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University Faculty Senate
University Faculty Senate

February 25, 2025 Plenary Agenda

Time: 1:30 – 5 p.m.

Location: Livestream only.

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.

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 January 21, 2025 Meeting in The Senate Record
  3. COMMENTS OR REPORTS OF THE SENATE OFFICERS AND INVITED GUESTS
    1. Senate Council Minutes for February 11, 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
      [Postponed to the April 1, 2025 Plenary meeting.]
    3. Senate Committee Reports on Consultation and Progress
  4. GENERAL DISCUSSION
  5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Voteable) – None
  6. NEW BUSINESS (Voteable)
      1. Motion: An Accountability Proposal
      2. Senate Committee on Libraries, Information Systems, and Technology
        Proposal to Pilot First Day® by Course Program with Emphasis On Affordability Initiatives (Advisory/Consultative) – Appendix A
        The Senate failed to pass this report.
      3. Senate Committee on Education
        Revision to Senate Policy 42-82 Accredited U.S. Institutions (Legislative) – Appendix B
      4. Senate Committee on Education
        Revision to Senate Policy 42-99 Educational Credit for Training Programs in Non-collegiate Organizations (Legislative) – Appendix C
  7. QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST
  8. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS (non-voteable)
    1. Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs
      *Senate Curriculum Report of February 11, 2025 – Appendix D
    2. Senate Council
      *Advisory/Consultative Report Implementation Update February 11, 2025 – Appendix E
    3. Senate Committee on Education
      World Campus Course Revisions – Appendix F
      [15 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
    4. Senate Committee on Faculty Benefits
      *Report on Childcare at Penn State University – 2024 Report – Appendix G
  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, April 1, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. This meeting will be held in person in 112 Kern and via ZOOM.

Senators are reminded to wait to speak until recognize, 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. All Plenary meetings are transcribed, and published in an accessible format, linked on our “Agendas & Records” page.