Zink no longer employed by SRU
The grievance filed by Slippery Rock University’s former provost, vice president of academic affairs and chief academic officer has been denied.
Abbey Zink said earlier this week that the grievance regarding her employment status at the institution, filed by the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties on her behalf, was denied by the university.
Zink’s removal from SRU’s provost position was announced April 4, with an announcement that Michael Zieg would serve as acting provost. On May 19 Zieg was further promoted to interim provost for the 2022-23 academic year.
Upon her dismissal, Zink said it was unclear whether or not she remained an SRU employee.
“Whether I am a Slippery Rock University employee is, unfortunately, a matter of dispute, although it shouldn’t be,” she said in a May 6 statement.
She said her employment status at SRU shouldn’t be debatable, given she was hired as a tenured professor of English in 2019.
Her statement claimed the SRU English department has several open positions, and that she should have assumed a tenured position following her removal from the provost role.
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