During the college’s new employee orientation on August 25, FA President Kevin Peterman greeted incoming FA members, introduced the officers and provided each new member with a packet of useful information to help them start off strong.

• Pay date information: There will be seven adjunct/overload paychecks on the following dates:

  September 28
  October 12 and 26
  November 9 and 22
  December 7 and 21

  For early end classes, pay dates are September 28, October 12, October 26 and November 9. For late start classes, pay dates are November 9, November 22, December 7 and December 21.
  
  Full-time faculty promoted on September 1, 2017, will receive their promotion bonuses (5% of base salary) in a separate check on October 5.

• FA wall calendars: Get this year’s wall calendar from your EC rep (see page 11) or in one of the adjunct offices. Due to popular demand, we ask that you take only one!
  Nota bene: The wall calendar erroneously indicates a pay date on November 23; the pay date is actually Wednesday, November 22 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

• Adjunct/overload pay rates: The current pay rates for adjunct/overload courses are as follows:

  professional assistant	$779
  professional assistant 1	$919
  professional assistant 2	$1,015
  specialist 1	$1,086
  specialist 2	$1,170
  instructor	$1,202
  assistant professor	$1,303
  associate professor	$1,397
  professor	$1,531

• Sabbatical workshops: Applications for the 2017-18 year are due by October 16. Workshops will be held during common hour on

  Ammerman 9/13 - Old Field Room
  Grant 9/20 - Captree 104
  Eastern 9/27 - Corchaug 18

• New member bagel brunches: Special brunches for new members and their mentors will be held during common hour on

  Ammerman 10/11
  Grant 10/18
  Eastern 10/25

• Making Strides Against Breast Cancer: TEAM FA is participating in two Making Strides events this October!
  
  
  1. Sunday, 10/15, at Jones Beach • 1 Ocean Parkway, Wantaugh, Fields 4 and 5 • TEAM FA meets at 8 a.m. at the NYSUT tent
  
  
  2. Sunday, 10/22, at Eastern Campus • 121 Speonk-Riverhead Rd, Riverhead • TEAM FA meets at 8 a.m. at the SCC Foundation tent

The WORD Editorial Policy

The WORD is the voice of our local. This is our primary vehicle for bringing members, on a regular basis, the views and actions of the leaders. Throughout the publication will be descriptions and reports on the union’s programs, positions and politics as well as showing the variety of ways dues are expended. It is our intent to publish 6 to 8 issues per year.

This newsletter, unlike a newspaper, is not designed to have a letters to the editor column nor does it accept an advertisement unless it has been screened and approved as a member benefit by NYSUT or AFT. The FA will receive a rebate for each NYSUT/AFT ad it runs in an issue of The WORD.

The WORD is also the voice of its members. Articles about the Faculty Association, its members and their concerns are welcome. All articles should contribute positively to the welfare of the Faculty Association and its members. We will not accept partisan articles or articles which attack any union leader or member. We will accept a thoughtful discussion of all related issues of concern to FA members. We reserve the right to edit articles not only for space and content but also those that seem to reflect a misunderstanding of the union and its policies or those which contain misinformation. The editors are the final authority for all editorial decisions.

In the event of any inadvertent misstatement or factual error, the correction will be made in the next issue of The WORD.