Dec. 4, 2024
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Faculty members and coaches at the Mansfield campus of Commonwealth University are slated to take a no-confidence vote on University President Bashar Hanna in early February. The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties’ Mansfield chapter executive council voted in late November to send the vote to chapter members.
“Students and faculty are frustrated, tired, and fed up with university-level decisions that have undermined our ability to give students the education they deserve,” Mansfield APSCUF Chapter President Dr. Adrianne McEvoy said. “Mansfield is poised to stand in solidarity.”
Mansfield APSCUF’s scheduled vote follows months of APSCUF efforts to convince authority to do what is in the best interest of the university and its students. Lock Haven’s APSCUF chapter on Monday announced plans to hold a vote of no-confidence as well.
APSCUF President Dr. Kenneth M. Mash last month issued a statement calling for Hanna’s presidency to end. Mash on Monday called upon the Commonwealth University council of trustees to hold a public, roll-call vote about Hanna. That council meets Friday.
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.