Author Archives: GWUFA

What a year this has been across the globe.   And in our little corner of it, GW’s administration has been very … 2020 has been full of shenanigans from the LeBlanc/Speights administration.  As a reminder of the year we’ve had: JANUARY Despite repeated faculty and student concern expressed throughout fall semester, President Thomas LeBlanc opensContinue reading “Naughty or Nice?”

“I am extremely sensitive to faculty fatigue…” Provost Blake wrote yesterday, describing why he has changed his mind about implementing his “shock doctrine” Academic Master Plan. We’d like to respond.   We’re not tired, Blake. We’re energized, we’re focused, and we won’t back down. The Faculty Association is gratified that we and members of the Faculty SenateContinue reading “We’re Not Tired, Provost Blake”

Boo! It’s that time of year and we have good reason to be scared. The secret reorganization plan Provost Blake is trying to implement—his Shock Doctrine—is even worse than we feared. But there is also a treat. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, November 18 @ 4pm and keep reading to find out what it is. The Trick He’s got aContinue reading “Trick or Treat?”

It’s called “the shock doctrine.” A nation, city, corporation, or university falls on hard times, and eventually the axes begin to drop. Budgets are slashed. Programs are cut. And while the pain is felt first and foremost among the most vulnerable, the damage is systemic. Even the winners are losers. Unless we all take actionContinue reading “Shock Doctrine at GW”

GWUFA stands in solidarity with the Student Association. We not only support them, we are proud of them.  In case any further proof was needed, on October 2nd Grace Speights demonstrated why she is unfit to be the Chair of the Board of Trustees at any university.  At the Board meeting on that day, she berated GWContinue reading “Condescending much, Chair Speights?”

Dear colleagues, Remember summer … barely? We know, it’s difficult with so much happening, and not happening, at GW and in the world. But slow down for a second and try to recall. Remember when, in the midst of a hiring freeze and staff layoffs, LeBlanc hired Heather Swain to be Vice President of MarketingContinue reading “#ChopTheTop”

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The GWU Faculty Association is pleased to circulate the Student Association Executive Order calling on President LeBlanc to resign and demanding genuine shared governance at GW.  As the Executive Order states, LeBlanc has exhausted the patience and good will of every faction of the GW community – faculty, staff, and students. So bad is theContinue reading “GWUFA Supports SA Executive Order”

Friday 9/11 @ 12 EVENT DETAILS HERE! Meet us at Kogan Plaza to demand that GW do better! Wear a mask and be sure to social distance. Bring signs and wear GW colors!  Can’t join us in person? No worries, join us virtually from wherever you are!  PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORKS, INVITE YOUR STUDENTS,Continue reading “NO CONFIDENCE RALLY”

Inside the University We Have On Monday more than four hundred people attended the meeting organized by the Faculty Association to discuss our ongoing responses to the disastrous and haphazard leadership of the LeBlanc administration.  We had much to bemoan and much to celebrate. We have lost friends and necessary co-workers to unnecessary and destructive layoffs. Our presidentContinue reading “Building the University We Want”