Save the Date! Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition members, mark your calendars for our General Membership Meeting on Friday, October 16! Come connect with colleagues, hear updates, share ideas, and help shape the work ahead. Your voice matters—and we want to hear it.

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our spring membership meeting to learn about important updates from our President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and engaged in discussions on key issues affecting our membership. 

Spring 2026 All Members Meeting

Video from the President, Secretary, and Treasurer giving the current state of our Union as of Spring 2026.

Thank you for taking the time to watch!

It was good to see some of you at the cat cafe yesterday! It was my first time there, and I appreciated the relaxed environment and incredible selection of board games. We plan to host more events there in the future. (They have a great air filtration system, so even one of our stewards who is allergic to cats was able to come and hang out in the main area with no issues.) 

With SNAP benefits on pause and awaiting partial distribution, many of our students and fellow campus workers are experiencing food insecurity. Please share these resources widely:

• Food Resources | Office of the Dean of Students | Illinois
• NTFC Unit Rep and Food Science Faculty Toni Gist’s Nutrition Security Resources page

In solidarity,

Theresa Dobbs (she/her)

NTFC President