Welcome!

UUP Oneonta Chapter Office Hours:

10:45 AM-4:00 PM Monday-Thursday 

Office:  IRC 105  Phone:  436-2135

oneonta@uupmail.org


Read the Recent UUP Oneonta Health and Housing Survey Summary


Read the March Issue of the UUP- Date!


UUP Oneonta Event Calendar for 2025


From Fred Kowal: 
New!  AFT Webinars Available on Higher Ed:  
 
AFT has made several webinars available to our members addressing current critical issues facing higher education.  Chapter Presidents, please feel free to share via your chapter membership email distribution lists.  There are also two additional sessions listed at the bottom from the digital safety series that may be of interest to you. Thanks-  Fred 
 
 
Navigating the Attacks on America’s Classrooms
and the Freedom to Learn
Thursday April 17, 2025 3:00 PM ET- 4:00 PM ET
 
In the past few years, campuses across the country have faced increasing pressure from extremist forces aimed at limiting or reshaping Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, as well as challenging the boundaries of campus free speech and academic freedom. These challenges have created a complex and often contentious environment with members seeking assistance on how to navigate the often-vague changes. This session will examine the ongoing attacks on DEI initiatives and how these intersect with broader debates about free speech, and academic freedom.
 
 
What can I do to help my colleagues?
How to be an ally online 
Monday March 24, 2025 3:00 PM ET
 
Many of us are looking for tangible steps that we can take to support members of our campus community when they face online abuse. In this session we will share strategies for being an effective ally, building a supportive cyber community, and working together to shape best practices.

 


Learn About UUP- UUP 101 Workshops:

We have added three additional “UUP 101” virtual workshops. This webinar is ideal for new and newly engaged members or anyone who needs a refresher, and will cover UUP’s structure, who we are, who we represent, what we do, and our role in the larger labor movement.

Webinars will now be held on:

  • Wednesday, April 16 from 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
  • Wednesday, May 14 from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

To join the discussion, please register using the link below.

https://forms.gle/tEUUdHReuwn6QpME9


A workshop on UUP’s election process will be scheduled through April for members who are thinking about becoming more involved as a union leader and want to learn more about the chapter election process.

Here’s the schedule for UUP’s chapter and affiliate elections:

  • Chapter and affiliate convention nominations close Feb. 14.
  • Chapter nomination lists will be posted to the UUP website through Feb. 28.
  • Chapter elections ballots will be mailed to the members’ addresses on file March 12-14.
  • Chapter and affiliate elections ballots are due April 18.
  • Chapter and affiliate elections ballots will be counted April 22-25. Results will be posted as soon as practicable after ballots are counted.
  • Run-off elections will be conducted as required.

NOTE: The elections timeline was approved by the UUP Executive Board July 31, 2024. Elections are conducted through the office of the Secretary-Treasurer by the statewide Constitution and Governance Committee in conjunction with MK Elections.

Click HERE for more information.  

Jeri O’Bryan-Losee- Secretary/Treasurer, Statewide UUP

 


 


Student Debt Clinic

PLSF Informational Workshop-

Held Every Two Weeks:

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM  

Monday, April 21, 2025 from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM  

Let UUP help with student loan forgiveness.  UUP has helped thousands of members get their student loans forgiven through the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. All you need to do is attend one of UUP’s twice-monthly online loan forgiveness clinics.

Secretary-Treasurer Jeri O’Bryan-Losee leads the clinics; she has helped UUP members get more than $13 million in student loans forgiven. Times and dates for the virtual clinics, which run about 90 minutes, are below:

Click on this link to register:  http://go.aft.org/StudentDebtClinicRSVP

From the “student debt clinic” drop down menu, please select the UUP clinic that you are interested in attending – they are labeled “UUP [Virtual Student Debt Clinic] [date] [time].” In the affiliate field, type in the full name of our local (United University Professions), and it will autofill after a few keystrokes. 

Registration is first-come, first-serve, and we must cap attendance for a single clinic at 125 participants to ensure that we are able to provide maximum assistance to attendees. Registration will close 48 hours prior to the virtual clinic. Webinar login information will be provided prior to the clinic to all who register. 

