St. Michael's cuts staff due to budget deficit - Nicole Higgins DeSmet, Burlington Free Press

Financial troubles continue to plague St. Michael's College, according to The Defender, the college's student-run newspaper. Micalee Sullivan, instructor of history and director of the Center of Women and Gender, and Joan Wagner, director of the Community of Engaged Learning and coordinator for Experiential Learning on campus, were cut before the academic year began, due to lower than anticipated enrollment, the Defender reported. Last year, St. Michael's faced a $1.5 million deficit because 29 tuition-paying students didn't show up in August 2016. Budget adjustments including staff and faculty buyouts were predicted. Karen Talentino, vice president for academic affairs, stated that the administration had to balance expenses with student tuition levels. "In my case, this had to come through position eliminations," Talentino wrote Wednesday. "In both cases, we have put people and processes in place that will maintain the activities of respective offices of the college." http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/09/20/st-michaels-cuts-staff-due-budget-deficit/684438001/