Thursday, November 12, 2009

CFA helping find alternate classroom sites

In the event of a grad employee strike next week, GEO is requesting that faculty show support by canceling classes. For those who feel they cannot do that, or can only cancel some, CFA is helping find alternate venues. Arrangements depend upon date and time, class size and other needs, and availability, so we can make no guarantees. The information [here attached as a "comment"] has been sent to all CFA members, but we can also assist others.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

CFA supports GEO

A strike by the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) is likely to start as early as Monday November 16 and will impact many of the classroom buildings in the heart of the University of Illinois. This is a legal strike produced by the intransigence of university negotiators over the course of seven months and by provocative actions such as the continuing threat to eliminate some tuition and fee waivers. After working for several months without a contract and facing little if any movement in negotiations, GEO has finally decided that it must strike in order to protect the interests of its members. For these reasons, the Campus Faculty Association (CFA) supports this strike. We urge our members to honor the GEO picket lines and to support the GEO in any or all of the following ways:

  1. Buttons, posters, and verbal expressions of support. (Both buttons and posters are available through the GEO and CFA office on the second floor of the University Y on Wright Street.) Please do not under-estimate these symbolic forms of support for graduate employees, undergraduate students, your fellow faculty, and administrators.
  2. Letters of support for GEO, to the DI, deans, the provost, the NG, the Board of Trustees, etc. (Please see the attached for contact information and relevant data.)
  3. Department resolutions, especially with clear statements that the department will not report on grad employee activities or retaliate in any way. Many units have already passed such resolutions.
  4. Cancel your classes, especially if they are in picketed buildings. If you feel that you cannot do this for ethical reasons, arrange to move your class to one of the venues listed on the attached sheet. (This latter option will take some advance planning.) Other options would include providing on-line postings of lecture outlines and course assignments; employing pod casts; etc. The main point would be to stop business as usual and find some way to express solidarity with the GEO in terms of your own teaching routine.
  5. Join in the picketing of your own building in order to demonstrate support and to bolster picket lines. (You can simply show up or coordinate your actions by contacting GEO).


We also have a document suitable for posting and will shortly post details regarding available off-campus spaces to hold classes, should faculty feel this is necessary.

CFA members who still have questions regarding the on-going negotiations and the long process that has precipitated this strike may find further information at the CFA Facebook site (to be linked -- we're almost done with it!) and the GEO website.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

On UI "furloughs" ... that is, pay cuts

For more than 35 years now, the Campus Faculty Association (CFA) has been working in the interests of faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The past year or so has been a particularly difficult time for our campus the admissions scandal and related problems, severe budget cuts in the units with more to come, the threat of a strike by graduate employees, and now the prospect of "furloughs" (that is, pay cuts) coming in the spring semester. The union has been working on this issue through established governance bodies, publicity, and also by beginning to map out a strategy for faculty in the event of such furloughs.



This blog is intended to be a space where faculty let us know their thinking regarding this particular issue and their ideas for how to respond. In order to prepare for this threat, we ask CFA members not only to share their own thoughts about it both on this blog and on the UI site but also to pass the blogsite URL on to colleagues who might also take part in this discussion. We all hope the financial crisis will not come to this drastic measure, but it is wise to plan. Please discuss the issue of furloughs with colleagues and encourage them to take part in this planning.



