by Jaclyn Pittsley, President and Daniel Harms, VP for Academics – SUNY Cortland Chapter of UUP’s bylaws are in need of amendment and revision! Our chapter bylaws govern our campus structure and they describe the functions of our local campus organization. The chapter bylaws have not been amended in many years and are seriously out […]
by Karla Alwes, Distinguished Teaching Professor, English Department – Because there are so many protests to be made against the Trump administration, we may be forgiven not to have noticed a current trend in education funding that needs to be included in the growing slate of protests. Since the shockingly farcical idea to decimate funding […]
In my role as Chapter President, during the last six months, I have served as a confidant to those who’ve been subject to treatment by others that requires me to remind folks of our commitment to excellence, solidarity, and mindfulness. SUNY Cortland is one of the finest institutions in public higher education, and it pains […]
Contributed by Denise D. Knight, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita, English Department, and Noralyn Masselink, Professor, English Department – As part of The Cortland Cause’s Spotlight on Course Teacher Evaluations Years ago, when our careers were in their infancy, a colleague in our department confided that he never assigned a paper grade lower than a B. […]
Contributed by Sean Dunn, graduate assistant for Recreation, Park and Leisure Studies – A student coalition calling for a ban on the sale of single-use plastic water bottles on Cortland’s campus has gathered more than 650 signatures over the course of the fall semester. Under the leadership of Cortland graduate students Olivia Terry and Sean […]
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SUNY Cortland Members Traveled to Downstate Campus on Friday, March 24 to rally for much needed operational funding for our members in union. Despite graduating more physicians than any other college in the State of New York, Downstate has been left in need by our government. Visit UUPinfo.org to learn more.
Chief Negotiator for UUP Bret Benjamin (Albany) visited Cortland on July 21 to present highlights for the new tentative agreement. Please watch your mail and email for information regarding the online voting process of ratification. You should see something by August 17.
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