NCC Board of Trustees Special Meeting – May 30, 2013
Faculty Profile: NCCFT Member Jim Young Chairs the 2013 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at Stony Brook University
When Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers (NCCFT) member Yih-Jin (Jim) Young helped found the Suffolk County Executive’s Asian American Advisory Board (AAAB) in 2005, his goal was to connect […]
NCC Board of Trustees Meeting, March 19th, 2013
This video of Tuesday’s meeting of the NCC Board of Trustees contains, starting at around 22 minutes, a record of the conversation that was had about the situation involving Mitchel […]
From Financial Post: "Fending off university-attacking zombies"
David Naylor is the outgoing president of Toronto University. In this article on FinancialPost.com, which is an abridged version of the talk he gave last week, he discusses how important it […]
The NCCFT Executive Committee Responds to the Proposed Lease of the Mitchel Field Athletic Field to Molloy College
You may have heard that Nassau County is apparently considering a proposal to lease the Mitchel Field Athletic Field to Molloy College. Below is the text of a letter sent […]
We Are Committed to Nurturing an Engaged and Active Citizenry
On March 7th, I submitted to Newsday the following letter to the editor in response to the really wonderful writeup about our wrestling team and their coach, Paul Schmidt, that […]
The NCCFT Political Action Committee Met with Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel
On February 7th, in my capacity as co-chair of the NCCFT Political Action Committee, I—along with Elaine Burm NYSUT’s PAC representative, Jane Morales, President of Herricks Teachers Association, and Jennifer […]
NCC Board of Trustees Meeting of December 18, 2012
The December 18th Board of Trustees meeting did not have the drama of some of the previous meetings. Nonetheless, important things were said. If you have not yet read Debra […]
President Debra DeSanto’s statement to the BOT on 12-18-12
Good Evening Before I end this semester by wishing you and your families well, I want to relate a chance conversation I had with a retired NCC administrator last week. […]
Out of The Frying Pan and into The Fire: We Believe in What We Do Even If They Do Not
When we first proposed a contract extension in April 2011, our goal was to save jobs and bring stability to the campus. In exchange, we offered financial concessions worth at […]