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APSCUF likes to take the time to recognize and applaud our faculty members’ and coaches’ accomplishments. Although the fall 2016 semester was a turbulent one to say the least, we are proud to provide a roundup of some faculty members’ and coaches’ achievements.

• A Bloomsburg University professor led a group to educate the community on refugees.
• A California University football coach was chosen as AFCA Coach of the Year.
• A former Cheyney University football coach was inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame.
• A Clarion University professor read poetry featured on Writer’s Almanac.
• An East Stroudsburg University professor published a novel after 14 years of work.
• A professor at Edinboro University was invited to serve on the National Social Science Association board.
• An Indiana University of Pennsylvania faculty member was keynote speaker for the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People and urged dialogue to begin healing race relations.
• A Kutztown University professor helped preserve the past at Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center.
• A music professor from Lock Haven University played in an orchestra led by a Grammy-winning composer.
• A Mansfield University professor is slated to have an article published in a peer-reviewed journal by the New York College Learning Skills Association.
• A professor at Millersville University presented a self-written musical in Lancaster.
• A Shippensburg University math professor earned a national teaching award.
• A dance professor at Slippery Rock University was named the new director of SRU’s branch of the Frederick Douglass Institute Collaborative.
• A West Chester University professor of earth and space sciences encouraged girls to pursue science careers.

APSCUF aims to keep our members and followers updated on our faculty members’ and coaches’ successes. Don’t forget to follow us on our social media sites for more great stories featuring our incredible faculty and coaches. Have a story to be told? Tag APSCUF on social media or email us at .

—Alexandria Mansfield, APSCUF intern

From left: State System Chancellor Frank Brogan, Board of Governors Chairwoman Cynthia Shapira, and Dr. Kenneth M. Mash, president of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, sign faculty and coach contracts this morning at Dixon University Center in Harrisburg.

Faculty and coach contracts are ratified. Click here to read today’s press release.

State APSCUF’s government-relations and communications winter 2016-17 intern is Alexandria Mansfield, who will enter her junior year at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the spring. Mansfield majors in journalism and public relations with a minor in human services.

The Cook Honors College student said she is looking forward to utilizing her writing skills in a new environment.

“I hope this experience will help me clarify where I see my career path taking me — whether it be in journalism or public relations,” Mansfield said.

While at school, she works in the provost’s office and as the news editor for The Penn, IUP’s student-run newspaper. In her free time, Mansfield enjoys reading, spending time with pets, and teaching herself how to knit.

Christopher Dunne started working for APSCUF this month in the position of research specialist.

Dunne joins us after earning his Master of Science degree in economic theory and policy at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, before which he worked with the Canada Post/Canadian Union of Postal Workers.

Members of APSCUF’s nominations and elections committee open contract-ratification ballots Dec. 8 at the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties office in Harrisburg.

The votes are in. Click here to read today’s press release.