By Larry Lee
The impact of the state's 250 million dollar reduction to the University of Wisconsin System is being felt at every campus, and local officials are doing their best to inform the public what these deep cuts have led to.
At the UW Stevens Point campus, Chancellor Bernie Patterson says their share of the cuts in the past budget was six and a half million dollars. Patterson says that was after taking another cut in the previous budget.
"Not only were we cut six and a half million dollars this biennium, but the previous biennium, we were also cut two-point-five million. Well now, we're up to nine, and before you know it, you're talking about serious money." With that much funding cut from the UW Stevens Point budget, Patterson says they've had to make some tough choices that changed the campus and how it teaches. That's because they now have fewer staff. "A good portion of this cut has been a reduction in our faculty and staff. Seventy-six positions, lost."
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