Phone: 814-227-2420

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Executive Committee: President – Ray Feroz; Vice President – Joyce Overly; Secretary – Karen Bolinger; Treasurer – Linda Lillard; Delegates –Ray
Feroz, Karen Bolinger, Barry Sweet; Jonathan Touster, Uraina Pack Alternate Delegates – Nancy Clemente, Ellen Foster, Jennifer May, Karl Sprenger,
Lorie Taylor; Coaches President - Al Modrzejewski ; Coaches Vice President – Sean Esterhuizen; Coaches’ Grievance Chair – Eric Laughlin; Venango
Campus – Paul Klenowski; CAP – Joseph Croskey; DRC – Mary Buchanan; Grievance – Mark Kilwein; Health & Welfare – Marilyn Howe; Legislative –
Jonathan Touster; Membership – Rhonda Clark; Negotiations – Ray Feroz; Nominations & Elections – YooJin Ha; Social Justice – Amy Conner-Love;
Public Affairs/Relations – Christopher McCarrick; Student Liaison – Naomi Bell O’Neil; Rules & Bylaws – Carey Childers; Mobilization Co-Chairs – Dan Clark
& Lorie Taylor; State APSCUF Executive Council – Joyce Overly

The President’s Message…
Dear Colleagues,
We did it! We battled powerful forces intent to
commoditize PA public higher education, exploit
adjunct faculty, reduce shared governance, divide
current faculty from future faculty and alienate
students from professors. We courageously put our
pay and benefits on the line to prevent the demise of
PA public higher education. Thank you – we are one
and we can be proud of our victory!
Special recognition to Dan Clark and Lorie Taylor, cochairs of the Mobilization Committee, Picket Chair
Andy Lingwall, and their Picket Captains: Jamie
Phillips, Nancy Clemente, Chris Hearst, Jon Touster,
and Amy Love. Our communications team Joyce
Overly, Bell O’Neil and Chris McCarrick did a superb
job, as did the DRC leadership headed by Mary
Buchanan. Profound thanks to all the faculty who
were part of this unprecedented strike – braving hot
sun and cold rain for long hours across three days to
stand up for doing the right thing. Also where would
we be without the steady support of Jan Walters?
There are so many others who provided incredible
and gratifying assistance to our effort – students,
retirees, retail merchants, even strangers. We will do
our best to send personal thanks to all. Please let Jan
know of anyone we should thank.
Besides achieving a tentative collective bargaining
agreement, we all noticed other positive
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strengthening of faculty bonds
and a renewed valuing and
appreciation for our students.
Since the strike, the president has reached out to
APSCUF to move forward into the future in a positive
manner. The administration has worked with us to
remedy member problems as a result of the strike
(primarily around benefits) and to make the recovery
of lost time process reasonable and without hassle. I
sincerely appreciate this. We are committed to
support efforts to make Clarion University a great
place for students and a fulfilling and rewarding place
for faculty to work.
We have also heard member concerns about outright
deception to students on Wednesday evening of the
strike telling students that faculty would be teaching
classes the next day. Many believe that an apology to
students needs to be provided by the president.
Some faculty have voiced upset with the vigor in
which we were cut off from the university e-mail and
D2L, not to mention our pay and benefits. Faculty
who teach online resent the fact that D2L was turned
back on by the administration, and students –many
living long a distance from campus - thought that
faculty were working and sent them e-mails and
assignments that faculty could not receive due to the
e-mail cut-off, which disappeared even after the
strike. This created miscommunications which faculty
even now are trying to clean up.
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Some have expressed disdain for the small number of
faculty who disrespected their peers and worked
during the strike. Additionally, students have
expressed their disillusion to me. The real world can
be sobering. The hurt and anger out there is real, and
it can only be healed by time and heart. Everyone is
different and we need to listen and support one
other. As your APSCUF president, I am also
concerned that faculty show solidarity in the future
and that the State System learned from this
experience. That is, in future contract negotiations
we hope that harmful proposals to commoditize PA
public higher education do not resurface. Education
is more than a business. It is a public trust to educate
and create thoughtful and informed citizens for the

future. Efforts to reduce it to a pure business model
are short-sighted and destructive.
Last week the APSCUF Executive Committee
approved hosting thank-you/victory celebrations for
both students and for members. These will happen in
the near future. Please watch for the
announcements.
We have five weeks left in the semester. Let’s catch
our breath, finish strong, and have a restful holiday
season. Warmest regards – and thanks for being the
best reason to work here!
In solidarity,
Ray

