NYSC AAUP FALL 2024 MEETING AGENDA & CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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  NYSC AAUP Spring 2025 Conference 

The Crisis in Shared Governance; The Basics, The Skills, AND the Tools

SATURDAY, APRIL 5th, 2025, 8:30am-3:30pm
Rochester Institute of Technology
(Interactive Campus Map: https://maps.rit.edu/)

The NYSC AAUP Conference is open to AAUP members in good standing and their invited guests. Preregistration is required. 

MORNING PROGRAM
Location: 006 Liberal Arts Hall / LBR-A201 Lecture Hall

8:30 – 9:00am – Networking & Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15am – Welcome and Opening Remarks –

RIT President Dr. David C. Munson Jr.
Mary Rose Kubal, President, NYSC AAU

9:15 – 9:30am “Revisioning the Conflict Paradigm in Higher Education; A Very Brief Yet Important Trauma-Informed Perspective”

Sally Dear-Healey, Ph.D., CCE, Doula, PPNE, HFCE, TICP
NYS Trauma-Informed Network & Resource Center TTR Facilitator; Divorce Mediator, Community Mediator, & Conflict Coach; Executive Director, NYSC AAUP

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Moderator: Kimberley Reiser, Chair, NYSC AAUP Committee on College and University Governance

Note: “Committee T” is National AAUP’s Committee on College and University Governance

9:30 – 10:30am

“Stopping the Grift: The Special Powers of Librarians and Academic Professionals in Shared Governance”

Roxanne Shirazi, M.A., M.S.L.I.S.
Head of Archives and Special Collections & Associate Professor,
CUNY Graduate Center
Member of AAUP National’s Committee on College and University Governance

10:30 – 11:30pm

“Resources and Strategies for Protecting Shared Governance“

Pippa Holloway, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of History,
University of Richmond (VA)
Member of AAUP National’s Committee on College and University Governance

11:30am – 12:00pm – Open Q & A

AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Location: River Room, Crossroads (CRS) building in Global Village

12:00 – 1:00pm – LUNCH, Button-Making and Shared Conversations

1:00 – 2:30pm – Shared Governance Topic Tables – Issues, Questions, Needs, Solutions, Actions, & Support

Topic Table Moderators/Facilitators:

Members of AAUP National’s Committee on College and University Governance

Roxanne Shirazi
Pippa Holloway

And members of the NYSC AAUP Committee on College and University Governance:

Kimberley Reiser (Chair)
Kerin Coughlin
Fred Floss
Hollis Glaser
Mary Rose Kubal

2:30 – 3:15pm – Q & A and Open Forum          

3:15pm – 3:30pm – CLOSING REMARKS 

FRIDAY BUSINESS MEETING (4/4/2025) – 2:00pm-5:00pm

The business meeting is open only to AAUP members in good standing. Preregistration is required. A Zoom invite and agenda will be sent to vetted registered attendees prior to the meeting.

2:00 – 5:00pm – Friday Business Meeting
Location: University of Rochester, Humanities Center, Rush Rhees Library and Conference Center, Room D (GPS 755 Library Road, Rochester, NY, 14627)
River Campus Map: URmaps_RC.pdf

2:00 – 2:15pm – Check-in and Socializing

2:15-2:30pm – Welcome and Opening Remarks – University of Rochester Provost Nicole Sampson

2:30 – 4:30pm – Business Meeting

4:30 – 5:00pm – Reports & Open Forum

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER
Private Pay – $50.00/pp
5:30-8:30
Lovin’ Cup
300 Park Point Drive, Rochester
Buffet dinner includes appetizers, salads, main courses, side dishes, and dessert. Coffee/tea, beer/wine are also included.