The 2010 Ohio Conference AAUP Annual Meeting will be April 16th – 17th at the Columbus Airport Marriott. Please book your hotel room at www.marriott.com.

2010 Ohio Conference AAUP Annual Meeting Agenda and Registration Form

Every July the AAUP conducts a Summer Institute that trains faculty in advocacy strategies, financial analysis, media relations, and bargaining techniques. Scheduled by our Department of Organizing and Services, the institute also offers seminars on current issues in higher education. It is held on a different campus every year and seeks to empower new faculty leaders throughout the country.

But we also socialize, take boat trips, and enjoy ourselves. A highlight of the 2009 Summer Institute was a faculty band from Ohio performing original songs about the ironies of current academic life. Visit our web site to hear several of their songs: http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/newsroom/Highlights/AkronBoys.htm

Since the event was recorded live at our Saturday banquet, you may find it easier to scroll down, where the lyrics are posted, and listen while you read.

Cary Nelson, AAUP President

The members of the American Association of University Professors Committee on Women in the Academic Profession wish to express our sorrow at the loss of Professor Maita Levine and our appreciation for her contributions, direct and indirect, to the work and mission of the committee and to the academic profession as a whole.

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We would like to welcome North Central State College as our newest AAUP Collective-Bargaining Chapter! North Central's elections were held in March 2008 and they will begin negotiations on their contracts at the begining of their 2008-2009 year.

The purpose of the fund is to conduct the necessary legal research to preserve Antioch College as a distinct and separate entity with its own governing board, and to provide counsel for any negotiations that may occur to keep the College open. (http://antiochfaculty.org/) The Ohio Conference AAUP challenges you and our AAUP chapters to assist the Antioch Faculty Legal Information Fund too! Donations to the Antioch Faculty Legal Information Fund can be made to: Yellow Springs Federal Credit Union 217 Xenia Ave. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 Contributions to this account are not tax deductible, but are most appreciated at this time.

The Ohio Conference AAUP has been a member of the Healthcare Advocates Steering Committee. Recently Representative Scott Oelslager has introduced the STRS healthcare funding proposal. The bill number is House Bill 315. This important legislation would create a dedicated revenue stream to help fund STRS health care benefits for current and future retired teachers. The bill is supported by the Ohio Conference AAUP and other organizations...

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Stay in touch with other members of the AAUP Ohio Conference with the new message board. In the spirit of sparking conversation and interest amongst fellow members, anyone may post questions and comments and respond to others as well.

Take It For A Spin

Widespread reports today indicate that House leaders intend to tack a mandatory statewide health care plan for school employees onto a bill headed for OK in the "lame duck" session. The health care provision apparently will surface as an amendment tacked on to the Ohio CORE bill to raise graduation requirements.

Passage of the Ohio CORE bill has been touted as the legislature's, and outgoing Gov. Bob Taft's, top priority.

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