ADAM HOWELL: Welcome. Thank you, everybody, for putting us at our latest all-staff forum. I'm so happy and thrilled that we're able to have this opportunity, again, to bring together our university leaders to go over some information, to get some good information out there, everybody have some questions answered, and hopefully everybody will all leave here better informed and maybe a little bit less anxious about the future.

4/29/2020 COVID-19 Staff Forum

Questions

1. Is there any discussion of another retirement incentive like there was during 2008-2009?

2. Will there be hourly cuts for full time hourly staff who make below a certain annual amount? If so, how will the full time hourly staff member's benefits be affected? Is there any concern for how unfair it would be to cut full time staff member's salaris for those under a certain annual amount?

Dear Andy,   I offer my sincere thanks to the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly for your support of the Access Fund during this critical time of need. The GPSA’s donation will make a tremendous difference for many of our students during this challenging time. I am so appreciative of, and grateful for, your generosity.   All best wishes for good health and good spirits.   Sincerely,   Martha Pollack   Martha E.

Dear President Pollack,   It is my pleasure to convey Resolution 15: Requesting that First-Year Writing Seminar Instructors be Allowed to Hold Virtual Discussions in Whatever Way They Deem Appropriate.  First-Year Writing Seminar (FWS) instructors have concerns about the privacy, equity, and logistical implications of recording live-video discussions which will then be viewed asynchronously by their students.

Dear President Pollack,   It is my pleasure to convey Resolution 14: In Support of the University Allowing International Graduate Students to TA Remotely During the Summer 2020 Session and the Fall 2020 Semester. This resolution encourages the University to find legal ways to provide remote teaching assistantships for graduate students who are currently displaced abroad and depend on assistantships for financial support during the summer and fall term. &nbs

Dear President Pollack,   It is my pleasure to convey Resolution 13: Additional Donation from the GPSA to the Access Fund to Support Graduate and Professional Students in Need Related to COVID-19 Pandemic. This resolution approves the transfer of funds from the Graduate and Professional Student Programming Board (GPSPB) to the Access Fund to support students’ urgent needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.