Friday, September 29, 2000
Head of NKU rewarded with raise, praise
By Ben L. Kaufman
The Cincinnati Enquirer
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS — Northern Kentucky University this week extended President James Votruba's contract three years through July 2004.
Regents also raised his pay for the current school year by 8 percent, to $190,500, and raised his annual housing allowance to about $50,000.
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The housing allowance had been static at $48,000 for three years.
The contract extension came at the start of the fourth year of his current agreement and followed Dr. Votruba's presentation on Wednesday, during which he described NKU's progress since last fall.
“This has been the most satisfying work I've ever done,“ he said in an interview Thursday. “It's great to have such support.”
Foremost among his successes are raises for faculty and staff and a larger-than-expected budget increase for NKU among the commonwealth's regional campuses.
“We're pleased with the job that he has done, and we'd like him to stay,” regents Chairman Robert Zapp said Thursday.
“This particular year has been one of the more successful years at Northern,” and the regents attributed much of the success to Dr. Votruba's strategy with the legislature.
Mr. Zapp said the kind of four-year contract given to the university's president typically is extended at the start of the fourth year when all is going well.
Dr. Votruba said the vote of confidence “sends me back to Frankfort and out to donors from a position of strength.”
The contract, the united board of regents, renewed faculty and staff morale, legislative and executive support, and affirmation from communities on both sides of the Ohio River “are a strong basis to get a lot accomplished,” he said.
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