Senate council meeting 8 14-2012

Senate Council MeetingAugust 14, 2012

Call to Order

Cell Phones off

Video Participants

Welcome all around

Cheer our Parliamentarian: Mohamad Ansari

Welcome Kathleen Bieschke; Admin. Fellow

Introductions

Approval of Minutes

April 10, 2012 meeting

July 18, 2012 Meeting

Announcements and Remarks

New Senator Qworkshop

Senate Campus visits

Standing Committee Charges

Sponsoring DUS Conference: Deconstructing Decision Making

Announcements and Remarks

Transparency Project Greater engagement More grass roots involvement

Senate Council

Go Green!

More news:. . . . . . .

Announcements ands Remarks

Pres Erickson approves HR 29

Faculty Advisory Committee meets several times

FAC will meet again; please help with suggested topics for discussion

Thank you for your willingness to serve this year

Comments From Administrative Members

Interim Provost Pangborn

Vice Provost Academic Affairs Bowen

Comments From Senate Members

Senate Officers

Executive Director Youtz

Action Items

Unit Constitution RevisionsBerks DuBois

Mt. Alto

Approval of Unit Constitution Subcommittee Members

External Matters Sub Committee Approval of members Announcement of charge

Discussion Items

Role of Senate Council Art. II Bylaws

Ensure Senate addresses issues of major concern initiate legislation Review items for Senate agenda advice on changes to organizational units Advisory body to Senate officers

Counselor Comments

Vice Presidents and Vice Provosts comments

Report of Grad Council Rep

Agenda Items (1)

Forensic Title: Discussion of the sanctions, of the process by which they

were negotiated and agreed to, and possible statements by the Senate to the public and to the NCAA in relation to all these issues

Brief Summary of the Matter: The recent NCAA sanctions accepted by PSU obviously touch on many issues of long interest to the Faculty Senate. Accordingly it is appropriate to have an open discussion of our perceptions of these sanctions and of where they fit in the landscape of past sanctions of other universities and colleges by the NCAA, of shared governance at PSU and our responsibilities as the Senate, of the process by which the final sanctions were negotiated and agreed to by President Erickson, and whether as a body the Senate would like to make a statement to the NCAA and/or to the public.

Agenda Items (2)

report from the Joint Committee on Insurance and Benefits entitled Annual Report 2011-2012

Legislative report from Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid entitled Revisions to Senate Policies 02-50, 06-30, 06-57, and 06-70, Dealing with Provisional Students and Advanced Standing Admission

Informational report from Admissions, Records, Scheduling, and Student Aid entitled Annual Report on the High School Students Enrolled Nondegree in Credit Courses

Agenda Items (3)

a joint Advisory and Consultative report from Educational Equity and Campus Environment and Student Life entitled LGBTQ Resources

Advisory and Consultative report from Research entitled Inter-Campus Research

Informational report from Faculty Rights and Responsibilities entitled Annual Report for 2011-2012

Agenda Items (4)

Informational report from Intercollegiate Athletics entitled NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative Annual Report , Academic Eligibility and Athletic Scholarships for 2011-2012

Informational report from University Planning entitled Campaign Update and the Role of Faculty in For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students

Approval of Agenda

New Business

John Nousek proposed resolution

Other new business

Adjournment