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page 1 In This Issue 1 Why I Give 2 Stylin’ and Profilin’ 3 For Your Information 5 Grievance Update 6 New Member Profiles 7 Adjunct Update 8 Political Season 10 10 Reasons to Join FA 11 Dying for Love Why I Give to VOTE/COPE by Michael Confusione, Adjunct Asst. Professor of Psychology (Eastern Campus) www.fascc.org February 2008 Volume 24, Number 5 Last December, I was lucky enough to win the FA’s VOTE/ COPE raffle. That $500 came in handy right before the holidays. But even if I hadn’t won, I would still give to VOTE/COPE. I’ve given $5 per paycheck to VOTE/COPE for years. Why give to VOTE/COPE? Part of it is because I’m the type of person who likes to support the organizations that I’m affiliated with. That’s just my personality. I believe it’s a good cause because VOTE/COPE is used to educate our legislators. This is my college, and this is my legislature, so it’s very important to me. Another reason why I give to VOTE/COPE is because I’m good friends with Martin Haley, a former Suffolk County legislator. Through him, I became even more aware of all the good things that SCCC does. He was always supportive of SCCC, which I respect. Legislative and political bodies cannot possibly keep track of everything that’s going on in every group and organization they represent, so it’s very important for us to educate them. Marty always spoke highly of the input he received from SCCC and how valuable it was to him. Finally, I suppose I give to VOTE/COPE for the students. I was a student myself at SCCC, way back in the mid-1960s. Professor Lang is the person who most influenced my interest in psychology. I’ve had a long career in psychology. Licensed as a psychologist with a subspecialty in childhood and adolescence, I’ve had a private practice for 35 years. I was also the clinical coordinator for Suffolk County Drug Abuse For more on VOTE/COPE, see “Tis the Season” on page 8. Treatment Services (and the legislature had a huge impact on our budget there too). I decided to adjunct at SCCC about four or five years ago because it’s a way to give back to the community. If I can influence even one student in the way that Professor Lang once influenced me, well, that’s my highest goal. VOTE/COPE helps make sure we have the budget and resources we need to better educate our students. That’s the biggest reason why we should all give to VOTE/COPE. photo by Cynthia Eaton

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In This Issue

1 Why I Give

2 Stylin’ and Profilin’

3 For Your Information

5 Grievance Update

6 New Member Profiles

7 Adjunct Update

8 Political Season

10 10 Reasons to Join FA

11 Dying for Love

Why I Give to VOTE/COPEby Michael Confusione, Adjunct Asst. Professor of Psychology (Eastern Campus)

www.fascc.org

February 2008Volume 24, Number 5

Last December, I was lucky enough to win the FA’s VOTE/COPE raffle. That $500 came in handy right before the holidays. But even if I hadn’t won, I would still give to VOTE/COPE. I’ve given $5 per paycheck to VOTE/COPE for years. Why give to VOTE/COPE? Part of it is because I’m the type of person who likes to support the organizations that I’m affiliated with. That’s just my personality. I believe it’s a good cause because VOTE/COPE is used to educate our legislators. This is my college, and this is my legislature, so it’s very important to me. Another reason why I give to VOTE/COPE is because I’m good friends with Martin Haley, a former Suffolk County legislator. Through him, I became even more aware of all the good things that SCCC does. He was always supportive of SCCC, which I respect. Legislative

and political bodies cannot possibly keep track of everything that’s going on in every group and organization they represent, so it’s very important for us to educate them. Marty always spoke highly of the input he received from SCCC and how valuable it was to him. Finally, I suppose I give to VOTE/COPE for the students. I was a student myself at SCCC, way back in the mid-1960s. Professor Lang is the person who most influenced my interest in psychology. I’ve had a long career in psychology. Licensed as a psychologist with a subspecialty in childhood and adolescence, I’ve had a private practice for 35 years. I was also the clinical coordinator for Suffolk County Drug Abuse

For more on VOTE/COPE, see “Tis the Season”

on page 8.