WELCOME New APSCUF Members!!
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Cheryl Brooks - Nursing
Miranda Mease - Economics
Karen Myers - Nursing
Leigh Pikna – Communication Sciences & Disorders
Jill Raubenstrauch – Human Service, Rehab, Health & Sport Sciences
Sarah Slegal – Special Education
Maureen Weckerly – Communication Sciences & Disorders
Bethany Wilson – Communication sciences & Disorders
Phillips Hamilton – Assistant Football Coach

APSCUF MEMBERSHIP AT CLARION
APSCUF Membership is open to ALL active faculty and coaches: tenured, tenure track, full-time
temporary and part-time temporary. We ALL benefit from the work environment created by the
Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and by APSCUF.
Our current membership includes 256 of 303 faculty members and 16 of 25 coaches. Below are
the numbers of Fair Share (non-members) by department. If you have not joined APSCUF and
wish to do so, please contact the APSCUF office at (814) 227-2420 for a membership application.
Come join your union brothers and sisters in solidarity today!
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ACCOUNTANCY: 1 Fair Share
BIOLOGY & GEOSCIENCES: 1 Fair Share
CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS & PHYSICS:
1 Fair Shares
COMMUNICATION: 100% Membership
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES &
DISORDERS: 2 Fair Shares
COMPUTER INFORMATION SCIENCE:
100% Membership
ECONOMICS: 100% Membership
EDUCATION: 2 Fair Share
ENGLISH & MODERN LANGUAGES:
100% Membership
FINANCE: 4 Fair Share
HUMAN SERVICES, REHABILITATION,
HEALTH & SPORT SCIENCES: 4 Fair
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JUSTICE, LAW, TECHNOLOYG & LIBERAL
ARTS: 7 Fair Shares
LIBRARIES: 100% Membership
LIBRARY SCIENCE: 100% Membership
on campus/2 Fair Share off-campus
MANAGEMENT & MARKETING: 7 Fair
Shares
NURSING: 10 Fair Shares
PSYCHOLOGY: 100% Membership
SOCIAL SCIENCES: 2 Fair Shares
SPECIAL EDUCATION: 1 Fair Shares
STUDENT AFFAIRS FACULTY: 1 Fair
Shares
STUDENT SUCCESS: 100% Membership
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS: 2 Fair
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COACHES: 9 Fair Shares

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FALL 2016 MEETINGS
(Please mark your calendars!)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EC)
(Rhea Conf. Room @ 3:30 pm)
Tuesday, November 15
Tuesday, November 29
Fall 2016 MEET & DISCUSS @ 2 pm
Friday, November 11 (Meet & Discuss)
Friday, December 2 (Pre-Meet)
Friday, December 9 (Meet & Discuss)

DEPARTMENTAL REP COUNCIL
(Rhea Conf. Room @ 3:30 PM)
Tuesday, December 6
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES
February 9-11, 2017 (Wyndham, Gettysburg)
April 27-29, 2017 (Toftrees, State College)

ANNOUNCEMENT: FALL 2016 SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS
The Clarion APSCUF Nominations and Elections Committee is pleased to announce the results of the Special
Election for positions on the University-wide Promotion Committee, APSCUF Vice President and Faculty Delegate
of the Legislative Assembly.
❖ Congratulations to Steve Harris who will serve on the Promotion Committee - term ending May 2018.
❖ Congratulations to Joyce Overly who will serve as Clarion APSCUF’s Chapter Vice President – term ending May
2017.
❖ Congratulations to Uraina Pack who will serve as Clarion APSCUF Faculty Delegate to the Legislative Assembly –
term ending May 2017.
Thank you to all who participated in the election, candidates and voters; your contributions are appreciated.
In solidarity,
YooJin Ha, N & E Chair
N & E Committee: Renee Bloom, Ellen Foster, Amanda Lockwood & Jane Walsh

ATTENTION PART-TIME TEMPS: ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR PA FACULTY
HEALTH & WELFARE FUND BENEFITS - vision & dental coverage??
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.pafac.com or contact our Health and Welfare Fund Officer,
Marilyn Howe. If you do qualify and have not yet completed a Health & Welfare Fund enrollment card, please contact Jan
Walters in the APSCUF Office at jwalters@clarion.edu .

