Don’t mess with WALL-E.

That’s what UMB Student Body President Evan Cordes told the Board of Regents last Friday. He said that just because this university made a “bad choice” in showing XXX flick Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge last spring, inciting the wrath of the state legislature, other campuses in the University System of Maryland shouldn’t suffer as well.

Cordes told the Regents that UMB students like to watch movies like WALL-E with their kids and a policy on pornography might limit those movie nights. This reporter is personally trying to remember the hardcore sex secnes in WALL-E.

Here’s a video of his speech, with text after the jump:

Good Morning Mr. Chancellor, ladies and gentlemen of the Board of Regents, school Presidents. My name is Evan Cordes and I am a third year law student here at the University of Maryland Baltimore. I am also the President of the University Student Government Association, the governing body for all students on this campus. While there are many things I would love to talk to you about, my Senate and Executive Board has asked that I address the free speech and movie policy that is being discussed. I come with three separate proposals, in hopes that you will choose at least one of them.

First, we ask that you consider going back to the General Assembly and asking for the removal of this mandate. It sets a bad precedent for campuses everywhere and it will cause a lot of problems and create a lot of expenses for the system. For example, I know that students at the law school are exciting for a restrictive policy merely so they can break it in as many ways as possible and then be able to bring the law suit for practice purposes. This is not the kind of publicity or costs the system or state would like.

Second, if the first is not an option we ask that you create a special exemption for UMB. We are not an undergraduate campus but one filled with graduate and professional students. As such we often feel we are penalized for what happens on the primarily undergraduate campuses. Here for example, we have schools with a large portion of married students with children. Those schools hold movie nights showing films like Wall-E so that parents can mix and mingle while their children would watch the movie. To limit them or require an educational program would probably spell the end for these types of events.

We are also a medical campus. We have some of the only medical schools in Maryland and some of the top nursing, dental, and medical schools in the country. Their student groups often show a film that could be labeled “pornographic”

for educational purposes. Films that discuss or deal with anatomy, abortion, surgery, and other topics that a group may show but without a discussion or educational program after the event. To again limit those films or require some sort of approval process would probably kill those events and opportunities for our unique student body. Especially in this tough economic times, student groups often do not have the financial resources to go beyond their current activities.

Finally, if you can do neither of the two previous options, we ask that you make the policy as limited as possible. Limiting the requirements to only films with an R, NC-17 or higher rating by the MPAA. This would at least provide guidance to student groups who want to show films. We understand some of the free speech implications this may have, but it would provide the best opportunity for student groups to still show appropriate films.

Members of the Board of Regents, thank you for allowing me to speak to you today. I hope you consider the requests I have provided, ranked in the order they were stated. We feel that UMB students should not be punished merely because the students at College Park made a bad choice. Thank you for your time.

(Thanks to Mike Lurie from the USM communications staff for the video and text.)

Students, faculty and staff from California's public universities protest last week over steep budget cuts. Courtesy of the New York Times.

Yes, it’s the inaugural Campus Drive afternoon roundup, and don’t worry, we planned it that way.

Some of you may have read in today’s Diamondback about the university-based VegTerps and the national group peta2 calling for students sign a petition to boot McDonald’s out of the Stamp Student Union food court. They reportedly have about 2,200 signatures. “Sure it’s great to hold fast-food joints accountable for their inhumane slaughtering practices,” you’re saying to yourself. “But it makes me wonder what other kinds of petitions are circulating at other universities.”

Glad you asked. The economic struggles of the universities in this state are often compared favorably to the miserable perils awaiting the California higher education system. On the verge of massive budget cuts, university system faculty signed a walkout petition to protest the burden of budget woes being placed on the shoulders of students and employees “who can least afford it.” Malia Wollan of the New York Times has the story:

‘Everyone agrees there is a budget crisis and that the university must respond,’ said Joshua Clover, an associate professor of English at U.C. Davis who was a co-author of a petition calling for the faculty walkout on Thursday. The problem, Mr. Clover said, is that the administration’s handling of the budget cuts ‘disproportionately harms those who can least afford it both among the workers and the students.’

The online walkout petition was signed by 1,221 of the 19,000 faculty members statewide. A union representing more than 11,000 university professional and technical staff members supported the protest and called a one-day strike.

