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.
During its meeting Feb. 22, Penn State’s Board of Trustees gave its concurrence to a five-year extension of the university’s strategic plan. The extension, approved on Nov. 15, 2018, by the board’s Committee on Governance and Long-Range Planning, means the current plan for 2016-2020 will continue to guide institutional direction through 2025.
Neil Sharkey, vice president for research, shared the impact Penn State research activities continue to have today throughout the University, across the Commonwealth and beyond in a presentation to the Board of Trustees at its Friday (Feb. 22) meeting.
To support ongoing growth and evolving functions of Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine, the University’s Board of Trustees today (Feb. 22) approved an action taken recently by the Penn State Health Board of Directors to establish two distinct leadership roles — a dean and a CEO — to oversee the medical school and clinical arm of the University’s growing health care network.
Penn State alumnus and leading philanthropist John Leone has made a gift of $6.5 million to advance the University’s current fundraising campaign, “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence.” Of the gift, $5 million will endow the John Leone Dean’s Chair in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The remaining $1.5 million will support renovations to the Lasch Football Building.
Diversity and inclusion at Penn State were the focus of a generative discussion among students, faculty, staff and trustees held on Feb. 21 during a meeting of the Board of Trustees Committee on Academic Affairs and Student Life. The discussion, part of an ongoing series of conversations being held by trustees on a wide range of issues at the university, focused on experiences of individuals from diverse backgrounds at Penn State.
The Penn State Board of Trustees’ compensation committee has approved a contract extension for Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour through the 2022-23 academic year. In addition, Barbour will assume the title of Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics.
Under a proposal approved today (Feb. 21) by the Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning, the average room and board rate for the 2019-20 academic year would increase by 2.64 percent, or $146 per semester, compared to 2018-19.
The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning today (Feb. 21) approved the final plans and funding for upgrades to the University’s Water Reclamation Facility. In addition, the trustees approved final plans and funds for the relocation of the Applied Research Laboratory Steam Plant.
The Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning today (Feb. 21) recommended the final plan approval and expenditure of funds for the next phase of the long-term initiative to renovate the East residence halls at University Park.
On Feb. 21, the Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning accepted the proposal from Turner Construction Co. of Pittsburgh, as the design build team for renovations to the Ostermayer Laboratory at Penn State Greater Allegheny.
A Board of Trustees committee approved the appointment of Payette of Boston, Massachusetts, as the architect of two new research and teaching buildings for the College of Engineering.
The Penn State Board of Trustees will hold its next public meeting Feb. 21-22 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center at University Park.
Seven Penn State alumni selected by the Penn State Board of Trustees will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, which is the University's highest honor presented to its alumni.
