March 19, 2024 Agenda

1:30 p.m.

112 Kern Building or via ZOOM

ZOOM LINK: https://psu.zoom.us/j/97759044937

Reminder: Voting and attendance portals are for Senators only.

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Senate Agenda

ALL MARCH 19, 2024 MEETING FILES

1. CALL TO ORDER

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

• Minutes of the February 27, 2024 Meeting in The Senate Record

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

• Senate Council Minutes of March 5, 2024
• Invited Guest – Professor John Cheslock
  Presentation: Budget Allocation Working Group Project
• Invited Guest – Dean of Penn State Dickinson Law, Danielle Conway
  Presentation: Antiracist Development Institute
• Senate Committee Reports on Consultation and Progress

4. QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST

5. GENERAL DISCUSSION – None

6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Voteable)

Senate Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics

• Revisions to Policy 67-10 Division I Athletic Competition  (Legislative) – Appendix A

7. NEW BUSINESS (Voteable)

• Resolution to Halt Proposed Budget Cuts and Initiate Inclusive Planning Process
  [President’s Response]

Senate Committee on Educational Equity and Campus Environment

• Student Disability Resources (Advisory/Consultative) – Appendix B

Senate Committee on Global Engagement

• Incentives and Disincentives to Global Embedded Programs as Reported by Faculty (Advisory/Consultative) – Appendix C

8. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS (non-voteable)

• *Senate Curriculum Report of March 5, 2024 – Appendix D

* Senate Committee on Admissions, Scheduling, and Student Aid

• 2024 Annual Report on the High School Students Enrolled Nondegree in Credit Courses – Appendix E

Senate Committee on Committees and Rules

• CC&R Nominations Report 2024-2025 – Appendix F
  [Additional nominations taken from the floor]

Senate Council

• Senate Council Nominating Committee Report 2024-2025 – Appendix G
  [Additional nominations taken from the floor]

Senate Committee on Education

• UPUA 19 Credit Tuition Surcharge Report Sponsorship – Appendix H
  [10 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]

Senate Committees on Faculty Affairs and Intra-University Relations

• Non-Tenure-Line Promotions Flow Report 2022-2023 – Appendix I
  [10 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]

* Senate Committee on Libraries, Information Systems, and Technology

• Course Materials Affordability at Penn State – Appendix J

* Senate Committee on Libraries, Information Systems, and Technology

• Phishing, Hate Email, and Penn State – an Update on Penn State CyberSecurity – Appendix K

* Senate Committee on Libraries, Information Systems, and Technology

• Open Scholarship at Penn State – Appendix L

Senate Committee on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities

• Actions Taken by the SIMBA Team to Address Issues with Tracking Research Funding – Appendix M
  [20 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]

Standing Joint Committee for General Education Assessment

• Update on General Education Assessment 2023-2024 – Appendix N
  [10 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, April 16, 2024, at 1:30 p.m.  This meeting will be held in person in 112 Kern AND via ZOOM.

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