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November 2021
Executive Committee: President – Joyce Overly; Vice President – Mark Kilwein; Secretary – Christopher McCarrick; Treasurer – Xiaofeng Li; Delegates
–Joyce Overly, Jennifer May, Annette Rosati, Barry Sweet, Lorie Taylor; Alternate Delegates – Ellen Foster, Jonathan Touster, Cristin Ketley, Nripendra
Singh, Karl Sprenger; Coaches President – Chris Weibel; Coaches Vice President – Matt Hanhold; 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 – Paul Klenowski; Negotiations – Joyce Overly; Nominations & Elections – Rachel
Newbury; Social Justice – Cahndice Matthews; Public Affairs/Relations – Christopher McCarrick; Student Liaison – Marc Sanko; Rules & Bylaws – Jamie
Phillips; Mobilization Co-Chairs – Jackie Knaust & Andy Lingwall; State Adjunct Faculty Committee – Natasha Dias, Sheila Kazar; State APSCUF Executive
Council – Joyce Overly
*Faculty Meet & Discuss Team: Joyce Overly, Barry Sweet, Adam Roberts, Mark Kilwein, Jennifer May, Mary Buchanan, Chris McCarrick (rec. sec.)
*Coaches Meet & Discus Team: Chris Weibel, Matt Hanhold, Keith Ferraro, Eric Laughlin, Joyce Overly & Mark Kilwein
The President’s Message…
Dear APSCUF Colleagues,
Although I’ve been against the consolidation with California and Edinboro Universities since it
was proposed, I’ve tried to accept the reality that it will happen and trust that management,
like the faculty, is doing their best to find a way through a very difficult situation. The release
of the revised and supposedly complete program array last week has made it even harder for me to maintain
that trust. I was shocked to learn of the elimination of nine programs across the three campuses, including the
BS in Physics and the BA in Philosophy, two disciplines that are at the core of any university. In addition,
several programs will become concentrations instead of separate degrees, some programs were renamed, and
some concentrations/programs were grouped together in departments that don’t make sense.
When the consolidations were first proposed, the Chancellor indicated that they were necessary for financial
solvency, famously saying in a hearing before the PA Senate, “Unless we figure this out, I will be
recommending to the board that we come back to the Senate next year with a legislative package to dissolve
the system, because if we continue to go down this path, what you’re going to see is that cross-subsidization is
going to drain all of us.” However, when financial projections showed that the consolidations were going to
cost millions more than they save over the first five years, his message changed to one of expanding
opportunities for students in the region. Now that the program array calls for the elimination of nine degree
programs, what is he going to say? Furthermore, the revised array was determined by management without
faculty input and includes small but significant changes that weren’t noted in the accompanying email from the
Provosts. That is exactly the opposite of the transparency and shared governance that the Chancellor loves to
tout!
As your APSCUF president, I will continue to advocate for transparency and shared governance. I will ask
questions and push for answers. I will use the terms of the CBA to make sure that the faculty’s interests are
protected and its voice is heard.
As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, I am thankful for the solidarity of my APSCUF sisters and brothers,
and for the hard work of the APSCUF staff, including our own Jan Walters!
In solidarity,
November 2021
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FALL 2021 MEETINGS
(Please mark your calendars!)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EC) @ 3:30 pm
Tuesday, November 30
MEET & DISCUSS @ 2:30 pm
Friday, November 19 @ 2:30 pm – Meet & Discuss
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES
February 17-19, 2022 (Sheraton, Harrisburg)
April 7-8, 2022 (Sheraton, Harrisburg)
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS & GATHERINGS
*Clarion APSCUF’s End-of-the-Semester Holiday
Gathering – Thursday, December 9 @ 4 pm at CRBC
(tentative)
The Clarion APSCUF office will be closed on the following days: Friday through Friday, November
29-26 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!
SAVE THE DATE: Join us at the Clarion APSCUF’s Holiday and End-of-the-Semester
Celebration at the Clarion River Brewing Company, Thursday, December 9, from 46 pm. Please feel free to bring your spouse or a significant other! Please do make
plans to join us and help celebrate the holiday spirit!
