University prepares for $16 million budget loss - JACQUELINE ARMENDARIZ, Brownsville Herald

The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College announced Friday that 34 jobs would be eliminated as a result of a $16 million budget cut over the next two years. “Nothing we can do is going to make it OK completely,” UTB-TSC President Juliet V. Garcia said, noting that the employees who are losing their job will be offered counseling and help with resume building and job hunting. The $16 million cut amounts to 17 percent of the UTB-TSC budget, she said. A reduction in work force had never taken place during her two-decade tenure as UTB-TSC president, Garcia said. The 34 UTB-TSC employees may work as long as their position is funded, which is Aug. 31, she said.