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Stay healthy this fall
Updated flu-shot information is posted on APSCUF's forms-and-benefits page. Highmark subscribers are eligible for up to two free masks. Click here and enter your ID (ONLY the numerical portion, not the preceding letters) to check your eligibility and to place an...
See Dr. Jamie Martin’s remarks to the Board of Governors – Oct. 14, 2020
The Oct. 14 Board of Governors meeting took place via Zoom and streamed via YouTube. Below are APSCUF President Dr. Jamie Martin’s comments as prepared. Chairwoman Shapira, Chancellor Greenstein, governors, university presidents and guests, Good afternoon. My name is...
Assembly honors Benn, addresses threats
Retired East Stroudsburg University Distinguished Professor Dr. Allan Benn addresses legislative assembly Sept. 18. APSCUF members lauded his distinguished service, for which he was honored. Below: Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks with delegates about...
Students: Ask your retrenchment questions Sept. 30
Retrenchment (faculty layoffs) is a possibility at seven of our 14 State System universities. A smaller faculty means higher student/faculty ratios and possible program cuts. APSCUF is working diligently to find alternatives to these layoffs. Support and...
Let’s talk about the election
The 2020 election has enormous implications for public higher education in Pennsylvania. Join APSCUF for election-related informational events: MEMBERS-ONLY PRE- AND POST-ELECTION DISCUSSIONS: Sean Crampsie, State APSCUF director of government relations, will present...
Meet APSCUF’s longest-standing member
Only one APSCUF member who has been active since the group became a union in 1973 remains a part of the organization today. Randy Jesick began teaching journalism at Indiana University in 1969, at which point APSCUF was a professional association, and Pennsylvania...
APSCUF, TAUP and TUGSA letter: ‘Change course before it is too late’
18 August 2020 Dear Members of the Board of Trustees for the PASSHE System and Temple: Together, we represent over 9000 faculty, librarians, academic advisors, staff, graduate students, medical students, and coaches at 15 different universities. Along with...
APSCUF members switch roles, take on new challenges
To transition from one team to another brings a fresh set of challenges, but it happens frequently in APSCUF, as it did with Cliff Johnston and Kara Laskowski. The two changed positions this year. Johnston was chair for the State meet-and-discuss team before being...