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APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter

APSCUF: Your Union representing SU faculty and coaches……

…..in solidarity!

APSCUF/SU FACULTY & COACHES President –Brendan Finucane, Vice President- Niel Brasher, Past President – Deborah Jacobs, Secretary- Cheryl Slattery,

Treasurer & Technology Chair – Azim Danesh, Grievance Chair – Sara Grove, Legislative Chair- Robert Shaffer, Meet & Discuss – Angela Bartoli,

Meet & Discuss – Cynthia Botteron, Meet & Discuss – Jennifer Clements, Meet & Discuss – Diane McNichols, Assembly Delegate - Curtis Berry, Assembly Delegate – Debra Cornelius, Assembly Delegate – Jerry Carbo, Assembly Delegate- Steve Haase, Assembly Delegate – Deborah Jacobs,

Assembly Delegate – Ying Yang, CAP Chair – Robert Shaffer, Enrollment Mgnt. – Ian Langella, Membership Co-Chairs – Ashley Seibert & Pablo Delis, Gender Issues & Social Justice Chair – Misty Knight, Health & Welfare Specialist – Shari Horner, Public Relations Chair – Kara Laskowski,

Student Affairs Co –Chair – Joseph Zume & Richard Zumkhawala-Cook (NCAA Faculty Representative), Coaches President APSCUF -SU –Rob Fulton

April, 2014 Volume 41, No. 6

As the end of the academic year approaches, I hesitate before encroaching on your time, and so I’ll be brief. Several points of interest:

1. Regarding possible breakup of PASSHE- read Robert Shaffer’s account

of events (page 2), scan some of the links provided and also peruse the

comments from State APSCUF President Steve Hicks. (page 4)

2. APSCUF’s Legislative Assembly approved a policy statement on

Distance Education (page 7) which may have relevance for our

discussion about the guidelines for blended courses.

3. For some positive news regarding the anti-union “paycheck protection”

legislation, see the items on pages 10 and 11.

4. Yes, we are planning for next year, and so please review the list of

committees (page 16) and submit your request to be part of our process

of shared governance. Also, please consider signing up for Academic

Day, August 22, to help welcome our new students. (page 13)

5. Think about participating with students and their families as they

celebrate at graduation. If you have any tendency toward burn-out at

this time of the academic year (and who doesn’t ), tapping into their

joyous energy at graduation may help hit your reset button. It will

certainly remind you of our contributions to the success and joy of our

students and their families.

6. Thanks to all the candidates, their supporters, and all faculty and

coaches who participated in the APSCUF elections. This historic

turnout reflects a healthy level of engagement and ensured that all

voices were heard via an open and democratic process. For APSCUF-

SU to build upon this success all of us must endeavor to remain

engaged as we build a stronger, more united union that represents,

defends, and advocates for all faculty and coaches. Together, we can

become even better. Thank you

Have a great summer!

Brendan

TABLE OF CONTENT

Separation Legislation .p 2

State APSCUF on PASSHE

Legislation………….. p4

Elections- complete

Results……………..p 5 -6

APSCUF- LA approves

statement on Dist Ed ...p 7

SU Faculty Award … p 8

Sabbatical Leave

Granted ……………..p 8

Overload and Dist Ed

payments info……… p 9

HB1507/SB 1034….p 10-11

Coaches Corner…… p 12

Academic Day 2014—

Volunteer Information. p13

Student Awards……… p 14

News round-up………..p 15

Sabbatical Leave Info… p15

14-15 Committee Info p16

Memos…………….p 17

SU Food Drive…….p 18

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PASSHE Separation: Breaking up is hard to do –

and could lead to all sorts of problems…

By Robert Shaffer, History Department and Legislative Committee Chairperson

(From email sent 3/13/14)

For as long as I’ve been at Shippensburg, I’ve heard talk about the problems that PASSHE causes us and the

potential benefits of “going it alone.” In railing against the wastefulness of the bloated staff at the Dixon Center, the

outsized salaries to executives who do not teach or interact with students, and the drain on campus finances of the

SAP centralization debacle, former SU presidents Tony Ceddia and Bill Ruud often mused about how we could run a

tighter, and better, Ship. Some professors – even strong union members – at times expressed the idea that we could

serve our students better if we were on our own, and that we could even get a better contract for the faculty if we

were not dragged down by union chapters at other campuses that seemed reluctant to strike when contract

negotiations dragged on. But such talk was always hypothetical – a way to let off steam, really – as the question of

ownership of campus land and buildings seemed an insurmountable obstacle to any disaffiliation.

Now that a bill has been introduced in the State Senate (SB 1275) to allow PASSHE schools that meet certain

qualifications to secede, the pipedream of disaffiliation does not look as appealing for our campuses, our students,

and our union. The main proponents of the bill – Sen. “Tommy” Tomlinson, who sits on West Chester’s Council of

Trustees, and Sen. Andrew Dinniman, a former professor at West Chester – appear to have tailored it to allow that

campus to leave, as West Chester is one of the few PASSHE schools with healthy enrollment numbers over the last

few years. Many suspect that West Chester would then raise tuition, continue to ignore its current contractual

obligation to opt for a full complement of tenure-track faculty, and persist with its over-reliance on adjuncts.

