Layoffs underway at Fairbanks university campus to fill budget gap - Jeff Richardson, News Miner

The University of Alaska Fairbanks expects to eliminate at least 40 positions as part of a budget-cutting effort this summer, with most of those pink slips already delivered to employees. Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services Pat Pitney said UAF has little choice but to cut positions as a key part of its effort to slash at least $12 million from this year's budget. In a "service-intensive, people-intensive operation" like a university, savings measures will inevitably come down to eliminated jobs, she said. On June 30, UAF unveiled dozens of targets for cutting its budget, which has tightened amid declining state funding and rising fixed costs. Those include across-the-board cuts of 3 to 6 percent for its academic units, many of which will translate into lost positions. http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/layoffs-underway-at-fairbanks-university-campus-to-fill-budget-gap/article_082fc42e-0c8e-11e4-b91b-0017a43b2370.html