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University Faculty Senate agenda now available for Oct. 21 meeting

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's University Faculty Senate will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, in 112 Kern Graduate Building. The items below will be considered at the meeting.

— Regis Becker, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, will lead a forensic discussion, Forensic Report on Proposed Revisions to AD47.

— Reports will be presented on revisions to the Constitution and Bylaws with regard to the reorganization of law education at Penn State and revisions to the Bylaws with regard to election procedures for retiree senators. Votes will be taken on revisions to the Standing Rules with regard to the reorganization of law education at Penn State and revisions to the Standing Rules with regard to eliminating the Joint Faculty/Administrative Committee to Monitor Travel Policies.

— Informational reports will be presented on general education with progress report from the General Education Planning and Oversight Task Force, Student Transition Issues from the Commonwealth Campuses to University Park, and ScholarSphere Basics and One Button Studio. Reports appearing in the agenda only and posted on the University Faculty Senate website include the Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics’ Self-Study Report and Review of the Rawling’s Report, and the Committee on Undergraduate Education’s Summary of Petitions by College, Campus, and Unit 2013-2014. Senators with questions about these reports may send their questions to senate@psu.edu and they will receive a response from the appropriate committee chair.

Faculty Senate meetings are aired live via Mediasite. Instructions for the use of Mediasite are available at http://www.senate.psu.edu/agendas-records.html. Instructions for using the Poll Everywhere voting system are posted at http://senate.psu.edu/agenda/voting-instructions.html.

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 five calendar days before the meeting at which the individual wishes to speak.The agenda will be posted on the Senate website one week prior to each meeting and the record (minutes) will be posted approximately three weeks following each meeting at http://www.senate.psu.edu/agendas-records.html.

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.

Last Updated October 14, 2014

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