Phone: (814) 227-2420 www.apscuf.org September 2022 Executive Committee: President – Joyce Overly; Vice President – Mark Kilwein; Secretary – Laurie Pierce; Treasurer – Xiaofeng Li; Delegates –Joyce Overly, Jennifer May, Lorie Taylor, Jacqueline Knaust; Alternate Delegates – Ellen Foster, Cristin Ketley, Nripendra Singh, Karl Sprenger, Barry Sweet; Coaches President – Heath Calhoun; Coaches Vice President – Doc Neiman; Coaches Alternate – Keith Ferraro; Coaches’ Grievance Chair – Eric Laughlin; Venango Campus Rep – Renee Bloom; CAP – Joseph Croskey; DRC – Mary Buchanan; Grievance – Mark Kilwein; Health & Welfare – Amy Shannonhouse; Legislative – Jonathan Touster; Membership – Tonya Otto; Negotiations – Joyce Overly; Nominations & Elections – Rachel Newbury; Social Justice – Ron Radaker; Public Affairs/Relations – Lacey Futon; Student Liaison – Marc Sanko; Rules & Bylaws – Jamie Phillips; Mobilization Co-Chairs – Jackie Knaust & Andy Lingwall; State Adjunct Faculty Committee – Natasha Dias; *Faculty Meet & Discuss Team: Joyce Overly, Barry Sweet, Adam Roberts, Mark Kilwein, Jennifer May, Mary Buchanan, Laurie Pierce (rec. sec.) *Coaches Meet & Discus Team: Heath Calhoun, Doc Neiman, Keith Ferraro, Eric Laughlin, Joyce Overly & Mark Kilwein WELCOME BACK FACULTY & COACHES!! The President’s Message… Dear Clarion Faculty Members, Welcome back! Now that the fall 2022 semester, the first one for PennWest Clarion, is well underway I’d like to take a moment to consider where we are. We spent the past yearplus negotiating and planning for this moment. As expected, there were quite a few last-minute issues that had to be resolved. Could we have avoided many of those if the integration process was not so rushed? I think yes. But we weren’t given that opportunity, so here we are. Since the start of the semester, Sam Claster (Edinboro Chapter President), Mario Majcen (California Chapter President), and I have met several times with Provost Scott Miller and once with Dr. Dale. All three of us have reiterated how essential it is to have procedures in place for Evaluation, Tenure, and Promotion. These three issues were addressed in the side letters to the CBA that were passed a year ago. Important points from the side letters: • • • Evaluation: Departmental evaluation committees must have proportionate representation, with at least one committee member from each campus that is home to department faculty; Tenured faculty at the consolidated universities will be evaluated no sooner than the 2024-2025 academic year. Tenure: Faculty on the tenure track who were hired prior to the consolidation shall be subject to the policies, procedures, and standards in effect at their original, existing University through the time they are considered for tenure Promotions: Faculty who were hired prior to the consolidation shall be subject to the Statement of Policies and Procedures in effect at their original, existing University for all applications for promotion submitted during the first two years following consolidation. Even with the guidance from the side letters, there are still many, many questions and we are working to resolve them as quickly as we can. Watch your email from messages from the Tenure and September 2022 www.apscuf.org/clarion 2 Promotion Committees that we elected last spring. There is no side letter on Sabbaticals, so we are starting from scratch there. The first step will be to work out a schedule to synchronize the sabbatical application and awarding processes at the three campuses, which are all on different timelines. We hope to have more information on that soon. You can be assured, however, that Clarion’s deadline to apply for a sabbatical for 2024-25 will be no earlier than the usual late March deadline. Another contractual issue we are trying to come to agree with management about is winter session pay. Like everything else, it had been handled differently at each campus. We are actively negotiating with management at this time and will hopefully have an update after the next Meet & Discuss meeting on September 23. As you can see, we are juggling a number of issues simultaneously. I will do my best to keep everyone updated through this newsletter and/or periodic emails to the faculty. In solidarity, NOTE: The Clarion APSCUF office will be closed from Wednesday, September 14 through Monday, September 26. Jan will be on vacation in Germany/Czech Republic/Austria! She will return all emails and phone calls when she returns. FALL 2022 MEETINGS (Please mark your calendars!) DEPARTMENTAL REP COUNCIL (DRC) @ 3:30 pm  Tuesday, October 11  Tuesday, November 8 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EC) @ 3:30 pm  Tuesday, October 4  Tuesday, October 18  Tuesday, November 1  Tuesday, November 15  Tuesday, November 29 PRE-MEET & DISCUSS & MEET & DISCUSS *Thursday, September 15 @ t/b/d – “Core Group” PreMeet & Discuss *Friday, September 