shout out to #adjunct #trailblazers: @AndrewR_Physics #EMUFT @3rdLWW

…there are more "adjunct trail blazers" to shout out...and we will try to do just that. To mention just a few, both Annette M. Rodriguez' #WeAreNNMC (also dba @Alacranita) and the UA Convergence campaigns are models for aspiring adjunct activist groups Covered extensively, they deserve separate overview posts…time/energy permitting, they will get them.

In the meantime, the precarious faculty network would like The three in the title recently hit my digital field of vision windshield recently: here's a quick shout out plus links for you to follow and support them. PS there's a video at the end...for dessert.

• Andrew Robinson faces obstacles and a long fight as the first Carleton University contract instructor to try to convert to a FT position per Clause 27.3 of the Collective Agreement. Since applying, administration has isolated him from the department by threatening a TT line. Andrew writes, ❝If I can establish a precedent, then others will be able to follow at our university, but I expect max resistance.❞ He will persevere. We can support him by following and commenting on his blog (also on our blogroll) and @AndrewR_Physics on Twitter

A Season for Heroes: Keith Hoeller

Good news is always welcome. We don't always see as much of it as we'd like. Today we have a double dose. First, Melissa Brunings-Matteau is current Adjunct Hero (so far the only one with multiple nominations) at the Education of Oronte Churm. Now, Jack Longmate has great news about Keith Hoeller. It's a season for heroes (there's Sissy Bradford too). Jack, no slouch in that department himself, writes, 

I've just learned that Keith Hoeller has been recognized for the Distinguished Faculty Awards at Green River Community College in Auburn, WA.  This is the first time in 27 years that a Green River adjunct has been so recognized.

On this list, we know Keith Hoeller as a dedicated activist and gifted writer, who  publishes often, not just in the higher ed literature, but to the layman and the legislator as editorials in daily newspapers. 


But this award recognizes his teaching too. Keith's students have nominated him for this award on four occasions. Some of the comments in his nomination packet are from students and some from fellow faculty. It is gratifying to read how Keith's teaching has changed people's lives.

Petition Junction & Hat Tips to Heroes

 Let us know about petitions we missed & other individual small steps. Help all these along by clicking down the list (the convenience of one stop clicking), taking notice, remembering them, sending them out on the social media of your choice, encouraging friends and colleagues to support them... starting your own. Need help?

Check & click Petition Junction. Do you have an adjunct or higher ed petition? Send us the link to add to our list. Plus, adjunct heroes get a hat tip here too ~ 

• NEW this week: New Faculty Majority petitions Texas A&M University at San Antonio: Reinstate Fired Adjunct Professor Sissy Bradford, presented by NFM VP Matt Williams.
• Ana Maria Tamayo Fores' Adjunct Pay Petition and her monumental persistence inspired me to start this project.