Jim Barrett, History

Friday, April 4, 2008

Big Jazz


BIG JAZZ
HMJ ILMU KOMUNIKASI & SEMARANG JAZZ COMMUNITY

HMJ Imu Komunikasi FISIP UNDIP bekerjasama dengan Semarang Jazz Community (SJC) mengadakan event musik jazz yang bertajuk BIG JAZZ. Event ini diadakan pada Sabtu, 5 April 2008, pukul 16.00 WIB, bertempat di gerbang kampus UNDIP Pleburan. Semarang Jazz Community dan HMJ Ilmu Komunikasi FISIP UNDIP menjadi sebuah teamwork dalam bidang kreatif program dan team organizer yang menampung dan memberikan sarana demi perkembangan musik jazz di kota Semarang.
Sebelumnya tahun 2007 Semarang Jazz Community (SJC) dan HMJ Ilmu Komunikasi FISIP UNDIP menjadi incumbent yang menyuguhkan event musik jazz di kota Semarang, khususnya di kampus dengan menampilkan live music jazz dan mendatangkan artis-artis musik jazz tanah air. Diadakannya event musik jazz ini di kampus adalah untuk membuka minat pecinta musik jazz dari kalangan mahasiswa dan executive muda serta memacu adrenalin anak muda di kalangan kampus dengan alunan musik jazz. Diharapkan dengan adanya event musik jazz ini akan mampu membuka mata insan jazz kota Semarang, memenuhi antusias pecinta musik jazz yang sebelumnya sempat sepi, dan menghilangkan pemahaman yang kelitu tentang musik jazz yang selalu dianggap sebagai aliran musik yang berat.
Pada event yang bertajuk BIG JAZZ ini akan disuguhkan artis-artis jazz tanah air, antara lain Andien, Rudi Subekti and Friends, Eka Curly, Matez, dan Saharadja. Sedangkan band-band jazz lokal Semarang antara lain Circle, Chocolate Dream Berry, Magic Kid Drummer, dan Magic Kid Piano. Band-band jazz dari kampus juga akan ikut mengisi dalam event ini, yaitu Introo dan Improovy.
Semoga dengan diadakannya event musik jazz ini akan menjadi sarana apresiasi pecinta musik jazz dan bisa membuka mata para pecinta musik akan eksistensi musik jazz, menjadi tontonan musik jazz yang menghibur pecinta musik jazz pada khusunya dan masyarakat pada umumnya.

Monday, March 31, 2008

DIPONEGORO HEALTH FESTIVAL 2


HMJ Ilmu Komunikasi FISIP UNDIP akan menyelenggarakan acara “Diponegoro Health Festival 2”. Acara yang akan diselenggarakan ini disusun dalam dua jenis acara. Pertama, pada hari Selasa, 25 Maret 2008, pukul 09.00 WIB, bertempat di lantai 2 perpustakaan FISIP UNDIP, akan diselenggarakan talkshow tentang seks dengan tema “Seks diluar nikah, why?”. Talkshow ini akan mengupas berbagai hal tentang seks diluar nikah, yang akan dibawakan oleh konsultan seks dari Pilar PKBI Semarang dan dr.Iwan (sexolog). Kemudian pada hari Rabu dan Kamis, 26 dan 27 Maret 2008, pukul 09.00-16.00 WIB, bertempat di lapangan basket UNDIP Pleburan, akan diselenggarakan bazaar kesehatan yang akan diisi oleh stan-stan kesehatan seperti ARO (konsultasi mata), PMI (donor darah), Fak. Psikologi, Fak. Kedokteran, konsultasi gizi, NAPZA (narkotika), Pilar (konsultasi seks), Jade (kecantikan), grafologi, pijat refleksi, dan totok wajah.
Target dari kegiatan ini adalah mahasiswa dan masyarakat umum, terutama masyarakat yang berada disekitar kampus UNDIP. Adapun tujuan dari diselenggarakannya “Diponegoro Health Festival 2” adalah sebagai bentuk CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) dari HMJ Ilmu Komunikasi FISIP UNDIP kepada mahasiswa dan masyarakat umum, serta sebagai bentuk peduli kesehatan sesama. Diharapkan dengan terselenggaranya kegiatan ini, akan meningkatkan awareness kita akan kesehatan.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Upgrading PlayOn


Tepat pada tanggal 1 Maret 2008, bertempat di Gedung Suara Merdeka, PlayOn sebagai salah satu divisi dalam HMJ Komunikasi kembali mengajak anak-anak kreatif Universitas Diponegoro untuk meyelami bagaimana sebuah agensi iklan bekerja. Setelah serentetan kegiatan yang telah dilakukan pada periode yang lalu, PlayOn mengadakan seminar dengan tema “PlayOn Yang Lebih Segar dan Kreatif”.
Acara yang dimulai dari pagi hingga sore hari ini meghadirkan pembicara Bambang Pulunggono (PPPI Pengda Jateng), Irfan FBC (Director FreshBlood Solo), DD Advertising Semarang dan Bohlam Advertising Jogja. Acara ini bertujuan untuk memberikan pemahaman tentang manajemen periklanan untuk sebuah agensi periklanan yang masih sangat muda sekali. Iklan tidak hanya berbicara seputar kretif saja, tapi ada bidang – bidang lain yang tidak kalah pentingnya. dalam seminar ini kita banyak sekali mendapat pelajaran tentang bagaimana kita mendapatkan dan mempertahankan klien dan banyak lagi.
Pokoknya tungguin aja acara-acara kreatif lainnya dari PlayOn.