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FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS (FSA)
Open Enrollment
October 17 – November 18, 2016
If you have an FSA today, you need to enroll during Open Enrollment to have a FSA in 2016. (Note: Up to
$500 may roll over from your health care FSA account in 2015 to be used for 2016 eligible expenses. No rollover
provision for dependent care FSAs.)
There are two types of FSA plans: Health Care and Dependent Care:
Health Care - used to pay for you and/or your family’s out of pocket medical, dental, vision, or prescription
expenses not paid by insurance including copays, coinsurance, and deductibles. Allows that up to $500
in unused funds may roll over from your 2017 account to be used for 2018 eligible expenses. Unused
funds in excess of $500 will be forfeited per IRS regulations.
Dependent Care – used to pay for eligible child or elder care expenses, including day care, before / after
school care and summer day camps to allow the employee / spouse to work. Has no rollover provision. Funds
not used in 2107 will be forfeited.
All Open Enrollment elections or changes should be made through Employee Self Service ESS).
Maximum that can be elected for health care FSA is $2,500 and dependent care is $5,000.
Visit http://www.passhe.edu/inside/hr/syshr/Pages/fsa.aspx for more information.

Clarion APSCUF Sick Leave Bank Policy
Any faculty or coach member may request days from the Sick Leave Bank using the “ASPCUF Sick Leave Bank
application form”. Such days will be awarded with appropriate medical documentation showing the needs for
days. All faculty or coaches must use all of their own accumulated leave before days are provided from the Bank. There will be a
limit to each single request according to the following:
If the request for days to be provided by the Sick Leave Bank occurs in the fall semester, the maximum number of days given from
the Bank will be limited to 12 weeks of leave in that academic year, including fall and spring semester.
If the request for days to be provided by the Sick Leave Bank occurs in the spring semester, the maximum number of days given from
the Bank will be limited to 12 weeks of leave in that calendar year.
Adopted by Clarion APSCUF, November 14, 2006

A HEALTHY U REMINDER: The activity period for Healthy U 2016-17 began July 1st.

Program requirements remain the same. To participate, both the employee and covered
spouse/same-sex domestic partner enrolled in the Sate System’s Highmark PPO plan must
complete the wellness profile (worth 30 Healthy U points) and earn 40 additional points by
participating in wellness programs and activities. The deadline to complete requirements is May 31, 2017.

GO GOLDEN EAGLES!! Again this year Clarion APSCUF is proud to be a sponsor in the Golden Eagle Athletic
Partnership, a corporate sponsorship supporting Clarion University athletic teams. As part of the package, 6
sets of tickets for Clarion University home football games were again donated to the kids of The Arc of
Clarion County. The Arc provides a variety of services and programs designed to support people who
experience disabilities and their families.

The Clarion APSCUF Office will be closed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, November 23 - 25,
in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!
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SO MANY THANK YOUS!!
❖ THANK YOU TO THE CLARION APSCUF MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE FOR
THEIR TIRELESS LEADERSHIP!
❖ THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HELPED IN THE STRIKE HEADQUARTERS OFFICE
AND ASSISTED IN MOVING THE APSCUF OFFICE ON AND OFF CAMPUS!
❖ THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTED CLARION FACULTY AND RETIREES WHO WALKED THE
PICKETLINES WITH THEIR UNION BROTHER AND SISTERS!
❖ THANK YOU TO THOSE FACULTY WHO DID NOT CROSS THE PICKETLINE DURING THE
STRIKE.
KNOW THAT YOUR LOYALTY AND SOLIDARITY ARE WHAT MAKE US UNION STRONG!!
WE ARE APSCUF!!
(We apologize if we missed any one on the following listing. If there is an error,
please contact the APSCUF office so we can make it right!)

