Just the other day I was reading that UT was pushing to stay, or take the lead, as the primer science university, as it pertains to Mc Donald Observatory anyway. I guess the other sciences don't bring in the money. Kind of like the football coach who's base pay is $5 mil and he gets hundreds of thousands in bonuses on top of that. Maybe it's all about who brings in the money, not about educating the public.
On Saturday, January 18, 2014 10:37 AM, Chris Vreeland <cvreel...@austin.rr.com> wrote: From what I understand, any private fund-raising efforts over the 100,000 level have to go through the Dean's office, which makes them a non-starter, since the dean wants the museum shut down. She told the current director that she would have closed it outright but the president's office wouldn't approve that, so she defunded it instead. Dean Hicke's intent is that TMM cease to exist. It would take an act of legislature to eliminate the state's portion of the budget, but I doubt that there's going to be huge interest at the state level to increase funding for a museum that the school wants dead, though I encourage anyone who is politically connected enough to give it a try. > On Jan 17, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Diana Tomchick > <diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > > Wouldn't it also be productive to look into a different funding source? Money > is tight in all areas of academia these days, and especially in the sciences. > Why not try going straight to the politicians there in Austin, they're the > ones that control how much money winds up at UT and the College of Natural > Sciences? > > Diana > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Diana R. Tomchick > Professor > University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center > Department of Biophysics > 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. > Rm. ND10.214A > Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A. > Email: diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu > 214-645-6383 (phone) > 214-645-6353 (fax) > > > > > > > >> On Jan 17, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Ron Ralph wrote: >> >> Mary, >> >> How did it go giving the petition to Dean Hicke? >> >> Ron >> >> You are receiving this e-mail through the Texas Exes Alumni Directory. Your >> address has not been disclosed to the sender of the e-mail, but has been >> forwarded to you on their behalf. You can update your profile and allow >> other UT grads to contact you at www.texasexes.org/directory. >> >> Dear Ronald, My name is Mary Newcomb, daughter of William W. Newcomb, an >> anthropology professor and Director of the Texas Memorial Museum for many >> years. You may have heard that the College of Natural Sciences will cut all >> funding - $620,000 – to the museum beginning next year. This is a travesty >> that can not be tolerated! My husband and I have started a grassroots effort >> called Save the Texas Memorial Museum. Our goal is to gather many thousand >> signatures on a protest petition and deliver it to Dean Hicke of the College >> of Natural Sciences on Jan. 15, 2014 – the 75th anniversary of the museum’s >> opening. We have a Facebook page and a group on meetup.com, where details of >> our first meeting are. Please “Like” us on Facebook and RSVP on meetup.com. >> You can sign the petition in person at our first gathering, the details of >> which are on meetup.com. Or, we will email you the petition which you can >> sign and mail back to us. Thank you in advance for your support! Kindest regards, Mary Newcomb and Jeri Putnam > > > ________________________________ > > UT Southwestern Medical Center > The future of medicine, today. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