FACULTY AND COACHES INTERNSHIP
APSCUF’s faculty and coaches’ orientation internship is for APSCUF members who have some local
APSCUF responsibility and are interested in expanding a working knowledge of the union. Interns
spend a week in the summer in the Harrisburg office to observe the entire spectrum of union
administration. They interact with staff members who serve in various capacities. The program aims
to prepare APSCUF members for increased local and/or state responsibilities.
Click here to download an application and more information about hotels, travel, and meals.
Questions? Email Katie Jeffries at kjeffries@apscuf.org.
CONGRATULATIONS! On November 10, Clarion University recognized our fellow faculty members who received
tenured or were promoted effective for the Fall 2020 and Fall 2021 semester. They were recognized for their
achievements and honored with the selection of a book or other information resource added to the university's
Libraries. CONGRATUALTIONS AND JOB WELL DONE!!
Front L to R: Cristin Leahy (Special Education),
Kristina Dworek (CSD), Cahndice Matthews
(Education), Jody Strausser (CIS), Vasudeva Rao
Aravind (Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics) Mary
Pat McCarthy (CSD), Young-Gyoung Kim (Special
Education)
Back L to R: Jesse Haight (Education), Cate Stiller
(Nursing); Annette Rosati (English & Modern
Languages), Pam Gent (Provost), Rachel Newbury
(Library Services), Daniel Shifflet (Chemistry,
Mathematics & Physics)
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November 2021
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Promoted to full professor:
2020
• Dr. Peggy Apple, education (retired), “Amazing Grace”
• Dr. Daniel D. Clark, chemistry, mathematics & physics, no selection
• Dr. Stephen R. Johnson, chemistry, mathematics & physics, no selection
• Dr. Young-Gyoung Kim, special education, “Exceptional Learners: An Introduction to Special Education” (14 th edition)
• Dr. Mark Lepore, counseling, human services, rehabilitation & criminal justice, “Career Development Across the
Lifespan: Counseling for Community, Schools, Higher Education and Beyond” (second edition)
• Dr. Amy Conner Love, special education, “Proust and the Squid”
• Dr. Mary Pat McCarthy, communication sciences & disorders, “Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness”
• Dr. Uraina N. Pack, English & modern languages, “Ida: A Sword Among Lions”
• Dr. Daniel R. Shifflet, chemistry, mathematics & physics, “Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences”
• Dr. Wendy J. Snodgrass, intercollegiate athletics, “Dare to Lead”
2021
• Dr. Vasudeva Rao Aravind, chemistry, mathematics & physics, “Physics for Future Presidents”
• Dr. YooJin Ha, library science, “Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982”
• Dr. Jesse A. Haight, education, “Eat That Frog”
• Dr. Cahndice S. Matthews, education, “The Trouble We All Life With”
• Dr. Adam E. Roberts, chemistry, mathematics & physics, no selection
Promoted to associate professor
2020
• Dr. Laurie A. Bladen, nursing, “A Nurse’s Guide to Writing Your Dissertation or Capstone”
• Dr. Kate Overmoyer, chemistry, mathematics & physics, “The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs”
• Dr. Annette C. Rosati, English & modern languages, “A Prayer for Owen Meany”
• Dr. Ambreena Siddiq, chemistry, mathematics & physics, “Great Expectations”
• Dr. Jane M. Walsh, social sciences, no selection
2021
• Dr. Kristina L. Dworek, communication sciences & disorders, “Understanding Childhood Hearing Loss: Whole Family
Approaches to Living and Thriving”
• Dr. Lacey A. Fulton, communication, “Go Ask Alice”
• Dr. Cristin D. Leahy, special education, “Inward”
Promoted to assistant professor
2020
• Ms. Rachel R. Newbury, library services, “How to Be an Anti-Racist”
• Dr. Laurie Pierce, nursing, “Philosophies and Practices of Emancipatory Nursing: Social Justice as Praxis”
• Ms. Briana E. Steele, counseling services, “The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation”
