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                           INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2004 ANNUAL MEETING   
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                         A SPECIAL INVITATION   Dear colleague and fellow AAUP member: 
                           
                          I have the honor and the privilege to invite you to 
                          our annual meeting, scheduled for Saturday, April 17, 
                          2004, at  
                           
                          Columbia College Chicago 
                          623 S. Wabash 
                          Chicago IL 60605 
                           
                          The theme is Contingent Faculty – their rights as well 
                          as their impact on academic freedom and tenure. Dr. 
                          Sylvia Manning, the Chancellor of the University of 
                          Illinois at Chicago, and Joe Berry and Jocelyn Graaf, 
                          leaders in Contingent faculty issues, will be our main 
                          speakers. The meeting is free and open to all faculty. 
                           
                          At the meeting you will have a chance to meet colleagues 
                          from other institutions, listen to the valuable remarks 
                          of our plenary speakers and pick up some free brochures 
                          and other publications. Lunch will be served to all 
                          attending faculty. (See the program below for more details.) 
                          Please join us! We look forward to your attendance. 
                           
                          The nearest CTA station is at Harrison (Red line). Parking 
                          is also available in the area.  
                           
                          Please call me if you have any questions or need any 
                          further information.  
                           
                           
                          Pan Papacosta 
                          President, AAUP-Illinois  
                          (312) 344 – 7443  
                          ppapacosta@colum.edu  
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                         THE PROGRAM   9:30 AM 
                          Morning Coffee  
                           
                          10:00 AM  
                          Welcoming Remarks and Introductions  
                           
                          10:30 AM  
                          Dr. Sylvia Manning (pictured) 
                          Chancellor, University of Illinois-Chicago 
                          ~~ Topic: "Growing Crisis in Public Higher Education" 
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                          11:20 AM 
                          Questions and Discussion 
                           
                          11:45 AM 
                          Lunch  
                           
                          1:00 PM  
                          Joe Berry and Jocelyn Graaf 
                          ~~ Topic: “Issues of Contingent Faculty” ~~ 
                           
                          1:40 PM 
                          Questions and Discussion 
                           
                          2:00 PM 
                          Business Meeting of AAUP – IL  
                           
                          3:00 PM 
                          Adjournment 
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                         2004 NOMINATIONS   Please participate in the nomination process. Our organization 
                          belongs to all its members and serves the academic common 
                          good. Our Council needs members who believe passionately 
                          in AAUP principles and are also prepared to spend a 
                          few hours per month on AAUP matters. Members of the 
                          Council are also expected to attend 2-3 meetings per 
                          year. Council members are reimbursed for all traveling 
                          expenses connected with their AAUP-IL duties. 
                           
                          We are seeking nominations for the following positions: 
                           
                          PRESIDENT (2004-06) 
                          VICE-PRESIDENT (2004-06) 
                          TREASURER (2004-05) 
                          TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS (2004-07) 
                           
                          Please send your nominations to any one member of the 
                          Nominating Committee below: 
                           
                          CHAIR: Walter Kendall (The John Marshall Law School) 
                          (312) 987-2377 7kendall@jmls.edu 
                           
                          Peter Kirstein (St. Xavier University) 
                          (773) 298-3283 kirstein@sxu.edu 
                           
                          Lisa Townsley (Benedictine University) 
                          (630) 829-6557 ltownsley@ben.edu 
                           
                          Ken Kantor (National Louis University) 
                          (847) 905-2378 Kkantor@nl.edu 
                           
                          Ken Andersen (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) 
                          (217) 333-9105 keanders@uic.edu  | 
                       
                      
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