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What began in 1937 as a professional association for faculty at Pennsylvania’s teacher colleges has grown into an organization touching the lives of more than 100,000 students and their families each year. To celebrate the APSCUF’s 80th anniversary, members, retirees, and honored guests gathered Sept. 15 at Red Lion Hotel Harrisburg for an evening of awards, memories, and camaraderie.

This slideshow of APSCUF images throughout the decades played during the reception and dinner:

Later, attendees watched excerpts from an interview with Dr. John Pierce Watkins, who was APSCUF’s president 1972–73:

Along with celebrating APSCUF’s 80th anniversary, Rick Bloomingdale, president of Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, right, received the APSCUF Distinguished Friend of Public Higher Education Award. Presenting the award is APSCUF President Dr. Kenneth M. Mash:

Helen Bieber, retired Kutztown University professor and longtime APSCUF secretary, received the APSCUF Distinguished Service Award. With her are Kutztown University professor Paul Quinn, right, who introduced Bieber, and Mash:

Jerry Oleksiak, acting secretary of Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, spoke about the importance of public higher education and APSCUF’s work:

Watch APSCUF’s Facebook page in the coming days for additional photos from the event and last week’s legislative assembly.

Photo/Johnmaslar via Wikimedia Commons

Mansfield University has withdrawn the letter of intent for retrenchment it issued in March, removing the concern of faculty cuts at the end of the 2017–18 year. Click here to read today’s press release from the university.

This leaves Cheyney and Clarion universities with letters remaining, down from five State System universities this spring.

We are proud to have a copy of Works & Days journal on display in the State APSCUF conference room. The entire “Three Days in October” issue is devoted to contract negotiations and last fall’s APSCUF faculty job action.

Learn more about subscribing to the journal here. The Indiana University of Pennsylvania APSCUF chapter also has copies for sale in its campus office.

State APSCUF always welcomes members’ books, articles, recordings, and other scholarly or creative endeavors so we can show them off in our Harrisburg office. Please feel free to contribute your work to the collection, preferably signed. We’ll acknowledge each contribution with a letter of appreciation. Our mailing address is 319 N. Front St., Harrisburg PA 17101. For more information, email g.

Today we welcome Andrea Mahoney, left, State APSCUF’s new executive assistant to the president. She will spend the next few weeks learning her duties from Lisa Demko, right, who at the end of this month will retire from APSCUF after more than 30 years.

Photo/S.MacMillen via Wikimedia Commons

Two letters down, three to go. Edinboro University has withdrawn its letter of intent for retrenchment, removing the concern of faculty cuts at the end of the 2017–18 year. Click here to read today’s press release from the university.