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Affiliation - University of Illinois Administration
The University of Illinois is conducting our annual review of our peer salaries. We use the data for our internal planning and budgeting and do not share it outside of our university.
Can you please provide the FY21 salaries and if the incumbent is interim or in their first year for the following positions:
President
Provost and Exec. VP for Academic Affairs
Exec. VP for Administration and CFO
Exec. VP for Health Affairs & CEO UConn Health
VP for Communications
VP for Research
VP for Student Affairs
Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Dean, Liberal Arts, and Sciences
Dean, School of Business
Dean, School of Dental Medicine
Dean, Neag School of Education
Dean, School of Engineering
V. Provost for Grad Education, Dean of the Grad School
Dean, College of Ag., Health, and Natural Resources
Dean of Law
Dean, Medicine
Dean, School of Nursing
Dean, School of Pharmacy
Dean, School of Social Work
Dean of UConn Library
Thank you.
Andy Wittry
Out of Bounds with Andy Wittry (Substack newsletter)
FOI #21-143 (04-21-21, 1:56 pm) - Subject - Athletics
Name - Andy Wittry
Affiliation - Out of Bounds with Andy Wittry (Substack newsletter)
I'd like to make a public records request for a copy of any emails, as well as any related attachments, sent or received by President Thomas Katsouleas starting April 19 and ending April 21, 2021 that include any of "Emmert," "Kaplan Hecker," or "Senator," while ignoring any responsive documents from industry newsletters, such as D1.ticker. Since this request is of public interest, I'd like to request that any associated fees are waived.
FOI #21-142 (04-21-21, 11:15 am) - Subject - LM071320
Name - Dylan Symonette
Affiliation - Greenway Property Services Inc.
Please provide bid results from all companies that bid on the Main campus landscape maintenance #LM071320, as well as the awarded contract amount.
Also please provide the evaluation score sheets of the final three contractors that made presentations and submitted pricing. Thank you.
FOI #21-141 (04-20-21, 6:53 pm) - Subject - Athletics department documents
Name - Steve Berkowitz
Affiliation - USA Today
1. The current contracts – including documents reflecting any voluntary or mandatory compensation adjustments since March 15, 2020 -- and the current base salaries, if not specified in the contract, for the following athletics department employees:
--Baseball head coach Jim Penders
--Athletics director David Benedict
If there is no contact for any of these individuals, please forward the letter(s) of intent or other document(s) outlining each person’s conditions of employment -- including bonus structure -- and/or a current statement of salary.
2. An itemized list of incentive bonus amounts actually paid to the current football head coach from May 15, 2020 through April 15, 2021. The goal of this request is to obtain data about bonus payments made for sport-related goals achieved during the 2020-21 football season and/or for academic or other achievements during a full, 12-month period, even though that period may not conform with the school’s fiscal year or academic year or with the coach’s contract year.
3. The university’s contracts for non-conference football games scheduled to be played during the 2021 regular season, including any amendments.
If there will be a charge of more than $25, please notify me in advance.
I would like to request any/all financial operating budgets that have to do with campus tutoring including, but not limited to the University of Connecticut - Quantitative Learning Center / Writing Center and any/all other tutoring programs on campus where a financial spend/budget may be tracked or accounted for. I am needing to understand the direct spend on tutor wages and all administrative costs associated with providing these student services.
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, we formally request that following the close of your current fiscal year your office provide us with public spending information, including both capital and operating expenditures for payments made by or on behalf of The University of Connecticut System during fiscal year 2020 for the following University of Connecticut campuses: Storrs, Hartford, and Avery Point, as well as the University of Connecticut Health Center. Specifically, sortable by campus as noted in the “Division SL” column, for any payee, other than a regular employee or student, paid a cumulative total amount of more than $5,000, we seek the payee name, address, and the cumulative total dollar amount paid to the subject payee over the relevant time period.
James Moore & Co. P.L. would like to submit a public records/FOIA request to obtain a copy of the university’s contract and engagement letter with their current CPA to perform auditing services for the public broadcasting stations. The contract for this could be included in the university’s audit services contract with their current CPA firm.
I hope this email finds you well! I’m reaching out in regards to the RFI# KC031421 that recently closed. I’m hoping to receive a list of respondent vendors, as well as find out if any timelines for subsequent RFPs have been determined at this time.
FOI #21-135 (04-17-21, 9:44 am) - Subject - Jason Gordon
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - The Daily Campus
Writing to obtain any documents related to the departure of Jason Gordon, who served as the Honors STEM Scholar Advisor at the university up until abruptly leaving on April 7.