apscuf/su union newsletter
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APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 1
APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter
APSCUF: Your Union representing SU faculty and coaches……
…..in solidarity!
APSCUF/SU FACULTY & COACHES President –Brendan Finucane; Vice President- Jennifer Clements; Secretary- Cheryl Slattery; Treasurer & Technology Chair – Azim Danesh;
Grievance Chair – Curtis Berry; Legislative Chair- Kent Chrisman; Meet & Discuss Team – Jennifer Clements (Co-Chair), Angela Bartoli,
Cynthia Botteron, Sara Grove, Stephanie Jirard; Assembly Delegates– Debra Cornelius, Aaron Dobbs, Robert Hale, Kara Laskowski, Ying Yang; CAP Chair – John Quist; Planning & Budget Chair – Steve Burg Adjunct Committee Co- Chairs – Kate Shirk & Rebecca Lowe;
Enrollment Mgnt. Co-Chairs–Niel Brasher & Deborah Jacobs; Membership Co-Chairs – Matt Fetzer & Ashley Grimm;
Mobilization Co-Chairs – Kara Laskowski & Pablo Delis; Social Justice Chair – Jayleen Galarza; Health & Welfare Specialist – Neil Connelly;
Public Relations Chair – Kara Laskowski; Student Affairs Co –Chair – Joseph Zume & Richard Zumkhawala-Cook (NCAA Faculty Representative);
Coaches President APSCUF -SU –Rob Fulton; Coaches Vice President APSCUF-SU - Dave Osanitsch
Spring 2016 Volume 43, No. 5
Dear Colleagues,
As we approach the end of another academic year, let me briefly update
you about recent developments regarding negotiations and budgets.
Please remember to attend the General Faculty/Coach Meeting scheduled
for next Wednesday (4/20) @ 4:00pm in Shippen 224. This will be an
opportunity to have your questions and issues addressed.
With negotiations, the pace at the table remains glacial and therefore, at
Legislative Assembly (LA) late last week APSCUF delegates from all 14
campuses discussed the need to apply pressure, and so a resolution was
passed which allows for us to call a strike authorization vote this summer,
or at the latest, in September at the next LA. (It’s about time!) Late this
month there will be another negotiation session in Harrisburg, after which
you will receive an update. Continued on page 2
Table of Contents
Negotiations……….… pg 3
Around campus …...pgs 4-5
Coaches Corner ….. pgs 6-7
Student Awards…..pgs 8-9
Members at Work pgs 10-11
AT&T promo……... pg 12
APSCUF/SU Office – Wright
Hall 103
Chapter President:
Brendan Finucane
APSCUF Hrs: M/ W 10-11:45am Phone: ext. 1299 or ext. 3229
Email: [email protected]
Office Manager:
Diana Worden
Hours: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm M – F Lunch 12pm-1pm
Phone: 717-477-1791 Email: [email protected] or
Fax: 717-477-1278
General Faculty/Coach Meeting
-Negotiations, Strike, Budgets-
When: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 4:00pm
Where: Shippen 224
Should I attend? - YES!
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Here at Ship we are starting to prepare for the possibility of a strike and will be moving our
office off campus this summer (Sorry, Diana!), and will need to collect current off-campus
contact information for each faculty and coach member. We will endeavor to keep everyone
informed as negotiations proceed, but now is when you should start adjusting to the notion of
a strike occurring in our collective future. We will not call a strike unless they force us to do
it, and only if we know we have the strength to prevail.
On the budget front, the university’s long march through austerity-land should be coming to
an end due to our increased funding for a 3.5% tuition increase combined with a 5% state
appropriation increase, which jointly are the equivalent of a 12% increase in the state
appropriation. Since the 5% bump in state appropriation came so late, we will have the
resultant $1.4M carried into next year. And then our base state appropriation will be
$1.4M higher next year, for a combined fiscal swing of $2.8 Million. And then, there’s
more.
Due to the lack of opposition at the recent Board of Governor’s (BOG) meeting to the
proposed per credit tuition plan, the plan will be implemented starting in the Fall semester.
