Jan. 30, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact:
Kathryn Morton, or 717-236-7486, Ext. 3007
Faculty members and coaches at the Bloomsburg, Lock Haven and Mansfield campuses of Commonwealth University are slated to take a no-confidence vote on University President Bashar Hanna via electronic, anonymous ballot Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 11–12. The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties executive councils of those chapters determined late last year they would send the vote to chapter members. Results of the vote will be announced later that week and will not be broken down by bargaining unit or chapter.
The scheduled vote follows months of APSCUF efforts to convince authority to do what is in the best interest of the university and its students. All three chapters in December announced plans to hold votes of no-confidence.
APSCUF President Dr. Kenneth M. Mash in November issued a statement calling for Hanna’s presidency to end.
“We don’t want to take such public, drastic measures, but we must,” Mash said, “because understand that everyone’s first concern should be our students — and the university president, the council of trustees, and the State System Board of Governors should also put the students, their well-being, and their success first.”
APSCUF represents about 5,000 faculty and coaches at the State System campuses: Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock, and West Chester.