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   Grand Moff Duke McJedi (shaunduke@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 11:19:26 JST Grand Moff Duke McJedi

   Alright, I guess I should probably just say this publicly. Some already know about this because I posted it semi-privately on FB or directly via DM.

   I'm being retrenched. Or, in regular terms, I will no longer be a professor at my university come May 2024. Yay job hunt.

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     Grand Moff Duke McJedi (shaunduke@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 11:19:07 JST Grand Moff Duke McJedi

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     • Dr. Brad Rosenheim

     @Brad_Rosenheim If you only knew just how bad it was here. The only reason it's not making the news like West Virginia U is due to the size of our university. But the screw up is just as bad here...

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     Dr. Brad Rosenheim (brad_rosenheim@climatejustice.rocks)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 11:19:09 JST Dr. Brad Rosenheim

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     @shaunduke That's crazy! I mean I'm sure the administrators were offered salaries that would attract only the best talent! How could that have happened?

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     Grand Moff Duke McJedi (shaunduke@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 11:19:10 JST Grand Moff Duke McJedi

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     If you've been following what has been going on with West Virginia University, then you'll have a pretty good idea why my university, Bemidji State, has entered a retrenchment phase. Like WVU, we have a massive budget deficit, and I'm being charitable to say that it's partly due to mismanagement.

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     Grand Moff Duke McJedi (shaunduke@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 11:19:11 JST Grand Moff Duke McJedi

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     I'm not alone. There are dozens of faculty at Bemidji State that received their notices, too. 27 new ones were announced this year. And there are more who took early retirement whose positions won't be filled. We'll be 40 or so faculty down come Fall 2024.

     We're all fortunate we get a year...