In Pittsburgh, the location of the recent G-20 summit, you may have heard about the riots and protests that went on — if you read Campus Drive, that is. Now the university administration is reviewing student arrests to sort out who was caught up in the rioting and who was an innocent bystander in the wrong place at the wrong time. Students are organizing a petition, which could have as many as 400 signatures, to speak out against the actions of police and the arrests. As The Pitt News‘ Liz Navratil and Estelle Tran report, some of the apprehensions are a little sketchy to say the least:

At least six of those students had extenuating circumstances, [Pitt Police Chief Tim]Delaney said. He mentioned one student who had a hearing impairment. Delaney asked the student to get a note from his doctor. He said he knew of at least one student who had swiped out of Benedum Hall and was on his way home.

Finally, we round out the roundup with a story about a petition everyone who parks on the campus can probably relate to: A University of Southern Alabama student has begun collecting signatures to fight for better parking. The Vanguard’s Alex Whalen recorded the anonymous student’s complaints:

‘Right now we’re just trying to see how many students are having problems [with parking],’ the student said, citing the inadequate size of parking lots and the number of parking permits issued as major reasons for the problem.

Many students have echoed very similar concerns, pointing out that paying for a parking permit should guarantee them a place to park.

‘There are students [who are] not going to class because they can’t afford the tickets,’ the student said. ‘[Students] are getting here 30 to 45 minutes before class and there’s nowhere to park.

‘The [USA] police are fanatics [about ticketing] … and the JagTran makes you late for class.’

Aww, Southern Alabama … tough life. Try parking in Lot 1 sometime.

Quick Hits

• The Daily Collegian is reporting the Penn State chapter of Alpha Tau Omega has been suspended following the death of a freshman student last week. It is the second fraternity suspension that university’s Interfraternity Council has made since the student’s body was found.
• A cautionary tale for academics from The (Baltimore) Sun today: A postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore was found dead after overdosing on a drug commonly used to treat heroin addiction. Police found large quantities of drugs at her residence. Her most recent paper? Results of a study on “compulsion and habit formation.” Yikes.

Today at Maryland

• The Marine Corps is hosting a fitness challenge on LaPlata Beach from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. — and ideal event for all lovers of push-ups and sit-ups.
• Red flags will be out on McKeldin Mall today signifying the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. October actually starts tomorrow, but who really looks at their calendar anyway?

11:20 a.m. —

University police were told doors opened at 11:30 a.m. After initial confusion, people are inside. Two security guys with earpieces are flanking the front row.

12:00 p.m. —

President Dan Mote, VP for Administrative Affairs Ann Wylie, and Provost Nariman Farvardin will be answering questions starting now. Senate Chair Elise Miller-Hooks is moderating.

12:01 p.m. –

Mote makes introductory remarks: “We’ve tried our best to protect our people. There’s no perfect plan. We did our best to try to distribute this the best we could.”

12:03 p.m. –

Staffer: Those making less than $30,00 a year “will suffer quite a bit.” We think the spreading out of salary reductions idea is pretty good.

Mote: Two furlough days for those making less than $30,000 is less than 1 percent of their salary. That was the best we could do.

SGA President Steve Glickman: “This university prides itself on access, but we remind you that access without quality is not quality at all.” Why don’t students have a seat at the negotiating table, like at Towson or other USM universities?

Farvardin: My advisory committee has student representatives. All significant changes will go through various committees that have student representatives on them.

12:05 p.m. –

Staffer: Why are closure days split up between winter and spring break?

Wylie: Friday during Spring Break is a payday, we have to have people to give out paychecks.

Malcolm Harris, student who ran for SGA president last year: How can you ask everyone to pitch in when there’s no accountability or transparency?

Mote: The budget is in the library, making it more available would be very expensive.

Wylie: We have full transparency, much of budget is on our website. “It’s a very complicated budget.”

Malcolm Harris: “That’s just not true.”

12: 15 p.m. –

Staffer: Would you consider a 4-day work week? It would cut back on overhead, utilities, etc.

Wylie: We don’t have enough classrooms to move to a 4-day week and people expect offices to be open on Fridays. Some employees will be able to work 4-day weeks, discuss it with your supervisor.

Elliott Morris, senior VP of SGA: Why was I escorted out of your cabinet meeting this morning? And if the budget is so convoluted and confusing, how do you discuss it amongst yourselves? (Tries to continue but is cut off by time limit)

Mote: Most would agree I should be able to meet with my direct reports. And the budget isn’t secret. Everyone’s salaries are in The Diamondback. Click for 2009 salary guide.