Secession of the stronger campuses could very well increase financial problems across the system, posing problems

for students, campus communities, and faculty alike.

From Friendly Rivalry to Cutthroat Competition?

While there have always been rivalries between PASSHE campuses, disaffiliation would raise tensions

dramatically. While SB 1275 states that the seceding colleges would pay for the land and facilities, it would be only

for 75% of a depreciated value, and would be paid over a 30-year period, so many will rightly see it as a giveaway of

public facilities to a newly-privatized entity. The headline on the March 11 Pennlive.com story was telling as to how

many will perceive disaffiliation: “Bill proposes letting State System universities secede with your tax dollars.”

PASSHE schools already compete for increasingly scarce state dollars with the state-related universities;

adding more competitors (with powerful legislators fighting to aid their own school rather than cooperating on behalf

of schools around the commonwealth) is not likely to increase equity. (Although, to be sure, that’s how the game is

played now, with Senate Appropriations Chair Jake Corman of Center County always managing to protect Penn

State’s interests.) Disaffiliation would also decrease the union solidarity that developed this year, for example, in

protests against retrenchment. Faculty who face retrenchment would have a harder time being hired in other

PASSHE schools if there were fewer of them, and if the schools with increasing enrollment have left.

The CLEAR Coalition, a consortium of public employee unions in Pennsylvania of which APSCUF has been

an active member for years, frames the disaffiliation bill as another manifestation of the Republican penchant for

privatizing public facilities, from K-12 schools to the state lottery. Indeed, Gov. Corbett and his education team have

often spoken of their preference for education dollars to “follow the student” to any school, whether private or

public. While Corbett has announced his opposition to SB 1275 (yes, politics does make strange bedfellows, as our

Political Science colleagues would undoubtedly remind us), his policies as governor have helped create the

conditions under which some campuses believe that they can only succeed in opposition to the other PASSHE schools.

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As state representative Mike Hanna, a Democrat from the Lock Haven area who has served on the PASSHE

Board of Governors since 2004, said in response to the legislation: “The underlying issue here is that our state

schools have suffered unprecedented cuts under the current administration. Secession may be a short-term fix at a

time when Pennsylvania needs a long-term solution.” Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale

commented in opposition to the bill: “Lawmakers need to focus instead on funding our colleges at the proper level,

not making it more expensive to attend.”

True Confessions: My Own Naiveté

As Legislative Committee chairperson for APSCUF/SU, I knew this bill was coming, having discussed it at

a statewide meeting in February and having circulated memos prepared by State APSCUF to our local Executive

Committee in early March. (Our local EC voted in an e-mail ballot to oppose the legislation.) What I did not

know, however, and what stunned me, was that the two state senators in our area, Pat Vance and Rich Alloway,

along with the chair of Shippensburg’s Council of Trustees, B. Michael Shaul, would attend the March 11 press

conference introducing the bill and go on record in support of it. I thought this was just West Chester’s show,

given the two lead co-sponsors; I did not know “we” would be so heavily implicated.

Shaul promised, as quoted on Pennlive.com, that before Ship moved toward disaffiliation, the trustees

“would talk with the various campus constituencies, especially students.” Students are important, to be sure, but

we should remind Shaul that faculty who devote many years of our lives to this institution, and who can see it with

a broader perspective than a student who is here for four years, also “especially” deserve to be consulted – and to

have a real seat at the table when any decision is made.

Alloway is an SU graduate who used to talk almost lyrically with our union about his gratefulness at having

received a low-cost but first-rate education here, studying with what he called world-class professors. His

comments at the press conference were cagey – “the beginning of a conversation,” he called it – but he seems to

have given up on his responsibility as a legislator, and now as a member of the PASSHE Board of Governors, to

obtain adequate state funding for our schools, and thus to give to future students the opportunity he received when

he attended Ship. Vance, who is often seen as one of the few remaining Republican moderates in the legislature,

claimed to be acting in the interests of students and the communities around our campuses, but I would hope that

she would let actual students and faculty inform her of possible drawbacks to the plan.

I would direct the attention of Shaul, Alloway, and Vance to the editorial in the Chambersburg Public

Opinion by Matthew Major, on March 12, who wrote perceptively: “If we fracture the system, costs go up

everywhere. The first thing the breakaway schools will do is look to expand services with no limits imposed by

government on when and how they can raise tuition. For the schools that remain, the funding landscape becomes

all the more bleak, and they start to clamor for more funding just to stay afloat while cutting the opportunities they

offer.”

John Quist, our Civil War historian at Ship who naturally bristles at any mention of “secession,” e-mailed

me after a brief discussion about this issue in our department meeting, that he was for “union forever!” Flippant

(or heartfelt) historical analogies aside, APSCUF, the “union,” is for a continued “union” of the PASSHE schools,

based on the idea that we try to raise the quality of all rather than to encourage an “I’ve got mine” mentality. Of

course, problems continue to exist in the centralized PASSHE administration, and financial and enrollment

challenges now plague many of our campuses – including our own. These do need to be discussed and overcome.

But let’s do it together.

