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I have emailed the faculty senate and asked them to emergently add the issue and Watts' performance to their agenda for discussion on 11-11. Can't call at the moment but plan to later. Contact info:

http://www.uab.edu/facultysenate/senate

Alright! A Q&A session with Dr. Watts! I hope he gets some really good questions.

You guys have some misguided notions about the things that faculty care about

(11-07-2014 12:06 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  You guys have some misguided notions about the things that faculty care about

Fine. Just covering as many bases as possible.

Once they realize they are next they will begin to care

(11-07-2014 12:16 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  Once they realize they are next they will begin to care

Are they going to shut UAB down completely? That doesn't make any sense.

They'll start to care when the cuts to undergrad begin, you betcha.

(11-07-2014 11:51 AM)thebernreuter Wrote:  Alright! A Q&A session with Dr. Watts! I hope he gets some really good questions.

Is that on the agenda? If so, we need to have some supporters there asking questions of Watts. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend.

Undergrad programs WILL be cut next. If there's no football team, the music department will take a MAJOR hit to the point of almost being non-existent.

(11-07-2014 01:09 PM)BandGrad Wrote:  Undergrad programs WILL be cut next. If there's no football team, the music department will take a MAJOR hit to the point of almost being non-existent.

Yep. It's harder to recruit the best musicians out of high school with no marching band. My graduate school, Kennesaw State, only has a non-marching ensemble system right now, but with the first football games coming to KSU next fall, they realized how much is there for the taking with potential growth. They have already started investing the money to have a full marching band when the season kicks off, because clearly someone understands the concept of "investment". Can't make money without putting money in unless it's taken from someone else by force.

To me, this is yet another indicator that Georgia utilizing a board of regents to oversee the separate schools is far, far better than separate boards of trustees (the forced merger of KSU and Southern Poly notwithstanding).

(11-07-2014 12:06 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  You guys have some misguided notions about the things that faculty care about

The Collat School of Business comes to mind.

(11-07-2014 12:41 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 11:51 AM)thebernreuter Wrote:  Alright! A Q&A session with Dr. Watts! I hope he gets some really good questions.

Is that on the agenda? If so, we need to have some supporters there asking questions of Watts. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend.

It was in the link I clicked on. It may disappear soon.

EDIT: "The agenda includes an address from Dr. Shannon Blanton, new Dean of the Honors College, and an update from President Watts along with a Q&A."

(11-07-2014 02:26 PM)thebernreuter Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 12:41 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 11:51 AM)thebernreuter Wrote:  Alright! A Q&A session with Dr. Watts! I hope he gets some really good questions.

Is that on the agenda? If so, we need to have some supporters there asking questions of Watts. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend.

It was in the link I clicked on. It may disappear soon.

EDIT: "The agenda includes an address from Dr. Shannon Blanton, new Dean of the Honors College, and an update from President Watts along with a Q&A."

We need to have a presence there.

(11-07-2014 02:21 PM)thebernreuter Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 12:06 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  You guys have some misguided notions about the things that faculty care about

The Collat School of Business comes to mind.

...which actually retweeted my comment about showing support for football. Hope that one didn't get anyone in trouble.

The official UAB Softball account posted a #freeuab tweet that was promptly removed last night.

(11-07-2014 02:37 PM)FNblazer Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 02:21 PM)thebernreuter Wrote:  

(11-07-2014 12:06 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  You guys have some misguided notions about the things that faculty care about

The Collat School of Business comes to mind.

...which actually retweeted my comment about showing support for football. Hope that one didn't get anyone in trouble.

The official UAB Softball account posted a #freeuab tweet that was promptly removed last night.

"democracy" in action....

(11-07-2014 12:32 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  They'll start to care when the cuts to undergrad begin, you betcha.

After that the UAB jobs will start to go as well. This isn't just football, there's a lot more at stake. Watt's is more the hatchetman brought in to gut the newly acquired company of all the good stuff & all the junk will be tossed into a shell company for bankruptcy.

Bump. Did anything come of this today?