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UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting

October 29, 2021, WebEx (See access info at the bottom)

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

      I.         Meeting With Senior Adminstration (November 12)

a.     Priorities

b.    Specific College Concerns to Address

c.     Other issues?

    II.         Sub-Committee Reports

a.      Advocacy Sub-Committee

1.     Updates

2.     Next Steps

b.    Fall Workshop Sub-committee

1.    Should we shift this to a spring event?

2.    Next steps

1. Parking Committee Notes

a: Moving toward mobile payments for visitor lots

b. Pushing for more ride sharing/sustainability efforts

c. New LPR vehicle (electric)

d. Large use of electric charging stations on campus

e. Working on an app to find parking spots (Students)

f.  Next meeting is in mid-late February

   IV.         New Business/Follow-up items

a.      End of year gathering (virtual? Hybrid? Off-site?)

b.     Health Insurance/Summer

c.      Gift for Jon? Something from his college?

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UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting

October 15, 2021, WebEx (See access info at the bottom)

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

      I.         Sub-Committee Reports

a.      Advocacy Sub-Committee

b.    Fall Workshop Sub-committee

1. Recap of AFAC/CAHSS Meeting

a.      Got renewed support for year-long contracts

b.     Discussed possibly putting a guide to year-long contracts together

c.      Discussed CAHSS pay parity; not something Dr. Moffitt feels she should address as an interim dean.  If she gest the full position, then there will be a discussion

d.     Discussed financial situation of the college and its impacts on all departments (lower enrollments, COVID cuts were permanent, not temporary)

e.     Still working from a deficit since 2008 cuts

f.       Some confusion between ADJ II and ADJ III requirements

g.      Discussed the outcome of the CAHSS adjunct survey

  III.         Spring 2021/Fall 2022 Workshop Ideas

a.      Unemployment workshop

b.     Adjuncts and Public Loan Forgiveness
1. Amy Loyd of Department of Education recently did a presentation on this for CCBC

c.      Other ideas?

d.     At this point, should we push for Spring or Fall on these, or one for each semester?

e.     This is opinion, but I think the more programming we can provide adjuncts, the better

   IV.         Meeting with Senior Administration

a.      November 12, 2021, 3 pm to 4 pm

b.     If you have items you’d like agenda, bring them for discussion at 10/29 meeting

1. New Business

a: Reminder to set-up meetings with your Dean

b. If you can, volunteer for other department/college committees

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UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting

October 1, 2021, WebEx (See access info at the bottom)

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

      I.         Welcome New Committee Members (with brief introductions)

a.      Nandita Dasgupta (CMNS)

b.    Mary Laurents (CAHSS)

c.     Mina Seat (CAHSS)

d.    Priscilla Villavicencio (Non-college)

    II.         Parking Committee Updates

a.      Maggie will be our represnative of parking committee

b.     Has been connected to Chuck Boddy

c.      Awaiting meeting date(s)

d.     Can report back to committee

III. Goals for 2021-2022

a.      Continue to push for year-long contracts in all departments/colleges

b.     Continue discussions with HR about health care coverage (lost during summer)

c.      Continue to push/discuss salary parity for adjuncts in all colleges


IV. Discussion around tactics to achieve our goals

a.      Are there better ways for us to engage/push administration?

b.     While we’ve achieved successes, we’ve also been stalled on some issues

c.      How do we measure success for this committee?

d.     Must stay within the by-laws/charter

   V.         Fall Workshop Ideas

a.      Unemployment workshop

b.     Adjuncts and Public Loan Forgiveness
1. Amy Loyd of Department of Education recently did a presentation on this for CCBC

c.      Other ideas?

d.     Need to start moving/planning this….at the point end of October/in November seems best dates for holding them….

e.     Should we just shoot for one in fall/another in spring?

VI. New Business

a: Reminder to set-up meetings with your Dean

b. If you can, volunteer for other department/college committees

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UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting

September 17, 2021, WebEx (See access info at the bottom)

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

      I.         Mina’s Adjunct Survey

a.     Getting some great data

b.     . Like to apply this model to all colleges/adjunts

c.     . Suggested adjustments/changes to content?

d.     Use data to create content for adjuncts (newsletter monthly/semester?)

