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Budget has 4% hike in compensation pool The Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $916.3 million operating budget and a $166.7 million capital budget on July 25 for fiscal year 1999-2000. The operating budget includes a 4 percent increase in the pool of money for faculty and staff salaries. In a June 30 Campus Update, […]

Budget has 4% hike in compensation pool The Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $916.3 million operating budget and a $166.7 million capital budget on July 25 for fiscal year 1999-2000. The operating budget includes a 4 percent increase in the pool of money for faculty and staff salaries. In a June 30 Campus Update, […]

Information about classification system still being disseminated Reactions to the new staff classification system have been limited in part because many staff have not received their individual classification statements. That is not surprising, according to a Human Resources official. Jim Edgerton, assistant vice chancellor for compensation and benefits, told the University Times that staff should […]

Connolly, Nordenberg meet with ERA reps Student members of the Equal Rights Alliance (ERA) — who went on a 17-day hunger strike this spring to protest Pitt's denial of health benefits to homosexual employees' domestic partners — finally got their meeting with trustees chairperson J.W. Connolly and Chancellor Mark Nordenberg on June 24. Following the […]

Board of Trustees re-elected J.W. Connolly The Board of Trustees on June 25 re-elected J.W. Connolly for a fifth consecutive one-year term as board chairperson. Trustees also amended the board's bylaws to allow Connolly to serve an additional three years beyond the normal five-year limit. Connolly said he doesn't necessarily want to remain as chairperson […]