The NCCFT Mourns Jeff Frankel
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The NCCFT Executive Committee, along with the rest of the campus, mourns the passing of Professor Jeff Frankel, who devoted nearly forty years of his life to Nassau Community College. […]
NCCFT President Frank Frisenda’s Statement at the Bylaws Ratification Meeting
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Hi. My name is Frank Frisenda and I am the President of the NCCFT. If you feel confident that you understand this issue, then vote accordingly. It is unfortunate that […]
Report from Detroit: The AFT Higher Education Conference
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The NCCFT Executive Committee is back from the AFT’s Higher Education Organizing Conference in Detroit, where we had a chance to listen to some meaningful and motivating talks on the state […]
Voting Yes on the GRTF’s Proposal Will Not End the Process
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As we said in our previous post, the changes to the Senate bylaws being proposed by the Governance Review Task Force (GRTF) will significantly alter the way shared governance is […]
The NCCFT’s Statement on The Governance Review Task Force’s Proposed Revisions to the Senate Bylaws
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In an email dated April 7th, the Academic Senate Executive Committee (ASEC) distributed to the entire campus the Governance Review Task Force’s (GRTF) draft revision of Articles I-III of the […]
The NCCFT’s Statement on “A Day Without Immigrants”
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If President Trump’s immigration policies have done nothing else, they have highlighted once again the role immigrants play in the United States. In protest against those policies, activists have declared […]
Fall 2016 Recap
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Fall 2016 was a productive semester. Here on campus, and at conferences and meetings throughout New York State, the NCCFT Executive Committee was busy representing our interests as a faculty […]
Hate Has No Place On Our Campus
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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 […]
The AFT Expresses Deep Concern Over President-Elect Trump’s Appointment of Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary
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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. […]
NYSUT’s Community College Leadership Conference, October 28-30
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This past weekend, the NCCFT Executive Committee, along with a contingent of active NCCFT members, attended NYSUT’s 38th annual Community College Leadership Conference. A gathering of community conference union […]