1. Parking Updates

a.     Chuck Boddy and Paul Dillon head the committe

b.     Last met in October 2019…think it’s being reformed

c.     Their response to payroll deduction has always been no but I think there’s room for discussion around “why not” and do know it’s tied into HR processes

1. CMNS and Non-college elections

a.     One candidate to fill-out Norman’s term Non-college

b.     Two candidates for the open 2-year seat fron CMNS

c.     Only members of the appropriate college can vote

d.     Elections run through 9/24

 IV.         Fall Workshop Ideas

a.     Unemployment workshop

b.     Adjuncts and Public Loan Forgiveness
1. Amy Loyd of Department of Education recently did a presentation on this for CCBC

c.     Other ideas?

1. New Business

a: Reminder to set-up meetings with your Deans
b. Sheryl needs to know who your department admin is ASAP

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We are holding this election to fill two vacant seats on the Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee.  The Non-College Affiliated position is for a partial term (2021-2022) and the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences is for a full term (2021-2023).

The elections will be open from Sep 15 - Sep 24. We ask that you select the candidate(s) who you believe will best represent your College's adjuncts as we move forward in our charge.

Information about each candidate is available for review on the election polls pages below:

Non-College Affiliated Candidates  

College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Thank you for your support!

For the record, these are the first Adjunct IIIs in the University system. 

AFAC salutes a truly esteemed and respected group. They have spent many years bringing their best in the classroom to the students, and adding value to the University through writing, research, and service. We congratulate this cohort on their ground-breaking status and wish them many more years of success at UMBC.  

CAHSS

Margie Burns (ENGL)

Nandita Dasgupta (ECON)

Paul Donato (SAPH)

Maria Gomez Rubio (MLLI)

CNMS

Nandita Dasgupta (MATH)

Bonnie Kegan (MATH)

COEIT

Aamir Nooruddin (IS)

We at AFAC congratulate the below educators who continue to share their time and experience with their students, year after year. In many ways, this dedication to students exemplifies the adjunct role in the mission of the University. The entire community greatly appreciates your efforts on behalf of your students.  

CAHSS

Matilda Channel - Ward (ON)

Adiyya Desai (ENGL)

Janet Gross (ENGL)

Laura Hook (EDUC)

Emily Lichvar  (PSYC)

Sherry Lyons (EDUC)

Shane Moritz (ENGL)

Kirsten Nilsen (ENGL)

Michiko Perry (MLLI)

Karon Phillips (MLLI)

Mina Seat (MLLI)

Sufian Zhemukhov (HIST)

CNMS

Michael Galbraith (MATH)

Deborah Webb (MATH)

COEIT

Keith Kirkwood (DPS)

Tora Scott (IS)

Shiva Sharma (IS)

Tyler Simon (CSEE)

Mohan Sundaram (IS)

Mark Woodcock (CSEE)

Zehra Zaidi (IS)

UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting

September 3, 2021, WebEx (See access info at the bottom)

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

      I.         Fall Conference “Lessons Learned; Lessons Applied”

a.     Pivoting to virtual workshop/discussion format

b.     Norman was working on this, and now Rob, Mary, and Mina

c.     Still could run something in October if we finalize things quickly

d.     Shoot for Spring 2022 or wait until Fall 2022

e.     Develop smaller activities for Oct/early Nov

1. What things are you hearing from adjuncts (needs)?

a.     Listening tours are one great way to get feedback

b.     Surveys (Mina did one this summer, redoing fall)

c.     Any areas of interest you’d like the committee to focus on

1. Year-long contracts

a.     Still need to push adoption in COEIT and CNMS

b.     More complete use in all departments in CAHSS

1. What things are you hearing from adjuncts (needs)?

a.     Listening tours are one great way to get feedback

b.     Surveys (Mina did one this summer, redoing fall)

c.     Any areas of interest you’d like the committee to focus on

1. Parking

a.     New UMBC Parking Committee

b.     Spoke to Lynne Schaeffer, she sent email about it to Chairs of that group

c.     Anyone interested in serving?

d.     Lynne says they don’t meet often. Think having an adjunct voice there would be valuable.

e.     Payroll deductions would be a good thing to push

1. New Business?

a: Chair Elections:
b. Candidates: Rob Bennett (current chair) and Paul Comitz

c. Votes should be sent via email to Sheryl Gibbs by 9/16

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