The Penn State College of the Liberal Arts will significantly enhance the diversity of its faculty and strengthen its scholarly expertise in African American and African Diaspora life and culture when it welcomes nine new faculty members to its ranks on July 1.
The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Compensation will hold an off-cycle meeting via conference call at 2 p.m. on June 19.
Eight incumbent trustees and two new members were elected or appointed to serve on the Penn State Board of Trustees today (May 3).
Penn State’s community engagement efforts — including continuing education courses offered at 1,000 companies across the state, a public broadcasting network with one of the largest geographic coverage areas in the country, preservation of 86,000 miles of waterways that flow into the Chesapeake Bay, and collective student volunteer hours totaling 3.9 million hours each year— impact the lives of citizens and help to make Penn State a modern land-grant University, according to Penn State President Eric J. Barron.
On May 3, Penn State Trustees approved a resolution to allow Penn State Health, the University’s health care enterprise, to establish separate credit and borrowing capacity independent of the University. The measure enables Penn State Health to more quickly secure funding for capital projects that are essential to its continued growth and success in a highly competitive health care environment and do so with greater autonomy.
To showcase Penn State’s growing collection of art and provide space for a range of cultural activities and events, University leaders have proposed the construction of a new freestanding art museum on the University Park campus that would be located in The Arboretum at Penn State. The Penn State Board of Trustees approved the selection of Allied Works as the architect to design the new University Art Museum at its meeting on Friday, May 3.
The Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning approved a number of recommendations during its meeting today (May 2) at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, including an expansion of the West Campus Steam Plant, roof replacements and fall protection installations at University Park campus and the purchase of a property in Ferguson Township in State College.
The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning today (May 2) approved a proposal for renewing Penn State Hazleton’s Lofstrom Library. The project, which goes to the full board for consideration on May 3, will include infrastructure and programming upgrades to modernize the facility and incorporate state-of-the-art resources for students.
The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning approved a recommendation to name Sasaki Associates of Watertown, Massachusetts, as the architect for the Erie Hall project at Penn State Behrend during its meeting today (May 2). The recommendation goes to the full board for consideration on May 3.
A recommendation to appoint HOK of Philadelphia to design the next phases of renovations to the Mildred and Louis Lasch Football Building, as well as upgrades to the football outdoor practice fields and Holuba Hall, was approved today (May 2) by the Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning. The recommendation will be presented to the full board Friday, May 3, for a vote.
The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning today (May 2) approved a proposed interim operating budget of approximately $6.5 billion to support all University operations. The proposal goes to the full board for consideration on May 3.
The Penn State Board of Trustees will hold its next public meeting May 2-3 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center at University Park. The full board's meeting on May 2 will be streamed live online at http://wpsu.org/trustees/.
The election process for the 2019 election of trustees by alumni will begin on April 10.
The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Compensation will hold an off-cycle meeting via conference call at 4 p.m. on April 4. An audio stream of the call will be available at https://wpsu.org/trustees/.
Ballot positions for the 2019 election of trustees by alumni were determined on Feb. 28 by a drawing.