12:20 p.m. –

Mark Leone, faculty member in the department of Anthropology: How will we know how much money we’re losing? Will these cuts be made permanent?

Farvardin: We don’t know. “Our budget situation is very fluid and very unknown. The three of us sitting here are fundamentally against the concept of pay cuts. This is not something that we advocated. We will do everything possible to make this one time.”

Staffer: Will there be a line in our paychecks for us to track how much we’re losing in pay?

Wylie: Whatever they take out in the first of 17 pay periods will be the same every time.

12:25 p.m. –

Robert Hayes, University Senate student representative: The budget is not accessible enough. “We want to see through some of the shady answers you’ve been giving.”

Mote: (laughs) “We’re very inspired by your enthusiasm. Anyone who wants to comb over this 900 page document can do so.”

AFSCME union president Greg Johnson: We started a suggestion box a month before you did, has any thought been given to radical ideas like 3-year bachelors degrees, which are good enough for Oxford and Cambridge? Will we get the furlough money back at any point? “Since we’re being cooperative when times are bad, we’d like to think that when times are good you’ll share that with us.” (applause)

Mote: We can’t continue this way. We might not go to a 3-year cycle. We certainly want pay increases when the budget situation improves. “We’re very understaffed, our staff work very hard, if you look at our staff to student ratio, it’s half of what it would it be at our peer institutions.

Wylie: “We’ve fought very hard to protect our base salaries.”

Farvardin: “If budget situation further deteriorates, or even if it does not deteriorate, in order to make access and quality better we may have to have radical solutions.”

12:30 p.m. –

Research faculty member: Why were research faculty not exempt before and are exempt now?

Mote: It was a bad decision to not exempt research faculty before. We ran into problems with people outside the campus as well. It cost the university money because we did not get overhead or other money. Agencies giving out the grants were annoyed.

SGA member: Our energy consumption is through the roof, only nine buildings are energy efficient, what are you going to do about this?

Wylie: Energy efficiency is a significant priority for the university. It’s a process that we have undertaken in a big way. We’re spending $20 million now to make nine other buildings energy efficient. We expect to recover all that money and then some. There’s a lighting replacement process were exploring for hallways, wind and geothermal projects.

Mote: Our renovation backlog is huge. We have a very old campus, much has never been renovated or hasn’t been renovated in 50 years, you can imagine the energy problems there.

12:35 p.m. –

English lecturer: I’m very pleased with the decision to go with furloughs rather than layoffs. I want to know if other state employees taking a hit, it shouldn’t be just us. I also work for a self-support unit, how will the cuts affect self-support units?

Wylie: All state employees have been furloughed. No state agencies are free of furloughs.

Farvardin: If additional cuts are in the form of furloughs, self-supports will be treated in the same way. “Until further notice we will stick with that.”

12:40 p.m. –

Andrew Steinberg, SGA VP for Financial Affairs : “How can you say you’re transparent when you won’t even let students finish. I’ve noticed when you submit questions and comments you have to log in to the website. That should be open. Yes there’s the Committee to Review Student Fees, yes there’s students on committees, but what else can you do to be more transparent?”

Mote: You can always email me at president@umd.edu. We closed off the online suggestion box because we thought people on campus might not want outsiders to know what they’re thinking. It’s about protecting them. If students have issues, they can contact VP for Student Affairs Linda Clement, she’s the high-level administration contact. That system has worked for a long time.

12:45 p.m. –

Bob Dickerson, facilities management staffer: In your email you said the cuts started in 2007. Did you start planning then? Because in facilities it seemed like business as usual. There were raises given out, new positions being created.

Mote: Then we trimmed $86 million, it didn’t get to this crisis level until just recently. At the time it didn’t seem fair to withhold salary increases when the governor’s office advised us to. We’re not sure how that would have gone over.

12:50 p.m. –

Laura Calabrese, student environmental advocate: University leadership has not done anything about the Engaged University program. Without support from the university we won’t be able to save the program. I am here to ask the administration for their expressed support to save Engaged University. We want you to acknowledge the value of the program.

Farvardin: “Due to the fluidity of the budget we can’t guarantee continuation of any program. This program was intended to be a self-support program. When it formed two years ago, it was expected that by October 2009 it was supposed to be self-supporting. When we might have to merge departments, maybe even colleges, it’s our responsibility to prioritize, to make sure what actions we take will have the least negative impact on the institution.”

