Have you ever wondered how UMD spends all its money? Or why there always seems to be money available for athletics, fancy new buildings, and the sky-high salaries of university […]
Author: UMD AAUP Executive Committee
Welcome Email Round #2
[We experienced some technical issues with our prior email account, and we are re-sending this message. If you are interested in contributing to the UMD AAUP vision, please send us […]
UMD AAUP Concerned about Elements of University’s Ten-year Strategic Planning Process
11 October 2021 Dear Provost Rice, We write in reference to the Strategic Planning process that you announced to the UMD community in your recent email on 23 September 2021. […]
Event Announcement: Labor Solidarity Picnic!
We are excited to write and invite you to the Labor Solidarity Picnic, which is being put on by the staff union AFSCME Local 1072 and the student organization USAS […]
Welcome Fall 2021 from UMD AAUP (+elections)!
The UMD AAUP Chapter is gearing up for an eventful year. As you may have heard, President Pines has hired the Huron Consulting Group to draft a Ten Year Strategic […]
Take Action for Higher Ed This Wednesday with UMD AAUP!
We hope you all have had a wonderful summer! We have been busy over the summer on a number of fronts and we will be in touch with more details […]
The USM Strategic Planning: The UMD-AAUP Response
Dear Colleagues, We write to alert you to the Strategic Plan that is currently being outsourced by the University System of Maryland (USM) to the for-profit Huron Consulting Group. Huron has also been hired by UMD-College Park […]
What’s next? Let’s Make UMD a Better University!
Thank you to everyone who joined us on April 16th for our General Meeting and to everyone who couldn’t attend, but who got in touch with us. We are excited […]
A Better University is Possible: The Official Launch of UMD AAUP
Dear Colleagues, Are you troubled by the direction that the University of Maryland has headed in recent years? We are. In March 2021, we relaunched the University of Maryland Chapter […]
Immediate Action to support for UMD Grad Students!
Dear colleagues, UMD AAUP has some very exciting news to share soon—so be on the lookout for another email from us soon!—but in the meantime there is a very important […]