• HCAFA – Celebrating 20 Years

  • Reminders

  • HCAFA Executive Committee monthly meetings listed below (conducted via Zoom). All HCAFA members are invited to join the sessions. Dates as follows:

    • November 7th (10:00, Zoom)
  • For information, contact HCAFA President Steven Titus at satitus@gmail.com . Voice-mail messages (847.359.0300) are forwarded to us. For an emergency situation, you may contact the HCAFA President via email (hcafapresident@gmail.com) or IEA's central office in Springfield at https://ieanea.org/ieaconnect/ for telephone and live chat during their limited weekday hours as well as the email option. 

AVAILABILITY FORMS

Don’t forget to turn in your availability form to your division office by September 15. Failure to do so could lead to your not having a class in the spring semester.
On our site under documents, there is a link to the Harper availability form.

Heading into the Election…

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East-West University

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Sandwich and Sushi Soiree

A great time was had by all at the Sandwich and Sushi Soiree on Monday, August 16th.  Questions were answered and we gave away staplers!  Need a stapler?  Contact your division rep and we’ll get a new to you (as long as supplies last).  The soiree isn’t just for new adjuncts!  Continue reading

Higher Education Council

Who are they?

They are members of various higher ed union around the state of Illinois.  They are elected to their positions and they get together several times a year to discuss higher ed issues.  Many of the members of the higher ed council have positions on various IEA and NEA committees thereby making sure that the small, but growing, voice of higher ed is heard in both organizations.  Their current initiatives are: Continue reading

GPA Surprise for JJ!

Usually, at the end of the first day of the Grassroots Political Activist conference, the entire group goes out to dinner somewhere. Continue reading

At the Grassroots Political Activist Kickoff Conference

JJ is at the Grassroots Political Activist (GPA) Conference in Springfield IL.  Continue reading

Interesting article….

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Summer Leadership Academy!

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Call to Action!

Why should you care about this?  Because this bill also includes $5.7 BILLION for PELL grants which will make it easier for students to come to college!
NEA Special Alert: July 20, 2010 Continue reading