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Due to unforeseeable circumstances, the date Reservation Request Forms will be available is November 15, 2023. ​

We had advertised and made the commitment to have all reservation request forms online on Oct 4, 2023. Due to circumstances out of our control, we are no longer able to meet that date. We will still have lodging spaces available. We will continue to honor requests to the best of our ability. The options and quantity of rooms may not be the same as years past. (9/15/2023).

On behalf of Residence Life Conference Services at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, we want to update you on situations happening at our University. It was announced in early August that the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh was facing an $18 million dollar budget deficit. This deficit will create delays and a re-imaginging of the kind of service we are able to offer.​

At this time we have not made any decisions about what will change, but please expect your EAA Airventure experience at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh to look different. We will share more information as we are told what decisions are being made. We are currently awaiting updates (9/13/2023).
 
No clue what that means. Are we supposed to call, wait, send a carrier pigeon, ?
 
I take it to mean that the new date to make a reservation is now Nov 15 however by what means does one make the reservation is not clear. Most worrying is their comment about opinions and quantity. I'm expecting changes that will make the experience to be disappointing.
 
Never good when you read the words expect changes.
 
Quote from the article
'.....state lawmakers and former Gov. Scott Walker passed a state budget cutting $250 million from the UW System.....Those factors, along with significant and prolonged enrollment declines, have left 10 of the state's 13 universities with projected deficits of at least $60 million"

In an accompany news release....'UW System president: 'Starved' universities cannot meet Wisconsin’s workforce needs'

Can't have it both ways, folks. Reduce higher ed funding and accept a smaller workforce which also means smaller tax revenue, less incentive for companies to move to Wisconsin/leave Wisconsin....and so on.
 
Larry Korona said:

Due to unforeseeable circumstances, the date Reservation Request Forms will be available is November 15, 2023. ​

We had advertised and made the commitment to have all reservation request forms online on Oct 4, 2023. Due to circumstances out of our control, we are no longer able to meet that date. We will still have lodging spaces available. We will continue to honor requests to the best of our ability. The options and quantity of rooms may not be the same as years past. (9/15/2023).

On behalf of Residence Life Conference Services at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, we want to update you on situations happening at our University. It was announced in early August that the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh was facing an $18 million dollar budget deficit. This deficit will create delays and a re-imaginging of the kind of service we are able to offer.​

At this time we have not made any decisions about what will change, but please expect your EAA Airventure experience at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh to look different. We will share more information as we are told what decisions are being made. We are currently awaiting updates (9/13/2023).
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Larry Korona said:

Due to unforeseeable circumstances, the date Reservation Request Forms will be available is November 15, 2023. ​

We had advertised and made the commitment to have all reservation request forms online on Oct 4, 2023. Due to circumstances out of our control, we are no longer able to meet that date. We will still have lodging spaces available. We will continue to honor requests to the best of our ability. The options and quantity of rooms may not be the same as years past. (9/15/2023).

On behalf of Residence Life Conference Services at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, we want to update you on situations happening at our University. It was announced in early August that the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh was facing an $18 million dollar budget deficit. This deficit will create delays and a re-imaginging of the kind of service we are able to offer.​

At this time we have not made any decisions about what will change, but please expect your EAA Airventure experience at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh to look different. We will share more information as we are told what decisions are being made. We are currently awaiting updates (9/13/2023).
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I read today that an associate professor at uw-osh said they are being furloughed 11 days this next year and losing 6% of their salary.
 
Figured the dorms and opening up the dining hall were a cash win for the university.
 
flyingron said:
Figured the dorms and opening up the dining hall were a cash win for the university.
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It absolutely has to be. But somehow someone has bucketized the cost to staff and resources of working it as costing something ( or maybe the cost is calculated as having the entire university open which it isn’t) and/or maybe that the revenues from osh are thrown in another bucket as “donations” or something so they aren’t looked at as a cost vs revenue calculation….. because I imagine that week has got to be revenue positive for them.
 
200 layoffs plus furlough periods for the remaining staff are planned
student newspaper article

Without knowing who’s going to be working there in July, it’s gotta be hard to make plans. Whether an event makes money or not, they’ve got to have the employees for it.
 
Received a email today:

Thank you for your past patronage, and we look forward to your return to UW Oshkosh for EAA 2024!

We write to inform you that the registration request form for the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Gruenhagen Conference Services EAA AirVenture lodging will open on November 15, 2023, instead of October 4, 2023, as originally communicated. Thanks for your understanding and patience with the new timeline as we work to improve our guest experience!

Please visit our website at that time to find the familiar link to our reservation request form: https://uwosh.edu/gcc/eaa-airventure-lodging/.

As always, we invite you to contact our staff team at eaahousing@uwosh.edu AND/OR 920-424-3226 with any EAA AirVenture lodging questions and we will get you answers!
 
"Leavitt told the campus "layoffs and nonrenewals are unavoidable, with notifications coming later this fall semester.""

Long time Wisconsin resident here. It's is absolutely avoidable. Vote in a new state government that values education instead of trying to starve it in a race to the bottom. But that isn't going to happen because the state just gets dumber and dumber and it becomes a self fulfilling prophesy.
 
172andyou said:
"Leavitt told the campus "layoffs and nonrenewals are unavoidable, with notifications coming later this fall semester.""

Long time Wisconsin resident here. It's is absolutely avoidable. Vote in a new state government that values education instead of trying to starve it in a race to the bottom. But that isn't going to happen because the state just gets dumber and dumber and it becomes a self fulfilling prophesy.
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Unfortunately, Wisconsin is following the lead of other states to the bottom. I'm still trying to understand where all the money is going that's being saved by cutting various programs.
 
I notice that when Universities announce cuts to employees, it is seldom in the Administration areas like Ass't deans, Directors of whatever, Supervisors of Esoterica, Compliance Examiners of Government Rule XYZ, Counselors for Ailment A,B or C, etc. Non-Tenured Academic folks get the wack first and eventually the ratio of non Academic folks to actual people teaching will exceed 1 to 1.

OTOH, some of the Departments and Courses serve no practical purpose and IMNSHO should never have been started in the first place. I always tell people unless you are going to University to learn a productive skill like Engineering, Business, Medical Fields, Science, etc. it is probably a large waste of money but it might be fun if you can afford it.
 
X3 Skier said:
OTOH, some of the Departments and Courses serve no practical purpose and IMNSHO should never have been started in the first place. I always tell people unless you are going to University to learn a productive skill like Engineering, Business, Medical Fields, Science, etc. it is probably a large waste of money but it might be fun if you can afford it.
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That is a very unfortunate and narrow view of the value of education that leads to many of the problems we have today.
 
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