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9iX[j_Xn XeefleZ\j jkX]] iX`j\j# Yfelj\j 9p D\^Xe ?ffc`_Xe E\nj \[`kfi President Wilson Bradshaw has announced that all eligible faculty and staff members will be receiving a one-time bonus and a raise. The bonuses, which will come in the form of one-time lump sums of $1,000, will become available Oct. 1. Additionally, the 2 percent pay increase will become effective Jan. 1. Earlier this year after his annual evaluation, Bradshaw received a one-time $60,000 bonus and a 5 percent raise, bringing his annual salary to $358,863.75, not including the bonus. During the state budget cuts this year, FGCU was able to avoid layoffs, but Bradshaw said in a press release that he did not expect FGCU would be able to increase salaries. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Although previously we anticipated a year without faculty and staff compensation increases, we are able to provide the one-time bonus and modest pay increase as a result of solid enrollment, and continuing fiscally conservative operations by our faculty and staff,â&#x20AC;? Bradshaw said in a prepared statement about the increase. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could have done some other things with that money. We could have added new positions,â&#x20AC;? FGCU spokeswoman Susan Evans told Naples Daily
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News. Bradshaw, however, decided that rewarding faculty and staff was the most beneficial use of the money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As we look at the entire universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operation of providing students with access to higher education, we know that none of this would be possible without the tremendous effort on the part of our faculty and staff. Because of this, we have made employee compensation our top priority,â&#x20AC;? Bradshaw stated in his message. Keyler Vidal, a sophomore majoring in psychology, feels that the raise is well deserved. She also feels that the raise and bonus demonstrate that FGCU values its staff and faculty, which she believes is something most of her professors are aware of. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that the professors here are valued, and none of them seem unhappy with their positions. A lot of good communication seems to take place, and I do not really hear complaints,â&#x20AC;? Vidal said. Alec Dalziel, a sophomore
majoring in marine science, feels that the 2 percent raise received by professors should have more closely mirrored the raise that Bradshaw was awarded earlier in the year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have been generally impressed with most of the professors I have met at FGCU since I started here this semester. I think if President Bradshaw got a 5 percent raise, then the professors deserve that as well,â&#x20AC;? he said.
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