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For a sampling of newspaper coverage:

Matthew Major, “Fracturing PSSHE isn’t the way to fix it” (editorial), Chambersburg Public Opinion, March 12, 2014

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/opinion/ci_25329994/fracturing-psshe-isnt-way-fix-it-editorial

Jan Murphy, “Bill proposes letting State System universities secede with your tax dollars,” Pennlive.com, March 11,

2014

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/03/bill_proposes_letting_state_sy.html

Jan Murphy, “Would Shippensburg University secede from the State System if given the chance?” Pennlive.com,

March 11, 2014

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/03/would_shippensburg_university.html “Lawmakers want to allow state schools to secede,” The Express (Lock Haven), March 11, 2014

http://www.lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/549986/Lawmakers-want-to-allow-state-schools-to-secede.html?nav=5009

APSCUF: POTENTIAL PASSHE SEPARATION LEGISLATION HURTS TAXPAYERS

AND STUDENTS

Short-sighted Proposed Tomlinson-Dinniman Bill Allowing Select State Universities to Leave the PASSHE System May Nearly Triple Tuition and Eliminate State Oversight at Those Schools

Steve Hicks, President of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) said today that proposed legislation from State Senators Tommy Tomlinson and Andrew Dinniman allowing Pennsylvania state universities to leave the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is short-sighted and would hurt students and taxpayers by potentially tripling tuition and eliminating state oversight and accountability.

The proposed Tomlinson-Dinniman Bill would allow select Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) members to leave the state university system and become state-related institutions like Penn State and/or the University of Pittsburgh. Universities that leave PASSHE to pursue state-related status would be freed to raise tuitions at will and would no longer see the benefit of participating in PASSHE shared services.

"When the state university system was created with Act 188 of 1983, the legislature envisioned a system of universities accountable to the citizens of Pennsylvania," Hicks said. PASSHE universities give first-generation and working class students a shot at a college degree.

Universities opting out under the legislation would keep the exact same amount of taxpayer dollars as they received as State-owned universities despite being less accountable and more expensive. Students at a university leaving PASSHE could see an affordable $6,622 annual tuition balloon to at least Penn State-sized proportions in excess of $17,000.

Hicks also questioned the proposal's intent to remove state oversight and accountability at institutions that exit the state system by allowing the universities to continue to receive state funds at their current levels without having to follow the rules governing state system schools.

This legislation allows the universities to turn their backs on the core mission of the State System of Higher Education and the students it serves to provide access to a quality public higher education to the average Pennsylvanian," said Hicks. "This legislation will funnel taxpayer money to institutions that don't have to answer to the taxpayers. That may be politics as usual, but it is not in the interests of our students or the commonwealth."

Hicks also pointed to the squeeze the proposal would place on the wallets of Pennsylvanians. "Becoming a State-related will come with skyrocketing tuition," said Hicks. "Moreover, PASSHE has already been cut by $90 million in recent years. This proposal further cuts into the System to subsidize universities leaving and raising tuition. PASSHE universities should continue to give first-generation and working class students a shot at a college degree.

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Complete Election Results - Spring 2014

APSCUF/SU Elections – Term May 2014- May 2016 Election Date- April 8 & 9, 2014

Offices: President – Brendan Finucane

Vice President – Jennifer Clements

Secretary – Cheryl Slattery

Treasurer - Azim Danesh

Budget Chair – Steve Burg

Bylaw changes- Election Date – March 25 & 26, 2014

Passed - -- 240 yes, 14 no, and 17 abstention.

Shared Governance elected positions:

Election date March 25 &26

University Curriculum Committee - 2014-15 & 2015-16 Academic Years

Arts & Humanities: History/Philosophy -Mark Spicka

Behavioral & Social Sciences: Political Science -Sara Grove

Math & Natural Sciences: Chemistry -Curt Zaleski

College of Business: Accounting/MIS -Susan Sadowski

College of Education & Human Services: Teacher Education -Han Liu

Faculty Not in a College: Department of Administration - Ashley Grimm

University Forum – At large Representatives (5) - 2014-15 & 2015-16 Academic Years

Election dates March 25 & 26/April 8 & 9

All Colleges (Electing 5)

Geography/Earth Science - Claire Jantz

Library - Aaron Dobbs

Mathematics - Marc Renault ****

Psychology - Sue Morin

Social Work/Gerontology - Liz Fisher

Legislative Assembly Delegates: (3 elected)

Robert Hale

Kara Laskowski

Ying Yang

Meet & Discuss Representatives: (2 elected)

Angela Bartoli

Cynthia Botteron

****Run off was held in the April 8 & 9

election between Matt Cella and

Marc Renault.

Marc Renault was the winner for the 5th

At – Large position.

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University-Wide Promotion Committee - 2014-15 & 2015-16 Academic Years

Election date March 25 & 26, April 8 & 9

Arts & Humanities:

Human Communication Studies - Misty Knight

Behavioral & Social Sciences:

Political Science - Ali Dagnes

Psychology - James Griffith **

**Run off for the second member from Behavioral & Social Sciences between James Griffith and Karl Lorenz,

election date of April 8 & 9, has also resulted in a tie. A third election was held April 15-17 resulting in James

Griffith winning the run-off.

Math & Natural Sciences:

Mathematics - Kim Presser

College of Business:

Accounting/MIS -Patricia Patrick

College of Education & Human Services:

Counseling & College Student - Andrew Carey

Personnel

Exercise Science - Turi Braun

***A reminder to all UWPC nominees, if you were not elected to serve on the UWPC

committee your name will go into the pool for Tenure and Sabbatical Leave

Committees. Please make note of the PAC Organizational Meeting date, time and

location. Please plan to attend.

