UW-Green Bay to close Dec. 27 for furlough day

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will be closed for general business activities on Monday, Dec. 27, the second of four campus-wide furlough days identified by the University in response to state-ordered budget cuts.

As part of the plan to address the state’s multi-billion budget deficit, all state employees including those at UW-Green Bay are required to take as many as eight furlough days annually and to accept a corresponding 3 percent reduction in earnings.

To help address those reductions while minimizing disruption to students, University officials identified four low-traffic dates when the campus will close and all employees (except critical staff) will be off work without pay.

The Monday following Christmas qualifies as a low-traffic date. The other dates that general campus offices will be closed are: Jan. 14, 2011, and May 27, 2011, days that fall outside the academic calendar’s fall and spring semesters. The campus was also closed on Nov. 26.

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