The clinics are open to UUP members and their families. If you aren’t a UUP member, click HERE to sign up and become one.

Also, if you’ve gotten your student loans forgiven with UUP’s help, please let us know! Contact O’Bryan-Losee at jobryan@uupmail.org with that news or for information about UUP’s student loan forgiveness program.


Click here to join UUP- Online Membership Application

 

 


UUP Social Hour/Formerly Coffee Hour: 

3p-4:30 pm in Milne Library 102A: 

Weds April 9

Do you have a question about UUP, benefits, retirement? Join us in Milne 102A from 3-4:30 pm. Light refreshments will be served. 

All are welcome!  Please stop by!


 Panel Discussion-

UUP-Management Program on Student Classroom Engagement and Attendance

Date TBD:  Expecting to Schedule for Fall Semester, 2025

from 11:30 AM-1 PM

Le Cafe, Morris Complex

(UUP to provide light lunch and/or refreshments)
 
** Panelists: Mark Ferrara, Professor, English;  Enrique Morales-Diaz, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Robert Compton, Professor of Africana and Latinx Studies and Political Science;
JoAnne Murphy, Director, Office of Academic Advisement.  Moderator: Bill Simons, Professor Emeritus, History
 
 ** Format: Moderator will request each panelist to provide a 5-minute response to the following: “What are the attributes and concerns related to student classroom engagement and attendance at SUNY Oneonta?” Following formal panelist remarks, the moderator will invite audience questions.

 


Spring Workshops with Labor Relations Specialist Chris Sielaff:  

Tuesday, May 6th:  Workload for Professionals 12-1pm, Location Morris- Le Cafe


Schedule for Chapter Meetings- Spring Semester, 2025: All UUP Members invited! 

12- 1 pm in Le Cafe:
April 2
May 7
 
 

Executive Board Meetings: All Meetings In Le Cafe:

Unless otherwise noted, held on the 3rd or 4th Wednesday of Each Month, 11:30 am- 12:30 pm in Le Cafe, Morris Complex

April 21  starting at 12 noon
May 21
 

Labor Management Meetings- Schedule: 

Pre-meeting in Milne Library 102A at 1:00-1:30pm; Meet with Management 1:30-2:30 pm; Post Meeting 2:30-3:00 pm:

March 19 Large Group

April 30 Large Group

May 21  Small Group   


Spring Picnic at College Camp:  Sunday, May 18th


UUP Oneonta- 2025 Spring Chapter President’s Office Hours:  2-3pm Weds- Chapter President Shirley Clark


UUP Oneonta- 2025 Spring Office Hours:

Monday through Thursday, 10:45 am – 4:00 pm.  Teresa DeSantis, Chapter Assistant.  Contact us at oneonta@uupmail.org 
The UUP office is in IRC  105.  Phone: 607-436-2135
Email:oneonta@uupmail.org

Do you have a Benefits related Question?  Contact the UUP Benefit Trust Fund at this Link.  (This takes place out of the Statewide UUP Office. ) Scroll to the end of the linked page to contact a UUP Benefit Representative.  Link:  https://uupinfo.org/benefits/btf.php

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Disclaimer: 

The UUP Oneonta website and its publications, including “The Sentinel” and “UUP- Date!” may contain views and opinions which are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other author, agency, employer, organization, or affiliate, including but not limited to the UUP Oneonta Chapter or its officers, United University Professions (UUP) or its statewide or national affiliates.


Who does UUP represent?

United University Professions, UUP, is the nation’s largest higher education union, representing the faculty and professional staff of the SUNY system. The Oneonta Chapter of UUP represents over 900 employees and 149 retirees.  Members are involved in many college and volunteer community activities. UUP represents SUNY faculty and professionals at the bargaining table and works to protect their interests by achieving improvements in salary, fringe benefits, working conditions and retirement programs.  It also works to provide funding for professional growth and development through leaves, awards, conferences and other grant programs.


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