AAUP MU Chapter

American Association of University Professors

University of Missouri Chapter

Officers

• President: Eddie Adelstein (Pathology) adelsteine@health.missouri.edu.
• Vice President (1): Victoria Johnson (Sociology) johnsonvi@missouri.edu.
• Vice President (2): Stephen Montgomery-Smith (Mathematics) stephen@math.missouri.edu.
• Secretary: David Brunsma (Sociology) brunsmad@missouri.edu.
• Executive Committee (in addition to officers): Rainer Glaser, Phebe Lauffer (Honorary Staff Member), Sudarshan Loyalka, Kerby Miller, Karen Piper, Mitra Ranadhir, Haskell Taub, Martha Townsend.

By-Laws

Meetings

• Next meeting: October 11, 2008, 10am-noon, Memorial Union S203.
• Minutes of previous meetings.
  

Newsletters

• TigerTalk April 2001, Vol 1, Issue 1.

Links

• AAUP main web page http://www.aaup.org.
• Join the AAUP.
• MO AAUP http://www.moaaup.org.
• University of Missouri main web page http://www.missouri.edu.

MU in the News

• Columbia Tribune - Faculty Council considering new MU grievance program, by Jenna Youngs, September 26, 2008.
• Columbia Tribune - Faculty complaints, Chancellor nullifies grievance panel findings, by Abraham Mahshie, August 10, 2008.
  • Letter by Rainer Glaser, August 23, 2008.
  • Letter by Sudarshan K. Loyalka, August 24, 2008.
• Columbia Tribune - MU dean looks west for future, Med school chief is Arizona finalist, by Abraham Mahshie, July 29, 2008.
• Columbia Tribune - MU sports deal fueled surgeon's departure, Orthopedic chair sought team care, by Abraham Mahshie, July 23, 2008.
• Letter by Eddie Adelstein, August 17, 2008.
• Letter by Lowell Schoengarth, August 24, 2008.
• Letter by B. Sonny Bal, August 31, 2008.
• The Maneater - Editorial: MU Achieving its Goals, by Ryan Meyer, Alumnus of MU's College of Education and Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, July 9, 2008.
• Columbia Tribune - Provost's decision criticized, program halted in bid for grant, by Abraham Mahshie, June 8, 2008.

General faculty meeting to discuss Compete Missouri

This took place in Cornell Hall Bush Auditorium on Thursday, May 8, from 3:30 to 5:00. This meeting took place as a result of a petition signed by 67 faculty.

There is now a discussion forum for Compete Missouri at http://www.competemissouri.info. Please support this by participating.

• Audio recording of the meeting, May 8, 2008.
• Flyer advertising the faculty meeting: talkingpoints.flyer2.pdf.
• Two documents put out by the administration in July and August 2007 that describe Compete Missouri: CompeteMissouri.pdf, CMprocess.pdf.
• Other documents: aaup-facts-08c.pdf, QuickFacts.pdf.
• Open Letter to Chancellor Brady Deaton from Curators' Professor Ira Papick, May 9, 2008.

• Columbia Missourian - Petition prompts special meeting with MU faculty to discuss MU's fiscal future, by Danny Lawhon, May 1, 2008.
• Columbia Tribune - Rare MU faculty meeting to challenge chancellor, by Abraham Mahshie, May 6, 2008.
• The Maneater - Faculty to address budget shortage, by Gwen Daniels, May 6, 2008.
• KOMU - Compete Missouri Faces Scrutiny, May 8, 2008.
• KOMU - Decreasing Faculty at MU, May 8, 2008.
• Columbia Missourian - MU faculty members voice concerns over cuts, by Danny Lawhon, May 8, 2008.
• KRCG - MU faculty voice concerns, May 8, 2008.
• Columbia Tribune - Freshman class has a big look, by Abraham Mahshie, May 8, 2008.
• Columbia Tribune - Chancellor gets an earful, by Abraham Mahshie, May 9, 2008.
• The Maneater - Compete Missouri debated, by Erica Zucco, May 9, 2008.
• The Maneater - Editorial: Fancy buildings never taught us anything, May 9, 2008.
• KBIA - Discussing MU's "Compete Missouri", by Janet Saidi, May 9, 2008.
• STLtoday - Mizzou faculty protest own pay raises, by Associated Press, May 9, 2008.
• Columbia Missourian - Compete Missouri might enhance MU's reputation, by George Kennedy, May 10, 2008.

• http://www.competemissouri.info. This is a discussion list.
• http://provost.missouri.edu/FCProvBudgetBrkfstsFora.html. This link was provided to us on April 3, 2008, and is possibly the web page referred to by Chancellor Deaton and Provost Foster in the general faculty meeting of April 1, 2008 (partial recording available here).
• A response to the meeting from Chancellor Deaton and Provost Foster was sent on May 21, 2008.

Funding for MU

As Missouri moves into a 21st century global information economy, it is essential that the state has a highly literate, educated and innovative workforce.

As a land-grant and public university it essential for the Missouri legislature to live up to its obligation of providing a high quality education at an affordable cost for students from farms and working-class and middle-class families.

The Missouri legislature has not lived up to its obligations to the people of Missouri.

Contact the Missouri legislature and tell them you want increased funding for higher education at: http://www.house.mo.gov and http://www.senate.mo.gov.