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FSU Nuts & Bolts: Elections, On-Line Course Development, and Additional Classes

12/12/2022

Dear Member, 

Ah…the last week of classes. The end of lecture preps and the beginning of final grading and of course this all happens during the holiday season.   This issue of Nuts & Bolts contains an announcement and two reminders.  

FSU Annual Elections: 2023 Announcement   

Each Spring, FSU members elect members to the FSU Executive Committee, the governing body of your union.  Election is by constituency except for the positions of president and vice-president.  

The Point: Getting Right to the Point

12/12/2022

Greetings Colleagues, Comrades, Friends:

FSU Forum On Proposed Academic Reorganization Plan- Thursday 12/15, 2-3:30

12/8/2022

Dear Member,

The FSU wants to invite you to a forum next Thursday, 12/15/22, from 2-3:30 to discuss the workload and contractual implications of the provost's planned reorganization models.  All FSU members are welcome.  

Stay tuned for zoom link and additional details!

Sincerely,

Caroline Coscia                                 Jeff Melnick  

FSU President                                   FSU Vice President  

Senior Lecturer II                              Professor  

International Faculty Breakfast Social Wed Dec 14 9-10:30 am ISC 1400 and on Zoom

12/6/2022

Dear Member,

As the fall semester draws to a close the FSU invites all international faculty to meet, to share questions and advice, and to forge solidarity.

Join in person over coffee and a light breakfast in ISC 1400, or dial in on Zoom  (contact FSU or Caroline Coscia for Zoom information).

From the FSU

The Point: “Activity-Based Budgeting”: UMB’s Pending Shell Game

12/5/2022

Subject: The proposed new approach to budgets on campus

Action: Educate yourself, ask hard questions of upper administration, resist marketplace logic however you can!

The Communications Committee is delighted to step aside this week to make room for this important contribution from our former FSU President, Steve Striffler.  Here, as you will see, Steve helps us understand why the much-touted “Activity Based Budgeting” is a dangerous proposition that runs counter to the central mission of the university.

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