Bowling Green State University Trustees Friday afternoon approved a two percent raise
and a $50,000 bonus for President Mary Ellen Mazey.
The action came following a brief executive session at the end of the meeting, long
after a group of more than 100 faculty members protesting for a contract had
left room.
Trustees also approved a new contract with the 20-member International Union of
Police Associations. The contract is retroactive to July 1 and runs through June
30, 2015.
Mazey’s two percent raise is the same amount received by other non-union university
employees, excluding faculty members who are in the midst of negotiations for
their first contract.
"I can honestly state that the board is 1,000 percent behind Mary Ellen. She is
doing a great job," Board President William Primrose said.
Mazey said she appreciated the support and immediately said she would donate the
entire $50,000 to the BGSU Foundation for student scholarships.
After the meeting Mazey said the money would be split between three scholarships she
established earlier. One goes to support an athletic scholarship, one
scholarship is for an undergraduate student who demonstrates financial need and
merit and the third is for a graduate fellowship for a woman in science.

Before Friday Mazey’s salary was $375,120. Her salary is now 382,662.
At the start of the meeting Primose acknowledged the faculty in the audience and
reported he had met with BGSU Faculty Union Association President Dr. David
Jackson Tuesday for about 90 minutes.
"It was very professional and very productive," Primrose said. "He
asked that I repeat some things to the board, which I have done. We did not
negotiate. That is not allowed."
Primrose praised the faculty for their conduct and "the higher education
professionals you are."
The police contract gives 14 officers and six dispatchers an average seven percent
wage increase (not across the board) for the life of the contract. Director of
Public Safety Monica Moll said the parties used Interest Based Bargaining to
come up with the contract. The contract bases future raises on dispatchers and
officers attaining stated competency levels.
Det. Sean Beavers, vice president of the union, said the IBB resulted in a longer
process and "provided a good resolution."
Trustees approved a one-year contract a year ago.
Moll said the IBB produced ways to determine key issues and find ways to achieve
goals. She said a new scheduling system resulted in ways to save overtime costs
that freed up money for salaries.