{"id":2035,"date":"2019-04-06T15:10:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T15:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=2035"},"modified":"2019-04-06T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T15:12:12","slug":"recent-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/recent-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-2035\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2035-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-2035-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2035-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-postloop panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\n\t<article id=\"post-5756\" class=\"post-5756 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-event\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/24\/family-friendly-year-end-picnic\/\" title=\"Permalink to Family-Friendly Year-End Picnic\" rel=\"bookmark\">Family-Friendly Year-End Picnic<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp; <span class=\"author vcard\" >By  <a class=\"url fn n\" rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/author\/downeyt\/\" title=\"View all posts by downeyt\">downeyt<\/a><\/span> <span><time class=\"onDate date published\" datetime=\"2026-04-24T13:47:32-04:00\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/24\/family-friendly-year-end-picnic\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">April 24, 2026<\/a> <\/time><\/span><time class=\"updated\"  datetime=\"2026-04-24T13:47:52-04:00\">April 24, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"bl_categ\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/category\/event\/\" rel=\"tag\">Event<\/a> <\/span>  \t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UFF-FIU&#8217;s year-end picnic will take place on May 2, 11 a.m. &#8211; 2 p.m. Location: Crandon Park North Shelter 12 (far end of the parking lot). Food and drinks will be provided. All faculty and their families welcome! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evite.com\/event\/00AFIIAE4SKDAALL2EPRFO7HPD3NQY\/\">Please RSVP here.<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content --> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \t<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- #entry-meta -->\n\n\t<\/article><!-- #post-5756 -->\n\t\n\t\n\n\t<article id=\"post-5750\" class=\"post-5750 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-elections\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/15\/2026-uff-fiu-chapter-election-results\/\" title=\"Permalink to 2026 UFF-FIU Chapter Election Results\" rel=\"bookmark\">2026 UFF-FIU Chapter Election Results<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp; <span class=\"author vcard\" >By  <a class=\"url fn n\" rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/author\/downeyt\/\" title=\"View all posts by downeyt\">downeyt<\/a><\/span> <span><time class=\"onDate date published\" datetime=\"2026-04-15T09:22:09-04:00\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/15\/2026-uff-fiu-chapter-election-results\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">April 15, 2026<\/a> <\/time><\/span><time class=\"updated\"  datetime=\"2026-04-15T09:22:09-04:00\">April 15, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"bl_categ\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/category\/elections\/\" rel=\"tag\">Elections<\/a> <\/span>  \t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Congratulations to our new 2026-2027 UFF-FIU Chapter Officers. Senators\/ Alternate Senators, and Florida Education Association (FEA) Delegates who were elected at our Spring Chapter meeting on April 9.\u00a0 The new leadership team will take office next month, on May 11, 2026:<\/p>\n<p>President &#8211; Marc Weinstein<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Vice President &#8211; Martha Meyer<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Secretary &#8211; Alfred Soto<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Treasurer &#8211; Janna Fierst<\/p>\n<p><strong>UFF-FIU Senators (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Jennifer Abeloff<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Andrea Adelman<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Tim Aylsworth<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Tom Breslin<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Noemy D\u00edaz Burgos<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Ming Fang<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Janna Fierst<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Mark Finlayson<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Stacy Frazier<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Tony Galaska<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Marta Gierczyk<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Natalia Giordano<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Georgii Griaznov<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Sarah Hammill<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Chris Jim\u00e9nez<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Alex Kroll<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Zach Levenson<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Tania Cepero L\u00f3pez<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Matt Marr<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Emily Messina<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Martha Meyer<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Christi Navarro<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Cindy P\u00e9rez<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Terry Peterson<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Maria Reid<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Doug