Treatment Services (and the legislature had a huge impact on our budget there too). I decided to adjunct at SCCC about four or five years ago because it’s a way to give back to the community. If I can influence even one student in the way that Professor Lang once influenced me, well, that’s my highest goal. VOTE/COPE helps make sure we have the budget and resources we need to better educate our students. That’s the biggest reason why we should all give to VOTE/COPE.

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Stylin’ and Profilin’ with the Executive Council Representatives

by Cynthia EatonTen Questions for Pauline Pharr (Adjunct Asst. Professor of ESL/EF, Eastern Campus)

Elizabeth Cone ............................................. Co-EditorCynthia Eaton ............................................... Co-EditorJoyce Gabriele .............................................. Co-EditorKevin Peterman ...................................... Photographer

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Cynthia1. : Like you, I teach on the Eastern Campus, and I’m aware that sometimes people have a perception that it’s not a very diverse campus. As a member of our English as a Second Language Department, can you address that? Pauline: On our campus I have taught students from Africa, Asia (including north, south, Southeast, and Middle East), Europe, North America (Canada), Central America, and South America. I think I am only missing Australia and Antarctica, and they will probably come some day. If we want to meet the world, we have only to talk to my students, and they would like to talk to us.

Cynthia2. : At the FA Holiday Party, you told us a very funny story about your husband’s name and names in general in your family. Share with our readers. Pauline: I have always been interested in how people are named. In fact, I published a paper in American Speech on first name creativity among African Americans. We laugh about my husband, who is Walter the fourth but was always called Mike. His mother’s brother was also named after his father, Herbert, but because the family did not want the confusion of two people with the same name he became known as Mike. Then when my Mike was born his uncle became Big Mike, and my husband Little Mike. Of course Little Mike soon outgrew his uncle, but the nicknames stuck. Finally Big Mike had his own son, and instead of naming him Herbert the third—you guessed

it—he actually named him Mike. So Mike became the name you called your son if you really didn’t want to name him after his father.

Cynthia3. : What one word would you use to describe yourself? What word would your friends use to describe you? How about your husband? Children? Pauline: I guess I would call myself disciplined. I like to get things done, especially things I don’t really want to do. I am not a procrastinator. My friends call me intelligent and—happily—kind. My husband says I am a pain in the neck (probably because I try to motivate him to do my “projects”). And because I have two masters degrees, my children call me MAMA.

Cynthia4. : As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Pauline: I went to a Catholic elementary school and thought about being a nun, but decided I could still be of service with a family. As a child, I couldn’t wait to grow up because the adults seemed to have all the freedom. I was always aware that there was a lot to learn in the world and I never wanted to stop learning.

Cynthia5. : You’ve been at Suffolk for 14 years. What did you do before coming into your cur-rent position?

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FYIfor your information

Spring Adjunct/Overload Checks:• Faculty teaching the Spring 2008 semester will receive seven adjunct/overload paychecks beginning February 28 and ending May 22.

Promotion Workshops:• Executive V. P. Kevin Peterman, along with campus deans, will be conducting promotion workshops in April. This workshop is a must for any faculty member interested in the promotion process. So, save the dates below, and more information will be in the March issue of The WORD.

Ammerman: April 2 Grant: April 9 Eastern: April 23

Prescription Drug Reminder:• The deadline for 2007 FASCC Benefit Fund Prescription Drug claims is April 30, 2008. Express Scripts will mail prescription drug printouts to faculty in March. If you do not want to wait for this printout, you also have the option of getting a printout from your pharmacist or from http://www.express-scripts.com.

To obtain the Prescription Drug Claim Form: go to the Fund Office (Southampton 224D, Ammerman Campus), call Mary (732.6500), or go to this webpage: http://www.fascc.org/benefits/prescription1.pdf.

Book Drive:• At the 2007 FA/Guild Holiday Party, faculty donated over six large cartons of books to the Suffolk County C o a l i t i o n A g a i n s t D o m e s t i c Violence, which provides shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children. Thanks go to Dan Linker, as well as to Catherine Lipnick and Maria Nieves Alonso, who helped collect books, and to Maria Kranidis, who helped deliver books―and to all who donated.

Community Outreach Committee • Habitat for Humanity Build: The next build will be on Friday, March 14, in either Bellport or Coram.

