April 1, 2025 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: The meeting will be streamed via Teams here.

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SENATORS ONLY:

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

All Meeting Files

Agenda:

CALL TO ORDER
READING, CORRECTING, APPROVING, OR DISPOSING OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING
1. Minutes of the February 25, 2025 Meeting in The Senate Record
COMMENTS OR REPORTS OF THE SENATE OFFICERS AND INVITED GUESTS
1. Senate Council Minutes for March 18, 2025
2. Invited Guests: Efraín Marimón, Associate Teaching Professor of Education, College of Education; Liana Cole, Education Program Specialist, College of Education:
  Restorative Justice Initiative and Prison Education Programs Updates
3. Invited Guest: Matt Melvin, Vice President for Enrollment Management:
  Using NSC Data to Assess Market Position and Market Dynamics: An Introduction
4. Senate Committee Reports on Consultation and Progress
GENERAL DISCUSSION
UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Voteable) – None
NEW BUSINESS (Voteable)
1. Senate Committees on Curricular Affairs, Educational Equity and Campus Environment, and Intra-University Relations
  Reaffirming the Role of Consultation in Academic Organizational Changes (Advisory/Consultative) – Appendix A
2. Senate Committees on Committees and Rules and Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid
  Revisions to Standing Rules; Article II – Senate Committee Structure, Section 5(b) Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid (ARSSA) (Legislative) – Appendix B
3. Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs
  Creating University Faculty Senate Policy 180-50 Sustainability Course Attributes (Legislative) – Appendix C
4. Senate Committee on Education
  Motion: Statement on Possible ICE interactions with PSU Students from the Education Committee (Advisory/Consultative) – Appendix Q
5. BREAK
QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST
INFORMATIONAL REPORTS (non-voteable)
1. Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs
  *Senate Curriculum Report of March 18, 2025 – Appendix D
2. Senate Council
  *Advisory/Consultative Report Implementation Update March 18, 2025 – Appendix E
3. Senate Committee on Committees and Rules
  *Committee on Committees and Rules Nominating Report for 2025-2026 (Informational) – Appendix F
4. Senate Council
  *Senate Council Nominating Committee Report for 2025-2026 (Informational) – Appendix G
5. Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs
  *400-Level General Education Courses (Informational) – Appendix H
6. Senate Committee on Educational Equity and Campus Environment
  Ethics and Compliance Updates (Informational) – Appendix I
  [15 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
7. Senate Committee on Faculty Benefits
  Spring 2025 Report on Faculty Salaries (Informational) – Appendix J
  [15 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
8. Senate Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities for 2023-2024
  *Annual Report on the Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee for 2023-2024 (Informational) – Appendix K
9. Senate Committees on Intra-University Relations and Faculty Affairs
  Non-tenure-line Promotion Flow Report, 2023-2024 (Informational) – Appendix L
  [5 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
10. Senate Committee on Libraries, Information Systems, and Technology
  *Managing E-Waste at Penn State (Informational) – Appendix M
11. Senate Committee on University Planning
  PSU College Of Medicine Budget (Informational) – Appendix N
  [15 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
12. Senate Committee on University Planning
  Intercollegiate Athletics Budget Report (Informational) – Appendix O
  [15 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
13. Standing Joint Committee for General Education Assessment
  *Update on General Education Assessment 2024 – 2025 (Informational) – Appendix P
COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT

(*Web-only reports.)

Next Meeting and Accessibility Information

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the University Faculty Senate will be held on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. This meeting will be held in person in 112 Kern and livestreamed.

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