Dear Union Member, I am sincerely hoping that all of you and yours are safe & healthy in these trying times. These last two-three months have been both surreal & stressful, and the uncertainty that lies ahead only exacerbates the underlying dread & anxiety. On a personal note, my wife & I have been comfortably ensconced in our upstate schoolhouse since early March, which although idyllic wasn’t enough to shield my wife from the overwhelming anguish of having to countenance

Dear Faculty Union Member, This Friday, November 3rd, is our “ARPT Forum” — 22 attendees are confirmed, and there’s 8 spots left! (ARPT is “Appointments, Reappointments, Promotion, and Tenure”). It will be at Da Ciro, on Myrtle, from 4:30-7pm. Join us to hear from faculty panelists about their departmental standards and criteria, recent developments, and best practices. Share what’s going on in your department, and learn how to strengthen this essential, faculty-driven proc

Dear Member: If you are receiving this email you are a dues-paying UFCT Local 1460 member. Greetings, I hope this email communique finds all well as we immerse ourselves in the 2017-18 AY — the second year of the current 5-yr Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). As some of you know, I was away on sabbatical leave for SPR’17 — my second BTW, which leads me to remind all FT tenured and Adj CCE faculty to please avail yourself of this hard-fought-for-and-maintained faculty ben

During Spring semester 2017, a committee of 18 faculty from across all five schools met to discuss the possibility of transitioning the ARPT (Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure) process from paper to a digital tool. In our first meeting, we discussed the specific needs our departmental PRCs (Peer Review Committees) had, what features a digital tool would need to have, and what challenges we might anticipate. You can read minutes from that first meeting below.

Quick-turnaround grants of up to $250 are available now on a rolling basis to Faculty-led, spontaneous responses to current events. Bring a speaker, host a workshop, create a pamphlet, plan a screening, etc. All faculty are eligible (full- and part-time, adjunct and visitor) and collaborations with students and/or staff are welcome. Email a brief proposal along with a basic budget to pfu.feaf@gmail.com. Coordinated by Darini Nicholas, Erum Nagvi, and Anna Moschovakis.

Email from Kye to Membership, December 12, 2014 —————— Dear Concerned Members, W/respect to the ‘extreme’ Cigna cost increases being imposed on Pratt faculty, please read the attached grievance statement as filed on 12/10/14. The UFCT Local 1460 is determined to pursue arbitration if the Administration’s response to the attached formal grievance statement is less than satisfactory. Warm Regards, -Kye MEMORANDUM TO: Peter Barna, Provost FROM: Kye