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Faculty Senate President Madhurima Chakraborty at the Faculty Senate town hall, in Hokin Hall, on Friday, March 1, 2024. During the meeting she raised concern for where cuts might lie as plans to close the deficit are brought up.

Faculty Senate President Madhurima Chakraborty ends leadership term after year ‘bookended by this tremendous grief’

By Vivian Richey, Campus News Editor
Art | Design professor, Joan Giroux, Senior Vice President and Provost, Marcella David and Associate Professor of Economics, Rojhat Avsar lead the Faculty Senate town hall in Hokin Hall on Friday, March 1, 2024.

Provost Marcella David addresses faculty questions about layoffs, increased workload following release of draft advisory report

By Avery Heeringa and Vivian Richey
The part-time faculty union is pushing for a central advising committee that would recommend course caps and make decisions about curriculum. They were on the picket line again on Friday Dec. 8, 2023, in their six-week-long strike against the college. Full-time faculty want curriculum decisions to be made at the department level. Any kind of a central committee "is against the principle of faculty owning the curriculum,” Faculty Senate President Madhurima Chakraborty said.

Full-time faculty want decisions about curricular changes, class sizes to be made at program level and not with ‘central advisory committee’

By Vivian Richey and Uriel Reyes
Two part time faculty members stand outside of 916 S. Wabash Ave. in support of the CFAC strike on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.

Faculty raise concerns about use of student course evaluations during strike

By Lily Thomas, Vivian Richey, and Olivia Cohen
Columbia students try to find a way to access the 5th floor provost's office during a protest in solidarity with the CFAC union strike on Thursday, Nov. 16. Security had blocked the elevator and stairs to the 5th floor where students had planned a sit-in at the office of Senior Vice President and Provost Marcella David.

Breaking: College to offer pass/fail option for fall classes, tells students to return to class if part-time instructor is replaced

By K’Von Jackson, Lily Thomas, and Olivia Cohen
AAUP President Joan Giroux, a professor in the Art and Art History Department, sits with Dana Connell, an associate professor in Fashion Studies, during a meeting in the 623 S. Wabash building on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Faculty met to discuss their workload and shared governance during the strike.

Faculty discuss increased workload, need for shared governance over strike decisions

By Vivian Richey, Senior Staff Reporter
Protesters gather outside of the 600 S. Michigan Ave. building before marching three miles to the residence of President Kwang-Wu Kim on Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.

College president tells Faculty Senate that more teaching will shift to full-time faculty under new financial model

By Vivian Richey, Senior Staff Reporter
Part-time faculty union leadership stands in front of the 600 S. Michigan Ave. building on Oct. Thursday, 26, 2023, after a bargaining session with the college. After the multi-hour bargaining session, the union announced they intend to strike starting the following Monday.

‘It’s heartbreaking’: Part-time faculty speak out after union sends email ordering them to strike or face disciplinary action

By Olivia Cohen, Editor-in-Chief
College considers cutting programs, reducing credit requirements to close deficit 

College considers cutting programs, reducing credit requirements to close deficit 

By Vivian Richey and Olivia Cohen
Faculty members disperse and chat during a break at the faculty meeting on the fifth floor of the Student Center on Wednesday, Aug 16, 2023. With a new school year approaching, topics regarding DEI, tuition costs, retention and student engagement were main talking points.

Faculty Senate presses for more collaboration as college tackles big financial decisions

By Kimberly Vazquez, Copy Chief
College announces 3% pay increase for full time faculty, non-union staff

College announces 3% pay increase for full time faculty, non-union staff

By Leah Love, News Editor
College administration considers clinic’s low use, other available health care options as it weighs whether to close on-campus employee facility

College administration considers clinic’s low use, other available health care options as it weighs whether to close on-campus employee facility

By Olivia Cohen, Senior Editor
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