The administration is projecting a $2.5 million net revenue increase from this plan after
distribution $1.5M of additional financial aid. Combining this $2.5M and the $2.8M from
state appropriations, we are projected to have an additional $5.3 Million next year. At
both Forum and Planning and Budget Council this week, administrators were asked to end
the austerity, and to announce long awaited budgetary relief measure, of which there are
many! In particular, secretarial support for academic departments should be restored,
department chairs should be notified that the 1.5% cut is rescinded, and a review of the
moratorium on faculty positions should commence. And the full list would, of course, be
much longer.
For our students, the per credit tuition plan will be a shock. They have not yet been notified,
and they deserve to receive full information about tuition for next year. While waiting to see
what happened at the BOG was understandable, now that we know there’s a “green light” for
moving forward with the per credit model, there’s no justifiable excuse for withholding
information from the students and their parents. We have urged the administration to inform
our students.
Otherwise, there’s not much happening! Hope each of you have a productive and restorative
summer.
In Solidarity,
Brendan
APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 3
Faculty Negotiations
FEB. 12 CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TO BE RESCHEDULED
Contract negotiations between the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and APSCUF slated for Friday, Feb. 12, will be rescheduled. The State System requested the postponement due to personnel changes.
Negotiations have been ongoing since late 2014, with the most recent meeting in January. The collective bargaining agreement between the parties expired June 30, 2015.
Next Meeting - April 28, 2016
Coaches Negotiations
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS TO BE RESCHEDULED
The State System requested the postponement due to personnel changes.
UPDATE YOUR
INFORMATION!!!!!!!
Change of Address
Have you moved? Please contact the
APSCUF office at ext. 1791 or at
[email protected] with any changes.
Health & Welfare Update
Just a reminder that any changes in
marital status, address, dependents,
etc. need to be updated on a Health &
Welfare Enrollment card. Cards are
available in the APSCUF Office in
Wright Hall 103.
Negotiation Updates
All faculty and coach members can receive updates.
Sign up with the link below.
http://apscuf.org/issues-and-advocacy/negotiations-update-sign-up
MAKE SURE YOU’RE A FULL UNION MEMBER
APSCUF full members pay union dues equal to 1.15% of their salary. Fair share faculty/coaches are required to pay only 90% of this 1.15%. However, on paycheck stubs, the fee is simply listed as "UNION DED" for APSCUF and Fair Share faculty alike. The bottom line: Just because it says "UNION DED" on your paycheck does not mean that you are a full member of the union. **Please call ext 1791 and ask Diana to send
you a member card to join.
APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 4
Luhrs Elementary School gains international recognition
Grace B. Luhrs University Elementary School at Shippensburg University is
the recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Laboratory School Award from the
International Association for Laboratory Schools (IALS).
It is the first such award for the school, according to Steven Smith, its director.
“The award affirms the many years of tireless work of our current and former
faculty members,” he said. “As the only remaining public lab school in
Pennsylvania, the award recognizes the dedication and steadfast support of
GBLUES by the university and the College of Education and Student
Services.”
The award will be presented at the organization’s annual meeting in April.
Attending with Smith will be Konnie Serr, IALS president and GBLUES first
grade teacher, and Dr. Cheryl Slattery, associate professor in the university’s
teacher education department. Full Article at http://www.ship.edu/news.
University programs recognized by national websites
Shippensburg University has been recognized by two national websites for its academic quality and its affordability.
BestMastersInPsychology.com ranked Shippensburg’s master’s in psychology program 31st in its listing of 49 Most Affordable Small Colleges for a Master’s Degree in Psychology 2016.”
The master of science degree in organizational development and leadership was ranked 18th in the “50 Most Affordable Master’s in Organizational Behavior Degree Programs 2016” in the nation as chosen by Human Resources MBA.
For more information on the psychology program, click here. For more information on the organizational development and leadership, click here.
The Center for Land Use and Sustainability (CLUS) was
renamed to reflect its mission to support science-based solutions to interdisciplinary sustainability challenges. The center leverages the expertise of Shippensburg faculty, staff, and students to promote sustainable land use, economic development, and communities at local, regional, and global scales.
