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Vice President for Finance and Planning

Updates and Communications

Budget Update - March 2025

Illinois State implemented a comprehensive strategy (RISE) in September 2024 to ensure long-term financial stability. The strategy included divisional budget holdbacks, hiring reductions, deferral of non-urgent projects, and reduction in out-of-cycle and additional pay increases.

Read more about the Budget Update from VPFP Glen Nelson

 

VPFP Division Newsletter - April 2025 

VPFP Division Newsletter - April 2025

Division News

young children huddled around a water table
On a warm June Friday, day campers from Metcalf School were served red, ripe strawberries still cold from the chiller they were plucked from at a local grocery store earlier that morning. But the tasty fruits weren’t a snack. The campers promptly smashed them into a chunky, syrupy, gelatinous goo. Forty-three kids ranging in ages 
Moulton hall and flowers
HR news and notes features information about Personal Plus Time, dependent tuition waivers, and a reminder about the new year of benefits.  
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Ever wonder how to budget for employee benefits like health insurance and retirement in your grant proposals? Illinois State University uses a system called “pooled fringe rates” to make this process simple and predictable.