AAUP at Seattle University  Volume 1 / Issue 2 / December 2025

11.12.25 08:57 PM

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What's in Today's Newsletter

  • Calendar

  • Why Join AAUP?

  • Membership Drive

  • Take Our Fall 2025 Poll

  • Congratulations to Our Newly-Elected Officers

  • Fall Quarter 2025 Wrap-Up

  • AAUP National Resources

Calendar

NEXT MEETING: January 22 | 12:30pm-1:20pm | ADMIN 203 & Zoom

FEBRUARY MEETING: February 19 | 12:30pm - 1:20pm | ADMIN 203 & Zoom

MARCH MEETING: March 12 | 12:30pm - 1:20pm | ADMIN 203 & Zoom


Why Join the AAUP?

The ongoing attacks on higher-ed make it more urgent than ever for faculty around the country to come together. Here at SU we are building a voice and power on campus to truly represent and advocate for the common good of higher education.

Membership Drive

To have a strong presence at SU and do the work we need to do on our own campus, as well as being able to support the national higher ed initiatives, having a substantial membership is crucial!

Membership is via a sliding scale based on salary and can be as low as $6.50/mo for adjuncts and under $20/mo for most SU faculty.PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING!

Take Our Fall 2025 Poll

It’s not too late! Let us know what issues are important to you and what you would like our member led, member driven advocacy chapter to focus on for this academic year. CLICK HERE.

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Congratulations to Our Newly-Elected Chapter Officers

Co-presidents: Sarah Cate and Alex Smith
Secretary-Treasurer: Mark Petterson
At-large: Russell Black
At-large: Dominic CodyKramers
At-large: Lydia Cooper
At-large: Amanda Heffernan
At-large: Kate Koppelman
At-large: Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa

Fall Quarter 2025 Wrap-Up

  • Hosted a Faculty Welcome (co-sponsored with Center for Jesuit Education)

  • Held October Informational Meeting - Why join AAUP?

  • Presented our chapter to AcA

  • Presented our chapter to Cornish Faculty Senate

  • Members attended National AAUP meeting on how to respond to Trump’s “Compact”

  • Members attended National AAUP Skills to Win Training

  • Elected executive board and passed bylaws

AAUP National Resources

Back-to-School Toolkit: resources on organizing, academic freedom and campus free speech, mass mobilization, racial justice and equality, supporting international communities, and digital safety to help you build strong chapters, protect campus communities, and escalate the fight back against the destruction of higher education in this country.


Advisory for Academic Workers: In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and other academic workers. It includes resources on what to do if you are experiencing targeted harassment, tips on digital security and engaging with social media, and resources available from the AAUP and the AFT.


About Us

AAUP is a national organization that has advocated and fought for both higher education and issues related to faculty welfare, shared governance, and academic freedom for over 100 years. In addition to the ongoing attacks on higher-ed and at the federal level, challenges to shared governance and to the value of faculty expertise here at SU make it more urgent than ever for faculty to build solidarity and a collective voice. The SU chapter of AAUP is dedicated to creating a space for all faculty and staff to be heard and to speaking with a unified voice on issues vital to our professional lives.