23 @ 1:00 pm (Pre-Meet) & 2:00 pm (Meet & Discuss) *Friday, October 21 @ 2:00 pm – “Core Group” Pre-Meet & Discuss * Friday, September 28 @ 1:00 pm (Pre-Meet) & 2:00 pm (Meet & Discuss) *Friday, November 11 @ 2:00 pm – “Core Group” PreMeet & Discuss * Friday, November 18 @ 1:00 pm (Pre-Meet) & 2:00 pm (Meet & Discuss) *Friday, December 9 @ 2:00 pm – “Core Group” Pre-Meet & Discuss *Friday, December 15 @ 1:00 pm (Pre-Meet) & 2:00 pm (Meet & Discuss) September 2022 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES (LA)  September 15-17, 2022 – (Sheraton, Harrisburg)  February 2-5, 2023 (Sheraton, Harrisburg)  April 13-15, 2023 (Sheraton, Harrisburg) GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS  *Clarion Coaches Meeting on Wednesday, September 28 @ 2:00 pm in room 208 in Tippin. Campus visit by State APSCUF President Ken Mash  *Clarion APSCUF Membership Meeting on Wednesday, September 28 @ 3:30 pm in 250/252 Gemmell Student Ctr - Campus visit by Ken Mash, State APSCUF President  APSCUF’s Holiday and End-of-Semester Gathering, Thursday, December 8 @ 4:00 pm at Clarion River Brewing Company www.apscuf.org/clarion 2 APSCUF MEMBERSHIP MEETING: All Clarion APSCUF members are invited to attend the Clarion APSCUF General Membership Meeting which will be held on Wednesday, September 28th @ 3:30 pm in Room 250/252 Gemmell Student Center. State APSCUF President Ken Mash will be on the PennWest Clarion campus and will be our guest speaker. You are invited to attend and meet Ken and hear him speak about current APSCUF issues along with updates on both faculty and coaches’ negotiations. Light refreshments will be served. 😊😊 CLARION COACHES: Ken Mash will be meeting with your group at 2:00 pm in Room 208 in Tippin. Please mark your meeting calendars and please make an effort to attend this meeting to welcome Ken Mash to our campus! HAVE YOU MOVED OVER THE SUMMER? If so, please be sure to inform Jan in the APSCUF office of your new address. Reporting your new address to Human Resources DOES NOT guarantee that we have received this information. Faculty: You will also need to change this with your dental and vision provider, the PA Faculty Health & Welfare Fund. For a change form, please contact Jan the APSCUF office today at jwalters@clarion.edu. Thinking about retirement? Have questions about your healthcare, dental and vision? Curious about APSCUF Rewards? Bim Arthun, State APSCUF’s Director of Membership Services, will be making a campus visit to Clarion University on Tuesday, November 15th. Like in the past, Bim is scheduling 30minute one-on-one appointments to meet with members and answer questions. The schedule runs from 9:00 am till 3:00 pm in the Rhea Conference Room. If you are interested in setting up a 30-minutes one-on-one with Bim, please directly contact Jan Walters at jwalters@pennwest.edu to schedule an appointment. Know that spouses are welcomed too. If you are unavailable on November 15, feel free to directly contact Bim at barthun@apscuf.org to set up a virtual meeting. Amy Shannonhouse, Clarion APSCUF Health & Welfare Specialist September 2022 www.apscuf.org/clarion 2 WELCOME New & Returning APSCUF Members!!          Matthew Albright – Communication & Journalism Coach David Durish – Assistant Football Loreen Huffman – Psychology Kathleen Leahy – Special Education Tyler Nunez - English Larissa Roberts - Student Services Faculty – Athletic Trainer Coach Mark Speckman - Assistant Football Tricina Strong-Beebe – Library & Information Sciences David Wilson – Criminal Justice APSCUF MEMBERSHIP – APSCUF Membership is open to ALL active faculty and coaches - Tenured, TenureTrack, Full-time Temporary, and Part-time Temporary. If you are not yet a member, please join us in our efforts. APSCUF is the sole voice for protecting the rights of faculty and coaches giving you the best working environment possible. Be a member — and be an active and contributing member. Signup and get involved today! To request a membership application, please contact Jan Walters in the APSCUF office at jwalters@clarion.edu . PA FACULTY HEALTH & WELFARE FUND INFORMATION (faculty only) PA Faculty Health & Welfare Fund 60 Boulevard of the Allies, 5th Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Phone: (844) 865-1137 Fax: (412) 224-4465 pafaculty@cdsadmin.com REMINDER: Please be sure to take your dental (United Concordia Dental) or vision (National Vision Administration) ID card with you when you go on your appointment. Your doctor’s office will need your ID number to process your paperwork with UCCI and NVA. ATTENTION PART-TIME TEMPS: ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR PA FACULTY HEALTH & WELFARE FUND BENEFITS – faculty’s vision & dental provider?? Part-Time Faculty: In order to qualify for benefit reimbursement, you must have worked at least 25% of full-time in any one (1) of the preceding three (3) semesters. The benefit package shall be provided after the initial waiting period of one (1) semester served, and thereafter, so long as benefit claims are incurred while part-time Faculty is employed.   