Nuts & Bolts: FSU events, Phillis Wheatley Peters Hall, Acceptable Use Policy motion, Ubuntu Dialogues Brunch, NTT Additional Work, FSU Swag and MTA Benefits

5/5/2025

FSU Calendar May 5th to 9th    

FSU lunchtime in UDC on Tuesday, May 6th 12:30-1:30PM (please note the time has changed from 12-1)

Join colleagues on Tuesday to relax and enjoy time away from our offices. Pizza and cookies provided.

Contract Bargaining Session, Wednesday, May 7 from 9:45AM to 11:30AM in ISC 1400 

Join your core bargaining team as an expanded team member.  See the May 1st Core Bargaining Team email on how to register.

FSU Executive Committee Meeting, Friday, May 9th 3:30 to 5:00PM Zoom 

Dear Faculty and Librarians,

Did you notice?  Two weeks ago, workers in bucket trucks added the name Phillis Wheatley Peters Hall to the brick above the main entrance. This Thursday at 11AM there will be a building rededication, adding the name Peters.  This change is a direct result of hard work by a group of students. To learn more, read the Mass Media article.

FSU Executive Committee Motion: IT Acceptable Use Policy

The Executive Committee voted unanimously on the following motion: 

That administration suspends the AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) policy with immediate effect until a new policy is drafted and agreed upon.

The motion language was sent to Raymond Lefebrve, Vice Chancellor of Information Technology, Provost Joe Berger and Peter Kelly, Chancellor’s chief of staff.  We will provide an update when we receive a response.

Ubuntu Dialogues Brunch: Cultivating Community Through Conversations Across Racial and Gender Differences, May 7th from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Campus Center 2545.

(This is an FSU Anti Racism Grant recipient event)

Ubuntu, a cornerstone of African philosophy, reminds us: ‘I am because we are’.  It speaks to the power of community, connection and learning together.  The brunch is a place to share thoughtful conversation, food and inspiration to explore what it means to grow as colleagues, educators and as a learning community.  To register go to https://forms.gle/aUvg663ZBGhGfdXC7

Know Your Contract: Additional Work for Part-Time Lecturers

Departments are required to first offer any additional work that may become available to qualified part-time Lecturers within that department before that work can be offered outside of the bargaining unit. The additional work will be offered according to departmental seniority. Please notify the FSU if such additional work has not been first offered to qualified part-time members of the department.

NOTE: There are limited circumstances in which departments may offer additional work to new NTT hires before offering the work to current part-time unit members. See Article 21.3 for further details.

Be a proud FSU member!

The FSU has swag!  We have tee shirts, buttons and stickers. We also have red cards.  Please contact us to coordinate the delivery.

MTA Benefits: Boston by Foot

What better way to explore Boston than walking in one of the world’s most walkable cities! Log into your MTA Benefits account, go to Seasonal Offers to obtain the discount code for Boston by Foot.

Sincerely,

Caroline Coscia                                 

FSU President                                   

Senior Lecturer II                               

Political Science Department