Dear Colleagues, Attached are two university policies currently under review through the University Policy Committee. Members are asked to review these and send any comments to kmkielar@buffalo.edu by Wednesday, November 9th. In Solidarity, Ken KernChapter PresidentUUP Buffalo Center Ethics PolicyNaming Policy and Attachments
Category: Academics
Academic employees (as opposed to Professional employees) represented by the UUP.
Dear Colleagues, Recently, the 2022 Stanford University study was released and the following UUP Buffalo Center Chapter Members were ranked among all UB researchers (living/deceased, across all disciplines). Lead by Deborah Chung who was ranked #1, the following is the list of UUP Members and their respective rankings: 1. Deborah Chung (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering) 5. […]
Dear Colleagues, In follow up to the General Membership Meeting of last month, the UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is currently looking for Members to become more involved with the Chapter. There are both immediate and long-range plans for continuing and improving the work of the UUP Buffalo Center Chapter, focusing on ensuring the terms and conditions […]
Dear Colleagues, At our most recent Formal Labor Management Meeting, concerns were brought to the attention of the administration regarding university exclusions to the Article 49 Provision. The UUP Buffalo Center was pleased to be informed late last week that “…the Provost has approved a change to UB’s implementation of the Article 49 provision. Beginning […]
Dear Colleagues: I am happy to report a major legislative win that was spearheaded by your union, UUP, at the end of the legislative session. UUP’s advocacy has led to the passage in the State Senate and State Assembly of S8389C & A9523B. This legislation will be an incredible benefit for our contingent and adjunct members. This bill […]
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IDA Update
Dear Colleagues, The UB Individual Development Award (IDA) committee received notice that the final approvals from NYS GOER will be completed this week. Award letters will be sent out soon after we get the approvals. The committee would like to express our apologies for the delays due to the added GOER approval process. In Solidarity, […]
Dear Colleagues, Online Program Management (OPM) providers are a growing segment of service providers that work with colleges and universities globally to take new academic programs online. Online program offerings continue to evolve and expand across SUNY. Attached are two documents with regards to OPM’s. One is a Tip Sheet in which CATT was instrumental […]
Dear Colleagues, After the university ran the compression analysis for this year, your Buffalo Center Chapter learned that all clinical faculty had erroneously been excluded. This impacted almost 200 of our members. The Chapter worked with the university and had a new run done for everyone in that title. Earlier this week, clinical faculty who […]
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COACHE Survey
Dear Colleagues, Your UUP Buffalo Center Chapter is encouraging all full-time faculty to complete the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) survey. A recent UB Now article on the COACHE Survey can be found at: https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2022/02/coache.html Faculty staff should have received an e-mail with your unique link to the survey. If you do not see it in […]
Dear Colleagues, Please see the following update on your upcoming contract negotiations from Statewide President Fred Kowal and Chief Negotiator Bret Benjamin. Additional town halls have been scheduled based on position: Dear Colleagues, Over the last couple of weeks, we sent emails to our widest membership list with information about the upcoming negotiations constituency town […]