Western Washington University Western CEDAR Western Reports and Résumé Western Publications Fall 1981 Résumé, Fall, 1981, Volume 13, Issue 01 Alumni Association, WWU Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Alumni Association, WWU, "Résumé, Fall, 1981, Volume 13, Issue 01" (1981). Western Reports and Résumé. 186. https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports/186 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Western Publications at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in Western Reports and Résumé by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact [email protected]. t i BUDGET WOES — Washington State's current economic troubles and a resulting gubernatorial executive order requiring Western to trim its operating budget by 10.1 percent could result in enrollment declines ranging from 650 to 1,300 students next year. The exact number of students who might be turned away hinges, primarily, on the final number of faculty positions Western must eliminate to deal with the budget g~- reduction. See inside for details. J \ ft I V.-,. ^ _ -Sf, " ' > •'' - •i'f i 5 - •;r-' ^-7 V.. V-, -■ . 0‘ ............................ ,. ______ VOL 13, NO. 1 A Report to Alumni and Other Friends of Western Washington University j r Fall mi } \ Reduction in force hits Western estern’s Board of Trustees, attendance that tenured faculty during their regular must be given at least three WOctober 1 meeting, quarters’ notice of termination officially declared a Reduction/ under current University guide­ Reallocation in Force (R/RIF) to be lines. Should faculty terminations in effect at the University. be shown to be necessary, the That action allows Western’s board must act now in order to administration to proceed with pro­ save the needed amount of money posals aimed at meeting both a by the Governor’s June, 1983, 10.1 percent and a 20 percent deadline. budget reduction called for in The lone “no” vote at the meet­ Governor John Spellman’s Sep­ ing was cast by Trustee Marven tember Executive Order. With a Eggert, who said his vote was a R/RIF policy in effect, plans to protest to the Legislature which meet the budget cut could include has the power to raise taxes and terminating up to 70 faculty offset the budget problem. He members and an even higher Western’s Board of Trustees heard comments from the audience before officially declaring encouraged the audience to write number of staff positions. a Reduction/Reallocation in Force (R/RIF) at the Oct. 1 meeting. Pictured above (left to their elected officials and make A 10.1 percent budget reduction right) are Sonja Scherbler, executive secretary to the President: President Paul J. Olscamp; their feelings known. at Western is equal to $6,952,000 of Trustee Gordon Sandison; Trustee Robert Fernald; Trustee Curtis Dalrymple; Trustee Marven Eggert; Trustee Jerrold Manley: and Dr. Albert Froderberg, president of the Faculty Governor Spellman has called a the current biennial budget. A 20 Senate. special session of the Legislature percent reduction, a possibility if for Nov. 9 to deal with the state’s -the K..ja.pMb>ic aohoole win an--—— revenue problems. O exemption from the mandated cuts 7(riiiin-factf/fy positions cut through court action, would equal With Gov. Spellman’s Executive table. Faculty members who may nearly $14 million. Order to reduce spending by 10.1 be cut must be given at least three Cowan wins Departing from an official pre­ percent in force, Western began quarters’ notice. ^ pared request to the board asking reduction/reallocation procedures President Olscamp has more awards for a declaration of R/RIF, Western by eliminating 76 non-faculty informed the University community Resumd readers will recall our President Paul J. Olscamp pointed positions and reducing appoint­ that in the event the Legislature newsmakers item from last issue out the magnitude and impact of ments of 67 others. provides additional funding, Most of those whose jobs will rehiring of non-faculty personnel reporting that ’73 grad Gail Cowan such cuts, should they be required. had won the Washington State With regard to a $14 million be affected were informed In late would be made “in accordance Home Economics Teacher-of-the- reduction, Olscamp stated: October. All non-faculty reductions with the principle that those are to be effective Dec. 11,1981. employed in instruction and Year Award. Since that time, “Even if, on January 1,1982, we Faculty reductions must be pre­ activities related to instructional Cowan has risen to even greater laid off all faculty and staff in every ceded by a complex R/RIF time- support would be rehired first.” □ heights. area of this University except the Cowan, a vocational home College of Arts and Sciences