Pay date information: There will be seven adjunct/overload paychecks on the following dates: 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, 12/3, 12/17 and 12/31.

For early end classes, pay dates are 10/8, 10/22, 11/5 and 11/19. For late start classes, pay dates are 11/19, 12/3, 12/17 and 12/31.

Full-time faculty promoted on 9/1/20 will receive their promotion bonuses (5% of base salary) in a separate check in January 2021.

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

professional asst	$831
professional asst 1	$979
professional asst 2	$1,082
specialist 1	$1,159
specialist 2	$1,247
instructor	$1,282
assistant professor	$1,389
associate professor	$1,490
professor	$1,633

• Sabbatical workshops: This year’s applications are due by 10/15 and the annual workshops will be held via Zoom on 9/9 at 11 am and on 9/18 at 10 am. Information is in a 9/3 email from Cynthia Eaton.

• FA wall calendars: If you have not yet received your wall calendar via U.S. postal service, request one by completing our calendar request form.
  
  
• Removing an instructor from a Blackboard course: When class assignments are switched or when bumping takes place, you might find that your colleague’s name is still listed on your Blackboard class or that your name is on a colleague’s class. Here’s how to request that an instructor is removed from a Blackboard class:
  
  Go to sunysuffolk.edu/suffolkhelp and click Online Education Services. Click Remove an Instructor From a Blackboard Course/CRN, then click the blue Submit a Request box at right to access the form. You will receive a Suffolk Help confirmation email when the request is fulfilled.
  
  

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