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University Faculty Senate
University Faculty Senate

September 10, 2024 Plenary Agenda

Time: 1:30 – 5 p.m.

Location: 112 Kern and livestream.

Senators: Please see your email inbox for internal link via ZOOM, allowing you to participate during the meeting.

Public link: The meeting will be streamed via Teams here.

Senate “housekeeping” information

Senators will use the Faculty Senate Microsoft PowerApps  “portal” to collect attendance and to vote on the legislative/advisory consultative reports during the meeting. Senators who have voting rights should have their full PSU email address (ex. abc123@psu.edu) as well as your two-step authentication app ready.

SENATORS ONLY:

Senators are reminded to bring their laptop or smartphone for the purpose of logging into PowerApps to vote.

All Meeting Files

Agenda:

  1. CALL TO ORDER
  2. READING, CORRECTING, APPROVING, OR DISPOSING OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING
    1. Minutes of the July 9, 2024 Meeting in The Senate Record
  3. COMMENTS OR REPORTS OF THE SENATE OFFICERS AND INVITED GUESTS
    1. Senate Council Minutes August 27, 2024
    2. Invited Guests: Board of Trustees Presentation
      David Kleppinger, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
      Matthew W. Schuyler, Chair of the Board of Trustees
    3. Invited Guests: Presentation on Academic Freedom/Freedom of Speech
      [20 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion.]Sarah Helmick, Attorney – General Counsel’s Office
      Tamla Lewis, Attorney – General Counsel’s Office
      Tabitha Oman, Vice President and General Counsel
  4. GENERAL DISCUSSION
  5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Voteable) – None
  6. NEW BUSINESS (Voteable)
    1. Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid
      Revision to Senate Policy 06-20 Articulation Agreements (Legislative) – Appendix A
  7. QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST
  8. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS (non-voteable)
    1. Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs
      *Senate Curriculum Report of August 27, 2024 – Appendix B
    2. Senate Council
      *Advisory/Consultative Report Implementation Update August 27, 2024 – Appendix C
    3. Senate Committee on Outreach
      Daily Collegian Funding – Appendix D
  9. COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS
  10. ADJOURNMENT

(*Web-only reports.)

Next Meeting and Accessibility Information

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the University Faculty Senate will be held on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. This meeting will be held as a HYBRID meeting.

Senators are reminded to wait to be unmuted and identify themselves and their voting unit before speaking on the floor. Members of the University community, who are not Senators, may not speak at a Senate meeting unless they request and are granted the privilege of the floor from the Senate Chair at least five days in advance of the meeting.

Penn State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Erin Eckley at ele2@psu.edu or call 814-863-1204 at least 2 weeks prior to the next meeting (Senate Meeting Dates) to allow sufficient time to effectively meet your access needs.

We have enabled ZOOM automatic transcriptions for our meeting and invite you to turn that on if you wish. Future requests for live captioning will be fulfilled through Automatic Sync Technologies. All Plenary meetings are transcribed, and published in an accessible format, linked on our “Agendas & Records” page.