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Brian Loher

President

570-662-4777

Bill Keeth

Vice-President

570-662-4605

Shawndra Holderby

Secretary

570-662-4664

Michele Whitecraft

Treasurer

570-662-4564

Linda Smith

Office Manager

570-662-4919

APSCUF Office

Mansfield University

209 Memorial Hall

Mansfield, PA 16933

570-662-4919

Fax 570-662-4917

Hours: M-F, 8am-4pm

Mansfield University

APSCUF Newsletter

May 2019

this issue

Message from President…….…...p 1

Retirement & Announcements...p 2

Healthy U………….........................p 3

PA Faculty H&W Fund………..….p 4

Address & Members Only...….....p 5

Congratulations to all of you on another successful academic year! The university

could not do what it does without you. This is a group effort and you all make

Mansfield University a great team!

Thank you to Interim President Pete Fackler! It has been a good year at

Mansfield and we wish you nothing but the best in your next position!

Welcome to Dr. Charles Patterson as the next President of Mansfield University!

Let us work together to make MU a student success story.

Welcome to all of the new members of APSCUF! We are here to serve you, so do

not hesitate to e-mail or just drop by the office in Memorial Hall. It is easy to get

involved and we are always looking for new (and old) volunteers.

Well done to the members of the APSCUF Executive Committee! This was so

much fun, let’s do it again next year…

Finally, thank you all for putting up with me. Hope to see you in August!

Brian

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Mansfield APSCUF would like to

welcome the following new member

to the APSCUF family:

Alan Bennett Art

State APSCUF Calls for Publications: State APSCUF would like to continue to fill their large

conference room shelves in Harrisburg with publications of faculty and coaches. Recordings made by an

individual APSCUF member or a group (s) that a faculty member directs or conducts or other creative works

are also collected.

This is an on-going campaign that not only enhances the room but also reflect in some measurer the

academic quality of our faculty and coaches. Letters of appreciation will be sent to acknowledge each gift.

Mansfield APSCUF Office Summer hours schedule will begin Monday, May 20,

2019. The office will be open from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm, Monday through Thursday. Regular 8:00

am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday will resume on Monday, August 12.

CONGRATULATIONS and BEST WISHES!!

to the following faculty who retire May 2019:

Dr. Clarence Lienhard, Mathematics & Computer Information Science

Mr. Nicholas Economos, Art

Dr. Chuck Ertel-Hoy, Communication

Dr. Howard Iseri, Mathematics & Computer Information Science

Dr. Bonnie Kutbay, Art

Dr. Keith Johnson, Criminal Justice Administration

Dr. Christopher Kopf, Geosciences

Thank you for all that you have done for the

students and Mansfield University!

Best wishes and enjoy your retirement!

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Time is running out for APSCUF members to take advantage of the lower health insurance premium share outlined in the CBA. To qualify, you and your enrolled spouse/domestic partner must register for a Sharecare account and take the RealAge® Test prior to May 31, 2019. The new and higher premiums go into effect July 1, 2019.

Create your account at http://mycare.sharecare.com. Remember to enter the PASSHE employee’s Highmark ID number when you first create your account. This is the step that ties your activity to your insurance.

Once the test is completed, you should see your points by clicking on the ACHIEVE icon, and then REWARDS.

To ensure that there are no issues with your activity (or your spouse/domestic partner), we recom-mend not waiting until May 31st to complete this task.

Additional information may be found at the Healthy U home page—

http://www.passhe.edu/inside/HR/syshr/healthyu/Pages/default.aspx

To see the difference in take home pay, check out the premium charged to those who do or do not participate: http://www.passhe.edu/inside/HR/syshr/healthcare/Documents/EmployeePremiums.pdf#search=premium

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PA FACULTY HEALTH & WELFARE FUND INFORMATION: For questions on old claims prior to January 31,

2019, eligibility and coverage, you can directly contact The Fund at:

PA Faculty Health & Welfare Fund

60 Boulevard of the Allies, 5th floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Phone: (844) 865-1137

Fax: (412) 224-4465

ATTN: Part-time Faculty

APSCUF recently came across yet another change with the PA Health& Welfare Fund, but I think most people will

welcome this one. It appears that benefits for part-time faculty improved slightly when The Fund transitioned.

For vision, the new Summary of Benefits is Attached. How awesome that we now have a benefit summary for FT

employees and PT employees!

As for dental, check out the information from the Trustees of The Fund below: The verbiage re: eligibility is also

included.

“For dental, the benefits provided to PT members are the same as those provided to FT members—The only

difference is who is eligible (i.e. member only, or member+spouse) - children are not eligible. See descrip-

tion below from the eligibility rules. The same UCCI dental benefit schedule would apply,”

For more information and summary on all benefits and coverage, go to https://www.apscuf.org/members/

forms-benefits/

If you never enrolled with the PA Faculty Health & Welfare Fund, and you do qualify for part-time benefits,

please contact Linda Smith in the APSCUF office ext. 4919 for an enrollment card.

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Reporting your new address to Human Resources

does not guarantee we have received this

information. Please contact the APSCUF Office, Linda Smith, 570-662-

4919, lsmith@apscuf.org. We are located at 209 Memorial Hall.

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“members only” section at www.apscuf.org

Summer School Payments for 2019

Session 1: 5/24 - 6/28 ............. June 21, 2019

Session 2: 7/5 - 8/9 ................. August 2, 2019