Layoffs Begin Sooner Than Expected at Southern U. at Baton Rouge

January 29, 2012, 12:28 pm

A tenured faculty member is among the first group of employees at Southern University at Baton Rouge to receive layoff notices in the wake of the university’s declaration of financial exigency in October and approval of a “retrenchment and reorganization plan” in December, The Advocate, a local newspaper, reported. John Delgado, a professor of architecture, told the Faculty Senate on Friday that he had been informed in a letter dated January 10 that he was being let go as of February 15. The university’s chancellor, James L. Llorens, had said in December that no specific cuts would be proposed before February and that those laid off would not lose their jobs until May or June. On Friday, however, he said that an additional state budget cut late last year had necessitated layoffs in January. Some 30 more tenured faculty members could receive termination notices in March, he said.

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conjob

I built a bicycle trailer out of bamboo a couple of summers ago. Instructables is one of the best websites out there.
andycockburn1971

Another thought…never lose your skills of ‘chalk and talk’. When electronics and digital networks falter, you can still engage a group with your voice, your hands and your face.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=12451314 Laura Summerhill Deeter

I agree with andycockburn1971 about “chalk and talk”, but that’s tough to do when your hard drive crashes and you are discussing color theory in garden design for introductory students!
v8573254

Your experience demonstrates one of the ways in which teaching is a “hard job.” Sometimes it is students or outside events that bring about a crisis or catastrophe. True, this occurs in other professions as well — but in ours, the professor or teacher is frequently the only “go to person,” and the responsibility rests you-know-where.
johnskm

Andy, my number one recommendation in this context is, “ALWAYS be able to do what you need to without the tech.” I hear Laura, but there are ways to do what she needs to without the”Advantages” technology can bring, i.e. representing colour theory visually.
http://jdeveland.com/ JD Eveland

It certainly doesn’t rate as “catastrophic”, but I’m always having Internet sites that I’ve linked in my classes go down or change addresses, requiring me to scout around and find equivalent sources of information or thoughts. Usually I don’t find out about these broken links until I get a panicked message from a student, and then it’s catch-up time with a vengeance! However, the equivalent “silver lining” is that not infrequently hunting up replacement links leads me to more and better information sources. I could of course have located them under calmer circumstances during regular course maintenance, but pressures of time and work volume make it hard to replace sources that are working adequately on a regular schedule. So while I’m not precisely grateful for Internet turbulence, it’s nice to know that probably more often than not, it leads to an improved experience for both me and the students.