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Reminder: Election for USFA Executive Committee

Elections are currently underway for the USFA Executive Committee.  Election material including the ballots have been sent to members.  This is a reminder that completed ballots are to be returned to the USFA office no later than 4:00 pm on Thursday April 23.  Ballots returned after this date will not be counted.

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2015 USFA Award Recipients

With pleasure, we announce the 2015 recipients of the Peter C. Dooley Legacy Award, the USFA Academic Freedom Award and the Peter T. Millard Award. Thank you to the multiple nominators for making the selection committee’s task challenging. The 2015 Peter C. Dooley Legacy Award goes to Joan Sawatzky, Professor Emeritus, College of Nursing, University […]

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When to go for tenure or promotion

You can elect to go for tenure or promotion in any year if you believe you have met the standards. The applicable standards may seem less than clear, however, and it may be difficult to gauge how strong your case is, especially when the process involves some subjective assessments of the value of your contributions. […]

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Teaching in only two terms per year

By now many of you know your assignment of Duties for 2015-16. The Collective Agreement provides that departments will have this process wrapped up by yesterday with Deans in departmentalized colleges approving assignments by the end of April. There are new provisions for the assignment of teaching duties in the 2014-17 Collective Agreement. All faculty […]

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