A member who was on their department’s Summer/Winter priority list for teaching was not rehired for Fall/Spring. The Administration asserted that as a result of not being rehired for Fall/Spring, they were not obligated to give the member courses for Summer/Winter. The FSU asserted that Fall/Spring appointments and non-reappointments must be treated separately from a member’s rights under the contract to have courses assigned in Summer/Winter per the priority list.

A member received notice that a public records request had been submitted from a source outside of UMB ("Defending Education") seeking the content of UMB emails spanning several months and containing specific words to and from the member (

The FSU filed two grievances on behalf of members who were denied tenure. In both cases, the FSU asserted that procedural violations had occurred in regards to faculty primary roles in academic and personnel matters. Specifically, the Provost’s decision ran counter to the recommendations at all prior levels of review. In one case, the administration agreed to redo the tenure review utilizing the proper procedures and the member was awarded tenure with the promotion being retroactive to 9/1/25.