Current projects include research related to the Delaware River Basin, the I-81 Corridor Coalition Committee and Integrate, a new initiative to cultivate sustainability through general education coursework, professional development, and high-impact co-curricular programming and career development at the university.
The center was established in 2003 to promote sound land use and community planning to enhance the quality of life throughout South Central Pennsylvania. Its programs have included sponsored workshops, conferences, technical assistance, community education programs, faculty research efforts and the placement of interns.
Its director is Dr. Claire Jantz, professor of geography/earth science. More information is available at its website at http://centerforlanduse.org Seated are Dr. Barbara Lyman, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, and President Jody Harpster. Standing, from left, are Dr. George Pomeroy, professor of geography/earth science; Dr. Scott Drzyzga, associate professor of geography/earth science; Dr. Claire Jantz, CLUS director and professor of geography/earth science; and Dr. William Blewett, professor of geography/earth science and department chair.
APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 5
Tau Kappa's Project Prom Dress Has Best Event Yet in 2016
Every year, Tau Kappa (TK) holds a special event for girls who attend local high schools to find the
perfect prom dress at a cheaper cost.
Project Prom Dress is a great event that gets TK women involved with girls from the local community.
TK is an athletic sorority that conducts several different events throughout each school year.
This year, Project Prom Dress had a total of 350 dresses. At the end of the event on March 20, 93 prom
dresses were sold, 10 pairs of shoes and nine different accessories too. A total of $1,546 was raised. This
year's total set a new record for the most money raised at the event.
The money raised during Project Prom Dress was donated to Reese Burette, a 9-year old girl who was
severely burned and injured in a house fire. Reese spent nearly two years at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She
came home for the first time in two years last Friday.
The night of Project Prom Dress was Reese's ninth birthday. TK made Reese birthday cards and notes to
make her smile.
TK members went around to different businesses and individuals to see if they would like to make any
type of contribution to Project Prom Dress. Among those who did included several Shippensburg
University faculty and community members.
Any donations to TK in support of this night contributed to Project Prom Dress's successful outcome.
Among these donations from businesses were 150 generous goodie bags from Ulta Beauty Corporation.
Each goodie bag was filled with mascara, lipstick, multiple pallets of eye shadow and hair spray for each
girl. Ulta also donated two raffle door prizes for the event filled with hair products, makeup, flat irons, etc.
Project Prom Dress was a great success thanks to the advisor of TK, Miranda Fisher, chair of the event,
Ally Mooney, as well as Taylor Webster and other TK members.
"I was really excited to be involved with Project Prom Dress," Mooney said. "It was great to see smiles on
the girls faces when they found the right dress, and I couldn't be happier with the success we had this
year!"
By Makenzie Magnotta for SU Sports Information, more information at www.shipraidrers.com
APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 6
Winter Sports Round –up *Both the Women’s and Men’s Basketball teams reached the PSAC Tournament SEMI-Finals. First time ever at Shippensburg that both teams reached the semi-finals. *Women’s Basketball: Morgan Griffith Named PSAC East Player of the Year; Logan Snyder
Earns Second Team Selection
*Men’s Basketball: Dustin Sleva Named to 2015-16 All-PSAC East First Team; Abe Massaley
Named to Second Team
*Wrestling: The Shippensburg University wrestling team advanced two wrestlers to nationals,
finished in seventh place overall in the 2016 Super Region One (East) Championships.
*Women’s Swimming: Takes Fifth at 2016 PSAC Championships
*Men’s Swimming: Finishes in Sixth Place at 2016 PSAC Championships
*Women’s Indoor Track and Field: Takes Second at 2016 PSAC Championships, Totals 8 ALL-
Region Honors, and sends 1 to NCAA DII Championships.
*Men’s Indoor Track and Field: Won 20146 PSAC Championship (6 in a row), Best in DII
with 33 All-Region Honors, and sends 5 to NCAA DII Championships.
