SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS AT IUP AS FACULTY CONTRACT NEARS COMPLETION

The winter break is over and Spring Semester classes begin Monday at IUP.  Students have been making their way back to campus this weekend.  Spring Break begins March 11^th, Finals are scheduled to start May 6^th, and graduation weekend is May 10^th and 11^th.

After negotiators for the State System of Higher Education and the faculty union at the state-owned universities reached an “agreement in principle” on a new four-year contract early Thursday, there is still no announcement on a date when voting can be held on the tentative deal.  The attorneys for the two sides are working on the language of the contract.

Meanwhile, talks for a new contract for coaches at the State System schools are scheduled to resume January 31^st.  The last bargaining session was January 12^th.