BLOOMSBURG APSCUF CHAPTER
USEFUL INFORMATION
- University Wide Meetings – Information and Schedule
- APSCUF forms and benefits (includes healthcare, dental, and vision information)
- APSCUF-BU Bylaws
- Tenure Criteria and Procedures (Approved 8/20/2021)
- Collective Bargaining Agreements
NEW FACULTY INFORMATION
- State APSCUF New Faculty and Coach Orientation (Email the Bloomsburg office manager for one-time passcode.)
- Moving To Bloomsburg
- Getting Started On Campus
- Setting Up Classes
- Technology Questions
- Helpful Organizations
- Research Grants
- Performance Review
- Other Important Information
- Articles and Essays for New Faculty
- An Open Letter to Next Year’s Full-Time Tenure Track Assistant Professors by Billie Hara
- The Five Characteristics of Successful New Faculty Members by Rob Jenkins
- How We Value Faculty Work by Gary A. Olson
- The Three-ring Circus of Academia: How to Become the Ringmaster by Michelle L. Toews & Ani Yazedjian
COMMITTEES
- Bloomsburg Campus-wide committees description (PDF)
- Bloomsburg Campus-Wide Committee Membership 2023-2024 (Aug 2023 update) (PDF)
- Commonwealth University Institution-Wide Committee Membership Listing (May 2023 update) (PDF)
- APSCUF/BU Officers and Committees 2021-2023 (Fall 2021 update) (PDF)
- APSCUF/BU Social Justice committee information (PDF)
FACULTY TEACHING TIPS & BEST PRACTICES
- Additional Useful University Teaching Websites from other campuses
- Center for Teaching Excellence (University of Kansas) http://cte.ku.edu
- Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning (Harvard University)Â https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/online-resources
- Engaging Students in Discussion – Center for Teaching Excellence (University of Virginia)
http://cte.virginia.edu/resources/engaging-students-in-large-humanities-discussions/ - Explore the Art and Science of Facilitating Learning https://www.teachinginhighered.com/
- How to Create a Syllabus (Kevin Gannon, Grand View University)Â https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/advice-syllabus
- MERLOT (Curated online resources by California State University) https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
- Pedagogy in Action (Carleton College) https://serc.carleton.edu/sp/index.html
- Self-Paced Tutorials Center for Educational Innovation (University of Minnesota) https://cei.umn.edu/faculty-and-instructors
- Solve a Teaching Problem – Eberly Center (Carnegie Mellon University) https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/solveproblem/index.html
- Teaching in Higher Education http://teachinginhighered.com/Â
- Writing Across the Disciplines (University of Minnesota)Â http://writing.umn.edu/wac.html
- Blogs and Free Electronic Newsletters
- Faculty Focus (Magna Publications) https://www.facultyfocus.com/
- Great Ideas for Teaching (Mira Costa College) http://www.miracosta.edu/studentservices/writingcenter/gifts.html
- IDEA: Improving Learning In Higher Education (Kansas State University) http://www.ideaedu.org/category/helpful-resources/knowledge-base/idea-papers
- Lingua Franca: Language and writing in academe (Chronicle of Higher Education) https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca
- ProfHacker: Teaching, tech, and productivity (Chronicle of Higher Education) https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker
- Tomorrow’s Professor (Stanford University) https://tomprof.stanford.edu/
Please help us keep this list accurate and contact the office manager (see contact information in right sidebar) if you encounter any dead links. Thank you.
Contact BU-APSCUF
Phone: 570-389-4329
Address: Bloomsburg University
Arts & Administration Building, Room 372
400 E. Second St.
Hours: M-F, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Chapter President
Eric Hawrelak
Office Manager
Jill Bond
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