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Faculty Welfare Committee

Work Life Integration—Designing a Meaningful Career for Faculty and Staff

The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Faculty Welfare Committee invite all faculty and staff to participate in an interactive workshop on work-life integration on Wednesday, January 11, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Franz 120. Faculty and staff are the most prized and creative assets of any higher education institution. Yet over the past three years public health, enrollment challenges, and faculty and staff transitions  have increased the strain on faculty and staff, impacting morale and job satisfaction. In this multi-part, interactive workshop faculty will discuss several case studies, conduct a personal and professional inventory, and outline steps to take to achieve short-and long-term goals towards planning for a more intentional and meaningful career.  

Seats are still available so please RSVP to Terry Favero (favero@up.edu) to save a space.

Faculty Welfare Committee Call for Issues

The Faculty Welfare Committee meets this week and welcomes issues from faculty, according to committee chair Bill Barnes.

The Faculty Welfare Committee is the official vehicle whereby policies concerning faculty salary, fringe benefits, and working conditions are to be brought to the University administration. It serves as a negotiating team to work directly with the administrative offices on areas of interest to the entire faculty, and assists faculty members in cases where a particular faculty member might have a problem which does not seem to be taken care of through regular channels.

The Committee’s role in handling any matters brought before it under this consideration will be:

  • To inform the faculty member of all the usual channels open to him/her
  • To improve communication (if necessary, to bring the parties together for a better understanding of the situation)
  • To see if correct procedures and processes are followed and that a report, when appropriate, is made to the Senate.

Faculty who would like the committee’s assistance are asked to contact any member:

 

Committee On Faculty Welfare Survey

more copy1Faculty members who have not had a chance to respond to the Committee on Faculty Welfare’s survey about issues and areas of concern still have time to do so—the timeline for submitting feedback has been extended until Monday, January 26. The survey is available at http://tinyurl.com/pxyecd5. Survey responses are completely anonymous; faculty may also omit any questions they prefer not to answer. The Committee on Faculty Welfare is gathering this information so they can speak with the administration on behalf of the UP faculty.

For more information contact Tamar More, committee chair, at more@up.edu.

Faculty, we need your feedback!

more-copy1The University is asking faculty to complete two surveys.

The Committee on Faculty Welfare requests feedback from UP faculty about issues and areas of concern. They can speak with the administration on behalf of the UP faculty. Please respond to the following anonymous survey by Friday, December 19:

https://uportland.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eDNOR12i7u5W17f

For more information, please contact Tamar More, physics, at more@up.edu or 7163.

The Ad-hoc Committee on Student Evaluations requests feedback from faculty about online end-of-semester course evaluations as well thoughts on student evaluations in general. The survey has 24 core questions (fourteen multiple choice and ten short answer) and two demographic questions. All questions are optional and responses are anonymous. The survey will close Thursday, December 18 at 4 p.m.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CourseEvalSurvey

For questions or comments, please contact Aaron Wootton, mathematics, at wootton@up.edu or 7377 or Ross Hanig, business, at hanig@up.edu or 7424.

Faculty Welfare Committee Seeking Feedback

more copy1The Committee on Faculty Welfare requests feedback from UP faculty about issues and areas of concern. The committee is gathering information in order to speak with the administration on behalf of the UP faculty. Please respond to the following anonymous survey by Friday, December 19: http://tinyurl.com/plpzqmt.

Those who have questions about the survey are asked to contact committee chair Tamar More, physics, at more@up.edu.

Next Faculty Welfare Committee Meeting on October 30

more copy1The Faculty Welfare Committee’s next meeting is on Thursday, October 30, according to chair Tamar More, physics. The Faculty Welfare Committee is the official vehicle whereby policies concerning faculty salary, fringe benefits, and working conditions are to be brought to the University administration. The committee serves as a negotiating team to work directly with the administrative offices on areas of interest to the entire faculty, and assists faculty members in cases where a particular faculty member might have a problem which does not seem to be taken care of through regular channels.
For committee assistance please contact any member:  Tamar More (more@up.edu),   Ken Kleszynski (kkleszyn@up.edu), Mindi Logan (logan@up.edu), Stephanie Michel (michel@up.edu),  and Barbara Braband (braband@up.edu).

 

Faculty Welfare Meetings

more copy1The Faculty Welfare Committee has two meetings coming up, according to committee chair Tamar More, physics. The committee will meet on Tuesday, April 1 with president-elect Fr. Mark Poorman, C.S.C., for a general conversation regarding faculty priorities and concerns. On Thursday, April 3, the committee will meet with Tom Greene, Bobbi Lindahl, and Matt Baasten to discuss UP’s summer program and scheduling issues.

If you have concerns, suggestions, or comments for the committee, please contact any member: Tamar More (more@up.edu), Mike Eom (Eom@up.edu), Lara Trout (Trout@up.edu), Caroline Mann (mann@up.edu), Ken Kleszynski (kkleszyn@up.edu), and Barbara Braband (braband@up.edu).

Faculty Welfare Committee Meeting, Feb. 4

more copy1The Faculty Welfare Committee’s next meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 4, according to committee chair Tamar More, physics. The committee welcomes issues from faculty; in particular, at this meeting they will be discussing the faculty handbook, senate by laws, and other topics. Any concerns, suggestions, or comments regarding summer classes, or any other matter, can be brought before the committee by contacting any member: Tamar More, Mike Eom, Lara Trout, Caroline Mann, Ken Kleszynski, or Barbara Braband. An anonymous site for submitting information and suggestions for the faculty handbook can be found at https://pilots.up.edu/ group/facstaff/faculty-handbook.

Faculty Welfare Committee

more copyThe Faculty Welfare Committee’s next meeting will take place on Monday, December 2, according to committee chair Tamar More, physics. The committee welcomes issues from faculty; in particular, at this meeting they will be discussing UP’s summer program. Any concerns, suggestions, or comments regarding summer classes, or any other matter, can be brought before the committee by contacting any member: Tamar More, Mike Eom, Lara Trout, Caroline Mann, Ken Kleszynski, or Barbara Braband.

Faculty Welfare Committee Meeting, Nov. 11

staff & faculty portraitsThe Faculty Welfare Committee’s next meeting is on Monday, November 11, according to Tamar More, physics. University provost Tom Greene will be joining attendees at this meeting, and members welcome issues from faculty.

The Faculty Welfare Committeee is the official vehicle whereby policies concerning faculty salary, fringe benefits and working conditions are to be brought to the University administration, and serves as a negotiating team to work directly with the administrative offices on areas of interest to the entire faculty. The committee assists faculty members in cases where a particular faculty member might have a problem which does not seem to be taken care of through the regular channels.

The Committee’s role in handling any matters brought to it under this consideration will be:

  • To inform the faculty member of all the usual channels open to him/her
  • To improve communication (if necessary, to bring the parties together for a better understanding of the situation)
  • To see if correct procedures and processes are followed and that a report, when appropriate, is made to the Senate.

Faculty who would like the committee’s assistance may contact any member: Tamar More, Mike Eom, Lara Trout, Caroline Mann, Ken Kleszynski, and Barbara Braband.