TODAY: Chapter Liaisons Meeting, 2:30-3:30pm
Chapter liaisons are meeting at Tru Deli, which is just across
Franklin Street from campus at 114 Henderson Street. If you cannot
join us in person, please let Erik Gellman know and he'll set up Zoom
on a laptop so you can participate.
If you are interested in serving as a liaison for your department or
unit, please email Erik at esgellman@gmail.com.
TODAY: NC AAUP All-Conference Meeting, 6-7pm (remote)
Vote on changing our bylaws to allow for electronic voting and decide
which action you’d prefer to take for our conference campaign: No ICE,
No Spies, No Cuts, No Lies, FIGHT for freedom to teach &
learn. Register.
THURSDAY: Academic Freedom Policy vote by UNC System Board of Governors
The UNC System Board of Governors will vote to ratify the new,
restrictive academic freedom policy at their meeting this Thursday,
February 26th. You can read more about the revised policy.
Sign our
petition.
Most of our 1,000+ signatories are faculty – now it’s time to get the
wider community involved. Share with anyone who cares about the UNCs!
NC AAUP will deliver the petition starting at 8:30am in Raleigh on
Thursday. We need at least 10 UNC-CH members to make our presence
known alongside NCSU, ECU, and NCCU colleagues –
register.
Know Your Rights on Campus and Beyond: Monday, March 2, 5-6pm
The ACLU of North Carolina's legal team is giving an hour-long Zoom
presentation on Knowing Your Rights on
Campus
for NC AAUP faculty and students. It’s one of several events we’ll be
hosting over the next few months, as we ask our members to take action
to defend vulnerable faculty, students, and staff at our colleges,
universities, and communities.
This will be a practical overview that on understanding your rights
when interacting with immigration enforcement — regardless of your
immigration status. This Zoom presentation will not provide specific
legal advice, but will provide an overview of what your rights are if
approached by immigration enforcement and also provides crucial advice
for bystanders in ICE/BP
interactions. Register.
All-Member Chapter Meeting: Wednesday, March 11, 3:30-5pm (remote)
Save the date for an all-member UNC-CH AAUP meeting on Wednesday,
March 11, 3:30-5pm. The meeting will be remote. Please make every
effort to attend. Come here updates, learn how to get involved, and
have your voice be heard!
Resolution to Keep ICE Off Campus and Protect Immigrants
The NC AAUP has passed a
resolution for Campus
Engagement with Federal Immigration Authorities and Protection of
Privacy Rights.
If you would like to help revise this resolution for our campus so
that it can be presented to Faculty Council, please contact Don Nonini
at dnonini@gmail.com.
Help with Our Chapter's Elections
We are looking for a few volunteers to run our chapter elections,
slated for April. Election committee members are responsible for
soliciting nominations for officer terms beginning in June and running
the election. If you do not plan to run for office and would like to
be involved, please email Rosie Miesner: rose.miesner@gmail.com
Academic Freedom Code for UNC System
Last week the UNC System Board of Governors "unanimously approved the
System's academic freedom
definition,"
which seeks to set
"limits"
on academic freedom, and put it forward for a binding vote at their
next meeting on Feb. 25th. The NC AAUP's Syllabus Committee (including
members from our chapter) will communicate a statewide strategy in
advance of the BoG mtg.
You can read the proposed revised
policy. Be
sure to note the "system suggestions in red."
See the letter from AAUP's
lawyers
to the UNC System about the proposed policy revisions. Please
circulate this letter widely.
Syllabus Requests
If you receive a public records request for a syllabus, please share
it -- and any subsequent correspondence -- with the NC AAUP hotline at
https://www.aaupnc.org/projects/providing-legal-support.
The hotline can confidentially provide support and first-line legal
advice. Compiling as much info as possible will also help us build a
legal case against the UNC system and the syllabus policy.
Please also continue to share with colleagues the NC AAUP's
"Guidelines for
Syllabi," and
encourage them to share with the hotline any requests they receive.
Duke AAUP Cut the Cuts Rally
Friday Feb. 6th, 4:30pm, Duke East Campus
UNC CH AAUP, UE150, and TransparUNCy are collaborating with Duke and
several other organizations for a Durham-based Cut the Cuts
rally. This is an opportunity for cross institutional solidarity in
the face of ideological cuts to staff and services at public and
private universities. (Following our lead, our AAUP colleagues at Duke
commissioned their own independent audit). Please consider joining
this Friday, February 6th at Trinity Park in Durham, 4:30 pm. More
info.
Area Studies Centers closings
The Faculty Executive Council passed this
resolution
in support of the centers.
Chapter Organizing
Our chapter has formed a faculty governance working group. The
committee will continue to report at our Friday meetings.
We are looking for a few volunteers to run our chapter elections,
slated for April. Election committee members are responsible for
soliciting nominations for officer terms beginning in June and running
the election. If you do not plan to run for office and would like to
be involved, please email Rosie Miesner:
rose.miesner@gmail.com
Several of our chapter members are participating in the National
AAUP "Organize Every Campus" training in February 2026. If you are
looking for ways to join other colleagues to more effectively resist
the far right's and UNC's violations of academic freedom, threats of
violence and harassment, this training could be for you!
"Organize Every Campus" training will take place over 5 sessions on
Mondays and Wednesdays, February 2, 4, 9, 11 and 18, from 6:30
PM-8:30 PM ET. Participants are expected to attend the entire
training for all five sessions, since each session builds on the
previous ones. In order to sign up, you do not have to register
directly. Email Don Nonini at
dnonini@gmail.com you are interested in
participating in these sessions, or have questions.
Our next weekly working meeting will be Friday, January 30th, from Noon-1pm.
All UNC instructors are welcome to attend, to help strategize about
the area studies closures, the syllabus policy, academic freedom, and
to bring other issues for us to discuss as well.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89195114865?pwd=qf2kY5jKF6utphBBKn4ghkszHa6lLT.1
If you are interested in serving as a liaison for your department or
unit, please email Erik Gellman at
esgellman@gmail.com.
If you would like to help with these updates or with our chapter's
website and social media, email Michael Palm at
mwpalm@gmail.com
NC AAUP is the fastest-growing
non-union AAUP chapter in the country.
Encourage colleagues to join.