Orientation for new leaders & delegates

Listening in is new delegate Danny Too of SUNY Brockport.

Gathering for a group photo before returning to their campuses to absorb all the new information they had just been presented were dozens of new delegates attending a series of presentations at UUP headquarters in Albany.

Margaret Taylor and Victoria Titiloyle, both of Brooklyn HSC, listen as UUP's statewide leaders introduce them to concepts of union activism.

Posing a question is Martha Livingston of SUNY Old Westbury.

Listening to a question from a colleague are (left to right) Robert White, SUNY Binghamton; Carlos Vidal, Stony Brook HSC, Judith Place, SUNY Albany, and Steve Abraham, SUNY Oswego.

Learning about the role of the union for academic and professional faculty is Ezra Zubrow, SUNY Buffalo.

Eudelle Marshall, Brooklyn HSC, takes part in a workshop as a new UUP delegate.

UUP's newest leaders gather for a group photo at UUP headquarters before boarding a bus for a Lake George conference center.

UUP President William Scheuerman addresses the new leaders at UUP headquarters in Albany.

Raymond Dannenhoffer of Buffalo HSC frames his question to discussion leaders.

Herbert Fink, SUNY Brockport, examines an addendum to the UUP contract.

Robert Hammond, SUNY Central Administration, discusses workplace issues of mutual concern with Toni Freeman-Coughlin, SUNY Alfred (center), and Kathleen Whittier, Plattsburgh.

Phyllis Kurz, SUNY Old Westbury (center), asks a good question. On either side of her are Old Westbury colleagues Olga Dunning (right) and Barbara Hillery.

Listening to questions at a workshop for academics are presenters Phil Smith, UUP statewide vice president for academics, and Eileen Landy, UUP statewide secretary.

John Marino, statewide vice president for professionals, talks to conference attendees about issues affecting UUP chapters.

Listening in: Norman Payne, SUNY Oneonta; Bruce Simon, SUNY Fredonia; Toni Freeman-Coughlin, Alfred.

Phil Smith, statewide vice president for academics, airs out issues with (right to left) William Lundmark, SUNY Purchase; Bruce Simon, SUNY Fredonia; and John Delate, SUNY Purchase, at an outdoor reception.

Robert Rees, SUNY Alfred (left), and Gary Edwards, SUNY Delhi, pour over handouts from a workshop.

Enjoying the shade of his new UUP hat is David Ritchie, SUNY Cortland.

UUP's new statewide secretary Eileen Landy (right) confers with Rowena Blackman-Stroud at the New Leaders Orientation held in June.

William Lundmark, SUNY Purchase, checks in at registration for the New Leaders Orientation with UUP staffer Patricia Weitman.

Ivan Steen, SUNY Albany, reads a booklet of speeches and essays on the changing academy written by UUP President William Scheuerman.