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The Beacon

Wilkes faculty concerned with proposed budget

Kirstin Cook, Editor-in-Chief
May 1, 2012
Kirstin Cook

At last week’s budget forum, some faculty members addressed serious concerns with the proposed budget for next year.

Vice president of finance Loren Prescott outlined proposed cuts to retirement funds and a lack of faculty pay increase. He also confirmed that Wilkes president Joseph Gilmour will receive a one-year paid sabbatical after his retirement this summer.

Read the full story next week in The Beacon around campus or at www.thewilkesbeacon.com.

 
 
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Kirstin Cook, Editor-in-Chief
Editor-in-Chief Kirstin Cook is a senior Communication Studies major at Wilkes University concentrating in journalism, broadcast journalism and rhetoric. This is her second year as editor-in-chief of The Beacon. Kirstin has a passion for news, and her dream is to work as a television news reporter. Her internship at WBRE really sold her on the broadcast industry, because she loved every second of being in the fast-paced environment. She especially loves writing and video editing. Kirstin is also a reporter for the student-run, live news program Wilkes Now, and is in her fourth year of working with the Wilkes TV station. She also writes for Diamond City and Electric City, works as a Telecommunications Counselor for the Wilkes admissions department and runs cross country. She loves hiking, and plans to complete the Appalachian Trail after graduation while blogging about the experience. Kirstin is from Maine, and will always consider it her home. She has five younger siblings and a cat named Nadia, and she misses them all while at school.