Dear campus colleagues,
The campus budget for fiscal year 2013-14 is now available for your review on the CROPS site.
As mentioned in previous messages, one of my top priorities since joining UC Merced in 2011 has been to create and implement integrated budgeting and planning processes aligned with the university’s strategic priorities. Because UC Merced’s resource environment is constrained, it is critical to align these resources with the most pressing institutional needs and priorities.
The establishment of the Office of Planning and Budget was the first step towards creating and implementing a resource-allocation model that reflects and supports institutional academic, strategic and capital-planning priorities. The recently completed budget process is an extension of this initial step.
In total, we have allocated $13.185 million of new funding across the campus as part of the budget process. Although only a portion of budget requests were able to be funded, the Campus Budget Committee and I believe the new budget will help support established academic and research goals and priorities.
I thank everyone who participated in the budget process and helped increase its transparency and strategic direction.
Sincerely,
Dorothy Leland
Chancellor