PAC Organizational Meeting – APRIL 24, 2014 @ 3:30PM, Lehman Library 205

I. Introduction of Members ( newly elected) II. Nominations for selecting the chair of the PAC III. Opportunity for Promotion Committee to have their initial meeting to select a co- chair IV. Identification of members to serve on Tenure and Sabbatical Leave Committees

a. Tenure will have 12 members, Sabbatical will have 10 V. Initial meeting of Tenure Committee and the Sabbatical Leave Committee at which time

they will select their respective co-chairs.

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APSCUF legislative assembly approves policy statement on distance education

At February’s Legislative Assembly, APSCUF’S Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Policy issued a policy on distance education.

While the policy states that distance education provides access to underserved student populations, it maintains that the traditional method

of classroom instruction proves to be a better method. Unlike the traditional method, distance education lacks the direct and immediate

social interaction between instructors and students that is essential to the educational environment. Other challenges facing distance

education include student retention issues, strained student time-management skills, and the difficulty instructors face in their attempts to

replicate a traditional classroom experience.

The policy asserts that above all, the subject matter, the skills of individual professors, and the needs of students should be key determinants

as to the method of instruction used or the technology employed. Furthermore, although distance education and technology can enhance

student learning, it is inapt to use it as a cost-saving tool or a means to increase class sizes. For this reason, students not enrolled in programs

exclusively designed for distance education, should not be obligated to enroll in distance education courses. Full text follows below:

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Policy - Statement on Distance Education

The best method of classroom instruction continues to be one where the faculty member and the students are present in the same room. This

traditional method of instruction promotes the essential give-and-take between faculty and students that is appropriately associated with the

college experience; it is the type of instruction that made the American system of higher education the envy of the world. This method allows

the instructor to assess student understanding through participation, body language, and immediate question and answers. This method

promotes human dignity by creating a shared experience and direct interaction with a heterogeneous student body. It allows for the highest

level of integrity as the student must be present for examinations and spontaneously defend written work. In many disciplines, there are no

adequate substitutes for work that traditionally takes place in the classroom setting, e.g., labs, speeches, and presentations. In all settings, the

subject matter, the skills of individual professors, and the needs of students ought to drive the method of delivery and the use of technology;

the delivery method ought never determine the subject matter or run counter to the best interests of students.

Distance education is properly used to afford access to student populations that may, because of factors beyond their or the universities’

control, be unable to access the traditional method of instruction. Providing access to higher education is the sole legitimate role of distance

education as a primary means of instruction. In many instances, it is appropriate to use technology developed for distance education to

enhance the traditional classroom experience. It is never appropriate to use distance education to save costs or to increase class sizes.

Students not enrolled in a program exclusively designed for distance education should not be required to enroll in distance education

courses.

Student retention, particularly among minority populations, continues to be a serious concern in distance education courses. These courses

also tax the time management skills of traditional students. Distance education classes also pose problems related to the integrity of student

work that are not faced in the traditional classroom. Distance education courses pose numerous problems for students and instructors.

Typically, attempts to emulate the college classroom place inordinate burdens on instructors. Faculty are required to find alternatives to the

best practice of traditional instruction and typically spend many hours communicating with students in distance education courses at various

hours of the day.

Many fine courses and programs have been developed for delivery via distance education, and the technologies associated with distance

education continue to provide innovative new means to enhance students’ learning. However, the traditional method of delivery remains the

best means for providing a quality education. The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education should primarily promote classroom

instruction while simultaneously promoting access to higher education for appropriate populations. (Approved Legislative Assembly 2/7/14)

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Dr. Patricia Patrick- College of Business, pictured with Liz Parkin- Student Athlete, received the Shippensburg University Faculty of the Year Award from the Athletic Department for her exceptional academic mentorship.

Picture by Bill Smith – SU Photographer

2014-15 Sabbatical Leaves Granted & Accepted

Semester I - Kim Garris

Sara Grove

Semester II - Thomas Crochunis

Alison Feeney

Marita Flagler

Kurt Fuellhart

Dave Kennedy

Kurt Kraus

Jeonghwa Lee

Eucabeth Odhiambo

Dan Predecki

Melissa Ricketts

Welcome New APSCUF Member

DONNA GRECO, Social

Work/Gerontology Dept.

2014-15 Government/Public Relations

Internship Opportunity

Please Announce

Each semester APSCUF offers a paid internship in government and

public relations for undergraduates attending a Pennsylvania State

System of Higher Education university. The APSCUF internship is a

great opportunity for a student interested in government, politics, public

affairs, journalism, or communications. APSCUF interns must be

professional, self-motivated, and skilled communicators.

We are currently seeking a junior or senior majoring in political science,

communications, journalism, or a related field to serve as a

government relations/communications intern at the state APSCUF

office building at 319 North Front Street in Harrisburg. The student

internship must be for academic credit under the supervision of a

PASSHE university faculty member. The successful applicant should

have strong knowledge of government workings, as well as excellent

oral and written communication skills. APSCUF will pay $10 per hour

and interns are expected to work 35 hours each week, Monday-Friday.

