NMSU finalizes budget cuts resulting in 57 positions being eliminated
LAS CRUCES – New Mexico State University may have to cut about $11 million for the fiscal year 2021, resulting in 57 positions being eliminated.
University administrators President John Floros, Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance Andy Burke and Vice President for Student Success Renay Scott laid out the cuts in a virtual town hall Tuesday.
The cuts necessary after the COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the economy are less than what was expected months ago, administrators said.
The university enacted a hiring freeze and launched a voluntary retirement program last year that was meant to keep layoffs at a minimum.
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Vulcan Productions shuts down, 23 years and more than 80 films after Paul Allen launched the venture
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The Vulcan Productions website features promotion for the documentary film “Summer of Soul,” which just won top awards at the Sundance Film Festival. The site also includes a note about how Vulcan Productions has closed down after 23 years. (Vulcan screen shot)
Just a few weeks after taking top honors at the Sundance Film Festival for one of its latest films, the curtain closed for good on Vulcan Productions. The storytelling venture started 23 years ago by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen shut down at the end of February.
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