[Vision2020] UI to Furlough Employees

[Wayne Price]

Tom,

Don't laugh, but if I saw that ad, and the offered 30K and benefits,  
I'd apply, and I'll be I'm NOT the only one.









On Mar 4, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:

> Ah, yes.
>
> Bay all means, eliminate tenure.  That should attract alot of faculty
> applications.
>
> I can just about hear the advertisement now . . .
>
> "Come work at the University of Idaho, where job security is more  
> than a
> dream . . . it's a fantasy!"
>
> Perhaps the University of Idaho should also change its alma mater  
> from . . .
>
> "Here We Have Idaho"
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/HWHI.mp3
>
> To . . .
>
> --------------------------------
>
> FOR UI STAFF AND FACULTY  . . .
>
> "Your Last Payday"
> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Last_Payday.mp3
>
> "That line about luck just can't be bought
> You're always lucky 'til you get caught
> Trouble will find you, no need to look
> And luck won't help when they close the book
>
> I know a lot of young fellas in here
> Especially those on the highest tier
> Still want to believe
> That santa comes in a sleigh
> They're right about the long white beard
> But wrong about christmas eve
> What's christmas, when it's your last payday"
>
> ---------
>
> FOR STUDENTS . . .
>
> "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden"
> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Rose_Garden.mp3
>
> "I beg your pardon,
> I never promised you a rose garden.
> Along with the sunshine,
> There's gotta be a little rain sometimes.
>
> When you take, you gotta give, so live and let live,
> Or let go.
> I beg your pardon,
> I never promised you a rose garden."
>
> --------------------------------
>
> As a sidebar of interest:  As a student at UI, I sat on (and was a  
> voting
> member of), Dr. David VanOver's (Management Information Systems)  
> tenure
> committee.
>
> Yes.  Students are selected to be voting members on tenure  
> committees at
> the rate of two students per committee.
>
> Dr VanOver was an excellent professor and I was extremely fortunate to
> have him for a few classes.
>
> However, ever since UI's problems developed a cancer, Dr. VanOver  
> moved on
> to the University of Texas where upper management actually gives a  
> sh*t
> about faculty retention.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> UI '96
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to  
> change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
> - Unknown
>
>
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