MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — In a continued effort to reduce personnel costs, the University of Montana has offered voluntary severances to non-faculty employees. University interim President Sheila Stearns said in a news release that the school must reduce the percentage of the budget spent on personnel. Stearns said the offer is similar to the Voluntary Employee Retirement Incentive Program offered to qualifying tenured faculty members earlier this year. The voluntary severance offer will be detailed in campus meetings on Wednesday.