NFM Chicago Chapter Meeting: Sat Feb 16,

…Got chapter? Want one? Tell us about it. Calling all Chicago area PTF, contingent faculty, precarious knowledge workers, Curtis Keyes, Jr (curtis.keyes@newfacultymajority.info) writes...

Hello NFM Chicago Colleagues,

I hope the new year is off to a good start for all of you. Based on the majority response, we will meet on Saturday, Feburary 16 at 6-8 at Rock Bottom Restaurant at 1 West Grand Ave on the corner of State Street and Grand in the Loop. We will pull tables together, order appetizers and meet.

#NFM a strong voice for #ContingentFaculty @ 3rd #CFHE Gathering

Despite possible impressions to the contrary, the New Faculty Majority was well represented, highly visible and a strong voice to make adjunct and contingent issues a priority at the Third National Gathering (left) of the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE), hosted by the Michigan Conference AAUP in Ypsilanti, Michigan May 18-20. 

Gary Rhoades including New Faculty Majority Foundation board membership in his Saturday morning introduction signaled our presence, further highlighted by a highly visible NFM presence that included active participation and presentations: President Maria Maisto, VP Matt Williams (right), Treasurer Bill Lipkin, Board Member Alan Trevithick, Esther S. Merves, the Foundation’s Director of Research and Special Programs, and member Daniel Maxey. Additionally, members of NFM’s Board of Advisors, Elizabeth Hoffman,  Associate Vice President,  Lecturers, California Faculty Association, and Richard Moser, of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, were also heard in support of a strong and continuing focus on contingency.