Please note:

The fall 2014 internship begins August 25, 2014, and concludes

December 5, 2014. The application deadline for the fall 2014

internship is June 2, 2014.

For more information, including duties and how to apply, click here to

download the internship application. Any questions please contact

Laura Saccente, State APSCUF, at 717-236-7486.

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OVERLOAD AND RELATED PAYMENTS

Overload and related payments must be submitted locally between now and by no later than February 28, 2014.

Overload and related payments will be included in the March 21, 2014 paychecks.

If a faculty member has not received an overload payment in his or her March 21, 2014 paycheck, there are three likely possibilities: either (1) the faculty member has not yet earned credit overload (see explanation below); or (2) the paperwork to authorize the payment was not sent to your Payroll Office; or (3) your Payroll Office has questions about the paperwork.

In any case, please keep in mind that the affected faculty member will have forty (40) days from March 21, 2014 to file a grievance if he or she has not received an overload payment or disputes the amount paid. This means that such grievances must be filed at Step Two of the Grievance Procedure by no later than April 30, 2014, in order to be timely.

Please remember that most faculty members who teach 15 credits in the fall do not earn credit in the fall even if they are scheduled to teach 12 credits this spring, as their workload could be modified to 9 credits in the spring, making them ineligible for overload compensation. If the faculty member actually does teach 12 credits this spring, he or she will have then earned the credit overload this spring.

DISTANCE EDUCATION PAYMENTS

Distance education payments must be submitted locally between now and by no later than March 28, 2014.

Distance Education payments will be included in the April 18, 2014 paychecks.

If a faculty member has not received a distance education payment in his or her April 18, 2014 paycheck, either the paperwork to authorize the payment was not sent to your Payroll Office or your Payroll Office has questions about the paperwork. In any case, the affected faculty member will have forty (40) days from April 18, 2014 to file a grievance if he or she has not received a distance education payment or disputes the amount paid. This means that such grievances must be filed at Step Two of the Grievance Procedure by no later than September 30, 2014 (the 40th day falls in the summer extension) in order to be considered timely.

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Cumberland County Commissioner Jim Hertzler Defends Public Employee Unions

Of course, there have also been many times when Commissioner Eichelberger and I have agreed on issues and instances where we’ve disagreed. That’s what our representative democracy is all about.

But, on this particular matter, what’s called, at the state level, the so-called “paycheck protection” bill, I think an ounce of truth in advertising, as noted recently by a newspaper columnist in Lancaster, Gil Smart, would be helpful.

This is clearly not about protecting the paychecks of public employees; this – as brought to us by the Koch brothers and Grover Norquist and Scott Walker out of Wisconsin – is about busting the unions that actually do fight to protect the paychecks of workers.

It’s about a nationwide, anti-union political campaign that’s now landed in Pennsylvania. And, it is, quite frankly, being ginned up in this statewide election year for blatant political purposes…and, unfortunately, is serving as a distraction to the important issues that we in county government…and our state government… should be addressing.

Drummed up at the county level a month or so ago by a Berks County Commissioner, with a Berks County resolution in support of this legislation passing on a two to one vote, I now understand that this is being pushed in two committees of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, again on split votes, for consideration by the full membership of the County Commissioners Association this Spring.

It is wrong-headed, it is ill advised, it is unnecessary, it is divisive. For all of the important issues that our statewide association of county commissioners advocates, including measures to relieve the county property tax burden, to address county 911 emergency dispatch needs, and restore the huge state funding cuts for services to people who suffer from mental illness and intellectual and developmental disabilities…this issue, unfortunately, will serve only to undermine the bipartisan workings of an otherwise outstanding organization for collaboration and cooperation on matters of importance to our county and counties throughout the state.

But, back to the resolution before us today.

Cumberland County Resolution # 2014-7 calls on the General Assembly and the Governor to pass legislation that would eliminate the ability of public employee unions to negotiate in their contracts a provision that allows for the automatic deduction of union dues from a union employee’s paycheck.

It would end a practice that has existed in Pennsylvania, and this county, for literally decades: a convenience to employees who are union members to have their union dues deducted from their pay (dollars which are no longer public funds at that point), so they don’t have to write out a separate check.

The cost to the county to provide this automatic deduction service is, as I understand, infinitesimal; and, as I also understand, is the same deduction service provided for the United Way and others.

At the same time, I also understand the unions stand ready to pay for any public cost for this service, but that, in the past as it is today, it is so minuscule that it has never been calculated or billed.

Finally, with respect to this issue and the potential impact of this legislation specifically to Cumberland County, a few observations are in order:

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(In an open letter on March 3, 2014, Democrat Jim Hertzler explained why he voted against a

county resolution which seeks to strip public employee unions from the right to collect member dues through automatic payroll deduction. Unfortunately, Hertzler was outvoted by his two Republican colleagues on the Commission, Barb Cross and Gary Eichelberger. The resolution has no force of law, but was introduced to influence the debate in the state legislature on this issue.)

Hertzler's statement...

While I have supported many of the proposals advanced by my colleague, Commissioner Cross, and she mine, in a true bipartisan and non-partisan fashion in the best interests of moving our county forward, this is one where I have to respectfully disagree and will be voting no.