Received tenure
2020
• Dr. Jennifer L. Barch, counseling services, no selection
• Dr. Laurie A. Bladen, nursing, “The Publication Manual of The American Psychological Association” (7 th edition)
• Dr. Kristen K. Curreri, nutrition, health & sport sciences, no selection
• Dr. Kristina Dworek, communication sciences & disorders, “Seeing Voices”
• Dr. Donna J. Falsetti, nursing, no selection
• Dr. Jane M. Walsh, social sciences, “We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change”
2021
• Dr. Jayakumar V. Annadatha, computer information science, “The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living” (10th
anniversary edition)
• Dr. Cristin D. Leahy, special education, “Brave Enough”
• Dr. Marcella K. McConnell, chemistry, mathematics & physics, no selection
• Dr. Catherine E. Stiller, nursing, “Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field”
• Dr. Jody A. Strausser, computer information science, “A Christmas Carol”
• Dr. Jessica R. Thomas, biology & geosciences, no selection
November 2021
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NOT REGISTERED FOR THE MEMBERS ONLY SITE? To get yourself registered, go to
www.apscuf.org. Here is the direct link to the registration page:
http://www.apscuf.org/membersonly/membership-registration/. There you will find all the
information on APSCUF’s Special Services such as discounts on shopping, rental vehicles,
amusement parks, phone plans, etc. etc.
APSCUF SPECIALSERVICES: The semester/holiday break is almost here! For those who will be traveling and/or
shopping over the break, APSCUF wants to remind you that APSCUF’s Special Services offers some discounts that
you might want to take advantage of such as rent-a-car discounts, amusement park discounts, Working Advantage
Discount program for tickets/shopping along with lots more savings! To get more information about these discounts,
go to www.apscuf.org and click onto the “Members Only” section.
November 2021
www.apscuf.org/clarion
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www.apscuf.org
November 2021
Executive Committee: President – Joyce Overly; Vice President – Mark Kilwein; Secretary – Christopher McCarrick; Treasurer – Xiaofeng Li; Delegates
–Joyce Overly, Jennifer May, Annette Rosati, Barry Sweet, Lorie Taylor; Alternate Delegates – Ellen Foster, Jonathan Touster, Cristin Ketley, Nripendra
Singh, Karl Sprenger; Coaches President – Chris Weibel; Coaches Vice President – Matt Hanhold; 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 – Paul Klenowski; Negotiations – Joyce Overly; Nominations & Elections – Rachel
Newbury; Social Justice – Cahndice Matthews; Public Affairs/Relations – Christopher McCarrick; Student Liaison – Marc Sanko; Rules & Bylaws – Jamie
Phillips; Mobilization Co-Chairs – Jackie Knaust & Andy Lingwall; State Adjunct Faculty Committee – Natasha Dias, Sheila Kazar; State APSCUF Executive
Council – Joyce Overly
*Faculty Meet & Discuss Team: Joyce Overly, Barry Sweet, Adam Roberts, Mark Kilwein, Jennifer May, Mary Buchanan, Chris McCarrick (rec. sec.)
*Coaches Meet & Discus Team: Chris Weibel, Matt Hanhold, Keith Ferraro, Eric Laughlin, Joyce Overly & Mark Kilwein
The President’s Message…
Dear APSCUF Colleagues,
Although I’ve been against the consolidation with California and Edinboro Universities since it
was proposed, I’ve tried to accept the reality that it will happen and trust that management,
like the faculty, is doing their best to find a way through a very difficult situation. The release
of the revised and supposedly complete program array last week has made it even harder for me to maintain
that trust. I was shocked to learn of the elimination of nine programs across the three campuses, including the
BS in Physics and the BA in Philosophy, two disciplines that are at the core of any university. In addition,
several programs will become concentrations instead of separate degrees, some programs were renamed, and
some concentrations/programs were grouped together in departments that don’t make sense.
