Best known as the person who returned order and safety to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, retired Army Lt. General Russel Honoré will deliver the keynote address at the 50th annual Louisiana Federation of Teachers’ convention in Alexandria on Monday, November 25.
Miller Announces eForum on Adjunct Faculty in Higher Education
Members of the MVCC Professional Association and the MVCC Adjunct and Part-time Association attended a statewide gathering of educators in Cooperstown, November 8-10. Front: Paul Halko, Kevin Siembab, and Jerry Brown. Rear: Justin Rahn, Norma Chrisman, Patti Antanavige, Maryanne Taverne, Marie Czarnecki, Mike Henningsen, Kay Chester, and Alison Doughtie.
Community college educators from all around New York State gathered in Cooperstown November 8-10 for a weekend of learning and networking organized by NYSUT. Among those were representatives of our local, President Kay Chester and Negotiating Team members Jerry Brown and Maryanne Taverne. In addition to attending a number of informative workshops and seminars, they met with MVCC colleagues from the Professional Association as well as colleagues from other adjunct and part-time locals around the state.
President Kay Chester and Negotiating Team member Maryanne Taverne accepted our new union's charter at the NYSUT Regional Leadership Conference in Alexandria Bay on October 5. The conference was attended by 170 NYSUT leaders, who joined unanimously in a standing ovation of welcome and congratulations for our new local.
November 18, 2013
Dear brothers and sisters,
On Friday, you may have received an e-mail entitled “Know Your Options” from the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI). In it, IPI claims to be a “non-partisan policy research organization” that is “here to help you.”
This ostensibly caring e-mail was sent from a vicious wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Members of the MVCC Professional Association and the MVCC Adjunct and Part-time Association attended a statewide gathering of educators in Cooperstown, November 8-10. Front: Paul Halko, Kevin Siembab, and Jerry Brown. Rear: Justin Rahn, Norma Chrisman, Patti Antanavige, Maryanne Taverne, Marie Czarnecki, Mike Henningsen, Kay Chester, and Alison Doughtie.
Community College educators from all around New York State gathered in Cooperstown November 8-10 for a weekend of learning and networking organized by NYSUT. Among those were representatives of our local, President Kay Chester and Negotiating Team members Jerry Brown and Maryanne Taverne. In addition to attending a number of informative workshops and seminars, they met with MVCC colleagues from the Professional Association as well as colleagues from other adjunct and part-time locals around the state.
President Kay Chester and Negotiating Team member Maryanne Taverne accepted our new union's AFT charter at the NYSUT Regional Leadership Conference in Alexandria Bay on October 5. The conference was attended by 170 NYSUT leaders, who joined unanimously in a standing ovation of welcome and congratulations for our new local.
