$2.38 billion budget SUNY Budget Proposed

[GreatDanes06]

SUNY Board of Trusties sent budget proposal to the state today. Calls for a 5% tuition increase. I can't find the budget online to see if stadium proposal is in it.

[Zalman B]

TU story

 

Buffalo Business First story

 

Not too many details.

[GreatDanes06]

Newsday reports that the student trustee Donald Boyce, a student at the UAlbany was the only one to not approve the budget proposal, mostly because of the tuition increase.

[danefan]

I never understood why students argue against small annual tuition increases. You have to increase tuition a little bit yearly to keep up with inflation. Private schools go up every year. SUNY is going to go up eventually. Would you want a 5% increase a year or a 28% increase every five years. Doesn't it make more sense to phase it in and spread it out over time?

[UAalum72]

SUNY is going to go up eventually. Would you want a 5% increase a year or a 28% increase every five years.

The key, of course, is that in five years, the tuition is paid by somebody else.

[ATL_DANE]

Still no news on whether the stadium is part of the SUNY request but this is a good article on our beloved AD. God bless Dr. McElroy. It's nice to see someone that's good at his/her job. Keep on fighting for UA and New York!

 

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp...date=11/28/2007

[danefan]

Some more budget stuff:

 

http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll...2/1061/COMMUN02

 

The State University of New York has unveiled its largest and most ambitious capital spending plan in recent history, with Binghamton University seeking $435 million out of the $9.03 billion SUNY requested over five years.

 

 

If full funding is approved, he said the East Gym -- which houses the university's recreation center -- would get a variety of improvements, including:

 

* An expansion of exercise facilities.

 

* An indoor running track.

 

* A swimming area (the gym currently has a lap pool).

 

Having efficient, well-maintained buildings is of paramount importance to BU, VanVoorst said. "The facilities are extremely important," he said.

[GreatDanes06]

$435 million!!!!!! I wonder how much is going to improve their athletic facilities. I hope its now over $60 million???

[ATL_DANE]

$435 million!!!!!! I wonder how much is going to improve their athletic facilities. I hope its now over $60 million???

 

 

I'm not going to be a hater. God bless Bingo if they can get the money.

 

I just want UA to have something that looks like a college stadium. I still say relative to our national peers, this is a pretty modest request. I was very impressed with Central Michigan's stadium and they aren't even a flagship. Central who? Exactly. They're like 4th on the list for Michigan.

[Ruler]

Is it in print anywhere how much UA has requested?

[danefan]

Is it in print anywhere how much UA has requested?

 

I can't find anything. I keeping running google searches and looking on the SUNY website for the actual budget request to be released. They have last year's up there, but not 2008-2009 yet.

 

Plus I think the Capital Spending request is separate and apart from the budget request. But I can't find UA details for either yet. I'm going to keep looking though.

[danefan]

I emailed the Chancellor's office to see when the full request was going to be released as well as the full capital spending request.

 

Haven't heard back yet but I'll be sure to post it when I do.

[ATL_DANE]

Part of me hopes they keep the information under wraps. It sounds like it may be a tough budget process year. I'd hate to see our stadium turned into a political football. As long as it has a signiture from the governor and we break ground in the spring I'm happy.

[UA_MA_2000]

Still no news on whether the stadium is part of the SUNY request but this is a good article on our beloved AD. God bless Dr. McElroy. It's nice to see someone that's good at his/her job. Keep on fighting for UA and New York!

 

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp...date=11/28/2007

 

Nice article -- that's the kinda stuff the fans like to hear! So pleased with the never-tiring effort that Dr. M. has put in as our AD. I hope that "the powers that be" reward him accordingly.

[danefan]

Something new I found:

 

http://www.suny.edu/files/sunynewsfiles/pd...esentation1.pdf

 

Notice, only 3% of the strategic capital initiative requests related to athletics. That's $75,000,000 if I got it right. No specification as to what campuses requested what (except for the 'Bing article posted earlier in this thread).