When the consolidations were first proposed, the Chancellor indicated that they were necessary for financial
solvency, famously saying in a hearing before the PA Senate, “Unless we figure this out, I will be
recommending to the board that we come back to the Senate next year with a legislative package to dissolve
the system, because if we continue to go down this path, what you’re going to see is that cross-subsidization is
going to drain all of us.” However, when financial projections showed that the consolidations were going to
cost millions more than they save over the first five years, his message changed to one of expanding
opportunities for students in the region. Now that the program array calls for the elimination of nine degree
programs, what is he going to say? Furthermore, the revised array was determined by management without
faculty input and includes small but significant changes that weren’t noted in the accompanying email from the
Provosts. That is exactly the opposite of the transparency and shared governance that the Chancellor loves to
tout!
As your APSCUF president, I will continue to advocate for transparency and shared governance. I will ask
questions and push for answers. I will use the terms of the CBA to make sure that the faculty’s interests are
protected and its voice is heard.
As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, I am thankful for the solidarity of my APSCUF sisters and brothers,
and for the hard work of the APSCUF staff, including our own Jan Walters!
In solidarity,
November 2021
www.apscuf.org/clarion
1
FALL 2021 MEETINGS
(Please mark your calendars!)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (EC) @ 3:30 pm
Tuesday, November 30
MEET & DISCUSS @ 2:30 pm
Friday, November 19 @ 2:30 pm – Meet & Discuss
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLIES
February 17-19, 2022 (Sheraton, Harrisburg)
April 7-8, 2022 (Sheraton, Harrisburg)
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS & GATHERINGS
*Clarion APSCUF’s End-of-the-Semester Holiday
Gathering – Thursday, December 9 @ 4 pm at CRBC
(tentative)
The Clarion APSCUF office will be closed on the following days: Friday through Friday, November
29-26 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!
SAVE THE DATE: Join us at the Clarion APSCUF’s Holiday and End-of-the-Semester
Celebration at the Clarion River Brewing Company, Thursday, December 9, from 46 pm. Please feel free to bring your spouse or a significant other! Please do make
plans to join us and help celebrate the holiday spirit!
FACULTY AND COACHES INTERNSHIP
APSCUF’s faculty and coaches’ orientation internship is for APSCUF members who have some local
APSCUF responsibility and are interested in expanding a working knowledge of the union. Interns
spend a week in the summer in the Harrisburg office to observe the entire spectrum of union
administration. They interact with staff members who serve in various capacities. The program aims
to prepare APSCUF members for increased local and/or state responsibilities.
Click here to download an application and more information about hotels, travel, and meals.
Questions? Email Katie Jeffries at kjeffries@apscuf.org.
CONGRATULATIONS! On November 10, Clarion University recognized our fellow faculty members who received
tenured or were promoted effective for the Fall 2020 and Fall 2021 semester. They were recognized for their
achievements and honored with the selection of a book or other information resource added to the university's
Libraries. CONGRATUALTIONS AND JOB WELL DONE!!
