January 23, 2024 Agenda

1:30 p.m.

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Senate Agenda (DOCX / PDF)

ALL JANUARY 23, 2024 MEETING FILES

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. READING, CORRECTING, APPROVING, OR DISPOSING OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING 

   • Minutes of the November 28, 2023 Meeting in The Senate Record

3. COMMENTS OR REPORTS OF THE SENATE OFFICERS AND INVITED GUESTS

   • Senate Council Minutes January 9, 2023  
   • Proposed Senate Calendar for 2024-2025 – Appendix A 
   • 2023-24 Senate Governance Documents Editorial Changes from V3 to V6 – Appendix B
   • Student Presentation on THON
   • Middle States Commission on Higher Education 2024 Self Study Site Visits
   • IT OST Current State Overview – Faculty Senate

4. QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST

• Provost Presentation

Senate Committee on University Planning 

• Penn State Budget – Faculty Senate – January 2024 (Informational) – Appendix C 
• Shared Governance Discussion

5. GENERAL DISCUSSION – None

6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Voteable)

Senate Committee on Committees and Rules 

• Revisions to Bylaws, Article VI – Committees, Section 1, Clarification of Rules on Closed Committee Meetings  (Legislative) – Appendix D 

7. NEW BUSINESS (Voteable)

Senate Committee on Education 

• Revision to Senate Policy 42-82 Accredited U.S. Institutions  (Legislative) – Appendix E 

Senate Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics 

• Revisions to Policy 67-10 Division I Athletic Competition  (Legislative) – Appendix F 
  [Postponed to the March 19, 2024 Plenary meeting.]

Faculty Senate Self Study Special Committee 

• Faculty Bill of Rights (Positional) – Appendix G 

8. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS (non-voteable)

• *Senate Curriculum Report of January 9, 2023 – Appendix H
• *Advisory/Consultative Report Implementation Update January 9, 2023 – Appendix I

Senate Committee on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

• Report on Graduate Council Concerns and Recommendations Regarding New Budget Model and Graduate Education – Appendix J
  [20 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]

Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid

• *Annual Report on Faculty Senate Scholarships Awarded to Undergraduates 2022-2023 – Appendix K

Senate Committee on Faculty Benefits

• *Report on Childcare at Penn State University – Appendix L

Senate Committee on Faculty Rights & Responsibilities

• *Annual Report on Faculty Rights & Responsibilities – Appendix M

Senate Committee on Outreach

• Artificial Intelligence – Appendix N
  [10 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]

Senate Council

• Report on Fall 2023 Campus Visits – Appendix O
  [5 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]

Senate Elections Commission

• Annual University Faculty Senate Census Report for Academic Year 2024-2025 – Appendix P
  [5 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]

*Web-only reports. 

9. COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS

10. ADJOURNMENT

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the University Faculty Senate will be held on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. This meeting will be held by ZOOM only.

Commonwealth Caucus Agenda

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