MOBILIZATION
COMMITTEE
Ray Feroz

LEADERSHIP POSITION
Chapter President

Jan Walters
Karen Bolinger
Linda Lillard
Dan Clark
Lorie Taylor

Office Manager
Secretary
Treasurer
Mobilization Co-Chair/Bldg Arrangement
Mobilization Co-Chair

Bell O’Neil
Chris McCarrick

Official Spokesperson/Student Liaison
Public Relations Chair
Picket Chair

Andy Lingwall

Christine Hearst
Jamie Phillips
Jonathan Touster

Picket Captain
Picket Captain
Picket Captain

Nancy Clemente
Amy Love
Joyce Overly
Uraina Pack
Mary Buchanan

Picket Captain
Picket Chair
Social Media Chair
Picket Sign Chair
DRC Chairperson

Rhonda Clark
Amy Shannonhouse
Barry Sweet

Membership Chair

Jan Walters

OM

Wendy Snodgrass

Office

Jon Touster

Moving

Karen Bolinger
Linda Lillard
Mary Buchanan
Cathie Allgeier
Kristen Ketley

Office
Office
Office
Office
Office

Jennifer Barch
Marilyn Howe
Jack Gaeiers
Doug Knepp &
Mr. Truck

Office
Office
Office

Ray Feroz
John Heard
Barry Sweet

Moving

Sean Esterhuizen

Moving
Moving
Moving
Sign
making

Julia Aaron
George Ackerman
William Adams
Stephen Agyei-Mensah
Maria Aiello
Susan Allen
Catherine Allgeier
Jayakumar Annadatha
Peggy Apple
Vasudeva Rao Aravind
Simon Aristeguieta
Natalie Armstrong
Donna Ashcraft
Yasser Ayad
Bonita Bailey
Robert Balough
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Jennifer Barch
Jon Beal
Ryan Begley
Keith Bell
Melanie Best
David Bevevino
Dipendra Bhattacharya
Robin Bilan
Laurie Bladen
Renee Bloom
Joseph Bodziock
Patricia Boland
James Bolinger
Karen Bolinger
Lou Ann Bonnett
Vanessa Boryenace

Inoussa Boubacar
Suzanne Boyden
Connie Bradley
Arica Brandford-Dixon
Carol Brennan-Caplan
Lisa Briggs
Cheryl Brooks
Jonathan Brown
Lauren Brubaker
Kristina Brzoza-Lewis
Mary Buchanan
William Buchanan
Ambreena Buckley
Myra Bullington
Robert Bullington
Nicole Carroll

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Randy Cathcart
Leah Chambers
Linda Cheresnowski
Michael Chesterfield
Carey Childers
Jeffrey Childs
Debbie Ciesielka
Daniel Clark
Rhonda Clark
Gregory Clary
Nancy Clemente
Kathy Cochran
Shawn Collins
Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff
Amy Conner-Love
Amanda Coradi
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Maria Jessica Crespo
Joseph Croskey
Kristen Curreri
Nathaniel Custer
Kreag Danvers
Lisa Defranco
Jennifer DeWoody
Michael Di Giacomo
Jeffrey Diamond
Natasha Dias
Tami Doverspike
Melissa Downes
Kristina Dworek
Gary Edwards
John Eichlin
Deborah Ellermeyer
Donna Falsetti
Nancyann Falvo
Duane Farnsworth
Raymond Feroz
Debra Flaherty
Ellen Foster
Robert Frakes
Mark Franchino
Lacey Fulton
Sarah Gallagher
John Gareis
Stephen Gendler
Corene Glotfelty
Rachel Goss
Gary Greenburg
Amy Greene
Timothy Griffin
Mark Guglielmo
William Guth
Yoojin Ha
Jesse Haight
Stacey Hall
Helen Hampikian
Jeffrey Hancks
Christine Harancher
Marilyn Harhai
Steven Harris
John Heard
Christina Hearst
Kimberly Hendricks
Sara Heyl
David Hipfel
Michael Hissam
Mary Hollis
Marilyn Howe
Shintrika Hudson
Ginelle Hunsberger
Nancie Hunter
Beth Jackson
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Janis Jarecki-Liu
Natalie Jensen
Patricia Johner
Stephen Johnson
Janina Jolley
Sharon Juli
David Katis
Deborah Kelly
Andrew Keth
Cristin Ketley
Mark Kilwein
Soo Kim
Young-Gyoung Kim
Paul Klenowski
Jacqueline Knaust
Douglas Knepp
Janet Knepper
Kayhan Koleyni
Poornima Krishnamurthy
Myrna Kuehn
Scott Kuehn
Richard Lane
Todd Lavin
Robert Lawrence
Ralph Leary
Mark Lepore
Robert Levy
Eric Lewis
Chunfei Li
Linda Lillard
Andrew Lingwall
Amanda Lockwood
David Lott
Herbert Luthin
James Lyle
James Maccaferri
Dana Madison
Brenda Manno
Jacqueline Manno
Basil Martin
Cahndice Matthews
Jennifer May
Colleen McAleer
Christopher McCarrick
Mary Pat McCarthy
Marcella McConnell
Michael McConnell
John McCullough
Kathleen McIntyre
Rhonda McMillen-Toth
Miranda Mease
Marilouise Michel
Mark Mitchell
Kayla Mohney
Crystal Moore