EMHP Claims Deadline:• Faculty must submit all unpaid 2007 medical claims to Empire Blue Cross by March 31 in order to receive reimbursement for covered out-of-pocket expenses.

NYSUT RA:• We have two additional reps attending the NYSUT Representative Assembly in April: Frank DiGregorio and Judy Travers.

FA in the News:• The FA has been featured in our state and national union publications recently.

The FA’s Academic Freedom Forum was • featured in the January/February 2008 issue of AFT On Campus. Professors Jeff Kluewer (English, Grant, and Chair of the College Governance Council) and Kathie Rogers (Accounting, Eastern) are quoted, as is Wayne Horsley, a Suffolk County legislator. Featured too is Eastern Campus Honors student Katelynn DeLuca. Read the full article here: http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/on_campus/janfeb08/academic.htm.

Suffolk retiree Peter Herron (Math, • Ammerman) is president of NYSUT’s Retiree Council 39, formed in 2006 to represent community college retirees. Having taught at Suffolk from 1963 to 1995, Herron continues to serve his union and support community colleges. Read the article featuring Herron in the January 31, 2008, issue of New York Teacher here: http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_9390.htm.

FA President Ellen Schuler Mauk was quoted • in the January 17, 2008, issue of New York Teacher, in a piece titled “Leaders Call for Higher Education Investment.” Schuler Mauk had testified before the Higher Education Commission and was quoted in the last issue of Teacher giving her comments and reflections upon the report. Read the full article here: http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/newyorkteacher_9267.htm.

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Pauline: I worked with my husband when our children were growing up. We had a toy wholesale business. It was very difficult getting my children Christmas presents because they knew our stock by heart and always asked Santa for something we didn’t sell. They did have a wonderful toy collection. My grandson is enjoying it now.

Cynthia6. : You have two children. What did you want your children to be like when they grew up? Pauline: I wanted them to follow their hearts. My son went to work on Wall Street; my daughter is the music therapist at Montefiore Children’s Hospital in the Bronx. I am proud of them both.

Cynthia7. : Speaking of careers, if you could be or do anything else, what would you choose? Pauline: I am a linguist, and with the MRIs and PET scans that are available today, the field of neurolinguistics is breaking open. Unfortunately I don’t have the scientific training for that now. I also would have liked to have been an archaeologist. Elizabeth Wayland Barber’s book, Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years, which traces the development of textiles and clothing in prehistoric times, is one of my favorite books. She combines women’s studies, linguistics, art history, the history of cloth, and archaeology—a real Renaissance woman.

Cynthia8. : Be honest: What do you like most about your job? And a trickier

question: What do you like least about it? Pauline: Learning about the lives of my students in their cultures is fascinating. In a Listening and Speaking class the assignment was funeral customs, and I was thrilled to learn in detail how different we all are, and how similar. In teaching, what I like least is watching students not succeed. I always struggle to do everything I can to help them help themselves. And, of course, in the broader context of my job, I would like to see the rules change to allow part-time faculty to be given health insurance.

Cynthia9. : What does it mean to you to be an Executive Council Representative, or an “EC rep” as you cool kids call it? Pauline: After my husband closed our business, I had more time to volunteer. I decided that working with the Faculty Association was a way to help all adjuncts. Being part of the EC has shown me about how faculty and administration work together. I think I now know our contract by heart (though nothing like Ellen Schuler Mauk―she is a walking encyclopedia).

Cynthia10. : Name one thing you’ve learned as an EC rep that you wouldn’t have learned otherwise. Pauline: I learned about the protections that were negotiated for adjuncts, including the due process of the grievance procedure. I saw in action the dedication of the FA officers.

Check out the newly

revised adjunct section of the

FA website!

www.fascc.org/adjuncts.asp

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The Faculty Association is currently working to resolve a number of grievance issues, summarized below.

