Ransdell announces administration reorganization

In an email sent out to faculty and staff on March 25, President Gary Ransdell announced that there will be a reorganization of administrators for the coming school year.

This decision was made after John Osborne, vice president for Campus Services and Facilities, announced he will retire at the end of the spring semester. Ransdell said Osborne's vacancy will not be filled. Money that would have previously gone toward his salary, roughly $130,000, will instead be allocated toward the impending budget cut.

"Effective upon Johns retirement in May, we will move all of our Auxiliary services under Ann Mead, the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration," Ransdell said in the email.

Otheradministrativepositions will be shifted around as well.

Ransdell also announced in the email that the state Senate approved a different budget than the state House of Representatives.

"We were pleased that the Senate version eliminated the 2.5 percent cut to Higher Education ($1.8million from WKU)," Ransdell said in the email.

The Senate's version of the budget, however, eliminates spending for capital projects, which would have gone to renovating the rest of the science campus at WKU. Funds for the renovation of the Thompson Complex Center Wing would be cut entirely.

Read the full email below:

"Fellow Faculty and Staff:

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