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I would like to see fair and equitable treatment of all faculty across the entire NMSU system.

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I’m Tanya Allred, and I’m a tenured English faculty member. I’ve been teaching in the NMSU system since 2000 and have been full time on the Alamogordo campus since 2006. I’m a member of the Union Organizing Committee.

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I have two very important issues that I hope a faculty union will improve. Similar to Tanya, I want the faculty to be strong and respected players in the governance of the university. Shared governance has become a shibboleth to administrators and the University's governing bodies but it needs to be a reality. Without a strong faculty voice, the university suffers. Second, our health care benefits are so poor that faculty leave here for that reason. We need to improve our access to affordable and dependable health care. 

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Hi there, I'm Susan Beck. I'm a tenured professor at the NMSU Library and have served as a librarian, in many different positions,  at NMSU since 1997. 

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I'm wanting us to develop greater equity with respect to pay and workload, increase benefits but reduce their cost, and increase transparency and shared governance  in the decision-making.

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Hi! I'm Patricia MacGregor-Mendoza.  I'm a Professor of Spanish and Linguistics in the Department of Languages & Linguistics and I've been here since 1995.

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Organizational stability and stronger shared governance

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I'm Jason Bengtson, an Associate Professor at the NMSU Library. I'm just coming up on a year at NMSU.

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I want to see the creation of a set of robust policies that provide due process for faculty. Right now, for example, grievance policies don't really protect faculty because entities like the Faculty Grievance Review Board are only advisory.

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Hi! I'm Jamie Bronstein. I'm a professor of history at the NMSU campus, and I've been here since 1996. 

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I hope that the union will address the rising cost of our health insurance. 

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Hi! I'm Kim Lopez Gallagher from Alamogordo. I am tenured and a full professor. I teach government, U.S. history, and philosophy. 

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Getting NMSU Central to formally accept our petition and recognize our union. Then we work on a contract. 

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Hi, I am Christopher Brown, Geography and Environmental Studies, LC Campus and member of the Organizing Committee.

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A more efficient and stable administration structure at NMSU and a more cohesive understanding/appreciation of the relationship between NMSU and its community college system. 

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I'm Doug Layer and I am a professor of Sociology at DACC (since 2003). 

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Transparency in decision-making and better benefits!

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Good Afternoon, I'm Dylan McDonald, an Assistant Professor in the Library where I work as an archivist and librarian in Branson Library.

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Health care, transparency with administration and shared governance.

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I'm Beth Grundhoffer. I teach English at the Alamogordo Campus. I have been here since 2003, first as an adjunct and now as tenured faculty. 

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I would like to see parental leave, affordable healthcare, and democratic decision-making on campus. 

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Hey! I'm Alejandra Marks, I'm an assistant professor of Anthropology since 2023. 

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Equity in terms of pay and workload is a huge one!  Our benefits need to be reworked, especially our health insurance.  I look forward to developing a strong faculty voice with all of you.

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Hello everyone and welcome!  I'm Alison Newby, a tenured faculty member in the Sociology Department in the College of HEST. I started at NMSU in 2000

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Shared governance with a strong faculty voice is one of the most important issues for me.

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Hi I'm Inigo Garcia-Bryce, Professor of History and a member of the Organizing Committee

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I am hoping we can create policy that is consistent across the board dealing with promotion and tenure, best practices regarding fair and equal treatment of faculty, improvement of working conditions having to do with workload, salary, health benefits and true shared governance.

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Hello! I am Daniel Vega-Albela. I am a professor of Music at the Department of music at the Main Campus. I have been teaching here since 2009.

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I would like to see faculty have a bigger voice in university governance, as well as higher salaries and better benefits, which will help us attract and retain good people. I would also like to see us represent contingent/adjunct faculty, who face massive levels of uncertainty and exploitation with respect to their employment.

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Hi! I'm Justin Klocksiem, and I'm tenured in the philosophy department. I've been at NMSU since 2017.

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I would like to see greater equity with regards to faculty pay and workload. Higher salaries and better benefits (including more affordable healthcare) - on par with comparable institutions.

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Hi Everyone, I'm Ilana Lapid. I am a tenured and full professor at the Creative Media Institute. I've been at NMSU since 2012. 

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Hi, I’m Amy Garcia, Professor and Interim Chair of the English Department at DACC. I’ve taught at DACC in the English Department since 2001 and as full-time faculty since 2004. 

With the creation of a faculty union I hope most for shared governance, faculty respect, maternity and sick leave for faculty and a robust effort on part of administration to support faculty mental health needs. 

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I would like to see faculty have a voice in the policies of the university.  I see administrators come, start a policy, and then leave us with the policy (effective or not!).  

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Hello!  I am Avis James from the Biology Department.  I have been here 19 years- 9 as adjunct and 10 as a College Track Faculty.  A long path to professor!