SCFA hosts regular happy hours and on-campus socials, as well as occasional lectures, discussions, and conferences on labor issues and the politics of higher education.
- SCFA Happy Hour December 18, 2024, from 5-7PM, at Lúpulo
- SCFA Budget Teach-in: Nov 4th, 6pm
Are you worried about budget cuts and austerity measures at UCSC? The Santa Cruz Faculty Association (SCFA) invites you to a budget teach-in where you will learn more about how the budget works (and doesn’t) and discuss how faculty can… Read more: SCFA Budget Teach-in: Nov 4th, 6pm - The Santa Cruz Faculty Association Invites you to the Welcome Back Social 10/17/24
- May day message
Happy May Day! The Executive Board of SCFA sends you greetings and solidarity in advance of this international workers’ day. We write to encourage faculty to attend tomorrow’s May Day rally in solidarity with the Palestine General Federation of Trade… Read more: May day message - AAUP National Day for Higher Education
- Welcome Back Social, Thursday 10/19/23, from 5:15-7:15, at the Cowell Provost House
Come to the Fall Social: Meet colleagues and have informal conversations about work, life, pop culture, politics, your summer travels, or anything else you feel like. No agenda, just a chance to connect. Thursday, October 19th, 5:15-7:15pm at the Cowell… Read more: Welcome Back Social, Thursday 10/19/23, from 5:15-7:15, at the Cowell Provost House - SCFA Social, Lupulo Craft Beer House, Thursday April 27; 6:30-8:30PM
Dear SCFA members, Please join us for a Happy Hour on Thursday, April 27th, 6:30-8:30 pm at Lúpulo Craft Beer House (233 Cathcart St). Drop in any time, bring a friend, and have a drink with colleagues. A reminder will follow but please… Read more: SCFA Social, Lupulo Craft Beer House, Thursday April 27; 6:30-8:30PM - End of the year party and next year’s(2023-24) board
We are looking forward to seeing you at our final SCFA gathering of the academic year. We’ll hold an End of Year Social at the Cowell Provost’s House tomorrow, June 13th, from 5-7pm, with beer, wine and food from Namaste.… Read more: End of the year party and next year’s(2023-24) board - UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Labor and Community workshop on the growing labor movement in higher education
UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Labor and Community is pleased to host a two-day workshop on the growing labor movement in higher education. This event aims to bring together worker-organizers to share insights, lessons, strategic perspectives, organizing models, questions,… Read more: UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Labor and Community workshop on the growing labor movement in higher education - Labor Hope, Labor Reality: Organizing Unions in 2023
Wednesday, May 3rd, writer E. Tammy Kim will be giving a lecture in the Kresge Media and Society Series titled “Labor Hope, Labor Reality: Organizing Unions in 2023.” - April 20: Higher Education for All! The Future is Free
Registration: Higher Ed For All! Campaign Launch Thursday, April 20, 2023; Noon PT/ 1pm MT/ 2pm CT/ 3pm ET In person at Portland State University and virtually on Zoom HELU is launching our national coalition campaign with partners from the… Read more: April 20: Higher Education for All! The Future is Free - SCFA Social, Lupulo Craft Beer House, Thursday April 27; 6:30-8:30PMPlease join us for a Happy Hour on Thursday, April 27th, 6:30-8:30 pm at Lúpulo Craft Beer House (233 Cathcart St). Drop in any time, bring a friend, and have a drink with colleagues.
- SCFA Social, Lupulo Craft Beer House, Thursday, March 16 6:30-8:30PMSCFA invites you to a casual happy hour, Thursday, March 16th, 6:30-8:30 pm at Lúpulo Craft Beer House (233 Cathcart St). Drop in any time, bring a friend, and have a drink with colleagues. If you can’t make this… Read more: SCFA Social, Lupulo Craft Beer House, Thursday, March 16 6:30-8:30PM
- SCFA Open Meeting: Weds January 18, 2023 5PM
We hope you are doing as well as possible given the accumulated fatigue from last quarter as well as the recent storms. While the strike has ended (although the contract was overwhelmingly rejected by our campus), we realize that many… Read more: SCFA Open Meeting: Weds January 18, 2023 5PM - SCFA Informational Town Hall on Grading – Thursday December 8, 2022 at 5PMWe would like to invite you to a virtual SCFA town hall on Thursday, December 8, at 5PM. This will be an opportunity to hear updates regarding the bargaining process and ask any questions you might have regarding struck work,… Read more: SCFA Informational Town Hall on Grading – Thursday December 8, 2022 at 5PM
- CUCFA and UAW virtual town hall – November 11, 2022
CUCFA and UAW virtual town hall Friday, November 11, 4-5 pm, Please pre-register for this event: http://bit.ly/3UMgjAu Dear Colleagues, The Academic Student Employees, Postdocs, Academic Researchers, and Student Researchers plan to begin striking this coming Monday, November 14th. The… Read more: CUCFA and UAW virtual town hall – November 11, 2022 - SCFA Fall 2022 Gathering – Thursday, November 10th from 4:30 – 6:30 at the Cowell Provost House
The Santa Cruz Faculty Association – your union! – would like to invite you to a fall gathering on Thursday, November 10th from 4:30 – 6:30 at the Cowell Provost House. We want to celebrate some recent union victories, welcome… Read more: SCFA Fall 2022 Gathering – Thursday, November 10th from 4:30 – 6:30 at the Cowell Provost House - SCFA General Meeting, April 8, 2021 4-5:30pmThe SCFA invites you to a membership meeting to discuss faculty working conditions, open to all Senate Faculty. Please save the date: Thursday April 8, 2021, 4-5:30PM. Please RSVP to scfa.assist@gmail.com to receive the agenda and ZOOM link for the… Read more: SCFA General Meeting, April 8, 2021 4-5:30pm
- Support ALL Faculty at UC: February 26th, 2021
As many of you know, our lecturer colleagues—who teach over 30% of undergraduate student credit hours on this campus—have been bargaining for a new contract with UC for almost two years, and they have been working without a contract for more… Read more: Support ALL Faculty at UC: February 26th, 2021 - SCFA General Meeting 10/26/20SCFA invites you to a membership meeting-open to all Senate faculty-on Monday October 26, 6:45-8PM. In this moment of budget cuts and remote teaching amid the COVID pandemic, this meeting is an opportunity for all of us, together, to discuss… Read more: SCFA General Meeting 10/26/20
- Democratizing the University: Are Tenure-Stream Faculty for or Against?
Professor Christopher Newfield is perhaps the U.S.’s foremost scholar in “university studies.” Chris is Professor in the English Department at UC Santa Barbara, and is a co-organizer of the important and crucial website “Remaking the University” (utotherescue.blogspot.com). His books on… Read more: Democratizing the University: Are Tenure-Stream Faculty for or Against? - SCFA General Meeting, 1/13/20 from 5-7, Humanities 1, Room 202Last quarter the SCFA executive board issued public statements supporting a COLA for graduate students and outlining our understanding of faculty obligations during the grade strike. Those communications followed extensive consultation with SCFA’s lawyers. We have since met with the… Read more: SCFA General Meeting, 1/13/20 from 5-7, Humanities 1, Room 202
- Saving Public Education: Public Lecture and Policy Document Release
The UCSC Faculty Association is very excited to announce a talk by Christopher Newfield, Professor at UC Santa Barbara and author of several important books on higher education, on Thursday February 2, 2017: “After the Great Mistake: Fixing Public Universities in… Read more: Saving Public Education: Public Lecture and Policy Document Release