APSCUF, PASSHE remain at odds, no negotiations planned
ByAs the second day of APSCUF’s strike comes to an end, there are still no plans for negotiations to start back up.
As the second day of APSCUF’s strike comes to an end, there are still no plans for negotiations to start back up.
PASSHE Chancellor Frank Brogan said he is “anxious” to return to the negotiating table, SU professor Debra Cornelius announced at the North Prince Street picket line.
Student and faculty protestors converged on the Shippensburg University property line on North Prince Street just after noon today.
As picketers leave their post and some students go out for another night of partying, there seems to be no end in sight for the first strike in the state system’s history.
10:39 p.m., Oct. 18 Union leaders will work through the night to avoid a strike, APSCUF President Kenneth Mash said to more than 6,000 people via a live Facebook address.
As the 14 state universities brace themselves for a strike, students at Shippensburg University prepare for their own protest in support of their faculty.
Assault can happen anywhere, any time. Four students in Shippensburg University professor Marita Flagler’s social work class tried to change that by hosting a program called Prepare, Prevent and Defend.
Faculty may not be the only ones protesting Wednesday. Students across the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) are planning a day of action to show their support for faculty.
Nearly every seat was filled in a Shippensburg University lecture hall as students convened to discuss the possibility of a faculty strike throughout the state system universities.
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Many Pennsylvanians have been confronted with an advertisement for the Pennsylvania Lottery. In these commercials, the state’s second-most famous groundhog coerces potential players by appealing to their collective consciences.
With five days left until thousands of professors go on strike, the union and state system were back at the negotiating table today to begin what could be the last round of talks before faculty take to picketing.
State system administrators and union leaders are preparing students and themselves for Wednesday’s strike if negotiators cannot bargain a deal before 5 a.m. that day.
The phrase “feel your boobies” took on a new meaning for Shippensburg University following a breast cancer awareness rally held Monday.
As the strike date for professors nears, the union and state system beefed up their intensity last week with each side addressing students via live Facebook Q&A’s and a faculty rally in Harrisburg.
Sarah Nagy of Harley Hall came to university police on Wednesday to report the theft of her bicycle.
Shippensburg University political science professor Alison Dagnes spoke at the Cora I. Grove Spiritual Center Chapel at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 as part of “The Final Lecture Series,” which allows speakers to give a lecture as if it is their last one.
The brothers of Iota Sigma chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., hosted a political debate Wednesday at Shippensburg University’s Grove Forum.
The ongoing battle between professors and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is, in part, over access to and the quality of state-sponsored higher education.