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Click here to read today’s statement from APSCUF President Dr. Kenneth M. Mash regarding the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center and Keystone Research Center‘s newest report about our state-owned universities.

APSCUF’s members go above and beyond in their work. In case you missed some of their accomplishments the first time around, here are some highlights from this past semester.

• Bloomsburg University’s head coach of cross country and track and field teams is the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Women’s Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year.
• An anthropology professor at the California University of Pennsylvania joined Smart Talk to discuss his research on the Monongahela Native Americans.
• A professor at Cheyney University won the Philosophy Through Fiction prize.
• Professors’ work was exhibited at Clarion University’s “The Four Seasons and Selected Works: A Collaborative Book and Exhibit.”
• An East Stroudsburg University professor of English held an event to raise awareness of eating disorders.
• The National Association of Social Workers named an Edinboro University professor Social Worker of the Year.
• An Indiana University of Pennsylvania speech-language pathology professor won the Ray Coppler Disability Awareness Award.
• East’s Coach of the Year is a Kutztown University head softball coach.
• A professor of health science from Lock Haven University worked with students to offer a health clinic in rural Jamaica.
• A Mansfield University history professor appeared on the Berks History Center’s program on BCTV.
• A professor at Millersville University spoke at the University’s Frederick Douglass Black Culture Celebration.
• A Shippensburg University professor was named Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow.
• A Slippery Rock University professor made the cover of The American Occupational Therapy Association’s OT Practice Magazine.
• A professor at West Chester University started a project to look at diversity in a “nontraditional” way.

APSCUF aims to keep our members and followers updated on our faculty members’ and coaches’ successes. Don’t forget to follow us on our social media sites for more stories featuring our incredible faculty and coaches. Have a story to be told? Tag APSCUF on social media or email us at .

—Lindsey Newton, APSCUF intern

Click here to read APSCUF’s statement about Cheyney University’s transformation and presidential search.

Slippery Rock University student Lindsey Newton will work in the state office through August. Click here to learn more about future APSCUF internships.

Lindsey Newton is APSCUF’s government-relations and communications intern for summer 2017. She just completed her junior year at Slippery Rock University as a political science major.

Aside from her studies, Newton is active on campus. She is the co-founder and president of a new organization at Slippery Rock, the Young Progressives. She is also a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society.

“I am excited to bring knowledge from my studies into action, while gaining a new and unique perspective from the internship,” Newton said.

In her free time, she enjoys reading and trying out new coffee shops.

We are delighted to have Nan Nicholls, an associate professor at Slippery Rock University, as our faculty intern this week. She will be in the Harrisburg office interacting with staff members and observing the spectrum of union administration. Click here to learn more about APSCUF’s faculty and coaches orientation internships.