Join in the Day of Action!

Get organized. There's strength in numbers. Help push back the tide on the attack on working men and women in New Jersey.

Be a part of the blue school on April 25th from 12 - 1 p.m. starting at Amphitheater with a Solidarity Walk around campus followed by lunch.  RSVP on our Facebook event page.

Board of Trustees Statement

Preceding last Thursday night’s Board of Trustees meeting, there were tuition hearings, as required by law. Students were given the chance to speak to the Board to say how tuition directly affects their lives. They signed up to speak and were called in order. Halfway through the hearing, the signup sheet was taken away and never returned, so a couple of students didn’t get a chance to sign up. Clearly hearing from the students was a perfunctory matter to the Trustees, and when the original list of signed-up finished, the Board moved on.

I would have expected them to ask the audience if there was anyone else who wanted to speak. They did not. I spoke up to let the Board know that there were still students who wanted to be heard. They ignored me. Then I was called to make my scheduled monthly statement. As I walked to the podium, I told the Board how disappointed I was in their behavior, and that they could certainly make the time for every student voice to be heard.

In nearly 20 years of attending Trustee meetings, I have never seen such disregard of students, and I said so before I started my statement, which can be found by clicking here.     

  

In Solidarity 

Rich Wolfson
President, AFT Local 1904

Librarian Range Adjustment Program

AFT Local 1904 is pleased to announce that we have reached agreement with the University on the implementation of a "Range Adjustment Program for Full-Time Librarians."  For the complete text of the agreement, click here or go to the Contracts tab on the AFT Local 1904's website. 

The text of the agreement details: the criteria to be met, the eligibility requirements, the content of an application, and the review process. Most importantly, full-time Librarians who are eligible must apply by May 1, 2012.

Congrats to the Outstanding Academic Advisors

Join with AFT Local 1904 in congratulating the winners of the Montclair State University Outstanding Academic Advising Awards. Sponsored by the Center for Advising and Student Transitions (CAST), this program annually recognizes the outstanding work and excellence in the area of academic advising, advising administration, and faculty advising. 

The 2011-2012 award winners are:

• Academic Advising Administrator: Ms.Charity Dacey, Director of Teacher Education Admissions and Retention, Center of Pedagogy 
• Academic Advisor (Primary Role): Ms. Denise Rodak, Coordinator of Veteran and Military Resources, Center for Advising and Student Transitions
• Faculty Advisor: David Middlemas, Associate Professor, Exercise Science and Physical Education