FINAL AGENDA FOR APRIL 27, 1999

A. MINUTES OF THE PRECEDING MEETING -
Minutes of the March 30, 1999, Meeting in The Senate Record 32:6

B. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SENATE - Senate Curriculum Report
(Blue Sheets) of April 19, 1999

C. REPORT OF SENATE COUNCIL - Meeting of April 13, 1999

D. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE CHAIR -

(H). LEGISLATIVE REPORTS -

E. COMMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY -

F. FORENSIC BUSINESS -

G. UNFINISHED LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS -

H. LEGISLATIVE REPORTS -

I. ADVISORY/CONSULTATIVE REPORTS -

J. INFORMATIONAL REPORTS -

Comments by Outgoing Chair Berkowitz

Installation of Officers

Comments by Incoming Chair Nelson

K. NEW LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS -

L. COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE UNIVERSITY -

M. ADJOURNMENT -

SUMMARY OF AGENDA ACTIONS

The Senate passed three Legislative Reports:

Committees and Rules - "Revision of Bylaws, Article I, Section 1(d)." This report is a modification in the Bylaws to accommodate the change of the name of the body that is the nominating committee of the Senate Council. (See Record, page(s) 12 and Agenda Appendix "C.")

Committees and Rules - "Revision of Standing Rules, Article III, Section 4[5(d)]." This report changes the wording in the membership of the University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee to exclude all administrators holding signatory authority in promotion and tenure matters. (See Record, page(s) 12 and Agenda Appendix "E," and Corrected Copy Record Appendix III).

Committees and Rules - "Revision of Standing Rules, Article II, Senate Committee Structure." This report provides for the Assistant Vice President for Human Resources to be a named member of the Faculty Benefits Committee. (See Record, page(s) 12and Agenda Appendix "F.")

The Senate passed two Resolutions:

Senate Council - "Resolution for Provost John A. Brighton." This resolution lauds Provost Brighton for his many years of dedicated service to the Senate and the University. (See Agenda pages 1-2 and Record, page(s) 6-7.)

Senate Council - "A Grand Destiny: The Penn State Campaign." This resolution was passed to demonstrate the Senate’s support of the Penn State Campaign. (See Agenda page 3 and Record, page(s) 15-16.)

The Senate passed three Advisory/Consultative Reports:

Faculty Affairs - "Revision of Policy HR-13: Recommended Procedures for Hiring New Faculty." This report advises that the suggested guidelines included in the document be used in the hiring of new faculty. (See Record, page(s) 16, Agenda Appendix "H," and Corrected Copy Record Appendix IV.)

Faculty Benefits - "Parking Facility Financing and Vehicle Registration Policy." This report advises two recommendations related to parking at the University Park campus. One on actions related to new university initiatives and a second on modifications to Parking Office policies. (See Record, page(s) 16-17and Agenda Appendix "I.")

Faculty Benefits - "Faculty Salary Report." This report examines the disparities and trends in faculty salaries and makes six recommendations concerning future salary considerations. (See Record, page(s) 17 and Agenda Appendix "J")

The Senate heard one Forensic Session:

Student Life - "Revision of University Policy on Academic Integrity (Senate Policy 49-20 and ACUE Procedures G-9)." The purpose of this forensic session was to gather the Senate’s input in considering how the institution should address the problems created by the seemingly growing lack of academic integrity. (See Record, page(s) 7-12 and Agenda Appendix "B.")

The Senate received seven Informational Reports:

University Planning - "A Grand Destiny: The Penn State Campaign." This document is the statements of this committee in sponsoring the Oral Informational report on the Penn State Campaign. (See Record, page(s) 12-15 and Agenda Appendix "G.")

Faculty Affairs - "Report on Promotion and Tenure Recommendations and Decisions in 1997-98." This report describes information regarding the 1997-98 promotion and tenure recommendations. (See Record, page(s) 17 and Agenda Appendix "K.")

General Education Implementation Committee - "Skills." This report suggests the implementation of the skills assessment and consultation program within the new General Education. (See Record, page(s) 18 and Agenda Appendix "L.")

