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AAUP-Oregon New Officers Elected

Apr 1, 2015 2117 Views Comments Off

Balloting in our AAUP-Oregon election has concluded. We would like to congratulate our new and continuing officers: President: José Padín, Portland State University Secretary: Amy Orr, Linfield College Treasurer: Bill Harbaugh, University of Oregon VP-Academic Freedom: Debra Merskin,UO with 64% of the vote, defeating Friedrich Schuler with 36% VP-Political Action: Erna Gelles, PSU Advocate for Tenure: Gina Psaki, UO Advocacy Chapter Rep: Tony Vogt, OSU Individual Member Rep: Greg Monahan, retired EOU Thanks to all who voted. Your nominations committee, Ted Donlan, Portland State University Kathleen Stanley, Oregon State University Kira Homo, University of Oregon

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AAUP-Oregon goes to Salem

Mar 19, 2015 2445 Views Comments Off

AAUP-Oregon introduced itself to key legislators in Salem on March 18th. Although José has testified before both the House and Senate Higher Education committees, we had not yet officially started building relationships with legislators. Patricia Schechter, legislative chair for the Portland State AAUP Chapter took the lead, setting up meetings with House Committee on Higher Education, Innovation and Workforce Development Chair Tobias Read and with Senate Education Committee Chair Arnie Roblan. We also met with Representative Jennifer Williamson’s staff. In the meetings, AAUP-Oregon President José Padin outlined our positions on key bills and explained our organization’s vision and new legislative…