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Dear Folks: It is the goal of the DFA to help keep you informed on issues of interest to faculty. There was an article in the Jan. 17 California Aggie about graduate education expansion plans. In a presentation to the…

by Charles Nash To date, the active lobbying efforts of CUCFA have been devoted almost entirely to faculty salary matters. The “original” State Budget for UC, which the Governor submitted in January, as well as the budget proposed by the…

by Ben McCoy Faculty Colleagues: The Davis Faculty Association has maintained a deep interest in the faculty personnel review process since we learned of and reported the shocking statistics that UC Davis faculty were seriously behind other UC campuses in…

by Peter Rodman A few weeks ago, Dateline ran an article on a small committee formed spontaneously to discuss issues of smoking on the Davis campus. I initiated the discussion because, like all UC campuses, UC Davis has a “Free”…

by Charles P. Nash Readers of this newsletter may recall that in 1994-95 the University instituted a three-month offset of the payment of faculty and staff cost of living increases (COLAs) from the July 1st beginning of the State’s fiscal…

by Charles Nash and Myrna Hays On May 14, reacting to a $5.7 billion deterioration in the state’s fiscal condition, the Governor proposed reducing the University’s General Fund augmentation for 2001-2002 from an original (January) figure of $202.5M to $185.8M.…

by Myrna Hays A nominating committee consisting of Lenora Timm (Linguistics), Peter Hays (English), and Peter Rodman (Anthropology) has proposed candidates to fill DFA Board positions as listed below with the following code (C – continuing; E – elect; R…

WHAT IS LTC? LTC coverage pays for extended assistance with basic Activities of Daily Living (ADL), such as dressing, bathing, or eating due to a chronic disease, injury or frailty of old age. LTC plans can help pay for extended…

by Myrna Hays Robert Meister from UCSC took office as President of CUCFA, replacing Mary Ann Mason. She has been appointed Dean of the Graduate Division at UCB. In addition, CUCFA appointed Warren Gold, UCSF, to serve as a second…

by Myrna Hays Definitive legislative action on UC’s 2001-02 budget must await the May Revise when the state will have a better idea of how much the energy crisis and the recent economic slowdown will affect state revenue. The Assembly…