General Education Implementation Committee - "Final Report." This report notes what the General Education Implementation Committee has accomplished and recommended since its inception and how it has carried out its charge. (See Record, page(s) 18-19 and Agenda Appendix "M.")

Student Life - "Student Services at Commonwealth Locations: Mental and Physical Health." This document reports on the mental and physical health services presently in place at the locations of the institution other than University Park. (See Record, page(s) 19 and Agenda Appendix "N.")

University Planning - "Construction Programs Status Report." This is a mandated report on the progress of construction projects across the institution. (See Record, page(s) 19-20 and Agenda Appendix "O.")

University Planning - "Task Force on Intellectual Property Policies and

Procedures." This report was presented to make the Senate aware of this recommendation within the Task Force on Intellectual Property report. (See Record, page(s) 20 and Agenda Appendix "P.")

The Senate heard the results of the Senate elections, comments by Outgoing Chair Berkowitz and comments by Incoming Chair Nelson. See Record, page(s) 21-23.)

One report was withdrawn by the Committee:

Admissions, Records, Scheduling and Student Aid - "Revision of Policy 51-50 -- Cumulative Grade Point Average." (See Record, page(s) 12 and Agenda Appendix "D").

The University Faculty Senate met on Tuesday, April 27, 1999, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 112 Kern Building with Leonard J. Berkowitz, Chair, presiding. One hundred and fifty-eight Senators signed the roster.

Chair Berkowitz: It is time to begin.

Moving to the minutes of the preceding meeting, The Senate Record, providing a full transcription of the proceedings of the March 30, 1999 meeting, was sent to all University Libraries and is posted on the Faculty Senate web page. Are there any corrections or additions to this document? All those in favor of accepting the minutes, please signify by saying, "aye."

Senators: Aye.

Chair Berkowitz: Opposed? The minutes are accepted. Thank you.

You have received the Senate Curriculum Report (Blue Sheets) for April 19, 1999. This document is posted on the University Faculty Senate's web page. The Blue Sheets are blue again.

Also, you should have received the Report of the Senate Council for the meeting of April 13, 1999. This is an attachment in The Senate Agenda for today’s meeting.

Chair Berkowitz: I refer you to my remarks to Senate Council that are contained in the minutes attached to today's Agenda and I have a number of other announcements. First I would like to read to you the names of the Senators who will not be returning to the Senate next year. The Senate thanks these Senators for their dedication and hard work to the Senate, their voting unit and the university.

SENATORS NOT RETURNING FOR 1999-2000

ABINGTON COLLEGE
Linda Miller
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Richard Arteca
Dennis Murphy
Daniel Royse
Charles Strauss
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE
Donald Kunze
BERKS-LEHIGH VALLEY COLLEGE
BERKS CAMPUS
James Young
SMEAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Robert Novack
Lisa Williams
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Vincent Lunetta
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Charles Bakis
Thomas Daubert
Jonathan Phillips
COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Rebecca Beatty
S. Diane Brannon
Deborah Kerstetter
Mary Nicholson
COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS
Paul Clark
Kenneth Thigpen
Christine White
EBERLY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Steven Arnold
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
John Cardella
Kevin Gleeson
Philip Masters
Donna Testa
Kristi Watterberg
MILITARY SCIENCES
William Haner
MCKEESPORT CAMPUS
John Zavodni
WORTHINGTON SCRANTON CAMPUS
David Byman
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Linda Friend
APPOINTED SENATORS
A. Craig Millar
EX OFFICIO SENATOR
John Brighton
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
William Richards
Brady Smith
Deanna Barber
Deanna Puryear
Jennifer Belzner
Jessica Stuart
Tracy Frost
Emily Freeman
Morad Askari
Joellen Duckett
Gretchen Kline-de Hart
Sean Limric
Kenneth McGraw
Senators: Applause.

