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2/4/2019

Dear Colleague,

Welcome back to the spring semester.  For those of you just joining us, welcome to UMass Boston! 

Here are some updates and reminders:

► FSU internal organizer for this semester.  Sandra (Sandy) Howland, FSU member and union activist, (Senior Lecturer II, English), will be an FSU internal organizer this semester. Sandy will be working with the FSU to discuss with members their concerns and issues on campus and to increase membership involvement. 

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Parking Update and Organizing Meeting today at noon and CAPS enrollment caps

11/7/2018

Dear Colleague,

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Protest parking fees this Wed. at noon, GEO letter, and other info from the FSU

10/29/2018

Dear Colleague,

We hope you are having a great semester.  Please join us on Wednesday to protest the high parking fees the university plans to impose.   

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Letter to FSU Members From The Graduate Employee Organization

10/29/2018

NOTE: The following letter was submitted to the FSU by the Graduate Employee Organization, who asked the FSU to send the letter to FSU members.

October 23, 2018

Dear UMass Boston Faculty,

We have heard from sources throughout the university that there is some confusion regarding the new Graduate Assistant contract negotiated by the Graduate Employee Organization (GEO) and UMass Boston Admin. We hope to alleviate some of this confusion in this email.

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The Role of Public Higher Education and UMass Boston

10/26/2018

The Role of Public Higher Education and UMass Boston

Edited remarks by Marlene Kim from an address given at UMB on October 4, 2018

Public higher education serves the public good: it benefits more than just the college graduate.  Because it helps the larger community, we should subsidize higher education more than we do so today. 

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