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Introducing Kwame Martin, AAUP National Organizer

Jessica Lawson October 25, 2019

UConn-AAUP introduces Kwame Martin, National AAUP Organizer, who has been assigned to assist in membership development and organizing for the new collective bargaining agreement. (The current agreement expires June 30, 2021.) Kwame has extensive...

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You’re Invited: UConn-AAUP Luncheon 10-24-19

Jessica Lawson October 22, 2019

UConn-AAUP Members Only Luncheon Thursday, October 24, 2019 12 noon Student Union, Storrs Campus Room 331 UConn-AAUP members are invited! Discussions will include – • UConn-AAUP Constitution Changes See the proposed changes on our...

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E-Newsletter: September 2019

Jessica Lawson October 16, 2019

September 13, 2019 Newsletter Mary Gallucci, Editor President’s Message: Agenda for 2019-20 Tom Bontly Welcome back for a new academic year! Throughout the Summer and into the Fall, your UConn-AAUP chapter has been hard...

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Announcement of Constitution and ByLaws changes

Jessica Lawson October 10, 2019

In 2017, the Supreme Court in Janus ruled that agency fee payers were no longer required to pay dues to the unions that represented them in collective bargaining. This overturned a 1977 Supreme Court...

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Contingency and Gender: How Adjunct Hiring Disproportionately Effects Women and POC

Jessica Lawson September 24, 2019

On September 20, 2019, David Kociemba, AAUP East Coast Organizer, presented “Contingency and Gender: How Adjunct Hiring Disproportionately Effects Women and POC. What adjuncts, tenured faculty and unions can do.” David cited AAUP statistics...

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Joerg Tiede: “Academic Freedom in the Age of Trump”

Jessica Lawson September 23, 2019

Joerg Tiede, National AAUP Senior Program Officer, addresses a group of faculty at this UConn-AAUP event. His presentation focused on witnessing the legislative and gubernatorial attacks on individual faculty members, course offerings, governing boards,...

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SEPTEMBER 2019 UCONN-AAUP UPCOMING EVENTS

Jessica Lawson September 4, 2019

UCONN-AAUP UPCOMING EVENTS PLEASE JOIN US! September 18, 2019 – 4:00-6:00 pm – McHugh Hall Room #206 – National AAUP Senior Program Officer Hans-Joerg Tiede, Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure and Governance will present...

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New Board of Trustees Chair – Dan Toscano

Jessica Lawson August 29, 2019

On Thursday, August 29, 2019, Governor Ned Lamont named finance executive Dan Toscano as chair of the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees. Dan is the managing director of global leveraged finance at Morgan...

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“Change is coming, whether people like it or not” Politics by Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror, July 24, 2019

Jessica Lawson July 25, 2019

Josh Geballe, left, with OPM Secretary Melissa McCaw, listening to David Lehman, the governor’s economic adviser, at a cabinet meeting. Connecticut’s chief administrative officer keeps a spotless desk. Outside his 15th-floor...

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UConn-AAUP Leadership meets with President Designate Katsouleas

Jessica Lawson July 23, 2019

UConn-AAUP leadership, led by President Tom Bontly, met with President Designate Tom Katsouleas to welcome him to our campus. President Katsouleas reiterated his commitment to doubling the research capacity of UConn over the next...