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————————– Urbana-Champaign (July 18): On July 19, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO, IFT/AFT Local 6300) will host a public Tuition Waiver Forum at 5:30pm at the University YMCA. The forum is in response to a change in tuition waiver policy in the College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA). Beginning this [...] Last week GEO informed its members of a policy change affecting tuition waivers in the College of Fine and Applied Arts. This was met with a response from Robert Graves, the Dean of FAA, to assure current students of their continued full tuition waiver. Current students have been exempted from this policy change, but let’s [...] We, the Graduate Employees Organization of the Urbana-Champaign campus, are deeply troubled by the Board of Trustees’ decision this spring to increase tuition by 9.5%. A rise in already high tuition rates makes higher education untenable for working class residents of Illinois—a state where the official unemployment rate is greater than 11%. Particularly troubling [...] 1. Email State Senator Mike Frerichs (senator.frerichs@gmail.com) and State Senator Martin Sandoval (sandoval@senatedem.state.il.us) and express your support for the work they are doing to ensure that the University remains accessible to working-class and middle-class people. Tell them to keep the pressure on the Board of Trustees! 2. Come to the Illinois Student Senate on Wednesday, May [...] Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO), the Undergraduate-Graduate Alliance (UGA), and the Campus Faculty Association (CFA), joined roughly 15,000 Illinois residents and union members on April 21 for “Lobby Day” in the state capitol. Forming one of the largest rallies in Illinois’ history, participants marched around the statehouse holding signs reading “S.O.S.” and chanting [...] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UIUC STRIKE CONTINUES TUESDAY 11/17 AT 8 AM ADMINISTRATION SPREADS MISINFORMATION ABOUT PICKET LINES URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (November 17): On Tuesday, November 17, at 8 am, the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO), AFT/IFT Local 6300, AFL-CIO, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), will continue its strike against the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. [...] GEO Members: The Last Day of Voting is Friday, November 6! GEO Members, please vote today regarding the GEO strike authorization. Almost 400 people came to the general meeting and voted Wednesday night. Results will be in by Monday. Voting locations are: We address the need for a safe, non-discriminatory space for queer grads and their allies employed by the University, providing them with: (signed 3/26/07) TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I PURPOSE |
NewsUpcoming Events with the GEO on August 31st, 2010 Tuition Waivers Threatened Again (VIDEO) on July 23rd, 2010 EMERGENCY TUITION WAIVER FORUM - STOP THE ATTACK ON THE ARTS AT UIUC! on July 8th, 2010 Open Letter to top UI Administrators from the GEO on April 19th, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UIUC GRADUATE EMPLOYEES’ ORGANIZATION TO JOIN UC UNITED COALITION ON LOBBY DAY AT SPRINGFIELD APRIL 21 on April 19th, 2010 Latest CommentsOn Tuition Waivers Threatened Again (VIDEO) on August 23rd, 2010 On Tuition Waivers Threatened Again (VIDEO) on August 21st, 2010 On FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GEO RESPONDS TO CHANGE IN TUITION WAIVER POLICY IN THE COLLEGE OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS AT UIUC WITH PUBLIC FORUM ON POLICY CHANGE on August 6th, 2010 On FAA Tuition Waivers on July 23rd, 2010 On FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GEO RESPONDS TO CHANGE IN TUITION WAIVER POLICY IN THE COLLEGE OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS AT UIUC WITH PUBLIC FORUM ON POLICY CHANGE on July 19th, 2010 |
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