The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences retreat

October 24, 2016

University Relations

The College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences was recently in the Grapevine because someone asked about excessive staff travel to the R/V Sikuliaq event in Seattle. It seems there's another situation to bring to light which may also involve wasteful spending. A few weeks ago, the college had a retreat that brought faculty and staff from all over the state. This surely required thousands of dollars to cover travel expenses but also expenses for meeting space, catering and social events. I hope it's not true but I heard from a colleague who attended (I could not go) that there was a lot of alcohol during the social event. Was the alcohol out of pocket or was university funds used? How can the college spend so freely and wastefully when most departments are having to make severe cuts?