September 12, 2023 Agenda
1:30 p.m.
112 Kern Building or Via ZOOM at 1:30 p.m
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Senate Agenda (DOCX / PDF)
ALL SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 MEETING FILES
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MINUTES OF THE PRECEDING MEETING
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COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SENATE
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REPORT OF SENATE COUNCIL
- Senate Council Minutes August 29, 2023
- Advisory/Consultative Report Implementation Update August 29, 2023
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ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE CHAIR
- One Penn State 2025 Report
Presented by Renata Engel, Vice Provost for Online Education and Lance Kennedy-Phillips, Vice Provost for Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research - Compensation Modernization Updates
Presented by Amanda Jones, Assistant Vice President of Human Resources and Rachele Brida, Senior Director of Operational Excellence and HRIT
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COMMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
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COMMENTS BY THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST OF THE UNIVERSITY
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FORENSIC BUSINESS
Senate Committee on Faculty Benefits
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS – NONE
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LEGISLATIVE REPORTS – NONE
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ADVISORY/CONSULTATIVE REPORTS – NONE
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POSITIONAL REPORTS
Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid
- Resolution in Support of Efforts by Enrollment Management to Continue to Promote Diversity in Undergraduate Admissions in Light of Recent Supreme Court Decisions -Appendix C
(President’s Response – PDF)
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INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs and Intra-University Relations
*Web-only reports.
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NEW LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS – NONE
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COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE UNIVERSITY
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the University Faculty Senate will be held on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. This meeting will be held in person in 112 Kern AND via ZOOM.
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 (October 17, 2023) 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: https://senate.psu.edu/senators/agendas-records/