Archive for the ‘It’s Been One of Those Semesters’ Category

What Might Elizabeth Kübler-Ross Say at a D:F/M Department Meeting?

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

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Really Good Personal Account About Workplace Bullying

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

The New York Healthy Workplace Advocates is planning more videos like the one above. Support S3863/A4965 – The NYS Healthy Workplace Bill. Click here for more info.

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By Gregg Morris, a tenured professor in Hunter College’s Department of Film and Media Studies, which has a significant problem with workplace bullying, also known as Academic Bullying.

 

 



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The Push for Anti-Workplace Bullying Legislation in New York State – Parts 1, 2 and 3

Monday, November 25th, 2013
By Mike Schlicht – Parts 1, 2, 3.

The Workplace Bullying Institute’s Definition:

…The repeated mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators that takes one or more of the following forms: verbal abuse or, threatening, humiliating or offensive behavior/actions (verbal and nonverbal forms) or, work interference — sabotage — which prevents work from getting done that is so severe that the mistreatment harms the health of the targeted person — stress-related physical consequences or psychological/emotional injury — or leads to economic harm through termination, demotion or denied promotions.

S3863/A4965 – The New York State Healthy Workplace Bill

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The Push for Anti-Workplace Bullying Legislation in New York State – Part 2

Monday, November 25th, 2013
By Mike Schlicht – Part 2

The Workplace Bullying Institute’s Definition:

…The repeated mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators that takes one or more of the following forms: verbal abuse or, threatening, humiliating or offensive behavior/actions (verbal and nonverbal forms) or, work interference — sabotage — which prevents work from getting done that is so severe that the mistreatment harms the health of the targeted person — stress-related physical consequences or psychological/emotional injury — or leads to economic harm through termination, demotion or denied promotions.

S3863/A4965 – The New York State Healthy Workplace Bill

Read about the push in here or here.

 

 

Center for Communication Did Great Things for Hunter Students …

Wednesday, November 20th, 2013

 

Center for Communication Annual Luncheon November 11, 2013

Center for Communication Annual Luncheon November 11, 2013

… Until …

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Center for Communication Annual Luncheon November 11, 2013

Monday, November 18th, 2013

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I Took a Bow

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Good News from New York Healthy Workplace Advocates

Tuesday, November 12th, 2013

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An Additional Take on the NYT Times Puff Piece About Hunter College President

Friday, September 13th, 2013

Regarding the article, Amid Exits, President of Hunter College Is Assailed for Her Management Style, a serious oversight in an earlier post: The Times’ article was a tepid follow on articles published in the Chronicle of Higher Education in July.

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NYT Times Latest Puff Piece About Hunter College President

Friday, September 6th, 2013

Amid Exits, President of Hunter College Is Assailed for Her Management Style comes in the wake of the resignations of an assistant dean and a dean – their departures roiling with disharmony – and the resignation of the College Legal Counsel, who also served as the Campus Ethics Officer, who left with no fanfair.

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Riposte: Re Kelly Anderson & Bernard Stein

Sunday, September 1st, 2013

Back in March, 2013, I wrote the post below on Hunter-L. It is a factually correct, straight forward description of the inner workings of the Department of Film and Media Studies. It was revelatory about D:F/M academic debauchery. Colleagues Kelly Anderson and Bernard Stein responded with posts on Hunter-L. I was surprised by their lack of candor in a public forum. And I will need to do another post to address Colleague Stein’s comments.

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