Robertson<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Elizabeth Scarbrough<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Martha Schoolman<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Jeanette Smith<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Natalia Soares Quinete<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Alfred Soto<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Carolina Villalba<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Marc Weinstein (also ex officio)<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Kirsten Wood<\/p>\n<p><strong>UFF-FIU Alternate Senators (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><br \/>\n<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Candice Ammons-Blanfort<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Tom Moore<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Jorge Rodr\u00edguez<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Fahad Saeed<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Hassan Zahedi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida Education Association (FEA) Delegates (in alphabetical order)<\/strong><br \/>\n<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Jennifer Abeloff<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Andrea Adelman<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Tim Aylsworth<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Mark Finlayson<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Stacy Frazier<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Tania Cepero L\u00f3pez<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Emily Messina<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Martha Meyer<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Christi Navarro<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Terry Peterson<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Maria Reid<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Doug Robertson<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Elizabeth Scarbrough<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Martha Schoolman<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Jeanette Smith<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Alfred Soto<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Marc Weinstein<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to our members who turned out to vote at MMC and BBC and congratulations to all from The UFF-FIU Elections Committee.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content --> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \t<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- #entry-meta -->\n\n\t<\/article><!-- #post-5750 -->\n\t\n\t\n\n\t<article id=\"post-5741\" class=\"post-5741 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-event\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/15\/coffee-hour-april-15\/\" title=\"Permalink to Coffee Hour &#8211; April 15\" rel=\"bookmark\">Coffee Hour &#8211; April 15<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp; <span class=\"author vcard\" >By  <a class=\"url fn n\" rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/author\/downeyt\/\" title=\"View all posts by downeyt\">downeyt<\/a><\/span> <span><time class=\"onDate date published\" datetime=\"2026-04-15T00:35:29-04:00\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/15\/coffee-hour-april-15\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">April 15, 2026<\/a> <\/time><\/span><time class=\"updated\"  datetime=\"2026-04-15T00:35:52-04:00\">April 15, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"bl_categ\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/category\/event\/\" rel=\"tag\">Event<\/a> <\/span>  \t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n<p>The UFF-FIU Good &amp; Welfare Committee is pleased to invite you to our first UFF-FIU Coffee Hour this Wednesday, Apr 15, 20256from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM, at Vicky Cafe @ MMC.<\/p>\n<p>All faculty (members and non-members) are invited, and your first two beverages are on the Union!<\/p>\n<p>UFF-FIU Good &amp; Welfare Committee<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content --> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \t<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- #entry-meta -->\n\n\t<\/article><!-- #post-5741 -->\n\t\n\t\n\n\t<article id=\"post-5732\" class=\"post-5732 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-event\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/28\/uff-fiu-sunset-social-at-chilis-on-thursday-april-2-400-to-600-pm\/\" title=\"Permalink to UFF-FIU Sunset Social at Chili&#8217;s on Thursday, April 2, 4:00 to 6:00 pm\" rel=\"bookmark\">UFF-FIU Sunset Social at Chili&#8217;s on Thursday, April 2, 4:00 to 6:00 pm<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp; <span class=\"author vcard\" >By  <a class=\"url fn n\" rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/author\/downeyt\/\" title=\"View all posts by downeyt\">downeyt<\/a><\/span> <span><time class=\"onDate date published\" datetime=\"2026-03-28T20:42:06-04:00\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/28\/uff-fiu-sunset-social-at-chilis-on-thursday-april-2-400-to-600-pm\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">March 28, 2026<\/a> <\/time><\/span><time class=\"updated\"  datetime=\"2026-03-28T20:42:22-04:00\">March 28, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"bl_categ\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/category\/event\/\" rel=\"tag\">Event<\/a> <\/span>  \t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The UFF-FIU Good &#038; Welfare Committee will host a UFF-FIU Sunset Social at Chili&#8217;s @ MMC on Thursday, April 2, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.