I think that the Fulbrighters are funded by the State Department, no? We definitely had no impact from the Department of Education closure but we did earlier from the State Department cuts.
But yes, there was a possibility of an interruption in payment for the Fulbrighters back in early March. I got interviewed by everyone and his brother. Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, St Louis something. Since then, the Fulbrighters have been paid in full for March and April. I had several possible scenarios for getting them paid, so there was no chance they wouldn’t.
I had several venues of financing lined up in case the State Department didn’t come through. Used the press coverage to bludgeon the administration into wanting to pay anything to make it go away. Then a very kind person offered to donate money to cover the shortfall. Thank you, kind person, if you happen to be reading.
In short, all of my people got paid and would have gotten paid no matter what. Please appreciate my great modesty in not writing anything about any round of this drama. I’m only mentioning it now because I was asked.
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Good job!
Most people have no idea how much being in charge of something is about putting out fires (and how much is about trying to get people to actually do their jobs and how much dealing with excruciatingly boring bureaucratic trivia).
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The administration, in its great wisdom, decided to remove me from my position as Chair and have the Chair of English do everything I was responsible for without any extra pay. I feel terribly for the Chair of English. Ten new language suddenly added to her one. A bunch of faculty, student workers, spaces to maintain. For zero additions dollars in pay.
People expect me to fight it but I’m actually very at peace with this decision. It will be an absolute mess that this administration absolutely deserves.
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