The Board of Regents approved salary increases for some university personnel Friday.

It’s a decision that doesn’t sit well with some faculty and staff members who will get one-time bonuses instead of raises next year.

At least one faculty member has resigned in the wake of the raises.

The regents bumped up Provost Barbara Burch’s salary by more than $32,000-taking it to $225,000, according to the Board of Regents meeting agenda.

Regents approved increases for others including:

Daniel Morgan Carter, dental director and dentist for the Institute for Rural Health, got an increase of about $23,000 for a status change, taking his salary to $82,008.

Buddy Steen, executive director of the small business accelerator, got an increase of about $22,000, taking his salary to $127,560.

John Bonaguro, dean the College of Health and Human Services, got a salary increase of about $10,000, taking his salary to $139,704.

Almost all of the salary increases come from within the different departments, and are typically funded by reconfiguring salaries, said Human Resources Director Tony Glisson.

Reconfiguring might include hiring someone to fill a position at a lower salary than the previous position holder and using the money left over to increase another salary, he said.

Glisson said giving salary increases for faculty and staff across the board would come from the central university budget, and those salary increases usually come from increased tuition revenue or state funding.

Regent Larry Zielke said in the meeting that these salaries are needed.

He said Burch “does an outstanding job” as provost and that it costs to have a good dental director.

“It seems to me that you all are addressing a matter of principle as opposed to real dollars,” he said of faculty and staff concerns. “The dollars cumulatively are a drop in the bucket.”

Faculty Regent Patricia Minter and Staff Regent Tamela Smith said in the meeting that the university handing out salary increases to some when others get one-time bonuses hurts faculty and staff morale.

Minter told the board that three people in the music department resigned the previous week because they’re being asked to do more work without proper pay.

Michele Fiala, an assistant professor in the music department, is one of the three.

Fiala said she will start a new job at Ohio University after this semester.

“I love the music department; I love Potter College,” she said. “I think that a lot of us have felt just generalized pressure to do more with less.”

She declined to comment on how her workload has increased.

Regent Yevette Haskins said in the meeting that she hated that three people in the music department resigned.

But she said a lot of people are out of jobs.

“I’m sure there are 15 music department personnel that are looking for jobs,” Haskins said.

David Lee, dean of Potter College of Arts and Letters, confirmed that three people in the music department resigned.

He said his impression was they were leaving to pursue new opportunities.

Lee said it was hard to say if the faculty workload has increased because faculty members have always been busy.

He said fewer people have resigned this year than previous years.

Lee said he thinks fewer resignations reflect a tight job market.