12:55 p.m. –

Glickman: Instead of having to make cuts year after year, what are you doing to support long-term sustainable funding?

Mote: “Night and day we work on this sustainable funding issue. With the Bohanan Commission last year, we created a funding model for higher education in Maryland. Our budget was short by 50 percent, which shows how dramatically underfunded we are. Naturally I’m all over this commission. Maryland needs a comprehensive funding model for sustained funding. The state has a plan on the table for funding higher education, and we’re gonna do our best to push it as far as possible.” Click for info on the Bohanan Commission.

Staffer: Any insight into whether parking rates will stay the same? They’re already very expensive.

Wylie: Parking rates for students will come down a little bit, for others they will stay the same.

1:00 p.m. –

Elliott Morris: I’ll give you a multiple choice test, like the kind we have.

Can students go to Hornbake Library and put the budget online?

A) Yes

B) No

Answer why for extra credit. (audience laughter)

Wylie: We can’t put it online because personnel information is in there.

Man in audience: “It’s public already!”

Elliott Morris: The Diamondback already publishes salaries, but would you object to publishing it without salaries, if the sensitive info could be redacted? Could I take it out?

Mote: We’ll discuss it with you later.

Below, Mote’s e-mail (see HR Director Dale Anderson’s e-mail farther down):

September 19, 2009

Dear University of Maryland Family:

As I wrote on August 29, the State has mandated a return of $10.2
million in salary funds obtained through furloughs to help balance the
FY10 State budget. Our furlough plan has now been approved by the
University System of Maryland.

We all agree that furloughs are tough and that they are especially
difficult for some members of our community. The guiding principle of
our furlough plan is equity and fairness for campus employees, while
satisfying operational mandates covering our educational mission. What
is equitable and fair is in the eye of the beholder. However,
consultations and inputs from across our community have helped us come
to what is arguably a fair, equitable and workable plan. We have
discussed the principles of this plan with the Senate Executive
Committee and we have consulted with our campus unions on its
implications for our employees. We thank AFSCME and the Fraternal Order
of Police for participating with us, and the Senate Executive Committee
for its partnership.

Dale Anderson, Director of University Human Resources, will be sending
you an email in short order addressing important details in the plan.
It will provide instructions on its implementation, including the taking
of furlough days, the mechanism of taking pay reductions and the
responsibilities of employees and supervisors. He has also posted a
“Responses to Frequently Asked Questions” about the furlough plan on the
“UM Budget Central” (www.budgetcentral.umd.edu) and UHR
(www.uhr.umd.edu) websites that I encourage you to review.

The number of furlough days assigned to an employee depends on annual
salary with higher earners assigned more days. The range of days
assigned across our community is from two to ten including four days
when the campus will close, namely December 23 and 24, 2009, and March
17 and 18, 2010. Under the plan Graduate Assistants paid through
financial aid, Contingent-I and student employees, employees paid to
teach by the course, employees on H-1B visa status, employees with 100%
contract and grant funded status on 9/15/09 and some other categories
noted in the plan will take zero (0) furlough days. All other
employees, independent of salary source and percent of employment, must
take a number of furlough days based on annual compensation. Employees
earning less than $29,999 annually are assigned two days. Those earning
between $30,000 and $49,999 will take three (3) furlough days; between
$50,000 and $69,999 will take four (4) days; between $70,000 and $89,999
will take five (5) days; between $90,000 and $114,999 will take six (6)
days; between $115,000 and $139,999 will take seven (7) days; between
$140,000 and $169,000 will take eight (8) days; between $170,000 and
$199,000 will take nine (9) days; and above $200,000 will take ten (10)
days. Employees taking fewer than four furlough days should review the
plan to determine options for compensation during the campus closure
days. Please review the plan for other important details.

Regrettably, the State’s financial emergency continues and we expect our
budget reductions to continue even after this furlough reversion plan.
Just this past week the Governor has announced that the FY10 budget
remains $300 million out of balance even after the cuts we have taken
since July 1. We will respond to whatever changing circumstances we face
as they confront us.

These are challenging times for our campus, the State of Maryland, and
indeed the entire nation. But a very important quality of our campus
that never ceases to inspire me has been the way it comes together as a
community as challenges of all kinds confront us. We have a can-do
spirit and unwavering commitment to come together and move ahead
together in spite of obstacles. This is another coming-together time
for us, one that will again define us. We will navigate our way through
these budget cuts, as well any others that may lie ahead. We will
endeavor to protect our people and continue undaunted to build a great
university. Working together now strengthens our bond as a community
and distinguishes us as a university.

