[Vision2020] Death of an adjunct

[Kenneth Marcy]

Death of an adjunct

September 18, 2013 12:06 am

By Daniel Kovalik

On Sept. 1, Margaret Mary Vojtko, an adjunct professor who had taught 
French at Duquesne University for 25 years, passed away at the age of 
83. She died as the result of a massive heart attack she suffered two 
weeks before. As it turned out, I may have been the last person she 
talked to.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/death-of-an-adjunct-703773/ 


On Aug. 16, I received a call from a very upset Margaret Mary. She told 
me that she was under an incredible amount of stress. She was receiving 
radiation therapy for the cancer that had just returned to her, she was 
living nearly homeless because she could not afford the upkeep on her 
home, which was literally falling in on itself, and now, she explained, 
she had received another indignity -- a letter from Adult Protective 
Services telling her that someone had referred her case to them saying 
that she needed assistance in taking care of herself. The letter said 
that if she did not meet with the caseworker the following Monday, her 
case would be turned over to Orphans' Court.

The rest of the story is at the link above.


Ken