This includes people at Las Cruces main campus, and the NMSU community colleges: Carlsbad, Grants, Alamogordo and the Doña Ana Community College.We invite participation of full-time tenured, tenure-eligible faculty; both full and part-time non-tenure track faculty; graduate student workers, professional employees who are exempt, and department heads that also teach.
October 29 - The Next Open Meeting of the Chapter.
There will be a meeting for all interested faculty on Friday, October 29th at A Taste of India 1001 E University Ave. We’ll gather at 3:00 for informal socializing. Starting at 4:00, we will have brief presentations discussing the history of both NMSU-AAUP and current campus issues. Then we will focus on members’ concerns. We hope all of our current campus members can be present, plus anyone interested in joining or just finding out more about us. If you are planning to attend, please RSVP to info@nmsuaaup.org to help us get a count for food and tables. Drop-ins are always welcome.
January-February 2010
Challenge and Transform
Graduate Student Labor and the Universtiy's future.
An Interview with NLRB Chair Wilma B. Liebman
Special Feature: Housework Is an Academic Issue
It's room 121 O'Donnell Hall usuallly Mondays 2:30-3:45PM for Steering Meeting on Oct 18th
Nov 1st
Nov 15th
Dec 6th
Feb 25th 2011- State AAUP Conference for New Mexico in Albuquerque. Plan is a round trip bus trip from Las Cruces. Our State Conference would piggy back with the NM Higher Education Conference. Exact date and time of state conference TBA.
The AAUP Shared Governance Conference and Workshops, November 12–14 in Washington, DC. Conference and Workshops on Shared Governance
In these days of budget cuts and drastic actions at many universities, maintaining the faculty's role in decision making and shared governance is more important than ever. That's why the AAUP will host a conference on shared governance on November 12-14, 2010, in Washington, D.C. This new conference will be a combination of training workshops for governance leaders and those aspiring to positions of leadership, as well as sessions consisting of paper presentations exploring all aspects of college and university governance. Submit a proposal. (8/2)
2010 Summer Institute Training for NMSU AAUP members held July 29-Aug 1 at San Diego State University. There is funding for about 10 people to go to this training in leadership skills, faculty advocacy, policy, collective bargaining, etc. see http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/about/events/SI.htm for more info. Email info@nmsuaaup.org if you would like to attend the next one in 2011 on behalf of Las Cruces main campus and NMSU community colleges: Carlsbad, Grants, Alamogordo and the Doña Ana.
Plan of action - Liaison Council: We encourage volunteers at the following locations: Las Cruces Main Campus and NMSU community colleges: Carlsbad, Grants, Alamogordo and Doña Ana to join our action. We intend to have one member of the Liaison Council from each department (or division) of each campus location. See email tree. The Liaison member will do informal information outreach to just the members of their own department (one by one) and send email (or hand out printed flyers) to them (if they choose to do so). This way we have a way to talk one-on-one, answer questions, and a way to find out the key issues that concern faculty, academic professional, and graduate students. Contact liaison@nmsuaaup.org Please Join and Take Action!
Why an independent faculty voice matters:
A Forum on the Status of Shared Governance,Tenure, & Academic Freedom
"Vital Issue: Protecting the Faculty Voice on Campus," click on this link: 