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PSU-AAUP: organizing and legislative work

  Apr 11, 2017     1644 Views     Comments Off on PSU-AAUP: organizing and legislative work  

by José Padín, President Organizing I would like to share some highlights of our organizing activity for spring term, as organizing is the heart of our Association’s work. “Organizing” is creating and maintaining a strong network of personal connections, for information, faculty/academic professional support and advocacy, and trust- and morale building. These are some of the key ingredients for healthy shared governance, a healthy union, and a healthy university.   Jennifer Kerns, History Department faculty, is our new Vice-President for Organizing. Dr. Kerns is a dedicated colleague and faculty activist. Our organizing work is under great leadership! We are also…

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Election Results 2017

  Mar 27, 2017     2446 Views     Comments Off on Election Results 2017  

Our new officers are: President-Elect: Michael Dreiling, University of Oregon   Secretary-Elect: Pedro Garcia-Caro, University of Oregon   VP for Academic Freedom-Elect: Bob Liebman, Portland State   VP for Membership & Organizing-Elect: Leanne Serbulo, Portland State   VP for Political Action & Legislation-Elect: Ramin Farahmandpur, Portland State   Advocate for Academic Professionals: Karen Kennedy, Portland State (re-elected) The newly elected officers will take office on April 29th at the membership meeting.

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