Part-Time Faculty who works 25% to 49% of full-time is eligible for member only benefits. Part-Time Faculty who works 50% to 99% of full-time is eligible for member benefits and their lawful spouses or same-sex domestic partner is eligible for benefits. For more details and information on eligibility, go to www.apscuf.org or contact our Health and Welfare Fund Officer, Amy Shannonhouse. Know that this is NO COST to you for PASSHE pays your premium to The Fund. If you do qualify and have not yet completed a PA Health & Welfare Fund enrollment card, please contact Jan Walters in the APSCUF Office at jwalters@clarion.edu . September 2022 www.apscuf.org/universities/clarion 4 APSCUF MEMBERS: ARE YOU REGISTERED FOR APSCUF’s “MEMBERS SITE”?? To register for Members only:  Log onto the APSCUF website at www.apscuf.org  At the center of the home page find the ‘Members Only’ section  Then click onto ‘REGISTER NOW’  Complete the username fields  Read guidelines and chose ‘I accept’  Fill in form as described  Hit ‘submit’  You will see an email that reads “Welcome to Members Only” site. It will include your username and state that your account is currently inactive and will need to be approved by an administrator at State APSCUF before you can log in. Another email will be sent when this has occurred. Your password will be securely stored in APSCUF’s database and cannot be retrieved. In the event that it is forgotten, you will be able to reset it using the email address associated with your account.  Second email will be sent to the State APSCUF administrator so that that person can activate the account. This may take a day or so.  Once this occurs a second email will be sent to you saying that you can now log in. Once you enter the “Members Site”, you can find information on Special Services for full-dues paying members such as discounts from Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile, rent-a-car discounts with National and Alamo, APSCUF’s Rewards Program and lots more. So, sign up today!! http://www.apscuf.org/members/forms-and-benefits/specialservices September 2022 www.apscuf.org/universities/clarion 5 September 2022 www.apscuf.org/universities/clarion 6 September 2022 www.apscuf.org/universities/clarion 7 September 2022 www.apscuf.org/universities/clarion 8 NEW TENURE-TRACK FACULTY Welcome and Congratulations to the following tenure-track hired faculty and temporary faculty that were converted to new tenure-track faculty for the Fall Semester 2022!  Vanessa “Crissy” Boryenace – Education (Conversion)  Brenda Manno – Sociology, Political Science & Law (Conversion)  Larissa Roberts – Student Affairs Faculty - Athletics TENURE GRANTED Congratulations to the following faculty who have been granted Tenure effective the Fall Semester 2022!     Robin Bilan - Nursing Nicole Carroll – Nursing Onder “Mike” Kaymaz – Finance, Accounting & Economics Rachel Newbury – Library Services PROMOTIONS AWARDED Congratulations to the following faculty who have been granted Promotions effective Fall Semester 2022! INSTRUCTOR TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR  Tonya Otto – Library Services  Natalie Armstrong – Communications Sciences & Disorders ASSISTANT TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR       Jackie Knaust – Chemistry Joseph Croseky – Student Services - Support Kim Schwabenbauer – Exercise & Sport Sciences James Lyle – Communications & Journalism Jennier May – Sociology, Political Science & Law Jnnifer Barch – Student Services – Counseling ASSOCIATE TO FULL PROFESSOR  Helen Hampikian - Biology  Leah Chambers - English  Amy Shannonhouse – Education September 2022 www.apscuf.org/universities/clarion 9 SABBATICAL LEAVES GRANTED for 2022-2023 AY Congratulations to the following faculty who were granted Sabbatical Leave during the 2023-2024 Academic Year!             Gary Greensburg - Art Deborah Sarbin - English Jennifer May - Sociology, Political Science & Law Barry Sweet – Sociology, Political Science & Law Renee Bloom – Allied Health (Fall 2023) Pal Klenowski – Criminal Justice Vasudeva Aravind - Physics Carey Childers – Mathematics (Spring 2024) Rich Lane – English Cahndice Matthews – Education Mark Lepore – Counseling (Spring 2024) Melissa Downs – English (Spring 2024) BEST WISHES to the following faculty who are on Sabbatical Leave during the 2022-2023 Academic Year!         Suzanne Boyden – Biology Rhonda Clark – Library Science (Fall 2022) Mark Kilwein – Counseling, Human Services, Rehab & Criminal Justice James Lyle – Communication & Journalism (Fall 2022) Laurie Pierce – Nursing (Fall 2022) Jeanne Slattery – Psychology Catherine Petrissans – Sociology, Political Science & Law Andy Lingwall – Communication & Journalism (Spring 2022)