Termination for Abandonment

Under the FA contract any full-time faculty member who is absent from work for ten consecutive calendar days when assigned duties―or any adjunct faculty member who is absent for two consecutive weeks―without notification to their appropriate administrator may be found to be absent without authorization. Under this provision the college notifies the faculty member by overnight and U.S. mail of the charges against them. The faculty member then has an additional ten days from the date of the notice to provide the college with proper documentation or explanation of the absence. If no explanation is provided, the faculty member may be terminated. The FA is currently scheduled to defend the first abandonment case since this provision was added to the contract. In the current situation, the accused faculty member did have consistent contact with the college as well as medical documentation supporting the absence.

Involuntary Transfers

Don’t bother looking this up in the contract... you won’t find it. A number of years ago the FA grieved an involuntary transfer when a faculty member was transferred from his or her department on one campus to the same department on another campus due to a poor relationship with his or her supervisor. Not that I like to relive old scars but we lost that case. In this situation the arbitrator found that circumstances surrounding the case warranted the transfer. Recently the college involuntarily transferred another faculty member from one department to a completely unrelated department and, unlike the above situation, claimed poor performance as the cause for transfer. It is the FA’s position that since the faculty member’s performance was cited as the cause for the transfer that the transfer itself is a form of discipline and therefore deserves just cause and progressive discipline. The college has yet to provide any documentation citing poor performance on behalf of the faculty member. This grievance is currently scheduled to go to arbitration.

Denial of Continuing Appointment

Over the past few years a number of new faculty members have struggled to achieve continuing

appointment (tenure). Issues surrounding the denial of continual appointment are by far the most stressful for both the FA and the individual members.

Under the FA contract the first three years of employment are considered probationary. Termination of faculty during this time period is not subject to review. Termination during the fourth and fifth years of employment is grievable but only to the Board of Trustees and may not be brought to arbitration. This year the FA has been involved in the non-renewal of two faculty members within their fourth year of employment. Though one member’s appeal is ongoing, the FA did succeed in retaining the second member who was subsequently reappointed to the fifth year.

Student Complaints

In any one year most of my time is devoted to dealing with fallout from student complaints. College policy dictates that student complaints be handled in a very structured format as outlined by the Student Complaint Procedure. This policy outlines five specific options for the department chair to respond to student complaints, which clarifies the potential outcomes for the chair, the faculty member, and the student. Unfortunately, department chairs have been too willing to conveniently overlook the Student Complaint Procedure (see pages 123-124 of the 2007-2008 Student Handbook: http://www3.sunysuffolk.edu/forms/Handbook.pdf), regardless of the nature of the complaint, and immediately initiate a classroom observation. When a chair receives a student complaint, it is commonly considered professional practice to at least contact the accused faculty member to fact check and hear the faculty member’s side of the story. This step is also too often skipped. Thus, the faculty member is not given an opportunity to appropriately respond to the student complaint and is often assumed to be guilty. For most of the student complaints I have dealt with this past year, classroom observations have been scheduled to investigate such things as “a test being too hard,” “tests and assignments being unfair,” and even a faculty member’s alleged non-response to an email. An observation is not the appropriate forum to investigate such issues. Finally, by immediately initiating a classroom observation, the student is empowered regardless of whether they are right or wrong—which puts the faculty in an awkward professional position—only to discover later that in many cases, it is the student who needed to be told that he or she was in the wrong.

Grievance Update by Sean Tvelia

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Alyssa KauffmanCommunications ● Grant

Myung-Hee PakNursing ● Ammerman

Meet Our New FA Members!by Dan Linker

If you were trying to find Alyssa Kauffman last summer, you probably would have had to buy a backpack, a tent, and some good mosquito repellent, since she spent that time interning at a wilderness camp as part of her dissertation research. But this newest Instructor of Communications at the Grant Campus comes with much more than outdoor survival skills. She’s worked her way through a series of educational avenues which have uniquely prepared her for her position with us. Born and raised in Smithtown, Alyssa received her bachelor’s in Speech Communication from SUNY Plattsburgh, with a minor in Language and Human Behavior. Following that she waitressed at the Montauk Yacht Club, but quickly realized that she was “good at school,” and through a series of coincidental events and good timing found herself at William Paterson University, where she was graduated with a master’s in Communication Arts. Following her degree she worked as an outdoor educator for 6th graders as well as a teen tour camp director. Before receiving the full time position here, she adjuncted at two of our campuses as well as at Nassau and Hofstra. During that time she decided she wanted to pursue her education in order to teach full-time. This brought her to Ohio University, where she is currently ABD toward a degree in Communication with a minor in Counseling. As Alyssa’s biography through her department at the Grant Campus states, her dissertation is an ethnography of life at a teenage therapeutic wilderness camp, exploring the total

