TENNESSEE STATE AAUP CONFERENCE MEETING

CLARKSVILLE, TN

NOVEMBER 1, 2003

Fall Meeting To Highlight Workshops of Faculty Governance.

The Tennessee Conference of the American Association of University Professors will hold its Fall Meeting on Saturday, November 1 (do note the change of date from the summer newsletter) at University Hall on the campus of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville.

The schedule includes an informal coffee hour from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m., the morning session featuring the guest speaker from 10:00 until noon, the luncheon from noon until 1:00, and the business session from 1:00 until 3:00. During its summer meeting, the Executive Committee of the Tennessee State Conference decided to focus on practical workshops on governance similar to leadership conference conducted around the country by AAUP. The morning session will thus break into four working groups: 1) budget, 2) curricular matters, 3) tenure and faculty appointments, and 4) appointment of administrators and administrative evaluation.

Instead of our usual speaker, the Conference is delighted to have Dr. Martin Snyder serve as leader/facilitator of these sessions. A graduate of Loyola College in Maryland and Catholic University, Dr. Snyder served for nineteen years as assistant, associate and finally professor of classics at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He left Duquesne in 1988 to accept the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1990 he was named Provost of Saint Joseph College (West Hartford, Connecticut), a position he held until 1996. From 1996 to 1999 he served as President of Molloy College in Rockville Centre, New York. Dr. Snyder's academic interests have focused on the continuity of the classical tradition, particularly in American literature and art. Since 1999, he has served on the national staff of the AAUP first as Associate Secretary and Director for Academic Freedom and Professional Standards. He now serves as Director of Planning and Development.

We sincerely hope that you will attend the meeting and that you will invite others, including interested nonmembers, to join you. To assist in making luncheon reservations, please email Gil Fernandez at gfernandez@tntech.edu indicating that you will attend and pay the fee at the meeting.

Travel grants will again be available to members attending their first State Conference meeting. The Conference will pay up to $50 to help defray some costs of travel and accommodations, with each local chapter being limited to two recipients. Contact Gil Fernandez about these grants.

Registration for Fall Meeting:

Saturday, November 1 in Clarksville:

_____   I will attend the fall meeting of the Tennessee Conference, AAUP, on Saturday, Novemeber 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Austin Peay State University.

_____   My registration and luncheon reservation fee of $15.00 (payable to Tennessee Conference, AAUP at the time of the meeting).

_____   I prefer a vegetarian meal.

_____   My registration fee of $10.00 (payable to Tennessee Conference, AAUP at the time of the meeting) not including lunch.

Name: ______________________________________

Address: ______________________________________

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City, State, Zip:_____________________________________________________

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Email to gfernandez@tntech.edu

Mailing address:

Gilbert Fernandez, Secretary, AAUP

Box 5064

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, TN 38505

Fall Conference Meeting: Directions and Accommodations

Parking: Parking is available on College St (the extension of Wilma Rudolph Blvd. coming off Exit 4 of I-24.

Hotels and Motels:

Clarksville has a variety of accommodations for all expense levels.