Appendix F

3/14/17

SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES AND RULES

Revisions to Senate Standing Rules Article II Section 6(k) Committee on Outreach

(Legislative)

Implementation: Upon Approval by the Senate

Rationale:

The Committee reviewed the membership and duties and proposes changes to each section. In the membership section, the Committee recommends increasing the number of elected faculty senators from seven to nine in order to facilitate work. In the duties section, the Committee concluded that the current description uses outdated terminology and does not adequately describe the current duties of the Committee. Since the current description was written, the purview of the Office of Outreach and Online Education has changed, the structure of Penn State Extension has changed, online education has expanded considerably across the University, and outreach activities have been refocused and reorganized across all Colleges and Campuses.

Proposed Changes to Senate Standing Rules (proposed changes marked)

Please note that the following contains bold text for additions and strikeouts indicating deleted text. Deleted text is notated with [Delete] [End Delete]. Added text is notated with [Add] [End Add].

  1. Membership:
    1. At least [Delete] seven [End Delete] [Add] nine [End Add] elected faculty senators
    2. One student senator
    3. Vice President for Outreach and Vice Provost for Online Education*
    4. Director of Cooperative Extension*
  2. Selection: By the Committee on Committees and Rules
  3. Duties: The Committee on Outreach [Delete] will recommend [End Delete] [Add] recommends [End Add] policy and [Delete] advise [End Delete] [Add] advises [End Add] the University on outreach activities. Outreach is [Delete] understood as [End Delete] the exchange of information [Add] and the creation of meaningful collaborations [End Add] between the University and its many external audiences. [Add] Responsibilities for the Outreach committee include: [End Add] [Delete] The Committee shall be responsible for [End Delete] identifying University outreach [Add] activities, [End Add] establishing evaluation [Delete] methodologies [End Delete] [Add] method [End Add] to ensure quality, and creating recognition measures to reward outstanding performance. Its responsibilities focus on the University’s outreach and public scholarship mission as realized through community engagement, research, credit and noncredit instruction, service through continuing and [Delete] distance [End Delete] [Add] online [End Add] education, cooperative extension, public broadcasting, and other programs beyond the sphere of resident education. [Add] These outreach activities are located in Penn State Outreach and Online Education, Penn State Extension, and in Penn State colleges and the commonwealth Campuses. The Committee on Outreach [Delete] Liaison [End Delete] [Add] liaisones [End Add] [Delete] will be maintained [End Delete] with the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Education, the [Add] bodies that are addressing engaged scholarship [End Add] [Delete] University Council on Engagement [End Delete] and other bodies as appropriate.
  4. Mandated reports: none. The Committee on Research shall send its Informational Reports to the Senate Council.

*nonvoting unless Article IV, Section 2 of the Bylaws applies

Clean Version

  1. Membership:
    1. At least nine elected faculty senators.
    2. One student senator
    3. Vice President for Outreach and Vice Provost for Online Education*
    4. Director of Cooperative Extension*
  2. Selection: By the Committee on Committees and Rules
  3. Duties: The Committee on Outreach recommends policy and advises the University on outreach activities. Outreach is the exchange of information and the creation of meaningful collaborations between the University and its external audiences. Responsibilities for the Outreach Committee include: identifying University outreach activities, establishing evaluation methods to ensure quality, and creating recognition measures to reward outstanding performance. Its responsibilities focus on the University’s outreach and public scholarship mission as realized through community engagement, research, credit and noncredit instruction, service through continuing and online education, cooperative extension, public broadcasting, and other programs beyond the sphere of resident education. These outreach activities are located in Penn State Outreach and Online Education, Penn State Extension, and in Penn State Colleges and Commonwealth Campuses. The Committee on Outreach liaises with the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Education, the bodies that are addressing engaged scholarship, and other bodies as appropriate.
  4. Mandated reports: none. The Committee on Research shall send its Informational Reports to the Senate Council.

*nonvoting unless Article IV, Section 2 of the Bylaws applies

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES AND RULES

  • Jonathan Abel
  • Mohamad Ansari
  • Larry Backer
  • Dawn Blasko, Chair
  • Mark Casteel
  • Pamela Hufnagel
  • William Kelly, Vice Chair
  • Richard Robinett
  • Keith Shapiro
  • James Strauss
  • Jane Sutton
  • Ann Taylor
  • Kent Vrana
  • Matthew Woessner