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News You Can Use… · GOOGLE Accounts: At the beginning of the semester, all
adjuncts will receive information about setting up a GOOGLE email account.
Use of the gmail account will allow adjuncts to aggregate all their email
accounts in one place. · Teaching and Learning Center:
The new Teaching and Learning Center is gearing up on the third floor of the
Madison Connector Building (Room 309). It will have computers and a place for
small meetings as well as a host of teaching/learning materials. See SECURITY
for access to this center. · Upcoming Teaching and Learning Center Events: *Welcome Back— an
informal gathering at Blackwood and
Camden campuses with light refreshments and info about upcoming
events...September 4, from 3:30 to 4:30. *The Presidential Election across the Curriculum—September
10, from 3:30 to 4:30 at the Blackwood campus. *
Academic Freedom Panel Discussion—
September 17, from 1:00 to 3:00 at the Blackwood campus. · Education Discounts: Many places extend education discounts to
adjunct faculty including: APPLE computers, STAPLES, OfficeMax and Office
Depot. · Part-time Work Available: The Coordinated
Campaign for the 3rd
Congressional District Democrats (John Adler: Cherry Hill, Mt. Laurel, Ocean
counties) has part-time positions at
$50/day, 3:30-8:30 shifts, to raise
awareness of the candidate in the 3rd Congressional District. Workers, who
will work in pairs, will assemble in a central location and be bussed to
designated areas. Contact Katherine Orr at 856- 222-9707. [NOTE:
similar work may be available for other political groups during the election
season.] |
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We Have a HOME!!! After thirteen years as a
union, the CCAFF finally has an office on campus. Our new home is Madison
116. Please join us October 29, 10:00-7:00 or October 30, 4:00-8:00 for an
“open house.” When we’re officially
settled, we’ll post the hours that we’ll be there. In the meanwhile, if you
want to discuss an issue with us, email Elaine Bobrove at
elbob5@comcast.net and we’ll set up a time to meet. |
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CHANGING OF THE GUARD Both State and National Leadership
Changes Both the New Jersey State Federation of
Teachers (NJSFT) and national American Federation of Teachers (AFT) elected
new presidents, and in doing so, broke new ground. Bill Lipkin was elected
president of the NJSFT at the state convention in April. For the
past six years, Bill was involved in the organizing of the Union CC Adjunct
Faculty Federation and then served as its president. He
is the first representative from the community colleges to head the state
organization whose members are both from K-12 schools and from New Jersey’s
community colleges. “Delegates to the 2008 AFT convention
elected a new slate of national officers on July 14 in Chicago, voting to
install Randi Weingarten as AFT president, Antonia
Cortese as secretary-treasurer and Lorretta Johnson as executive vice
president.” This is the first time that women have held the
major offices in any United States national union. “Weingarten is known as a
reform-minded leader who has demonstrated her commitment to improving
schools, hospitals and public institutions for children, families and their
communities. She
represents the next generation of labor leader, committed to making our
public institutions the best they can be, eager to organize new sectors of
the workforce, and always seeking to win for workers both economic security
and a stronger voice in decisions that affect their jobs and the people they
serve.” More information and Weingarten’s first address to the AFT can be
found on the AFT website:
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