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Syracuse University says no layoffs planned elsewhere on campus after marketing-unit reorganization

Syracuse University on Thursday announced that its division of marketing and communications is undergoing a reorganization that will both eliminate and create jobs. The effort will result in a “net gain of positions under the new structure,” Syracuse said. The school didn’t provide specific numbers on job cuts and creation in its news release. (Eric Reinhardt / BJNN)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — No layoffs are planned in other parts of Syracuse University this year following the reorganization of the school’s marketing and communication division. That’s according to Dara Royer, senior VP and chief communications officer at Syracuse University.

Five employees weren’t offered new positions in the reorganization of the marketing unit.

Royer’s comment followed “concerns” she heard about the implications for layoffs elsewhere in the university during the reorganization of the marketing and communications department.

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“This concern is unfounded. While there has been restructuring this summer in marketing and communications and in the advising function in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School, there are no layoffs planned in other parts of the university this year. Normal performance appraisals of individual staff members are occurring as usual at the end of the fiscal year. But I expect employment at the university will continue to grow in the years ahead,” said Royer.

Marketing unit reorganization

Besides the five employees not offered positions in the marketing-unit reorganization, 31 staff members are remaining in their current roles — 19 were offered new positions, and eight decided not to pursue employment in the restructured division, the school said in a news release posted to its news website on Tuesday.

Syracuse had announced the division’s plans to reorganize in a June 14 news release.

All employees in the division — including those whose positions were eliminated — “had the opportunity to apply for new roles,” Syracuse University said. Now that the internal restructuring is complete, open positions have been posted to SUJobOpps.com, the school added.

The reorganization, which the school says it conducted during the summer months “in an effort to minimize impact on the campus community during the academic year, resulted in a net gain of new positions.”

The division’s restructuring followed “extensive consultation” with the division’s employees, deans, faculty, staff and alumni to “determine how best to align marketing and communications functions with university goals.”

Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com

Eric Reinhardt