Thursday, October 17, 2024 Bailey Reed, Newsletter Editor Good morning, Hilltoppers! Today's newsletter features stories on faculty and staff raises, the Presidential Speaker Series and a student art exhibit on display in the FAC. Have a great day.
Caboni announces 2% across-the-board salary increases for faculty, staff
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Full-time faculty and staff will receive a 2% “across-the-board salary increase” as recommended by the Budget Executive Committee, according to an email sent to faculty and staff Wednesday afternoon by WKU President Timothy Caboni. Caboni told the Faculty Senate during its September meeting that “2% a year is not enough,” and that across-the-board salary increases “are not going to address our issues.” He instead emphasized implementing meritbased raises. Jace Lux, university spokesperson, told the Herald Wednesday via email that university leadership accepted the BEC’s recommendation because it believes it “best enables our faculty and staff to address inflationary pressures” and demonstrates “the respect leadership has for the BEC’s work and the important role it plays in the budgeting process.”
Bestselling author, neuroscientist Lisa Genova explores human memory in Presidential Speaker Series Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist, answers questions during a press conference ahead of her lecture at the Presidential Speaker Series on Oct. 15, 2024. Photo by Ava Davis. Read more by Cameron Shaw
With cameras and lighting aimed at her, New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova shared her passion for storytelling and research on memory with local media before her keynote speech at Van Meter Auditorium Tuesday evening. In the second installment of the WKU Presidential Speaker Series, Genova was invited to speak on campus to the public. Genova’s keynote speech, “How We Remember and Why We Forget”, expounded on her life’s research into human’s ability to remember, to forget and what can be done to protect memories, according to a WKU press release. Genova said her goal was to show that forgetting things, like the location of phones or glasses that get placed down, is “actually a part