PRINCESS ANNE, MD - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) has announced upcoming financial restrictions as Maryland grapples with a $3 billion budget deficit.
According to officials at UMES, the school is enacting financial cuts to comply with Maryland’s 10 percent required and anticipated budgetary slashes. The financial tightening will include the elimination of positions vacant for three years or more, a hiring pause with some exceptions, telework for some employees beginning May 23 through August 8, and a cost of living adjustment for all employees.
“We are enacting these measures to minimize the impact on our faculty, staff, and their families,” said UMES President Dr. Heidi M. Anderson. “This will be a difficult period for everyone, but these efforts will make our university, our region and our state all the stronger moving forward.”
The planned cuts were announced to the UMES University Assembly on Tuesday, May 13. UMES officials say further attrition, a reduction of temporary workers, and furloughs are expected to produce additional savings.