*Indoor Track and Field: Dave Osanitsch Named 2016 USTFCCCA Men’s Regional Indoor
Head Coach of the Year, Doug Knol Named 2016 USTFCCCA Men’s Regional Indoor Assistant
Coach of the Year, Student-Athlete Grant Smith Named 2016 USTFCCCA Men’s Regional Indoor
Field Athlete of the Year For more information, please go to www.shipraiders.com
Chris Fite
Men’s Head
Basketball
Coach
Chris Fite is in his third year as the head men’s basketball coach at Shippensburg University and has already overseen significant improvement and positive development during his time with the Raiders. Fite inherited a seven-win team upon his hiring on June 20, 2013. In his second season at the helm, SU improved by 10 wins and earned the Eastern Division No. 6 seed in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournament. The 2014-15 squad posted noticeable improvements in a variety of categories, finishing fifth in the PSAC in shooting (.454) after finishing last in his first season (.392), and allowing 10 less points per game defensively (67.8 in 2014-15, 77.3 in 2013-14). SU’s .291 three-point defense ranked among the Top 5 in Division II. Among his recruiting, guard Justin McCarthur earned four PSAC East Freshman of the Year awards in 2014-15; he finished second on the team in scoring (12.4 ppg), made 51 three-pointers and led the team in minutes (33.4).
Fite, a NCAA National Champion center in his playing days at Rochester, worked hand-in-hand with SU center Dylan Edgar during the 2014-15 season. Edgar was named to the 2014-15 PSAC Eastern Division First Team and went on to sign a professional contract to play in Canada. He became SU's first All-PSAC First Team selection since Chuck Davis in 2006-07 after leading the PSAC in double-doubles (12) and in rebounding average (9.5) while also ranking ninth in scoring (15.7). For more on Coach Fite, please go to www.shipraiders.com Men’s Basketball
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Field Hockey Head Coach Bertie Landes to Lead
Australia Tour in June Landes and Fisher will represent SU with the USAAI at the Victorian Country Field Hockey Tournament
Shippensburg University field hockey head coach Bertie Landes has been selected to lead a team
through Australia this upcoming June in partnership with USA Athletes International (USAAI).
Landes has been selected as head coach of the team of 18 players, which includes SU junior defender Taylor
Fisher, that will participate in the Victorian Country Field Hockey Tournament in Melbourne. Following the
tournament, the team will be traveling to Gold Coast and touring the countryside. The trip spans June 6 through
June 18.
"I am honored to be able to coach this team and tour the beautiful country of Australia," Landes said.
Landes will be taking SU All-American Kristina Taylor along as the team's assistant coach. Taylor is
Shippensburg's all-time goal-scoring leader, as she tallied 80 goals in her career that spanned 2008-2011.
Fisher has served as a vital defender on SU's squad for her entire career, starting 57-of-58 games in her first
three seasons. She was named an All-PSAC Second Team defender last season.
"I chose to go on this trip because I thought it'd be a great opportunity that was hard to pass up," Fisher said.
"You don't get many chances in your career as an athlete to play the sport you love while overseas. I've always
wanted to be able to travel out of the country and to be able to play field hockey is just an added bonus."
Fisher will be joined by six other players from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). The roster
features three players from Bloomsburg, two from Slippery Rock and one from IUP.
The team also contains six players from Franklin Pierce, plus a single player each from Stonehill, St. Louis, St.
John Fisher, Susquehanna and Southern Connecticut State.
