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Vol 7 Issue 2 | October 2016

CSU-AAUPBOR Contract

Negotiations Resume

The CSU-AAUP negotiating team and Chief Negotiator Elena Tapia resumed negotiations with the BOR on October 24 2016 at CCSU Two other negotiation session dates Nov 14 and Nov 28 are scheduled for after the elections The last formal session was May 5 2016 Everything that has been negotiated up to date has been signed off by both parties and remains in the form of tentative agreements We are currently operating under a contract extension agreement To see the extension agreement and its details visit wwwcsuaauporg

The mutually agreed upon date to commence arbitration in the event of impasse has been moved out again it is now February 1 2017

The next long-anticipated issue of Table Talk has been distributed and can be read on the CSU-AAUP website or by clicking here

Be sure to wear your red ldquoCSU Works because We Dordquo t-shirts when you get the word from your local chapter office More t-shirts are available if you need one Just contact CSU-AAUP at 860-832-3790 or call your chapter office

CSU-AAUPrsquos

Political Committee

Makes Endorsements

CSU-AAUPrsquos Political Committee has made their endorsements of candidates in the 2016 election for the Connecticut General Assembly Click HERE to see CSU-AAUP Political Committeersquos list of candidate endorsements

To find out who your legislator is please click here CSU-AAUP encourages all eligible members to vote on Nov 8 in the general election If yoursquore not sure where to vote click here to find your polling place

Through legislation affecting quality public higher education the Connecticut General Assembly has a significant impact on the four Connecticut State Universities their faculty and students As a result the make-up of the Connecticut legislature is critically important to CSU

This past summer to determine which candidates to endorse the CSU-AAUP Political Committee mailed questionnaires to all candidates for the Connecticut General Assembly These questionnaires allowed the Political Committee to determine candidatesrsquo views on public higher education among other things Candidate responses helped guide endorsements made by the committee for this Nov 8 election

CSU-AAUP has been working hard to promote our membersrsquo research and devotion to quality public higher education This works also helps support ongoing contract negotiations by promoting a wide variety of faculty research endeavors publications innovative courses and community projects via our CSU CONNects blog and Facebook page

Our most recent campaign in the Hartford Courantrsquos Guide to Education features content from CSUConnects and will appear now through January 31 2017 Content will change each month In addition CSU-AAUP will be featured in advertisements throughout the entire Hartford Courant website These ads will appear at any given time on the website in rotation with other ads

Click here to see CSU-AAUP in the Hartford Courantrsquos Guide to Education

Pursuant to the CSU-AAUP Constitution on June 1 Elena Tapia EnglishLinguistics ECSU former CSU-AAUP vice president assumed the office of president after the resignation of Vijay Nair on May 31 2016 This left a vacancy in the office of vice president President Tapia appointed Patricia OrsquoNeill Psychology WCSU as interim vice president However since the length of the unexpired term of vice president is more than six months (May 31 2017) the CSU-AAUP Constitution requires a special election be held CSU-AAUP members were notified and had until Oct 17 2016 to nominate themselves or any other member for vice president

E-voting will begin on or about Nov 7 2016 and end at noon on Nov 21 2016 In order to vote you must have been a registered AAUP member of CSU-AAUP by Oct 31 To register please click here The process is done electronically and automatically via the CSU-AAUP website You can also contact your chapter office and register in person with them Registering as a CSU-AAUP member allows you the right to vote run for office and access to a host of member benefits Registering as a CSU-AAUP member also automatically registers you with national AAUP and allows you access to their monthly magazine Academe

CSU-AAUP Holds Special

Election

CSU-AAUP Featured in

Hartford Courantrsquos

Guide to Education

Above one of the ads that will appear on the Hartford Courantrsquos

website promoting CSU-AAUP membersrsquo work to bring quality

public higher education in Connecticut

SAVE THE DATE

Public Higher Education

Day of Action

January 26 2017

Public Higher Education is under attack across our nation With slogans like ldquonew economic realityrdquo and ldquoConnecticut can workrdquo filtering through the airwaves building support for quality public higher education is imperative Public higher education proffers the very means to build a better Connecticut and a secure future for all of our state

Thatrsquos why on Jan 26 2017 CSU-AAUP will join forces with the 4Cs and UConn-AAUP at a Day of Action Join us as we take to the Capitol in Hartford to speak out against the systematic defunding of public higher education Together we will make our voices heard

The Faculty Advisory Committee to the Board of Regents for Higher Education invites proposals and welcomes participation at the Third Annual Conference on Student Success and Shared Governance Building a Better Connecticut in an Era of Fiscal Uncertainty at Central Connecticut State University Friday April 7 2017

This conference celebrates student success as the realization of our mission All submissions relevant to the theme are welcome but of particular interest are programs or strategies that promote student engagement improve pedagogy and curriculum foster shared governance and document research regarding student success

To present at the conference complete the 2017 FAC conference submission form The deadline for submissions is noon on Thursday January 26 2017 An announcement opening registration for the conference will be sent early in the spring semester For more information contact Conference Program Chair Meg Leake leakeccsuedu Chair of Faculty Advisory Committee Stephen Adair adairsccsuedu or Vice-Chair of the FAC Barbara Richards brichardshcccommnetedu

FAC Conference

on Student Success and

Shared Governance

Call for Papers

Contact CSU-AAUP at (860) 832-3790 or email us at newbergeccsuedu

By David Stoloff ECSU-AAUP Council Member and Vice President of the Connecticut State Conference AAUP This past June CSU-AAUP members joined members of the Connecticut State Conference AAUP at the AAUP Capitol Hill Day Our goals were to discuss with our two Connecticut Senators and five Representatives or their aides on

several talking points including Access and Affordability for College Students Political Interference on Academic Research Sensible Regulations that Protect Students and Taxpayers and other issues related to faculty working conditions and security Irene Mulvey of Fairfield University AAUP and Flo Hatcher Executive Director Connecticut State Conference AAUP arranged the office visits and were our group leaders through the hallways in the Capitol and other buildings John W Curtis Director of Research and Public Policy American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and Brian Turner of Randolph-Macon College developed the talking points and position papers for our discussions

AAUP Capitol Hill Day

June 2016

Above members of the AAUP delegation with US Senator Chris Murphy

Above members of the AAUP delegation speak with Rep Joe Courtney at the

AAUP Capitol Hill Day David Stoloff is left of Rep Courtney