I am enormously grateful for your commitment to the mission of the
University, and to our community, and for your support of our efforts to
steer the right course. That spirit has been the foundation of our
strength through many difficult times in the past and will continue to
be so going forward.

Yours sincerely,

C. D. Mote, Jr.
President

More details:

September 19, 2009

TO: Faculty, Staff and Students

FROM: Dale O. Anderson, Director of University Human Resources

RE: Furlough Plan for College Park Campus

President Mote communicated with the campus earlier today about the
furlough plan. The Board of Regents met on Friday, September 18, 2009,
and passed a resolution that granted the authority to each institution’s
President to develop a furlough plan for his or her respective campus to
achieve immediate salary savings in FY 2010. After consultation with
the Senate Executive Committee and the employee organizations
representing the bargaining unit staff, our furlough plan was submitted
to the University System of Maryland. Chancellor Kirwan approved the
furlough plan that follows for the College Park campus, and it will be
implemented effective September 27, 2009.

My department has developed informational resources that will be
available on our website at www.uhr.umd.edu and the budget central
website at www.budgetcentral.umd.edu.

I very much appreciate the good will demonstrated by our employee
organizations in responding to these extraordinarily difficult
circumstances.

——————————————-

FY2010 Furlough Plan
University of Maryland, College Park
September 19, 2009

Pursuant to the “Resolution of the Board of Regents of the University
System of Maryland Authorizing Furloughs and Temporary Salary Reductions
of Employees” (9/18/2009), the following is the FY2010 Furlough Plan
(“FP”) for the University of Maryland, College Park.

The FP will begin on September 27, 2009, and end on May 22, 2010. The
FP is comprised of two parts:

(1) a “Campus Closure/Furlough” component (Part 1), and
(2) an “Additional Furlough” (Part 2) component.

Eligible employees will have furloughs paid for through a temporary
salary reduction in accordance with the eligibility criteria and salary
table contained in this plan. In principle, the FP target days are
assigned by a sliding scale whereby higher earners have more furlough
days than lower earners.

Employees are not permitted to report to work on the furlough days
identified in this plan, except in the event of an emergency or as
required in their capacity as an Essential employee.

Benefits and leave earnings will not be affected by this furlough plan.

APPLICABILITY

This plan covers full- and part-time employees at the University of
Maryland, College Park, except as noted below.

ELIGIBILITY

Faculty and Staff employees on fully State-funded appointments, or
partially State-funded appointments in combination with any other
funding source in the following categories are included:

- Faculty Tenured (category status code-01)
- Faculty Non-Tenured On-Track (category status code-02)
- Faculty Non-Tenured, Term Contract (category status code-03)
- Faculty Non-Tenured, Continuing (category status code-15)
- Faculty Contractual (category status code-25)
- Nonexempt Staff Regular (category status code-20)
- Nonexempt Staff, Contingent 2 (category status code-22)
- Exempt Staff Regular (category status code-33)
- Exempt Staff, Contingent 2 (category status code-35)
- New hires in eligible categories who are appointed prior to February
1, 2010, effective from the pay period of appointment.

EXCLUSIONS

The following categories are excluded from the plan:

- Employees with appointments that are 100% Contract and Grant-funded on
September 15, 2009. Should funding change to include state funding
after 9/15/2009, employees will be assessed the amount they would
otherwise have been responsible for from the pay period of change.
- Student hourly employees
- Graduate Assistants
- H1-B Visa holders
- Nonexempt, Contingent 1 Staff (category status code-31)
- Exempt, Contingent 1 (category status code-34)
- Faculty Hourly (category status code-36)
- Faculty Non-Regular, Non-Tenured (category status code-37-with the
exception of Overloads, which will be included in furlough calculations)
- Faculty and staff appointed on or after February 1, 2010

SALARY TABLE/FURLOUGH DAY REDUCTION TARGET

For employees eligible under the FY2010 Furlough Plan, the FP obligation
(target) will be based on the employee’s total full-time equivalent
salary, plus salary additions for administrative increments, acting
increments, teaching and non-teaching overloads, and all other salary
additions to pay (except health and retirement subsidies) on September
15, 2009.