Chair Berkowitz: I have read down through the list of Senators not returning for the 1999-00 Senate year. Many of the Senators on this list have contributed greatly to the success of this body over the years, but I feel that I must single out one individual for some special accolades. Tom Daubert started his Senate career in 1972. That means that he is, with maybe the exception of Phil Klein, the most senior Senator in the Senate. Let me just take a few moments to review for you his contributions over that time. I'll give you the numbers only; there is no way I would have time to talk about the actual accomplishments. Over the years, he has served on seven different standing committees and was chair or vice chair of six of them. He represented the College of Engineering on Senate Council. He chaired the special committee to revise our Constitution and has served for a total of eight years on the University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee. There is no need to remind you that Tom served as chair of this body during the 1977-78 academic year. This automatically placed him on all of the committees that are associated with being an officer of the Senate for a three-year period; Senate Council, Committees and Rules, and Faculty Advisory Committee to the President. Tom, we thank you for being a benchmark for all of us to strive toward. I would like everyone to join me in a very well-deserved round of applause for Tom.

Senators: Applause.

Chair Berkowitz: The Faculty Advisory Committee to the President met on April 8, 1999, and discussed the following topics: time, place, and manner (having to do with free speech and how this can and cannot be limited by universities); Penn State business cards (what can and cannot be put on them); Information Sciences and Technology enrollment; the Penn State Campaign; curricular oversight at the discipline level across the university; revision of the university course master file; and general education implementation. This was the last FAC meeting for 1998-99; however, because of important issues needing attention, two additional meetings have been scheduled - one in May and one in August.

The last spring visit for the Senate Officers was held on April 6, 1999 to the College of Arts and Architecture. During the summer months, the Senate Office will schedule the fall visits to locations other than University Park.

We received a memo from the president regarding his approval, and therefore, the implementation of a legislative report entitled "Revision to Senate Policy 60-40--Multiple Major Programs" passed at the March 2, 1999, Senate meeting. President Spanier has asked the vice provost for enrollment management to implement this policy.

At the March 18, 1999 meeting of the Board of Trustees, President Spanier presented a report of funding of higher education. This presentation, made at the request of the board, contained a great deal of information that I thought Senators would be interested in. I asked for permission to print the slides from the presentation in the Senate Agenda. President Spanier granted that request and that information is presented at the back of your Agenda for today's meeting.

We received an e-mail from Charlie Brueggebors regarding the University Park Campus Master Plan transportation demand management study. There will be campus and community open session meetings held on Thursday, April 29, 1999. The campus open session will be from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in room 112 Kern Building. The community open session will be held from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Ferguson Township Municipal Building meeting room, 3174 Research Drive. The University Park Master Plan that was approved by the Board of Trustees will be presented. In addition, BRW, transportation planners from Minneapolis, will be presenting an update on the university transportation demand management study. These sessions are open to the public and will be advertised.

One of the issues we have been working on throughout the year is prerequisite checking. It is an issue that many faculty and administrators have raised as important in our visits to campuses and colleges. At this time I can say that it looks like we will be able to begin to implement a system of prerequisite checking. In August 2000 it is our plan to supply "after-the-fact" prerequisite checking. Along with each class list, each instructor will receive a list of students who do not meet the prerequisites for the class. This will enable the instructor to take the appropriate action in those cases.

It is also our hope to be able to implement real prerequisite checking with registration for fall 2001 but that is not yet set. One thing that will have to happen for any of this to work is for departments to review the listed prerequisite for their courses to make sure they are correct.

I began the first meeting of the year with a story so I thought it would be appropriate to begin my last meeting with another story. One of the great things about living in Pennsylvania is that we still have such traditions as old-fashioned state fairs, and along with those fairs are attractions that have long since disappeared from other parts of the country.

Not long ago I attended one of these state fairs and off to the side was an act billed as "The Strongest Man in the World." This huge man proceeded to bend iron bars with his bare hands and easily lift objects that no ordinary human could get off the ground. At the end of his act, he took half of a grapefruit and squeezed it dry. He then offered $100 to anyone in the audience who could get another drop out of the grapefruit. The challenge was quickly accepted by several large men in the audience but not one of them could get another drop from that grapefruit. "Anyone else care to try?" asked the strongman. Just then a skinny little guy stepped out from the crowd. "Yeah, I’d like to give it a try." The strongman just laughed and said, "If you can get anything out of this fruit, I’ll give you $500!" With that the little guy stepped onto the platform, grabbed the grapefruit and with one hand he squeezed until juice just poured out of the supposedly dry piece of fruit.

