Politicizing Accreditation in the South and Beyond (AAUP)

This webinar will discuss the implications of dropping independent accreditation systems for the state-controlled Commission for Public Higher Education (CPHE). Although its planning document includes some seemingly harmless language, the CPHE is dominated by powerful conservative politicians, like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who likely want to use it to extend their control of the State […]

Free Speech Doesn’t Defend Itself

Outraged by the growing attacks on free speech in schools and on college campuses? Join a powerful panel discussion on how we can defend free speech, support those who’ve been targeted or fired for speaking out and take meaningful action to protect democracy. The panel will feature Nicholas Ostheimer, President of FAU College Democrats, Adam […]

Solidarity Cinema: Boat People (2024) and Black Girl (1966)

CU 110 (Culture and Society Bldg, Florida Atlantic University) 777 Glades Road, Culture and Society Building, Boca Raton

    Given the centrality of immigration in recent news and South Florida serving as a hub for various immigrant communities, we will be screening Boat People (2024), a short form fiction film about Haitian refugees who were held in Guantanamo Bay in the 1990s, and Black Girl (1966), the first Black independent Senegalese film […]

November Executive Meeting

Zoom

All events are online. To receive a link to attend the meeting, contact us at president@uff-fau.org

Family Bowling Fun

21046 Commercial Trl, Boca Raton, FL 33486 21046 Commercial Trl, Boca Raton, Fl

Join us for a family-friendly and fun afternoon of bowling at Lucky Strike. Food and drinks provided.

Solidarity Cinema Series: Freedom Riders

CU 107 (formerly the Living Room Theaters) 777 Glades Road, Culture and Society Building, Boca Raton, FL

The next Solidarity Cinema Series screening will be on February 12 at 7 PM in CU 107 in our campus movies theaters. We will be screening the documentary Freedom Riders (2010) that chronicles the inspirational six months in 1961 when more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives for by simply traveling together […]

Town Hall

Join us for our virtual town hall on February 20th at 2 p.m. where we will provide further discussion and clarification on the CBA language, especially pertinent to non-renewal of our contingent instructors and FAUS one-year contract employees. The town hall will include a discussion of academic freedom and free speech as it pertains to […]