To determine the number of furlough days for part-time employees, the
full-time equivalent salary is used. The salaries of part-time
employees will also include salary additions, as above. The daily salary
reductions are at the part-time rate.

Summer session and winter term teaching increments will be excluded from
the FP target determination.

The FP target will be achieved by a combination of campus closure days,
and additional furlough days for the higher salary levels. Eligible
employees will have their total FP target reflected as a temporary
salary reduction taken in equal amounts in each of the pay periods from
pay period 08 through pay period 24.

Total Furlough Target (Days) — Employee’s Total FTE Salary (Full-Time
Equivalency with Salary Additions as of September 15, 2009)

2 days – $29,999 and under
3 days – $30,000 to $49,999
4 days – $50,000 to $69,999
5 days – $70,000 to $89,999
6 days – $90,000 to $114,999
7 days – $115,000 to $139,999
8 days – $140,000 to $169,999
9 days – $170,000 to $199,999
10 days – $200,000 and above

APPEALS

Appeals to the amount of the furlough obligation may be made to the
Director of University Human Resources. Appeals may be on the basis of:

- a reduction in base pay that occurred during the FY2010 FP
- expiration of an addition to pay that was included in the computation
- reduction in FTE
- or other similar circumstance

FP PART 1 — CAMPUS CLOSURE/TEMPORARY SALARY REDUCTION

The campus will be closed for four days during FY2010 as part of the FP,
in addition to the regular holiday and administrative leave days
published with the campus academic calendar. The campus closure days are:

December 23 and 24, 2009, and
March 17 and 18, 2010

With the campus closure days, eligible employees will have their
salaries temporarily reduced by up to four days, consistent with the
employee’s FP target detailed in the salary table. This temporary
salary reduction will be taken in equal installments from the employee’s
paycheck in each of the 17 pay periods between September 27, 2009 (pay
period 08), and the end of the plan on May 22, 2010 (pay period 24).
The first paycheck affected by this reduction will be October 16, 2009.

Campus closure days will be recorded as “Admin Leave-Furlough Plan”
(paid leave) days on the PHR timesheet or Faculty Leave Record, based on
the eligible employee’s FP target detailed in the salary table.
Tracking of Faculty Contractual employees (category status 25) must be
maintained within their departments.

Employees who are excluded from the FP, as well as those required to
take fewer than the four days covered by the campus closure, must take
accrued annual leave, personal leave, or nonexempt comp time to get paid
for those days during the balance of the campus closure period. For
example:

- An employee who has a two-day FP target will use the first two of the
campus closure days to achieve the required target, and then they must
use annual leave, personal leave, or nonexempt comp time to be paid for
the remaining two days of the campus closure.

- A faculty or staff employee whose appointment is 100% grant-funded
must use four days of annual leave, personal leave, or nonexempt comp
time to be paid for the period of the campus closure.

Note: Staff employees receive three personal leave days on January 1 of
each year. Therefore, those employees who have fewer furlough days than
campus closure days can take Personal Leave days to be paid for those
closure days after January 1, 2010. In addition, under existing policy,
staff employees may be advanced annual leave under certain circumstances
when recommended by their supervisor.

PART 2 — ADDITIONAL SALARY REDUCTION DAYS

Some faculty and staff employees covered by the FP are required to take
more than the four salary reduction days covered by the campus
closures. These employees will have their salaries temporarily reduced
over 17 pay periods by additional day(s) to meet their FP target.

Additional salary reduction days that are required as part of the
employee’s FP target will be also taken in equal installments from the
employee’s paycheck in each of the 17 pay periods between September 27,
2009, (pay period 08), and the end of the plan on May 22, 2010 (pay
period 24).

These additional salary reduction days off are to be scheduled by the
employee, with supervisory approval. As with the campus closure days,
Additional Salary Reduction Days will also be recorded as “Admin
Leave-Furlough Plan” days on the PHR timesheet or Faculty Leave Record.
Tracking of Faculty Contractual employees must be maintained within
their departments.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Additional information is available on the “UM Budget Central” website
at www.budgetcentral.umd.edu. This website has a variety of
informational resources that have been developed, including a Responses
to Frequently Asked Questions link that provides greater detail on the
FY2010 Furlough Plan. This information will also be available on the
University Human Resources website at www.uhr.umd.edu.

For telephone assistance, you may contact the PHR Service Center at
301.405.7575.