UF president schedules news conference to talk about budget

May 5, 2008

WHO: University of Florida President Bernie Machen

WHAT: Machen is announcing UF’s budget cuts today and will hold a news conference to answer questions about those cuts.

WHEN: 4 p.m. today.

WHERE: President’s Conference Room, Tigert Hall, Room 226.

BACKGROUND: Machen has asked deans to create plans for reducing their budgets by 6 percent for the fiscal year that begins July 1. UF is reducing spending by $47 million in the next fiscal year because of reduced funding from the state Legislature. UF has already trimmed $22 million from the current budget.

FOR OUT-OF-TOWN MEDIA: To attend the news conference by phone, call 888-537-7715 and enter pass code 42677223#.

CONTACT: Steve Orlando, director, UF News Bureau, 352-392-0186.