Very shortly after meeting Myung-Hee Pak, assistant professor of Nursing at the Ammerman Campus, I realized that her credentials, experience, and overall drive are simply far more than can be summed up in a few paragraphs. I usually save this sentiment for the end, but I have to start this time by saying that the Ammerman campus is indeed very lucky to have found Myung-Hee. Born and raised in Korea, Myung-Hee received her BSN from Busan National University in Korea. She then came to America and graduated with a MSN from Wayne State University in Detroit. Her focus was Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing, with a minor in Nursing Education. After receiving her degree, Myung-Hee worked first as an industrial nurse clinician and then as a staff nurse in critical care at Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center. Success continued to follow Myung-Hee as she was promoted to a clinical nurse specialist, then met and married her husband, and moved with him to Lansing, Michigan, where he was studying for his PhD in physics. While there she taught at both Michigan State University and Lansing Community College, so the community college experience is not new to her. She and her husband then moved to Rochester where he went for post-doctoral work and she continued her work as a nurse educator at Highland Hospital. They then moved to Long Island where her husband was offered a position at Brookhaven Lab and she at Stony Brook University Hospital, where she worked

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Adjunct Update by Cynthia Eaton

FA Adjunct Website• : The adjunct section of the FA website has been significantly revised to help you better find the answers to your questions. What was once a single page with 15 topics is now an entire section devoted just to adjunct issues, concerns, and questions. A wealth of information is now available about NORA forms; course or work assignments; teaching and professional issues; technology and instructional support; pay, evaluation, and promotion; and your due process and the grievance process. Please take a moment to review our new and improved adjunct website and let us know if you have questions not yet listed there. The nascent Adjunct Committee is committed to maintaining and updating this site so we need your input!

Executive Council Meetings: • All of the FA Executive Council (EC) meetings are open to the membership. Normally scheduled for the second Thursday of every month at 3:30 p.m., adjuncts are encouraged to attend, as we have several EC Rep vacancies for adjuncts. The EC works collectively to shape policy for the FA, and EC Reps work individually to keep their constituents informed and to voice constituent concerns to the EC as a whole.

NORA Dates & Deadlines

Here are the upcoming deadlines for submitting your NORA forms on time.

Summer 2008 Rounds 1-4

1 2 3 4NORA Forms Available Feb. 11 Mar. 5 Apr. 1 Apr. 23Your Requests Due Feb. 20 Mar. 10 Apr. 11 Apr. 24Assignments Posted Feb. 27 Mar. 12 Apr. 18 Apr. 28Your Accept/Decline Due Mar. 4 Mar. 19 Apr. 22 May 9

Fall 2008 All Courses

NORA Forms Available Mar. 3Your Requests Due Mar. 31Assignments Posted Apr. 18Your Accept/Decline Due May 9

Adjunct Lockers: • The last round of negotiations resulted in the college’s agreement to deliver lockers to all three campuses for adjunct use so you will have a secure place to store your belongings while in class. The list below indicates where lockers have already arrived on all three campuses. To use the locker, simply bring your own padlock and please remember to empty your locker on a daily basis so that others may use it as well.

