Members of APSCUF at Commonwealth University declared they had no confidence in University President Bashar Hanna in a vote held this week.
The vote was held among union members and non-member faculty and coaches at the Bloomsburg, Lock Haven and Mansfield campuses. 88.65% of those who took part in the poll said they had no confidence in Hanna’s leadership. His term has been considered controversial with the firing of Bloomsburg Dean Jeffrey Krug. Krug claimed he was subjected to retaliation and ultimately fired for helping an administrative assistant file a sexual assault report in 2017. Krug was awarded over $3 million in an ensuing lawsuit. Commonwealth University has also faced other problems under Hanna, including declining enrollment, technical failures, decreasing morale and other leadership issues.
APSCUF President Dr. Kenneth Mash has called on Hanna to step aside or to be fired. He has also asked for a vote of no-confidence from the University’s board of trustees. He said that “his lack of leadership and behavior has affected students. Students see the consequences on the university, and student journalists have called for him to go. Our students, faculty, coaches, staff, and entire university community deserve better.”
