UUP Cortland Chapter

Monthly Communication Highlights
UUP Cortland Chapter | October 2026                  Website: https://uuphost.org/cortland/

October Schedule of Events: 

Board/Executive Board Meetings:
Monday, October 5, 2026:       L/M Prep
Tuesday, October 13, 2026:    Members’ Forum & Executive Board Meeting
Monday, October 19, 2026:     L/M Meeting
Monday, October 26,2026:      Executive Officers’ Meeting

Open Houses:
Friday, October 16, 2026: 9:00am – 11:00am, Chapter Office, 001 Moffett Center
Thursday, October 29, 2026: 8:30am – 10:30am, Chapter Office, 001 Moffett Center

Union Matters:
Monday, October 19, 2026: 11:30am – 1:00pm, Corey Union, Fireplace Lounge.

LRS Chris Sielaff will give a presentation about the Benefits of the new UUP agreement. The workshop will cover Compensation, Health insurance, Working Conditions and Benefits and Protections

Retirees Brunch:
The retirees’ brunch will take place on Thursday, October 22^nd from 10:30am to 2:00pm.  It will be held at the CNY Living History Museum on route 11 in Cortland. The presenter is John Gurche, a renowned American Paleo artist.

Delegate Assembly:
The Fall UUP Delegate Assembly is on October 9th & 10^th at the Albany Hilton in Albany, NY. 

Campus Equity Week:
On Wednesday, October 28^th at 12:00pm we will hold a combination Union Matters/ Contingent faculty forum. Please rsvp or email to Cortland@uupmail.org. Celebrate the diverse work of our contingent faculty and professionals from October 20^th through October 31^st.  

AFSP Charity Hockey game:
The game takes place on Friday, November 6th. It starts at 7:00pm.

UUP Office Closed:
The Chapter office will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2026.

Monthly Communication Highlights
UUP Cortland Chapter | August2026                Website: https://uuphost.org/cortland/

August Schedule of Events: 

Meetings:
Monday, August 10, 2026: Members’ Forum & Executive Board Meeting
Wednesday, August 26, 2026: UUP Kickoff Reception: Noon to 2:00pm – Corey Union
Monday, August 31, 2026: L/M Prep – 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Virtual

Fall kickoff Reception:

Wednesday, August 26, 2026: UUP Kickoff Reception: Noon to 2:00pm – Corey Union Steps or Corey Union First Floor if raining.

 Open Houses:

Tuesday, August 11, 2026: Open House 11:30am – 1:30pm 001/ Moffett Ctr. (Chap. Off.)
Friday, August 28, 2026: Open House 9:00am – 11:00am /001 Moffett Ctr. (Chap. Off.)

SAVE THE DATES:
 UUP FALL KICKOFF PICNIC: September 3^rd
 at Yaman Park from 3:00pm – 6:00pm

LABOR DAY PARADE: September 7^th at the NYS FAIRGROUNDS
If you would like to participate, please contact the UUP office at Cortland@uupmail.org for more information.

STATEWIDE UPCOMING EVENTS

***We will be offering virtual Members Only Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Clinics on the following dates:***

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM via Zoom
Tuesday, January 13, 2026 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM via Zoom
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM via Zoom

To attend one of the virtual Members Only Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Clinics, you must pre-register here: http://go.aft.org/StudentDebtClinicRSVP. From the “student debt clinic” drop down menu, please select the UUP clinic that you are interested in attending – they are labeled “UUP [Virtual Student Debt Clinic] [date] [time].” In the affiliate field, type in the full name of our local (United University Professions), and it will autofill after a few keystrokes.

Registration is first-come, first-serve, and we must cap attendance for a single clinic at 125 participants to ensure that we are able to provide maximum assistance to attendees. Registration will close 48 hours prior to the virtual clinic.

***UUP’s popular monthly Pre-Retirement Workshops are scheduled for December 15th and December 17th, 2025.***

The part 1 workshop will take place on Monday, December 15, 2025, at 12:00pm which will cover Healthcare/Medicare.

The part 2 workshop will take place on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 12:00pm which will cover union benefits (dental & vision)

You may take these workshops as many times as you like as the information is rather complex especially with Medicare and feel free to have your spouse/partner attend with you.  Also, you can take these two workshops in any order as they don’t depend on each other. For this and other UUP programing information go to the UUP Events Calendar  https://uupinfo.org/calendar/

You will need to register for the workshops, and a Zoom link is sent the day before the workshop to the email address that you register under.

To register for the December pre-retirement workshop’s, use this link: https://forms.gle/L6zL8MUyyaj9737VA

***UUP know your benefits webinar***

“Warm Up with Benefits” UUP’s Know Your Negotiated Benefits webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at 12:00pm.

Learn all about UUP’s extensive benefits package and other discounted services.

Please use the link to register: https://forms.gle/UysbfEzjHohF6Hsh9

Did you know……..

Your UUP contract expires in 2026?
UUP would like to know what is important to you?

AT SUNY Cortland….

An in-person Contract Negotiation Discussion Session will be available on
Tuesday, September 30^th from 12:00pm to 1:00pm in Fireplace Lounge, Corey Union.

Please come and join in the discussion. Let us know what is concerning you and what you would like to see in the next contract. Members of the UUP negotiation team want to hear from you.

RSVP:   Answer here 

Please bring your own bagged lunch to the meeting.

AUGUST SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: CORTLAND CHAPTER

Monday, August 4, 2025: L/M Prep
Monday, August 11, 2025: Members’ Forum & Executive Board Meeting
Monday, August 18, 2025: L/M Meeting
Monday, August 25,2025:     Executive Officers’ Meeting
Wed., August 27, 2025: Virtual Informational Listening Tour. Please register using  this registration link.  Meeting starts at 4:00pm. It is also extremely important to fill out the contract survey

Friday, August 29,2025: UUP Open House 10:00am – 12:00pm in Park Center Lobby

SAVE THE DATE:
UUP Welcome Back Picnic, September 12^th from 4pm – 7pm at Yaman Park