Front L to R: Cristin Leahy (Special Education),
Kristina Dworek (CSD), Cahndice Matthews
(Education), Jody Strausser (CIS), Vasudeva Rao
Aravind (Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics) Mary
Pat McCarthy (CSD), Young-Gyoung Kim (Special
Education)
Back L to R: Jesse Haight (Education), Cate Stiller
(Nursing); Annette Rosati (English & Modern
Languages), Pam Gent (Provost), Rachel Newbury
(Library Services), Daniel Shifflet (Chemistry,
Mathematics & Physics)
(Continued on Page 3)
November 2021
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Promoted to full professor:
2020
• Dr. Peggy Apple, education (retired), “Amazing Grace”
• Dr. Daniel D. Clark, chemistry, mathematics & physics, no selection
• Dr. Stephen R. Johnson, chemistry, mathematics & physics, no selection
• Dr. Young-Gyoung Kim, special education, “Exceptional Learners: An Introduction to Special Education” (14 th edition)
• Dr. Mark Lepore, counseling, human services, rehabilitation & criminal justice, “Career Development Across the
Lifespan: Counseling for Community, Schools, Higher Education and Beyond” (second edition)
• Dr. Amy Conner Love, special education, “Proust and the Squid”
• Dr. Mary Pat McCarthy, communication sciences & disorders, “Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness”
• Dr. Uraina N. Pack, English & modern languages, “Ida: A Sword Among Lions”
• Dr. Daniel R. Shifflet, chemistry, mathematics & physics, “Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences”
• Dr. Wendy J. Snodgrass, intercollegiate athletics, “Dare to Lead”
2021
• Dr. Vasudeva Rao Aravind, chemistry, mathematics & physics, “Physics for Future Presidents”
• Dr. YooJin Ha, library science, “Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982”
• Dr. Jesse A. Haight, education, “Eat That Frog”
• Dr. Cahndice S. Matthews, education, “The Trouble We All Life With”
• Dr. Adam E. Roberts, chemistry, mathematics & physics, no selection
Promoted to associate professor
2020
• Dr. Laurie A. Bladen, nursing, “A Nurse’s Guide to Writing Your Dissertation or Capstone”
• Dr. Kate Overmoyer, chemistry, mathematics & physics, “The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs”
• Dr. Annette C. Rosati, English & modern languages, “A Prayer for Owen Meany”
• Dr. Ambreena Siddiq, chemistry, mathematics & physics, “Great Expectations”
• Dr. Jane M. Walsh, social sciences, no selection
2021
• Dr. Kristina L. Dworek, communication sciences & disorders, “Understanding Childhood Hearing Loss: Whole Family
Approaches to Living and Thriving”
• Dr. Lacey A. Fulton, communication, “Go Ask Alice”
• Dr. Cristin D. Leahy, special education, “Inward”
Promoted to assistant professor
2020
• Ms. Rachel R. Newbury, library services, “How to Be an Anti-Racist”
• Dr. Laurie Pierce, nursing, “Philosophies and Practices of Emancipatory Nursing: Social Justice as Praxis”
• Ms. Briana E. Steele, counseling services, “The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation”
Received tenure
2020
• Dr. Jennifer L. Barch, counseling services, no selection
• Dr. Laurie A. Bladen, nursing, “The Publication Manual of The American Psychological Association” (7 th edition)
• Dr. Kristen K. Curreri, nutrition, health & sport sciences, no selection
• Dr. Kristina Dworek, communication sciences & disorders, “Seeing Voices”
• Dr. Donna J. Falsetti, nursing, no selection
• Dr. Jane M. Walsh, social sciences, “We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change”
2021
• Dr. Jayakumar V. Annadatha, computer information science, “The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living” (10th
anniversary edition)
• Dr. Cristin D. Leahy, special education, “Brave Enough”
• Dr. Marcella K. McConnell, chemistry, mathematics & physics, no selection
• Dr. Catherine E. Stiller, nursing, “Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field”
• Dr. Jody A. Strausser, computer information science, “A Christmas Carol”
• Dr. Jessica R. Thomas, biology & geosciences, no selection
November 2021
www.apscuf.org/clarion
3
November 2021
www.apscuf.org/clarion
4
NOT REGISTERED FOR THE MEMBERS ONLY SITE? To get yourself registered, go to
www.apscuf.org. Here is the direct link to the registration page:
http://www.apscuf.org/membersonly/membership-registration/. There you will find all the
information on APSCUF’s Special Services such as discounts on shopping, rental vehicles,
amusement parks, phone plans, etc. etc.
APSCUF SPECIALSERVICES: The semester/holiday break is almost here! For those who will be traveling and/or
shopping over the break, APSCUF wants to remind you that APSCUF’s Special Services offers some discounts that
you might want to take advantage of such as rent-a-car discounts, amusement park discounts, Working Advantage
Discount program for tickets/shopping along with lots more savings! To get more information about these discounts,
go to www.apscuf.org and click onto the “Members Only” section.
November 2021
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