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A Thank You to Our Members

  Jun 15, 2022     6331 Views     Comments Off on A Thank You to Our Members  

Dear AAUP Friends, At the end of this academic year, this is a simple letter of thanks for everything extraordinary you have done for your students, your programs, your institutions, and your wide and varied commitments beyond your institution and for our state. You have worked against a background of intersecting crises: pandemic, invasion, injustice, gun violence, and so much more. This past year has shown us that we must work hard for change where ever we can, especially as we fight to maintain the very soul of our democracy. With our thanks to all of you for your work…

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A Belated Welcome and a Look Forward

  Oct 27, 2021     8068 Views     Comments Off on A Belated Welcome and a Look Forward  

Welcome, AAUP-Oregon members to the 2021-2022 academic year! We know you are already hard at it and fully committed to this academic year. We should reflect on what we have accomplished together this past year as union siblings.  You taught, researched, and served through a world-historic pandemic that changed and challenged you month by month. You took care of your friends and families and served your communities.  There was loss, lots of loss, in places, shapes, and forms we couldn’t even have imagined. And growth too, in places, shapes, and forms we couldn’t have imagined. On campus, you found and…

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