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1/ If our union members don’t want these automatic deductions anymore, or the county doesn’t want to provide this service to employees, it can be negotiated out of the contracts. I don’t recall this ever being mentioned, in the short time I’ve been here, as an important matter for our negotiations. And, honestly, I think this will only serve to damage whatever amicable relationships we’ve tried to build with our union employees and their bargaining unit representatives.

2/ Under Pennsylvania’s Fair Share law, it is completely voluntary as to whether our county employees want to continue to belong to the union, or make any PAC contributions. They can opt out of the union and pay only a “fair share” fee for the benefits they receive as a result of the collective bargaining process.

3/ If either House Bill 1507 or Senate Bill 1034 would pass, the two identical bills that have been introduced in the House and Senate on this issue, Cumberland County would be faced with a double standard. AFSCME employees who work at the nursing home would not be able to have their union dues deducted from their paychecks but AFSCME employees who work at the prison would be exempted from the ban union dues deductions.

That’s because the bills have been crafted in such a way not to offend certain union members, like police officers and firefighters and corrections officers, who, on occasion, may lean in support of Republicans as opposed to Democrats.

So, I believe it is important to tell it like it is.

I will be voting no, not because I owe anybody anything, including the unions, but because this is part of a nationwide movement to utilize the legislative process at state capitals around the country – not for good government – but for blatant partisan, political gain.

And, in Pennsylvania, unfortunately, it’s right up there with the gerrymandering of legislative and congressional districts to stifle fair and competitive elections, it’s right up there with the photo voter ID law, better known as the “voter suppression act”, now ruled by the state Supreme Court as an unconstitutional infringement on the right of all qualified citizens to exercise their voting privilege, and it’s right up there with all of the other political shenanigans that create wedge issues intended to divide us, or to change the subject away from the important issues that confront our county, our state and our nation.

Thank you. - Jim Hertzler

Update: County Commissioners Withdraw Anti-Union Resolution

A special “Thank You” to our APSCUF members that emailed county commissioners last week to ask them to vote NO on Resolution 1 at the County

Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) conference. We are pleased to inform our members that the County Commissioner who introduced

the resolution withdrew it rather than allow a vote.

Resolution 1 supported House Bill 1507, the legislation that prohibits the collection of membership dues, legal defense fund contributions or fees, and

political/campaign contributions by government as a matter for collective bargaining with public sector unions.

We thank the APSCUF members that quickly responded to this request and to the County leaders that rejected this misguided resolution.

This is one battle won, but the war is far from being over. The Pennsylvania Labor Movement in 2014 has been defined by the fight against anti-union

legislation that would interfere with negotiated dues deduction. Backed by out-of-state billionaires, House Bill 1507 and Senate Bill 1034 would make it

illegal for public sector unions to collectively bargain for automatic deduction of union dues. This is a critical next step towards making Pennsylvania the

next “Right to Work” state.

Please continue to communicate with your local legislators and ask them to oppose HB 1507 and SB 1034. Please forward their responses and

positions to state APSCUF at lsaccente@apscuf.org . You can find out your local legislators here.

APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 12

All Information from the SU Sports Website

Women's Soccer Assistant Coach Jessica Griggs Named Head Coach At

Northland College

Shippensburg University women's soccer assistant coach Jessica Griggs was named the head coach at Division-III Northland College in Ashland, Wis., per Northland Director of Athletics Bill Wilson.

Griggs assumes the head position for the LumberJills after serving as an assistant to SU head coach Rob

Fulton for four seasons from 2010-13. Information from the SU Sports Website

2014 Football Golf Outing - May 17 Event will be the 21st annual football golf outing

Golf Outing Information

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- The Shippensburg University

Football program has announced the date and provided information for the annual golf outing this summer. It will be held Saturday, May 17 from Eagle's Crossing in Carlisle.

The golf outing will be a four-man scramble format with a shotgun start at 12:15 p.m. Golf day registration begins at 11 a.m. and the outing will begin at 12:15 p.m. The field of players will be split up into flights. The number of flights will depend on the number of golfers. An excellent selection of prizes will be awarded including the closest to the pin and longest drives for men and women. All prizes will be awarded at dinner at the golf course immediately following the tournament. The cost of the day is $85 per person, which includes, range balls, logo balls, participant gift, golf, cart, beverages and a barbeque dinner after the outing.

For complete information on the golf outing, please

visit the Golf Outing Page here.

2014 Jane Goss Memorial Golf Tournament - June 9

Jane Goss Memorial Golf Tournament Info

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- The Jane Goss Memorial Golf Tournament, formerly the Lady Raider Golf Tournament, will be held June 9 at the Chambersburg Country Club. Registration is underway, with the early-bird deadline being May 2 (must include payment). All registration is due by May 30. The Jane Goss Memorial Golf Tournament is named in honor of former Shippensburg University athletics administrator/coach/educator, Jane Goss. This event has been the largest fundraiser for women's athletics at Shippensburg University. Proceeds from the tournament are used by Raiders athletic teams to provide scholarship opportunities and financial support for young women to participate in and gain valuable experience through athletics.

APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 13

Please consider presenting at the Academic Day Conference on August 22, 2014. Many of

you have worked with us in the past and we are hoping that you’ll be willing to participate

again. After you sign up to help, please consider asking a few of your colleagues to join us,

too! We are expecting a large number of student participants this year and we will need

approximately 50 faculty presenters.

