the September 24, 2004 check and those to follow.

For all monthly paid employees, your September 30, 2004 paycheck will reflect an increased amount as it also will include the retro pay. Thus, it will be for a larger amount than the October 31, 2004 paycheck. The amount of the October 31, 2004 paycheck will remain constant until such a time in the future that another raise is awarded.

Employees hired after January 15, 2004, are not eligible for the merit increase or the additional $400.

I do want to emphasize that even though we don't expect the legislative allocation to be sufficient for pay raises for the upcoming year, we, in large measure, control our own fate regarding future pay increases. If we work together to recruit more students, retain the students we have, secure additional research funding and manage our resources efficiently, we can afford raises every year.

I am very proud of what you have accomplished this year. I thank each of you for a job well done.

Very truly yours,

Shelby F. Thames

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Mississippi Proverb

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He says:


"If we work together to recruit more students, retain the students we have, secure additional research funding and manage our resources efficiently, we can afford raises every year."


She says:


More students require more faculty and other resources which cost money. Any additional research funding should be used to support the specific research for which it was intended. How will those proposed activities provide for faculty raises? By robbing Peter to pay Paul?



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truth4usm/AH

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"  He says: "If we work together to recruit more students, retain the students we have, secure additional research funding and manage our resources efficiently, we can afford raises every year." She says: More students require more faculty and other resources which cost money. Any additional research funding should be used to support the specific research for which it was intended. How will those proposed activities provide for faculty raises? By robbing Peter to pay Paul?"
And what about private donations?  These are never mentioned, and they are key to growing a "world class" university.  Sadly, SFT wouldn't know "world class" if it dropped from the heavens above.

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Johnny Mack

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TTT

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big pickle

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"  He says: "If we work together to recruit more students, retain the students we have, secure additional research funding and manage our resources efficiently, we can afford raises every year." She says: More students require more faculty and other resources which cost money.
I cannot name my department, but I had two classes cancelled the semester before last because there were not enough students enrolled. They were social science classes. Obviously my department would not have to hire more faculty. This is even more true during the summer.  What non-social science departments are you thinking about?

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P.W. Bryant

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Amazing.  Truly.

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Anna

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"And what about private donations?  These are never mentioned, and they are key to growing a "world class" university."
If USM would devote its efforts toward building a better mousetrap (which engenders Alumni pride), it would have to hire more bookeepers and accounting specialists just to keep up with all of the private donations which would be coming in. Currently, USM seems to be building unrealistic Noetic dreams rather than a new, better, updated, modern, state-of-the-art mousetrap.

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