The union representing Nassau Community College’s full-time faculty
After the Board came back from executive session—this is the portion of the meeting captured in the video—they conducted the following business: They approved payments to Civitas LLC ($50,000) and to K Beard and Associates ($30,000). They accepted donations of: medical equipment from Good Samaritan Hospital gym and weight training equipment from Gym Source &…
Because the Board did not have a quorum—only four trustees were present—the Board could not conduct official business. They did, however, hear public comments. Here's a summary: Professor Evelyn DeLuty, Academic Senate Chair, asked why we had to learn about the swastikas which were discovered on campus from external sources. She pointed out that the federal Clery Act…
On Thursday, December 8, 2016, the NCCFT teamed up with Federal Express to help The Nest, a food pantry serving Nassau Community College, “alleviate…hunger and food insecurity in the lives of our students, employees, and their families.” Federal Express operations managers Victoria Hope (FRG Melville) and Roxanna Pacheco (BPA Garden City)—they're holding the Fed Ex…
This past Friday, for the fifth time since October, swastikas and other antisemitic graffiti have been found on our campus. It should go without saying that such expressions of hatred have no place at Nassau Community College, where we work hard every day to provide a safe environment for all members of the campus community.…
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has released a statement on President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. In selecting Ms. DeVos, the statement begins, Mr. Trump “has chosen the most ideological, anti-public education nominee put forward since President Carter created a Cabinet-level Department of Education.” It then goes on to…