UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The University Faculty Senate will meet at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, in Room 112 of the Kern Graduate Building on the University Park campus. The items below will be considered at the meeting.
-- The Senate will vote on revisions to Senate policies related to nondegree students; limitations to enrollment as a nondegree student; and credit by examination. A vote will also be taken on proposed revisions to the United States Cultures and International Cultures (USIL) requirement.
-- The Senate also will vote on a motion made at the Jan. 24, 2012, Senate meeting. The motion is included on the March 13 Senate agenda at http://www.senate.psu.edu/agenda/2011-2012/mar2012/mar2012agn.html.
-- Vice Provost for Global Programs Michael Adewumi will give an update on the progress the University is making in realizing Penn State’s potential as a global university.
-- The Senate will receive nominations for the three 2012-2013 extra-senatorial standing committees (Faculty Rights and Responsibilities, Standing Joint Committee on Tenure, and University Promotion and Tenure Committee) and nominations for Senate chair-elect, secretary, and faculty advisory committee to the president. Additional nominations may be made from the floor of the Senate; senators making nominations from the floor must have the permission of the person they are nominating.
-- Informational reports will be given on faculty salaries, tenure-flow rates, and the Senate officers' visits to five University Park units in spring 2012. The elections commission will present the roster of Senators by voting unit for 2012-13.
Members of the University community are invited to 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 director, at least four calendar days before the meeting at which the individual wishes to speak.
Faculty Senate meetings are aired live online via Mediasite. Instructions for guests who wish to watch the live stream are available at http://www.senate.psu.edu/agenda/mediasite_guests.html.
The Senate Agenda will be posted on the Senate website one week prior to each Senate meeting. The Senate Agenda is available at http://www.senate.psu.edu/agenda/index.html. Senate meeting minutes (The Senate Record) are also available at http://www.senate.psu.edu/record/index.html approximately three weeks following the Senate meeting.
For information on submitting major, minor, option or course proposals, the Guide to Curricular Procedures is available at http://www.senate.psu.edu/curriculum_resources/guide/contents.html. The Senate Curriculum Report is available at http://www.senate.psu.edu/curriculum_resources/bluesheet/bluex.html.