Education
View the Committee on Education duties in the Standing Rules of the Faculty Senate governance documents.
Meeting Information:
Please visit your committee’s Teams space or reach out to your committee leaders for location, time and connection information.
If you support a senator administratively, such as an executive assistant, please contact us to request to join the relevant Teams and be added to our other communications.
Dates:
Curriculum Proposals Due | Council Reports Due | Senate Council, Curriculum Report Publication | Plenary & Standing Committee Meetings |
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May 9, 2025 | May 13, 2025 | *May 27, 2025 | June 24, 2025 |
August 14, 2025 | August 12, 2025 | August 26, 2025 | September 9, 2025 |
September 18, 2025 | September 16, 2025 | September 30, 2025 | October 14, 2025 |
October 23, 2025 | October 21, 2025 | November 4, 2025 | November 18, 2025 |
December 18, 2025 | December 16, 2025 | January 6, 2026 | January 20, 2026 REMOTE ONLY Plenary and Committees |
January 29, 2026 | January 27, 2026 | February 10, 2026 | February 24, 2026 REMOTE ONLY Plenary and Committees |
March 5, 2026 | March 3, 2026 | March 17, 2026 | March 31, 2026 |
April 2, 2026 | April 3, 2026 | April 14, 2026 | April 28, 2026 |
May 9, 2026 | May 12, 2026 | *May 26, 2026 | *June 23, 2026 |
*Tentative
2025-2026 Membership:
Senators: To download/copy your committee’s roster, please visit the “Roster” folder in your committee’s Teams, or copy/paste the below into Excel.
Unit Name | Full Name | Email Address | Membership Type | Committee Position | Comments |
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Expert Guest | Bannon, Robert M | rmb284@psu.edu | Expert Guest | - | NON-VOTING, Education; Graduate School |
Penn State Fayette | Barry, Elaine Shannon | esb12@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
Penn State Beaver | Bower, Robin | rmb29@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
Penn State Altoona | Brunsden, Victor W. | vwb2@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
Eberly College of Science | Costantino, Daniel | djc321@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
College of the Liberal Arts | Ferrick, Michael Shane | msf5576@psu.edu | Student Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
College of the Liberal Arts | Furfaro, Joyce Adele | jaf182@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
College of Medicine | Glass, Kristen M | kxd144@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
College of Medicine | Haidet, Paul M | pmh6@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
College of Health and Human Development | Horton, William | wjh23@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
Penn State Lehigh Valley | Jackson, Daniel Keith | dkj10@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | Committee Vice Chair | VOTING, Education |
Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Johnson, Melissa C | mfj5407@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, Education; (v) Vice President and Dean for Undergraduate Education or their designee |
Penn State Worthington Scranton | Kim, Agnes | axk55@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
Smeal College of Business | Lenkey, Stephen | sll30@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
Penn State Erie | Mangel, Lisa A | lam26@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
College of Engineering | Meisel, Nicholas Alexander | nam20@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
Expert Guest | Miska, Tryphena Marie | tma140@psu.edu | Expert Guest | - | NON-VOTING, Education; Records Manager, Registrar's Office |
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences | Mohney, Suzanne E | sem2@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Nesbitt, Jennifer P | jpn12@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, Education; (xiv) Vice President for the Commonwealth Campuses or their designee |
College of the Liberal Arts | Page, Richard | brp3@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
ADMIN | Pollack, Karen Irene | kiw1@psu.edu | Appointed Administrative Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
Penn State New Kensington | Pueschel, Kristen | klp65@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education University College |
Penn State Law | Ravichandran, Harini | hmr5403@psu.edu | Student Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
Expert Guest | Rice, Michele | smr57@psu.edu | Expert Guest | - | NON-VOTING, Education; Director Prior Learning Assessment , Undergraduate Education |
ADMIN | Smith, David Raymond | drs46@psu.edu | Ex Officio Administrative Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
College of Engineering | Sottile, Brad | bjs5332@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | Committee Chair | VOTING, Education |
College of Medicine | Thompson, Britta May | bmt13@psu.edu | Faculty Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
College of Information Sciences and Technology | Youcheff, Noah Charles | ncy5061@psu.edu | Student Senator | - | VOTING, Education |
Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | Zarnescu, Daniela | dcz102@psu.edu | Standing Rules-Required Committee Member | - | NON-VOTING, Education; (ix) Dean of the College of Medicine or their designee |