Faculty Voice Newsletter: President’s Report: Remaining Effective in an Emergency
by Karl Ewald I don’t play basketball much, but basketball did teach me something. When I first started playing, I would just run all the time. Trying to score or trying to stop someone else from scoring. There is always something to do. Always something urgent...
Faculty Voice Newsletter: February 2017: News in a Time of Troubles
by David LauCCFT Flex Week EventsOn Tuesday January 17, the part-timers Solidarity lunch saw a great turnout. More than fifty faculty members and three governing board members shared mole enchiladas, salad, frijoles, and refreshments. The speak-out and...
Faculty Voice Newsletter: February 2017: Resolution In Support of Undocumented and Other Targeted Students
Approved January 18, 2017 Whereas, the 2016 electoral season included divisive rhetoric targeted at women, LGBTQ people, persons with disabilities, Muslims and other religious minorities, immigrants (both documented and undocumented), DREAMERS (Development, Relief...
Faculty Voice Newsletter: November 2016: The Aftermath: 2016 Elections and Consequences
by David LauSo Much Trouble in the WorldMuch ink has spilled over the “shock” of Donald Trump’s election victory. How could it be that a country undergoing a demographic transformation, full of “enlightened” professionals, a country that had just elected and then...
Faculty Voice Newsletter: November 2016: CCFT Council Members Jeff Bergamini and Beth McKinnon with Campus Reports of the Election Aftermath
by Jeff Bergamini Students in an evening class opted to spend open-lab time decompressing—talking with each other, instead of working. There was a young man, the son of Latin-American immigrants, who had served in Afghanistan. He took some joy in seeing the Clinton...
Faculty Voice Newsletter: November 2016: Last CCFT Council Meeting and White Elephant Gift Exchange Holiday Celebration
All Faculty Last CCFT Council Meeting and White Elephant Gift Exchange Holiday Celebration Where: Stroke Center, HW bldg. 1000, Room 19 When: Monday, December 5th Time: 2:30 to 4:30 Come enjoy refreshments and the company of colleagues. Bring a wrapped white...
Faculty Voice Newsletter: November 2016: Raoul Teilhet Scholarships for High School Students and Continuing College Students
The CFT offers scholarships to high school seniors and college students who are children or dependents of CFT members in good standing. Students enrolled in four-year courses of study are eligible for $3000 scholarships; those enrolled in two-year courses of study are...
Faculty Voice Newsletter: November 2016: Message from Faculty Senate
by Robin McFarland The Faculty Senate adopted the following resolution. We stand with our students, our campus colleagues, and our community as we face the future together. Be it resolved, in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, that the Faculty...
Faculty Voice Newsletter: November 2016: Message from the Office of Equity and Community Engagement at Cabrillo College
by Leticia Maldonado It is a critical and painful time for students at Cabrillo College and across the nation as they are devalued and threatened by a national climate, a climate that clearly for many has been in existence long before this election. Now more than ever...
Faculty Voice Newsletter: November 2016: Resolution in Support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Approved by CCFT Council, November 14, 2016 WHEREAS, the Cabrillo College Federation of Teachers (CCFT), AFT Local 4400, is very concerned about the United States government insistence upon routing the Dakota Access Pipeline Project (DAPL) through the sacred lands of...