Volume 2010 No. 3

December 2010

 

 

Important Messages!

A message from your TU-AAUP

President

(click here)

 

Editor's Note

(click here)

Treasurer's Report

(click here)

Member's Guest Column

(click here)

 

 

What has your

Towson Faculty Association/AAUP done for you lately?

Primary Caregiver Policy

Lecturer/Clinical Faculty Senate Representation Resolution

Furlough Resolution (passed by Senate Fall and Spring)

Maryland Regional Fall AAUP Meeting

Junior Faculty Meeting with Provost

 

Mark your calendars

for these upcoming events!

Family Care Policy Workshop

Friday, January 28th, noon

(click here for more info)

MD AAUP Spring 2010

Meeting and Workshop

Saturday, April 16th,

8:30 AM-2 PM

(click here for more info)

 

What Can You Do

to Advocate for Higher Education at Towson? 

Communicate the Issues!

Write or call your congressman or legislator!

Talk to your students about how furloughs affect their education, and encourage them to act, as well.

Publish an editorial!

For example:

Shaun Johnson (TU-AAUP Treasurer),

in Inside Higher Ed:

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/10/20/johnson

 

Shaun Johnson also writes a regular education blog for the Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shaun-johnson

 

Jennifer Ballengee (TU-AAUP President) ,

in the Baltimore Sun :

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-university-faculty-20101104,0,1320083,print.story

 

 

 

Committee Reports

Please click on each of the links below to learn about the range of activities in which your TU-AAUP is engaged.

Membership Committee

FLIC (ad hoc)

Committee W

Lecturers Committee (ad hoc)

Junior Faculty Committee

Government Relations Committee