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- Retired Michigan State University Professor E. James Potchen, former chair of the MSU Radiology Department, reflects upon his early life and education at MSU, his career in medicine and radiology and his experience with with MSU's Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP). Potchen says that he returned to MSU in 1975 to become Chair of the Radiology Department and persuaded the administration that a radiology building could be a profit center for the university. Potchen also gives his opinion of the FGP, talks about various Faculty Grievance Officials (FGO) he worked with, and recalls some of the cases he was involved in while advocating for the the university administration. Potchen is interviewed by John Revitte, former MSU professor of Human Resources and Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Michigan State University Professor Emeritus E. James Potchen, M.D. amd former chair of the MSU Radiology Department, talks about representing the university administration in the faculty grievance process. Potchen says that ninety-nine percent of the problems presented to the Grievance Office were the result of misunderstandings and that he didn't have to prepare very much for individual cases because there was so much redundancy in the type of grievances filed. Potchen also talks about why MSU created the faculty grievance process, attempts to unionize MSU faculty, the attitude of MSU President Peter McPherson toward MSU faculty having a voice, the move of the medical school to Grand Rapids, the changes MSU President Cecil Mackey made at MSU, his own role in the development of medical programs at MSU and his career as a professor and administrator at the university. Potchen is interviewed by retired MSU Professor of Labor Studies and former Faculty Grievance Officer John Revitte.
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- 2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michael Rubner, Michigan State University's longest serving Faculty Grievance Official (FGO), talks about how he organized the duties of the FGO, the time it took to process grievances, the evaluation process of FGOs, his involvement with the University Committee on Faculty Affairs (UCFA) and why he chose to become an FGO. He also talks about other FGOs, MSU provosts and presidents, the role of the MSU general counsel, and the effectiveness of the Faculty Grievance Process. Rubner is interviewed by Bob Banks, former MSU Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources and John Revitte, former MSU professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-04-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Kathy Hoag, professor of immunology at Michigan State University and a presiding officer at MSU faculty grievance hearings, talks about the difficulties MSU professors face in balancing their teaching schedules, research and personal time with the demands which the university places on them to earn tenure. She says that the pressure faculty members face to get tenure is not sustainable. Hoag also talks about the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP), her duties as a presiding officer, working with faculty who are unfamiliar with the FGP, ways in which the FGP succeeds, and her recommendations for improving FGP. Hoag is interviewed by John Revitte, former MSU professor Human Resources and Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-05-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Terry Curry, associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Human Resources at Michigan State University, discusses the university's Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP) and the position of Faculty Grievance Official (FGO). Curry talks about his role in the grievance process as a representative of the MSU administration, his relationships with several FGOs, his justification for reducing the FGO to a part-time position and the changes he would like to see made in the FGP. Curry says that both MSU faculty and administrators have felt at various times that the FGP and FGO have been biased towards the other side in disputes. Curry is interviewed by Robert Banks, former MSU associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Human Resources and John Revitte, former MSU professor emeritus of Labor Studies.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-02-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- M. Peter McPherson, former president of Michigan State University, reflects on his time at MSU and particularly his involvement with the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP) and the Faculty Grievance Official (FGO). McPherson talks about the effectiveness of the FGP and its weaknesses and the rationale for some of the specific changes he brought to the FGP during his tenure as MSU President. He also describes one grievance in particular which required significant university resources to shepherd through the process and says that he was finally forced to intervene personally in order to bring resolution to the matter. McPherson is interviewed by Bob Banks, former Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at MSU, and John Revitte, former MSU professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ken Germanson, Allied Industrial Workers international union staff member, AIW newspaper editor, and president of the Wisconsin Labor History Society (WLHS), talks with Michigan State University Labor and Industrial Relations Professor Emeritus John Revitte via telephone. Germanson and Revitte talk about their long association, projects they have collaborated on, and their careers. Germanson compares the AIW with the United Auto Workers in terms of how they handled grievances and race relations, the makeup of AIW membership, its political leanings, and the history of the AIW as it navigated the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Gernamson describes steps to racially integrate the AIW, and explains how the union survived allegations of widespread corruption. Germanson says that the AIW was small and depended on the AFL and schools like MSU to educate members. Part 1 of 7.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-06-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Robert F. Banks, associate provost and associate vice president for academic human resources, and professor emeritus of the James Madison College at Michigan State University, talks about the evolution and history of the Faculty Grievance Policy at MSU, the debate about faculty unionization and the definition of bargaining units on campus, MSU's efforts to resist unionization, and the various failed attempts to gather a faculty majority for unionization. Banks is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Fifth of seven interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-07-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection