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University Faculty Senate
University Faculty Senate

January 21, 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 November 19, 2024 Meeting in The Senate Record
  3. COMMENTS OR REPORTS OF THE SENATE OFFICERS AND INVITED GUESTS
    1. Senate Council Minutes for January 7, 2025
    2. Invited Guest: Natalie Hernandez, Senior Director, Counseling and Psychological Services
      Anchored in Values: Navigating Unwanted Change
    3. Invited Guest: Michele Stine, Faculty Senate Immediate Past Chair
      COACHE Survey
    4. Senate Committee Reports on Consultation and Progress
    5. Senate Committee on University Planning
      Updates of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 Education and General Budgets with Emphasis on the Improving Financial Deficits – Appendix A
      [15 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
  4. GENERAL DISCUSSION
    1. A Frank and Open Senate Discussion on the State of Commonwealth Campuses
  5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Voteable) – None
  6. NEW BUSINESS (Voteable)
    1. Senate Committee on Committees and Rules
      Revision to Standing Rules, Article I – Rules of Procedure Section 2 – The Order of Business (Legislative) – Appendix B
  7. QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST
  8. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS (non-voteable)
    1. Senate Committee on University Planning
      The 2024-2028 Capital Plan – Appendix C
      [20 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
    2. Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs
      *Senate Curriculum Report of January 7, 2025 – Appendix D
    3. Senate Council
      *Advisory/Consultative Report Implementation Update January 7, 2025 – Appendix E
    4. Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid
      *Annual Report on Faculty Senate Scholarships Awarded to Undergraduates 2023-2024 – Appendix F
    5. Senate Committee on Libraries, Information Systems, and Technology
      Updates to University Policy AD69 – Accessibility for Electronic and Information Technology – Appendix G
      [15 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
    6. Senate Committee on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
      *Revisions to Research Policy RP11 – Appendix H
    7. Senate Council
      Report on Fall 2024 Academic Unit Visits – Appendix I
      [5 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
    8. Senate Elections Commission
      Annual University Faculty Senate Census Report for Academic Year 2025-2026 – Appendix J
      [5 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
  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, February 25, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. This meeting will be held as a REMOTE meeting.

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.