By Perry Mattern, Sports Information Graduate Assistant, www.shipraiders.com
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The APSCUF-SU Student Affairs Committee reviewed 36 student applications, in 4 categories, in the month of
February and have awarded the following:
Name: Heather Hockenberry
Major: Psychology and Human Communication Studies
Minor: Sociology
Award: The APSCUF/SU Robert Winter College of Arts & Science Student
Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Service
Name: Jacqueline Joseph
Major: Finance and Management/Marketing
Major: Mathematics
Award: The APSCUF/SU Dr. William Knerr John L. Grove College of Business
Student Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Service
Name: Sharon Juarez
Major: Teacher Education, Elementary Pre K-4
Award: The APSCUF/SU Sally McGrath College of Education & Human Services
Student Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Service
Name: Brianna Brancato
Major: Biology/ Concentration: Health Profession/Pre-Med
Award: The APSCUF/SU Jane Goss Coaches’ Student Award for
Outstanding Scholarship and Service
2016 Student Awards Program
The Annual Student Awards Program will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2016, beginning at 11:00 a.m. in the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center. Students receiving special awards and recipients of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges will be recognized at this program. A reception will be held prior to the program in the Orrstown Bank Lobby. Doors to the LPAC will open at 10:00 a.m. The program will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m. and last approximately 1.5 hours. Dress is business casual. There is no assigned seating and award recipients may sit with their family. The college dean will announce the award recipients and the department chair will present the student his/her award. The APSCUF President will announce the APSCUF award recipients and the department chair will present the student with his/her award. An APSCUF representative will be assisting.
APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 9
Accounting, MIS
Megan Lawrence
Art & Design
Donte Moore
Biology
Andrew D. Helman
Sarah R. Bartle
Chemistry
Caleb Ancharski
Michael Denchy
Communication/Journalism
Marc Acchitelli
Counseling & College Student Personnel
Nydika Sylvester
Criminal Justice
Samantha Beckerleg
Cassandra Mellott
Jen Messner
Economics
Zachary Despreaux
David Heath
Sarah Latch
Brooke Moyer
Educational Leadership & Special Education
Rachel Stevenson
English
Shelby Sellers
Madelyn Moyer-Keehn
John Watts
Exercise Science
Scholarship – Stefan Szilagyi
Service – Charlotte Cornell
Research – Hector Raya
Research – Joseph Farabaugh
Research – Morgan Horowitz
Finance & Supply Chain Management
Katherine Fisher (Finance)
Robert Furfaro (SCM)
Geography/Earth Science
Courtney Papinchak
History/Philosophy
Kira Piper
Jonathan Weller
Human Communication Studies
Gabrielle Sheller
Tanner Fitting
Interdisciplinary Arts
Matthew Peck.
International Studies
Brandon Moist
Stephen Spinder
Mathematics
Lara John
Curtis Lamp
Brandon Weiser
Pat Wells
Management/Marketing
Maria C. Bush
Andrew M. Stader
Modern Languages
Mikaela McElfresh
Janis Martínez
Music/Theatre Arts
Paula Bauder
Halle Shank
Physics
Christopher Jeffery
Political Science
Hannah Lougheed
Psychology
Jillian Klingerman
Sarah Bendekovits
Social Work & Gerontology
Ashley Tanner
Ashley Quinter
Kendyl Marino
Sociology/Anthropology
Hannah Fulton
Teacher Education
Alexandra Piazza
APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 10
State APSCUF President Ken Mash updating members at the
February 25, 2016 General Faculty/Coach meeting. Above, Stuart
Davidson –APSCUF’s Chief Negotiation Counselor.
Coach Trn on Senior Night
Coach Fite (4th from right, back row) and Coach
Gembe (1st on right) with the Mens’ Basketball
team on Senior Night.
APSCURF-SU President, Don Mayer, At LA in Feb 2016
APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 11
Baseball Coach, Matt Jones, Gets win No. 400. Jones, in his 10th season at Shippensburg, has totaled 252 victories as the head coach of the Raiders after earning 148 wins at Elizabethtown from 2000-06.
Baseball held Vs. Cancer Day, March 19. SU
Baseball hosted the Keystone Nationals, as Colby Bubb
threw out the first pitch. #ColbyStrong. For more
information please visit www.shipraiders.com
Shippensburg University officials today (March 17) formally opened the Institute for Social Inclusion and approved a new name for another center to reflect its expanded role in the region. Seated are Dr. Barbara Lyman, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, and President Jody Harpster. Standing, from left, are Dr. Marita Flagler, INSINC co-director and associate professor of social work and gerontology; Dr. James Johnson, dean of the College of Education and Human Services; and Dr. Jennifer Clements, INSINC co-director and professor of social work and gerontology. For more information, please go to www.ship.edu/news.
APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 12
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