Unit has been defined to include professors, associate professors, assistant professors, research associates, instructors, and research fellows on the TC campus. Law School and health sciences have the right to sever themselves from the larger group, and Fred Morrison said the Law School has already done so. Maintenance of status quo order would be issued as soon as a petition is filed, Tilsen said, and the U could not make any changes in terms and conditions of employment until after the election. Since then the unit has been defined, but some questions of inclusion or exclusion could still be disputed. They will be presented to the regents March 8.
Federal law allows only one change in a calendar year for optional retirement plan deductions.
Due to proposed conversion to biweekly payroll, faculty and staff may want to consider the timing of any change they make. Brief is available on the Web. Ethnic dinner is at 6 p.m., followed by a program led by Bruce Brorson at 7 p.m. Future Leaders of America will hold a conference at UMC March 28, beginning at 9 a.m. Byllye Avery, founder of the National Black Women's Health Network in Atlanta, will kick off Women's History Month celebrations at UMC when she speaks March 6 at 8 p.m. in Marshall Performing Arts Center. Home page was named Conservative Site of the Day for Feb. 23.