Shelly Moore
Kari Morris
Kathleen Murphy
Keith Murtha
Karen Myers
Darlene Natale
Richard Nicholls
Belinda Nuth Sloboda
Jon O'Donnell
Kathleen O'Donnell
Christine Okpomeshine
Naomi O'Neil
Melissa Opst
Joyce Overly
Kate Overmoyer
Uraina Pack
Michele Pedlow
Chloe Pennington
Catherine Petrissans
Jamie Phillips
Laurie Pierce
Leigh Pikna
Randall Potter
Edward Powers
Susan Prezzano
Melissa Price
Rodney Raehsler
Jill Raubenstrauch
Mary Jo Reef
Kurt Regester
Paul Register
Adam Roberts
Brian Roberts
Martha Robinson
Annette Rosati
James Rose
Kevin Roth
Thomas Rourke
Richard Sabousky
Grzegorz Sambor
Deborah Sarbin
Elisabeth Sauvage-Callaghan
Deborah Scharf
Dave Schlueter
Kim Schwabenbauer
Craig Scott
Amy Shannonhouse
Yun Shao
Renae Shawgo
Frank Shepard
Daniel Shifflet
Debra Shreve
Jeanne Slattery
Sarah Slegal
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Autumn Smith
Douglas Smith
Lana Smith
Jocelynn Smrekar
Wendy Snodgrass
Karl Sprenger
Karen Spuck
Richard States
Kenneth Staub
Briana Steele
Alex Stefanelli
Cate Stiller
Jody Strausser
Barry Sweet
Donna Tarleton
Lorie Taylor
Philip Terman
Mary Terwilliger
Casey Teske
Jessica Thomas
Bridget Thornton
James Thornton
Jeffrey Tienes
Jonathan Touster
Sandra Trejos
Lisa Turner
Scott Turri
Heidi Underwood
Anthony Vega
Jane Walsh
Jeffrey Wardlaw
Diane Weckerly
Maureen Weckerly
Christina Weidle
Kathleen Welsch
Drew Welsh
Shannon Whitcomb
Drew Williams
Bethany Wilson
Paul Woodburne
Joseph Wyatt
Hwei Jen Yang
Boniface Yemba
Kevan Yenerall
Craig Zamzow
Mary Lou Zemaitis
Susan Zumas
Fred Keen
Bill Fulmer
Beth MacDaniel
Donna Poljanec
Wayne Swanger

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CONTRACT UPDATE: APSCUF attorneys are currently still working with State System attorneys to
finalize the language for both the faculty’s and the coaches’ CBAs. When the language is finalized,
the tentative agreements will be available to the membership. Legislative assembly must first
make a recommendation before the membership votes on the faculty agreement. The executive
council must approve the tentative agreement before there is a membership vote on the coaches’
contract. We are hoping to have both votes before the end of the fall semester.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE
AND SOLIDARITY WITH YOUR UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!

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Thanks to all of our students, colleagues, friends, pets and families who helped to make this a short strike!

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