-- The closing date for receipt of Evan Pugh professorship nominating materials is Monday, Oct. 17. All nominations must be submitted in accordance with Policy HR87 and established guidelines and should be sent to the dean of the academic college in which the nominee is appointed. Current nomination guidelines may be obtained by calling (814) 863-9580, by e-mail to vxi2@psu.edu or by stopping in 304 Old Main, University Park.

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The University Faculty Senate will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, in 112 Kern Graduate Building on Penn State's University Park campus. The following items will be considered at the meeting.

-- Report from the Joint Committee on Curricular Integrity presenting background and findings and offers recommendations, rationale and implementation suggestions for achieving greater disciplinary unity, course integrity and curricular integration.

-- The Promotion and Tenure Transition Committee will sponsor a preliminary report focusing on the recent reorganization of the University with implications for possible revisions to promotion and tenure policy and procedure.

-- Penn State's strategic response to the challenge of health in the 21st century. The Senate Committee on Faculty Benefits will sponsor this report given by Darrell G. Kirch, senior vice president for health affairs; dean of the College of Medicine; and CEO of Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

-- Faculty Rights and Responsibilities. This annual informational report provides a summary of the seven cases considered in 2004-2005.

-- Promoting student learning: The emerging role of Student Affairs at Penn State. Vicky Triponey, vice president for Student Affairs, will present this informational report.

-- Establishment of a Council of past Senate chairs. The Senate will vote on this legislative report presented by the Committee on Committees and Rules.

Members of the University community may attend this meeting. Any member of the University community not a member of the Senate may request the privilege of the floor on any item of business already before the Senate. Such a request must be made to the chair, through the executive secretary of the Senate, at least four calendar days before the meeting at which the individual wishes to speak.

Judy Olian, dean of The Smeal College of Business, has been named as the eighth dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management. The appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2006, pending approval by the University of California Board of Regents. Olian has been dean and professor of management at Smeal since 2000. "The Smeal College of Business has grown impressively under the leadership of Judy Olian," said Penn State President Graham B. Spanier. "During her tenure here, the college's undergraduate, MBA and Ph.D. programs have grown in stature. Smeal students have access to resources such as the Trading Room and world-class research centers that give them the education they need to meet the needs of today's business world upon graduation." In addition to the opening of the Trading Room, one of only a few such technologically-advanced learning laboratories in the nation, Olian also oversaw the launch of the e-Incubator Lab, the Auctions Market Lab and the Philadelphia-based Executive MBA program. Earlier this year, the college launched the Nittany Lion Fund LLC, a student-managed investment fund. This fall, the University also celebrated the opening of a new, 210,000-square-foot business building, which Olian envisioned when she first arrived in 2000.