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University Faculty Senate
University Faculty Senate

October 15, 2024 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.

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 September 10, 2024 Meeting in The Senate Record
  3. COMMENTS OR REPORTS OF THE SENATE OFFICERS AND INVITED GUESTS
    1. Senate Council Minutes October 1, 2024
    2. Invited Guests: Human Resources Benefits Discussion
      Jennifer Wilkes, Vice President of Human Resources
      Jill Musser, Senior Director of Benefits
      1. Faculty Benefits Committee Timeline of Involvement
    3. Senate Committee Reports on Consultation and Progress
  4. GENERAL DISCUSSION – None
  5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Voteable) – None
  6. NEW BUSINESS (Voteable)
    1. Senate Self Study Special Committee
      Report and Motion from the Senate Self Study Special Committee on the Faculty Senate Representation Model (Legislative) – Appendix A
      [Postponed to 11/19 Plenary Meeting.]
    2. Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid
      Revision to Senate Policy 05-80 First-Year Admission as a Baccalaureate or an Associate Degree Candidate (Legislative) – Appendix B
      [Postponed to 11/19 Plenary Meeting.]
    3. Resolution Advocating for Equitable Solutions and Restoration of Multi-Year Contracts for Non-Tenure Line Faculty at the Commonwealth Campuses
  7. QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST
  8. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS (non-voteable)
    1. Senate Committee on Curricular Affairs
      *Senate Curriculum Report of October 1, 2024  – Appendix C
    2. Senate Council
      *Advisory/Consultative Report Implementation Update October 1, 2024 – Appendix D
    3. Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs
      Updates from the Standing Advisory Committee for Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness – Appendix E
      [10 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
    4. Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs
      Identifying the Reasons Faculty Leave Penn State – Appendix F
      [10 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
    5. Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs and Intra-University Relations
      Faculty Tenure Flow Annual Report September 2024 – Appendix G
      [10 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
    6. Senate Committee on University Planning
      PSUbuy Overview: The New Penn State Internal Purchasing System – Appendix H
      [15 minutes allotted for presentation and discussion]
    7. Senate Committee on University Planning
      STARS Report on Sustainability – Appendix I
      [15 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, November 19, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. This meeting will be held as a HYBRID meeting.

Senators are reminded to wait to be unmuted 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. Future requests for live captioning will be fulfilled through Automatic Sync Technologies. All Plenary meetings are transcribed, and published in an accessible format, linked on our “Agendas & Records” page.