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President’s Column: Challenges and Opportunities in the Year Ahead

Jan 5, 2018 1773 Views Comments Off

by Michael Dreiling, President, AAUP-Oregon As we wrap up our brief winter holiday, I have a few locally relevant wishes. First, let’s pass Measure 101 in 2018. We have an important special election in Oregon coming this January for ballot Measure 101. Read more about it here, and be sure to get your ballot in by January 23. Please vote yes for healthcare for 350,000 Oregonians, most of whom are children. Secondly, our world needs some liberation from the twisted bigotry that is spewing across the globe. Faculty, graduate employees, and students across Oregon have witnessed an upsurge in activity by…

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October Update: PSU-AAUP

Oct 6, 2017 5452 Views Comments Off

José Padín, President, PSU-AAUP University unions, and specifically, the unions of faculty and academic professionals, are an essential piece of a high-quality university, for many reasons. Dr. Rhamat Shoureshi, the new president of Portland State University, agrees with us on this. PSU-AAUP held a warm welcome reception for President Shoureshi on October 3, to a full house. In the last week we also met with two new Deans, the Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Marvin Lynn, and the Dean of the College of the Arts, Leroy Bynum; we introduced them to PSU-AAUP and welcomed them to PSU. Dean…