for economics instructor at Tacoma’s the remainder of this biennium After hearing considerable posed faculty and staff reductions Alternatives [through June 1983), we would comment from the audience, some were “just one proposed solution” for Individuals* save only $9 million.” asking for delaying a R/RIF and not necessarily the one that (A-l) High declaration and others suggesting would be finally approved. School, was Olscamp said he had been no action at all be taken at this With the official declaration of selected as the accused by some of “political time, the board voted 4-1 in favor R/RIF by the board, the next step American grandstanding” for his earlier of authorizing R/RIF. in the process will be consideration Home Eco­ statements indicating Western Both President Olscamp and of alternative proposals from mem­ nomics Asso­ might have to close for one or two Board of Trustees Chairman Curtis bers of the University community. ciation quarters in order to make a 20 per­ Dalrymple told the audience that Dalrymple said the board could, Foundation/ cent reduction. He assured those Western’s R/RIF policy timetable at any time in the R/RIF process, Chesebrough- in the audience that a closure was a long and complex process. change the proposed solution to Pond’s Teacher of the Year for would become a reality should the Olscamp noted that though he meet only the actual budget short­ 1981. 20 percent reduction be required. and the board were open to any fall. Should the Legislature raise At the associatio'* ' annual The closures could occur in spring suggestions members of the Uni­ revenue through tax increases or meeting held this pa&c June in quarters of 1982 and 1983. versity community might bring other means, a change in the solu­ Atlantic City, N.J., Cowan was pre­ The Executive Order gave forth, the magnitude of either a tion would be made, he added. sented with a $1,000 check and a Western and other state agencies 10.1 percent or a 20 percent bud­ He told about 250 persons in plaque in recognition of her until October 8 to submit proposals get reduction would mean that any excellence and innovation in home for dealing with such budget solution the board might finally economics teaching. She was reductions. approve would require a R/RIF selected from among 41 state declaration. entrants. Olscamp reiterated that pro­ Cowan is the first winner ever from Washington for the national Teacher-of-the-Year Award. □ - 1 T.J oorrmert alinmi BY STEVE INGE / Director of Alumni Relations estern alumni tend to share some common characteristics. One Is that they were the first (or, now, the second) Wgeneration in their families to attend college. One of the really great “fringe benefits" to living in the Evergreen State has been that any young person with reasonable learning ability, a desire to know more and enough money to pay tuition and eat could ge the education to reach his or her goals. At Western, that's our job. This ready access policy has paid off in a number of ways— mostiy as intangible parts of our lifestyle. For example, Seattle has the second highest per capita attendance of live theater in the country. The energy of the arts, the success of Seattle's 5th Avenue and Paramount theaters and the efforts behind Tacoma's Pantages project reflect the fact that Washingtonians are among the best educated people in the country. The high level technologies of our industry require a similar base of intelligent people. Washingtonians can do anything and do it well. As alumni we have directly benefited from this investment in people. However, it is becoming less likely that our children and grandchildren will find the same circumstances. This fall. Western did not enroll about 300 students who, under other circumstances, would have been accepted. Our enrollment contract did not provide for them. Given the most recent budget cuts, we may need to substantially reduce our enrollment, perhaps by another 1,300 for 1982-83. These same restraints apply to all of public higher education. The fact is that it is becoming more difficult in Washington to go to college. Future applicants will need higher grades, more money A FIFTIES' REUNION — When the folks from the '50s came to campus in August, they were and a certain amount of plain luck. The restrictions appear under greeted by warm sunshine and old friends. Above, people soaked in the sun at Lakewood as they waited for the salmon barbeque to reach a point of culinary perfection. Earlier in the such rubrics as “fiscal policy"and “belt tightening." More succinctly day, while having breakfast in the lounge of Edens Hall North, the crowd was slightly more put, they say, “Sorry, kid, you don't get your chance." subdued, having been up late the preceding night.