\u00a0 All faculty (members or non-members) are invited, and your first two beverages are on the Union!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content --> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \t<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- #entry-meta -->\n\n\t<\/article><!-- #post-5732 -->\n\t\n\t\n\n\t<article id=\"post-5716\" class=\"post-5716 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-elections\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/19\/spring-chapter-meeting-and-elections-april-9-2026\/\" title=\"Permalink to Spring Chapter Meeting and Elections \u2013 April, 9 2026\" rel=\"bookmark\">Spring Chapter Meeting and Elections \u2013 April, 9 2026<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp; <span class=\"author vcard\" >By  <a class=\"url fn n\" rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/author\/downeyt\/\" title=\"View all posts by downeyt\">downeyt<\/a><\/span> <span><time class=\"onDate date published\" datetime=\"2026-03-19T09:00:57-04:00\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/19\/spring-chapter-meeting-and-elections-april-9-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">March 19, 2026<\/a> <\/time><\/span><time class=\"updated\"  datetime=\"2026-04-06T09:39:52-04:00\">April 6, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"bl_categ\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/category\/elections\/\" rel=\"tag\">Elections<\/a> <\/span>  \t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Annual Chapter Elections<br \/>\nSpring 2026<br \/>\nUFF-FIU Chapter Meeting<\/h1>\n<p>Wednesday, April 9, 2026, 2-4 pm<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SIPA1, Room 100 (MMC)<\/li>\n<li>AC1, Room 317 (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cookies and coffee will be provided.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For dues-paying members only.<\/li>\n<li>In person attendance required.<\/li>\n<li>Members will elect UFF-FIU Offices, Senators, and Florida Education Association Delegates.<\/li>\n<li>Union updates and business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>View the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/election-faq\/\">Election FAQ<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">*Absentee or proxy voting is prohibited by <a href=\"https:\/\/perc.myflorida.com\/\">PERC<\/a>*<\/h2>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Candidates<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2026 Candidates for UFF-FIU Offices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>President:<\/strong> Floor Nominations<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vice President: <\/strong>Martha Meyer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretary: <\/strong>Alfred Soto<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer: <\/strong>Floor Nominations<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2026 Candidates for UFF-FIU Senator<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u><br \/>\n<\/u>There are 39 candidates running for UFF-FIU Senator (34 seats) who were nominated by the published nomination deadline.\u00a0 Candidates with the least votes will become Alternate Senators.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Abeloff<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Adelman<\/p>\n<p>Candice Ammons Blanfort<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Aylsworth<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Breslin<\/p>\n<p>Noemy D\u00edaz Burgos<\/p>\n<p>Ming Fang<\/p>\n<p>Janna Fierst<\/p>\n<p>Mark Finlayson<\/p>\n<p>Stacy Frazier<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Galaska<\/p>\n<p>Marta Gierczyk<\/p>\n<p>Natalia Giordano<\/p>\n<p>Georgii Griaznov<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Hammill<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Jim\u00e9nez<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Kroll<\/p>\n<p>Zachary Levenson<\/p>\n<p>Tania Cepero L\u00f3pez<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Marr<\/p>\n<p>Emily Messina<\/p>\n<p>Martha Meyer<\/p>\n<p>Tom Moore<\/p>\n<p>Christi Navarro<\/p>\n<p>Cindy P\u00e9rez<\/p>\n<p>Terrence Peterson<\/p>\n<p>Maria Reid<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Robertson<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Rodr\u00edguez<\/p>\n<p>Fahad Saeed<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Scarbrough<\/p>\n<p>Martha Schoolman<\/p>\n<p>Jeanette Smith<\/p>\n<p>Natalia Soares Quinete<\/p>\n<p>Alfred Soto<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Villalba<\/p>\n<p>Marc Weinstein<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten Wood<\/p>\n<p>Hassan Zahedi<\/p>\n<p><strong>39 candidates total for 34 open UFF-FIU Senator seats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2026 Candidates for FEA Delegates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are 17 candidates running for FEA Delegate (17 seats) who were nominated by the published nomination deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Abeloff<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Adelman<\/p>\n<p>Timothy Aylsworth<\/p>\n<p>Mark Finlayson<\/p>\n<p>Stacy Frazier<\/p>\n<p>Tania Cepero L\u00f3pez<\/p>\n<p>Emily Messina<\/p>\n<p>Martha Meyer<\/p>\n<p>Christi Navarro<\/p>\n<p>Terrence Peterson<\/p>\n<p>Maria Reid<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Robertson<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Scarbrough<\/p>\n<p>Martha Schoolman<\/p>\n<p>Jeanette Smith<\/p>\n<p>Alfred Soto<\/p>\n<p>Marc Weinstein<\/p>\n<p><strong>17 candidates total for 17 open FEA Delegate seats<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content --> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t \t<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- #entry-meta 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