We have developed a conference-style program where students become familiar with

academic life at Ship. Student participation rates have continued to climb and we know that

the increased interest is a reflection of the sessions presented by our community-partners,

faculty, coaches, staff, and administrators. Post-session evaluation has told us that students

have found sessions involving adapting to college to be the most useful.

To that end, we are asking this year’s presenters to lead sessions that will help students adjust

to life on a college campus. Please note that presentations will not be fully self-created as we

have done in the past. Instead, presenters will give students a taste of academic life as they

discuss skills that will help them be more successful as they go forward. Sessions will

include a short icebreaker (or opening of your choice), an introductory overview of your

discipline and specialization and/or research interests, a segment on how college classes (and

instructors) are different from high school, how to get involved in academic

organizations/activities, and how to communicate appropriately in class and with your

professors. The individual sessions will conclude with a Q&A segment where students can

ask for additional preparatory information. The template may be found on the Academic Day

website when you sign up to present. Again, these changes have been made in response to

both faculty presenter and student participant feedback from previous years.

In order to sign up, just go to the Academic Day site and sign up by May 19, 2014

(http://www.ship.edu/Academic_Day/Faculty/Conference_Volunteers/). You’ll find drop-

down menus from which you can sign up to participate as a conference presenter as well as

select from a number of other volunteer options. Please contact the Academic Day

Conference Sub-Committee if you have questions (Misty L. Knight at mlknight@ship.edu,

Eucabeth Odhiambo at eaodhi@ship.edu, or Ashley Seibert at acseibert@ship.edu).

We wish you a terrific end to the Spring 2014 semester and we look forward to working with

you on Academic Day!

APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 14

DEPARTMENT STUDENT AWARDS Each Spring, APSCUF allots all academic departments $200.00 for Departmental Student

Awards. This year’s award winners are…… Accounting, MIS

Ryan Luckenbaugh, Danielle Prior

Art & Design

Jolie Duhon, Brianna Spayd.

Biology

Shannon E. Lee, Natasha Y. Wingerter

Chemistry

Connor Daly, Emily Frieben

Communication/Journalism

Cassandra Clarhaut

Computer Science

Stephen Bussey

Counseling & College Student Personnel

Samuel Frushour, Megan Cavanaugh

Kayla Mini

Criminal Justice

Jason Brady, Sadie Jo Mack

Economics

Burke Bowen, Owen Ecker

Educational Leadership & Special Education

Stacy Coffman, Nathan Oster

English

Mollie Fenby, Anissa Freeman

Exercise Science

Heather Weiss, Emily Smith

Chris Nelson, Lauren Merk

Finance & Supply Chain Management

Erik Geiger, Charles Fitzpatrick

Geography/Earth Science

Samuel Edwards

History/Philosophy

Peter Miele

Human Communication Studies

Cecelia Pierce, Amanda Gelber

APSCUF-SU College Awards

The APSCUF-SU Student Affairs Committee met in March to

review applications for the three APSCUF Student College

Awards… This year’s winners are:

Carissa Strohecker, Psychology - The APSCUF/SU Robert

Winter College of Arts & Science Student Award for

Outstanding Scholarship and Service.

Hilary A. Lyons, Accounting - The APSCUF/SU Dr. William

Knerr John L. Grove College of Business Student Award for

Outstanding Scholarship and Service.

Amanda Schwarz, Teacher Education - The APSCUF/SU

Sally McGrath College of Education & Human Services

Student Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Service

Interdisciplinary Arts

Emily Fulker, Ian Kraus

Management/Marketing

Dakota Bricker, Michelle Manahan

Mathematics

Julie Fuhrman, Ben Haun

Allen Koederitz, Mary Long

Lindsay Schadler

Modern Languages

Tatyana Thomas Music/Theatre Arts

Paul Deichman , Zachary Lessie

Political Science

Emmaline Johnson

Psychology

Samantha Lippy, Brittany Lapp

Social Work & Gerontology

Jeong Ah Seo

Sociology/Anthropology

Cody Wilt

Teacher Education

Amanda Schwarz

APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 15

A local, state, and national

news roundup of issues of

concern……

Get up to date on APSUCF issues & actions: http://apscuf.org/blog Brogan and the Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh) address legislation that would disband the state system: http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140307_Pa__state_schools_chancellor_blasts_efforts_to_break_away_West_Chester_University.html http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2014/03/06/Fortify-the-system/stories/201402280006 Koch Brothers backed “paycheck protection" threatens the middle class: http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/02/the_real_goal_of_paycheck_prot.html?fb_action_ids=10100290264020856&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=s%3DshowShareBarUI%3Ap%3Dfacebook-like&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582 A modest proposal in response to guns on campus: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/opinion/when-may-i-shoot-a-student.html?_r=0 Underfunded we fail: http://chronicle.com/article/An-Era-of-Neglect/145045/

Have you moved?

Please make sure you contact the

APSCUF office by phone or email to

update your address. You will also

need to update your new address with

the PA Health &Welfare Fund (vision

and dental benefits). Please make sure

you ask for a form to complete.

Sabbatical Leave

Applications Reminder

Applications for sabbatical

leave to be taken during the

2015-16 academic year are

due Friday, September 5,

2014.

