3/15/2022

Dear FSU Members,

We thought the following Webinar is particularly relevant to UMB.  It looks like a significant opportunity – and is free!

FSU

3/14/2022

In past years, many UMB staff, faculty and students have enjoyed visiting the State House on the annual Spring Advocacy Day organized by PHENOM (Public Higher Ed Network of Massachusetts). PHENOM needs our help this year to move a critical piece of legislation reported out of committee by April 4^th. S829/H1339, An Act to Guarantee Debt-Free Public Higher Education,” would guarantee every Massachusetts resident has a right to a public higher education free of tuition, fees, and student debt and covers all MA public higher ed institutions, including UMB.

3/11/2022

Dear FSU member,

Voting for the President, Tenured Faculty, Pre-Tenure Faculty, Non-Tenure Track Faculty, and Librarian Representative elections closed this morning at 9AM, and the election results are in.  

Congratulations to your new FSU Executive Committee members:

President:                                                 Caroline Coscia

Tenured Representatives:                          Brian White

       Sana Haroon

Pre-Tenure Representative:                       Chris Barcelos

3/11/2022

Dear FSU Member, 

We are providing you with a couple of updates. 

Pay Raises:  Our pay raise funding was included in Governor Baker’s February 18th Supplemental Budget request. The request is before the state legislature for debate (not for our funding but executive branch initiatives). Hopefully the legislature will vote shortly, the governor will sign and then our Human Resources can begin the process of member payment. 

3/10/2022

Dear FSU members, 

Voting in the FSU Elections will conclude at 9:00AM, Friday 3/11. If you would like to observe the counting of votes, we will be holding a Zoom session starting at 10:00 AM tomorrow:

 (contact FSU or Steve Striffler for Zoom information).

This will be the first time the committee is opening the election ballots, so it may take the system some time to compile.