Good Evening. My name is Cheryl Baunbach-Caplan and I am president of the College of DuPage Adjuncts Association.
I would like to thank the current Board of Trustees for their service and guidance to the College of DuPage during the challenging times we have faced since March of 2020.
And, on behalf of CODAA, I would like to welcome the newly elected Board of Trustees. I congratulate Heidi Holan on her re-election and Flo Appel and Nick Howard as newly elected Board members. The role of a College of DuPage Trustee is important and demanding and CODAA appreciates your willingness to serve the COD community.
CODAA leadership very much looks forward to engaging in regular discussion with all of you so that we can better understand your vision for the college and you can better understand our issues and concerns and the way we serve College of DuPage students.
CODAA will begin negotiating our new collective bargaining agreement with the College on May 7 th. We look forward to engaging in cordial and productive bargaining sessions. We hope that the College will recognize the extraordinary efforts the adjunct faculty and part-time counselors and advisors engaged in during the pandemic to best serve College of DuPage students. And when it is time to present the proposed contract to the Board of Trustees, we hope the Board will treat our 700 plus members fairly and equitably.