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FOI #25-066

University Employee Salary Data – Fiscal Year 2025

Name: James Xiao

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I am submitting this request to obtain public records from University of Connecticut. Specifically, I request a spreadsheet of all university employees (administrators, faculty, staff, and professionals; not including student employees) that are or were employed during fiscal year 2025 (corresponding with the 2024-2025 academic year), including the following information columns:

- First Name – Employee’s first name.
- Last Name – Employee’s last name.
- Fiscal Year – Year of the record (e.g., 2025).
- Division (Administrative Division) – High-level administrative unit (e.g., Student Affairs, Finance).
- College/School (Academic Division, if applicable) – Academic unit overseeing departments (e.g., College of Engineering).
- Department – Academic or administrative unit (e.g., Biology, Human Resources).
- Program (Academic) / Office (Administrative) – Specific academic program or office (e.g., B.S. in Computer Science, Admissions Office).
- Position/Rank – Official classification (e.g., Assistant Professor, Director).
- Working Title – Commonly used job title (e.g., Assistant Director of Enrollment, Associate Professor of Economics, etc).
- Annualized Salary – Full-year salary (e.g., $75,000), non-inclusive of calculated value of benefits package (if any).
- H1B Status – If employee is on an H-1B visa (Yes/No).
- FLSA Status – Exempt (no overtime) or non-exempt (overtime eligible).
- FTE (Full-Time Equivalent) – Workload percentage (e.g., 1.0 = full-time).
- Tenure Type (if applicable) – Faculty tenure status (Tenured, Tenure-Track, Non-Tenure).
- Faculty Type (if applicable) – Faculty classification (Instructional, Research, Adjunct, a combination or other if any).
- State of Residence – Employee’s state of residence (e.g., Texas, California).
- Years of Experience – Total years in the field (e.g., 10).
- Years at Institution – Total years of employment at the institution(e.g., 5).

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FOI #25-064 (02-15-25, 12:48 am)

Tier III organizations

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I would like to request the records of how much money the Daily Campus receives from the University of Connecticut each year, especially the amount from the last three academic years (2022-2023,2023-2024,2024-2025)

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FOI #25-063 (02-14-25, 7:36 pm)

Communication Regarding USG Referendum

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/25/2025

Request Date End: 02/14/2025

Details: I am looking for any communication from 1/25/2025 through 2/14/2025 regarding the referendum brought forward to the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) internal affairs committee on 2/3/2025 and to the USG Senate on 2/5/2025. I am looking for communication between members of the UConn administration or members of the President's cabinet (including, but not limited to Radenka Maric, Anne D'Alleva, Nathan Fuerst, and Hans Rhynhart) with USG senators or other officers, UConn Hillel, Huskies for Israel, Jewish on Campus, or UConn Chabad.

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FOI #25-062 (02-14-25, 6:39 am)

Black History Month in Light of Unsatisfactory Resolution to Racial Terrorism in Missouri's Post-Secondary System of Education

Name: Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W

Affiliation: Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 02/01/2009

Request Date End: 02/14/2025

Details: What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] Black History Month as an event that (i) began in 1915, “half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States;” (ii) was officially recognized by the federal government of the United States of America (U.S.A) in 1976 after President Gerald Ford called upon the public to “seize the opportunity to honor the often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor;” (iii) is “dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by Black Americans and other people of African descent;” [2] the manner in which your local/state government has commemorated Black History Month in the past; [3] the manner in which your local/state government plans to commemorate Black History Month in February 2025; [4] the challenges and barriers Black / African American people are likely to encounter when living in America and looking to make positive progress in their academic and professional careers; [5] racism as a significant challenge and barrier, which is faced by Black / African American people when living in America and looking to make positive progress in their academic and professional careers; [6] discrimination as a significant challenge and barrier, which is faced by Black / African American people when living in America and looking to make positive progress in their academic and professional careers; [7] Northwest Missouri State University as a post-secondary academic institution, which has in its correspondence with Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W (dated October 28th 2020) refused to deny that (i) Black / African American students attending colleges and universities in Missouri could be referred to as “N****rs” at any given time (purely out of spite and profound hatred); (ii) the former Chancellor of the University of Missouri (R. Bowen Loftin) had on October 05th 2015 stated that “racism was clearly alive at the University of Missouri” and that they “needed help changing their culture” because what they had done to counter systemic racism “was clearly not enough;” (iii) feces “smeared in the shape of a swastika” was found on the “floor and wall of a bathroom in Gateway Hall” on (or around) October 24th 2015 at the University of Missouri; [8] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) who (i) is thoroughly convinced that his correspondence with Northwest Missouri State University was commercially redistributed without authorization because the issue of racial terrorism in Missouri’s post-secondary system of education continues to be satisfactorily unresolved (particularly for the people who have experienced discrimination and racism when attending a Missouri college and/or university in the 2010s); (ii) strongly urges people not to make payments in order to access his correspondence with Northwest Missouri State University.

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FOI #25-061 (02-12-25, 1:18 pm)

FOIA

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: Student

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 02/01/2023

Request Date End: 02/12/2025

Details: Any and all documents having to do with financial aid, public and private and the universities ability to charge students for loans returned.

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FOI #25-060 (02-10-25, 10:01 pm)

Information on misconduct by Stefan Bronner

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: WHUS

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 05/01/2024

Request Date End: 02/10/2025

Details: I'd like to receive any documents pertaining to any misconduct (sexual or otherwise) propagated by Affiliate Professor Stefan Bronner.

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FOI #25-059 (02-7-25, 1:16 pm)

Course syllabi

Name: Rhyen Staley

Affiliation: Parents Defending Education

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 07/01/2024

Request Date End: 02/07/2025

Details: We request a digital copy(s) of course syllabi from all sections of the fall and/or spring semesters for the following course:
EPSY 5316: Counseling Diverse Populations

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FOI #25-057 (02-6-25, 1:53 pm)

Football Game Contract

Name: Kevin Kelley

Affiliation: BRI Solutions, LLC

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 04/08/2022

Request Date End: 02/06/2025

Details: Any amendments to the contract with Old Dominion University for football games in 2026 and 2027 (original contract dated April 8, 2022).

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FOI #25-056 (02-6-25, 11:16 am)

Football Game Contract

Name: Kevin Kelley

Affiliation: BRI Solutions, LLC

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2025

Request Date End: 02/06/2025

Details: A copy of the contract for football games against Air Force Academy in 2025 and 2026.

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FOI #25-055

Gampel

Name: Ken Gosselin

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: This is a request to the University of Connecticut under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), CGS § 1-200, et seq.
I am requesting that you please provide the following records from the university:
A copy of the feasibility study by consultant Populous that examined the options for a renovation of Gampel Pavilion on the university's Storrs campus.
A copy of the master plan, which may include Gampel Pavilion, for the sports venues at the university.
In addition, this request encompasses any and all supplemental documents that relate to either Gampel or the overall master plan.
In the event that you deny all or any portion of this request, please respond in writing and cite the specific provision of FOIA or any other statute that you contend supports the denial.
If you have any questions or need any additional information, I would appreciate your contacting me by telephone or e-mail, as I am making this request in my capacity as a news reporter and the information is of timely value. I look forward to hearing from you promptly, within four business days, as required by FOIA § 1-210 and § 1-206.

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