Applications are available

this summer from the

APSCUF office and

available on the s drive.

APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 16

APSCUF/SU Committee/Council/Board Appointments

Within the next several months we will be reviewing APSCUF appointments to various shared governance campus committees. All members of

APSCUF are encouraged to submit their names for committee appointments to Diana at the APSCUF/SU office at apscuf@ship.edu. Terms of

appointment for committees are for one year, unless stated. The list of committees to which APSCUF has an appointment is listed below. Please respond

with your choices before the end of the semester. If you are appointed to a committee, you will receive a confirmation email/letter before the fall

semester.

Thanks in advance for being willing to serve in a shared governance capacity.

Brendan Finucane -APSCUF/SU President

Academic Outreach Committee - formerly, Distance Education Advisory Committee

Academic Success Program Advisory Board

ADA/504 Compliance

Administration & Finance Council

Alumni Affairs Committee

APSCUF/SU Budget & Audit Committee

APSCUF/SU CAP Committee

APSCUF/SU Gender Issues & Social Justice Committee

APSCUF/SU Grievance Committee

APSCUF/SU Membership Committee

APSCUF/SU Mobilization Committee

APSCUF/SU Public Relations Committee

APSCUF/SU Student Affairs Committee

President’s Cabinet Academic Calendar Subcommittee

CFEST Grants Administration Committee 1 appointment for 2 year term

CFEST Campus Support Committee

Child & Family Center Advisory Board

Commencement Committee 1 faculty member for Graduate/ 3- 1/college for undergraduate

Commission on Human Understanding

Enrollment Management/Admissions Committee (meets monthly)

Environmental Steering Committee

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Concerns Committee

General Education Council

Governance Review Committee

Graduate Council

Growth Committee

H.O.P.E. Diversity Scholarship Committee

Human Relations Fact Finding Board

Human Understanding Awards Committee

Integrated Marketing Committee

International Concerns Committee

New Student Orientation Committee

Parking Appeals Committee

Planning & Budget Council

Safety Committee (one must be from Exercise Science)

Sexual Harassment Education Committee

Sexual Harassment Fact Finding Board

Student Financial Aid Committee

SU Scholarship Committee (three-year appointment) time commitment a must

Teacher Education Council

University Bookstore Advisory Committee

University Disciplinary Board

University Library Committee

University Technology Council (subcommittees listed below)

University Technology & Library Services Council – appointments 1 from each college and 1 from faculty not in a college Training & Development Committee

Emerging Technologies Subcommittee – appointments: 1 from each college and 1 from faculty not in a college Web Content Advisory Committee – appointments: 3 from College of Arts & Sciences

o 1 from Arts & Humanities o 1 from Social Sciences o 1 from Math and Natural Sciences

1 from College of Education & Human Services

1 from John L. Grove College of Business

1 from Faculty not in a College

Information Security Risk Assessment Team

Infrastructure & Life Cycle Review Committee

APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 17

APSCUF/SU Office – Wright Hall 103

Chapter President: Brendan Finucane

APSCUF Hours: M-Th 10:30-11:30am

Phone: 717-477-1299 or 477-3229

Email: bpfinu@ship.edu

Office Manager: Diana Worden

Hours: 8:00 am to 3:30 pm M - F

Phone: 717-477-1791

Email: apscuf@ship.edu or

DLWorden@ship.edu

Fax: 717-477-1278

UPCOMING EVENTS

MAY

1st APSCUF-SU office closed, Office Manager meeting in Harrisburg, PA

2nd Last Day of Class

3rd Student Award Ceremony, LPAC

5-9 Finals Week

8th EC Meeting at Knutes, 3:30pm

9th Graduate Commencement

10th Undergraduate Commencement

12th – APSCURF Meeting 11:30am SU Foundation

16th APSCUF –SU Office Closed

22nd-27 APSCUF –SU Office Closed for Memorial Day

30th- APSCUF –SU Office closed

June

17th- M&D 203A Old Main

Healthy U

Remember to complete all

requirements.

Deadline to complete Healthy U 2013-14 –

Saturday, May 31,

2014

Did you know???

Did you know that you can read the Meet & Discuss

minutes from the comfort of your office or home? These are

available on the S: Drive. From there, click on the Public

folder, then Faculty, and then Faculty Management

Committee. Minutes from 2001 – 2013 are posted (those

from 2012 should be available soon). You can also access

these minutes from home via Banner. Log in to MyShip,

click on the Faculty tab, then on Resources, and then on the

Document Library link (under the Other Websites heading)

link. From there, once you log in, you should be able to

“see” the S: Drive and folders.

Happy reading!

Steve Haase

APSCUF/SU Union Newsletter Page 18

SHIPPESBURG UNIVERSITY

COMBINED COMMUNITY

OUTREACH FOOD DRIVE

In past years, each spring AFSCME local 2354 has held a food drive to

benefit King’s Kettle Food Pantry. This year all SU Campus Labor Unions

and SU Administration have come together to form the SU Combined

Community Outreach Food Drive. Please participate by adding your donation

to one of the drop off boxes, placed throughout campus, now through May

10th. Or send any monetary donations to Diana Worden, APSCUF office,

103 Wright Hall. Please make checks out to Kings Kettle Food Pantry.

Please do your part and help out the community.