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By Lina McDonald   Faculty, staff and students gathered at the University’s Budget Task Force open session on April 9, where the committee released its proposed operating budget for the next fiscal year. After several turbulent years following the COVID-19 pandemic, during which the University was operating at a deficit, the new proposed budget will minimize this gap.  The projected 2026 fiscal year expenditure base is currently set at $94.6 million. This budget assumes a tuition and fee revenue of $68.6 million, which is contingent on the number of students that...

By Mercer Stauch   The student-centered “Listening Circle” originally scheduled for Feb. 18 was rescheduled to March 4 and then canceled due to scheduling conflicts and lack of student interest. Students who remain interested in this group-specific conversation are invited to participate in the all-campus circle on April 1. “We were disappointed that there was not enough interest in a student-focused listening circle, but unfortunately, we weren’t able to meet the minimum number of attendees that are required to hold a circle,” said Meara O’Malley, assistant to the vice president for...