Ammerman Campus

Islip Arts I1B yes Kreiling Hall M108 yes Riverhead R324A/R331 yes Smithtown T100 yes Southampton H127 yes H206 not yet

Eastern Campus

Orient O117 yes Shinnecock S119 yes

Grant Campus

Caumsett H220E yes Hlth/Sports/Ed MA209 yes Sagtikos S220 yes

Sayville Center

Sayville E130 not yet

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‘Tis the Season―the Political One, That Is!

by Kevin Peterman

Every few months or so I try to explain that as a taxpayer-financed community college, we need to constantly educate our elected officials on both the county and state levels. Just last week, I was reminded how important that is when I was chatting with Assemblywoman Ginny Fields at a function. As some of you might remember, Fields started out as a Suffolk County Legislator. She said, “I’m still grateful for the education the FA provided me with regarding how the college is funded.” Then she added, “The goal is 1/3 from the state, 1/3 from the county and 1/3 from the students.” So you see it does pay off. Now that elected officials are scrambling to adjust to a downturn in the economy, it is even more important that we continue to educate our elected officials. Last month, Governor Spitzer unveiled his 2008 budget and claimed that there will be a $4 billion shortfall in revenue. He called for budget reductions across the board. Specifically, he called for a $50 reduction in FTE state aid for community colleges. Later this month, FA leaders will head to Albany as part of NYSUT’s Higher Ed Lobby Day. This is where SUNY, CUNY, and community college union leaders educate our elected officials about the necessity to increase aid and the need to invest in education. Two weeks later we will return to Albany as part of NYSUT’s Committee of 100. There we will join all of NYSUT’s locals from K-12, healthcare and higher ed to reiterate the need to invest in the future So how can you help? Two ways immediately come to mind:

When we ask you to go to the NYSUT web site 1. to contact your elected officials, please do so.

The more long-term approach is to increase 2. your voluntary VOTE/COPE payroll deduction by $1 per paycheck or, if you are not already contributing, sign up to contribute $5 per paycheck for VOTE/COPE.

If you need more information on VOTE/COPE, please go to http://www.fascc.org/VC.pdf.

immersion of the experience from both teenage and staff points of view. She was hired full time in July and is extremely excited to become a member of our community. When not teaching and prepping, Alyssa loves the city, particularly attending Off Broadway shows. She also maintains her passion for the outdoors, and in the summer can be found kayaking, hiking and backpacking throughout Long Island as well as upstate. As mentioned earlier, Alyssa is currently ABD. Actually, she plans to defend her dissertation this spring, so stop by, say hi, and wish her the best.

for seven years as a clinical nurse specialist in critical care. Here at Suffolk, Myung-Hee feels like she has come back home to teaching, particularly in the college environment in which she excels. One of her most unique assets is her understanding of diversity and its role, particularly in the field of nursing. While in Rochester, she implemented a successful diversity program, and she carries those ideals into the classroom. She told me how she brings attention to cultural competency, which involves the ways different people communicate. Too often there is a focus solely on the medical issues without consideration of the cultural aspects of care. Her enthusiasm on this topic is contagious, and she offers an enlightening approach to her field. As Myung-Hee guides our students intellectually, emotionally, and even physically for the rigors of their chosen field, she does it with expertise and passion, and is truly an asset to her department as well as the entire college community.

New Member: Alyssa Kauffmancontinued from page 7

New Member: Myung-Hee Pakcontinued from page 7

Eastern Campus adjunct Mike Confusione offers more good reasons

to give to VOTE/COPE on page 1.

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Top 10 Reasons to Join the FA

10. Sip Fair Trade coffee, munch on Fair Trade chocolate and chat about social justice in the FA conference room.

9. Shape your own work environment. Show your commitment to your workplace.

8. Members can serve on FA committees, which you can put on your A Form.

7. You’d be eligible to run for EC representative or officer; if elected you’d have something even more impressive to put on your A Form―and give you even more reason to drink Fair Trade coffee. 6. Improve the quality of education at SCCC by improving your working conditions.

5. We know where you live.

4. Vote early and vote often in FA elections.

3. Learn the lyrics to union folks songs! Teach your kids!

2. You’re paying dues anyway.

And the #1 reason to join the FA. . .

1. It’s the right thing to do.

While the most SCCC faculty think that they belong to the FA because they see an FA deduction on their pay stubs, unless you have signed a membership form and a voter registration form, you are not a member; you are a fee payer.

So, to clear up the confusion (and at no additional cost), here are ten reasons to join the FA.

Convinced? Contact Anita in the Faculty Association office by email ([email protected]), by phone (451-4151), or by foot (Southampton Building 224J) to obtain the proper forms.

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