$9.8 million budget deficit discussed at budget forum - Kate Carlson, Central Michigan Life

The $9.8 million budget deficit Central Michigan University is facing was discussed Wednesday at the Budget Priorities Committee fall forum at the Charles V. Park Library auditorium. A student in the crowd asked if the largest subsidies in the budget — the Athletics Department and the College of Medicine — would be considered for cuts. "With the exception of the advancement office and the admissions and student success areas … all areas of the university will be subject to reductions (including) athletics," said Barrie Wilkes, vice president of finance and administrative services. “At this time athletics is going to be subject to budget reductions. Those are the instructions I have received.” http://www.cm-life.com/article/2016/10/budget-deficit-forum