November Events
This November we will be hosting two events:
Category: News
Fall Welcome
Save the Date: General membership meetingMon. Oct. 10th at 4:00pm (hybrid) • Fill out our very brief Issue Campaign Survey by Friday, September 16th• We continue to pay close attention to the administration’s actions around TIAA-CREF plans and health coverage. And we remain committed to pressing for faculty inclusion on large-scale decisions concerning these issues.• We… Read More Fall Welcome
SU-AAUP Accomplishments
SU-AAUP in 2021-2022 Convened open member meetings to build an issue campaign from the bottom-up. Worked with Senate AAUP members and subcommittees to pass a motion calling on the administration to halt changes to TIAA benefits for new faculty. Surveyed students to gauge their views on the university’s management of the public health crisis, and… Read More SU-AAUP Accomplishments
May events
Monday May 2, 12:00-1:15pmOn Zoom (register here) A panel discussion of regional AAUP organizers in CNY on strategy and challenges re: building faculty power, featuring: Tuesday May 3, 9:00am-5:00pm: SU AAUP will be tabling under the breezeway at Huntington Beard-Crouse (HBC) adjacent to the quad. Stop by to find out about AAUP and chat with… Read More May events
Instruction During Pandemic: SU-AAUP Report November 23, 2020
In early October, SU-AAUP conducted two forums and circulated a campus-wide survey to all faculty concerning teaching modality in a time of Pandemic. Over 100 faculty registered for the forums and over 300 completed the survey, representing 20% of faculty from all schools and across all ranks, including teaching faculty and part-time instructors. Faculty expressed… Read More Instruction During Pandemic: SU-AAUP Report November 23, 2020
SU AAUP Forums Campus-wide Survey on Teaching in the Pandemic: Quick Findings
Numerous concerns were discussed at the forums on teaching modality. A detailed report will be distributed at the end of October. Some topics of discussions include: · Ways to best engage principles of shared governance and the importance of full faculty participating in teaching modality decisions · Concerns among all faculty ranks that instructors with… Read More SU AAUP Forums Campus-wide Survey on Teaching in the Pandemic: Quick Findings
NYSC AAUP Fall 2020 Business Meeting / Conference
Saturday, October 24th, 9:00am-3pm This FREE Conference program is designed for YOU: “Organizing in the ‘Non-Community’ College and University Environment,” with Caprice Lawless, Co-President of AAUP Colorado Conference & ‘Organizer Extraordinaire’: Do you want to learn how to raise eyebrows, turn heads, change minds, snag headlines, and dog administrators? See how you can turn your administration’s… Read More NYSC AAUP Fall 2020 Business Meeting / Conference
SU professors demand more power in education decision making
On Tuesday evening [June 9], SU’s American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapter held a faculty forum to discuss the administration’s planning for fall 2020. In our unprecedented historical moment of pandemic and financial threat to private higher education of the highest order, it is clear that SU faculty are unequivocally committed to assuring that… Read More SU professors demand more power in education decision making
SU-AAUP Letter on Social and Racial Justice Concerns, August 20, 2020
With Covid-19, as in all other matters, the SU administration must commit to principles of social justice and anti-racism, not only with words, but with action.… Read More SU-AAUP Letter on Social and Racial Justice Concerns, August 20, 2020
AAUP-SU pays tribute to our former Vice President, JOHN BURDICK, who died on July 4, 2020
John was a great colleague, friend and defender of faculty rights, and will be missed enormously by us all. We at AAUP particularly will miss John’s steadfast commitment to collective action and shared governance at Syracuse University. Whether serving on Senate, College committees, or dissertation defenses, many of us have witnessed firsthand John’s thoughtful and… Read More AAUP-SU pays tribute to our former Vice President, JOHN BURDICK, who died on July 4, 2020
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