The strongman was honest so he handed over the $500. "Wow, that's impressive," he said. "What's your name and what do you do for a living?" The little guy said, "My name’s Rod Kirsch and I’m Vice President for Development for Penn State!"

For some reason, that story seemed appropriate for today. Now back to the Agenda.

Our first item is a legislative report from Senate Council. It's a resolution honoring John Brighton, and with your permission, I would like to read that resolution into the record.

SENATE COUNCIL

Chair Berkowitz: WHEREAS John A. Brighton has served The Pennsylvania State University since July 1, 1991 as the Executive Vice President and Provost with honor and distinction, and

WHEREAS John A. Brighton served as the Dean of the College of Engineering with creativity and vision from 1988 until 1991, and

WHEREAS John A. Brighton has served Penn State as an Assistant, Associate, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 1963 to 1965, and

WHEREAS John A. Brighton, as both Provost and Dean, has continuously worked to enhance the general welfare of the faculty by providing wise and enlightened guidance to the University Faculty Senate, and

WHEREAS John A. Brighton has been a firm believer in the principle of shared governance of this University and has developed close professional and personal ties with many of the faculty, and

WHEREAS John A. Brighton has provided extraordinary leadership, setting by his own example a quest for excellence in the academic community as a whole, and

WHEREAS he is a revered colleague and friend, a man of integrity, vision, and principle, who is universally admired, respected and trusted,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that The University Faculty Senate of The Pennsylvania State University, on this 27th day of April, 1999, expresses its gratitude to John A. Brighton for all of his accomplishments on behalf of the institution and its faculty, and affectionately wishes him Godspeed as he moves to other duties as University Professor.

Chair Berkowitz: All those in favor of the resolution, signify by saying, "aye."

Senators: Aye.

Chair Berkowitz: Any opposed, "nay"?

Chair Berkowitz: We move next to comments by the president of the university. President Spanier is here today and does have comments.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON STUDENT LIFE

Bill Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Student Life

Bill Ellis, Hazleton Campus: The report before you is the result of more than two years' work by a subcommittee of Student Life, chaired by Joseph Puzycki, Director of Judicial Affairs. It reflects an extended process of consultation with administrators and student representatives. It responds to the general feeling that the present process of handling academic dishonesty cases is simply not working. The latest PULSE survey conducted by the Office of Undergraduate Studies indicates that more than 60 percent of students admit to having cheated and also to knowing someone else who cheats. Yet only a few cases are handled in a way that allows the university to track how it is responding to this situation.

In reviewing the present policy and responding to criticisms of it, the subcommittee set the following goals for recommending changes:

1. Provide a Less Complicated Process: one that is simplified, less cumbersome and confusing for faculty and students.
2. Ensure Fairness and Due Process: afford students a fair system with required due process while maintaining a practical and "common sense" approach.
3. Encourage Student Learning: take advantage of teachable moments, heightened accountability and positively influence student responsibility and behavior.

The procedure was to retain, when possible, those parts of the existing policy that were working well or were at least not problematic. However, the subcommittee identified six major problems that required major policy changes.

PROBLEM #1: The current policy does not include the provision for a faculty member and student meeting. This is a required component of due process and can also be a catalyst for student learning.

Lack of a face-to-face meeting leads to the following deficiencies:

• Students do not understand or are not extended their proper rights.
• Dialogue between the faculty member and the student is limited or non-existent.
• Alleged incidents of misconduct are not fully explored.
• There is no documentation or record keeping.

RECOMMENDED SOLUTION #1

1. inform the student of the allegations and offer the student a chance to respond,
2. explain to the student his/her rights and the procedures to be followed,
3. decide at what level the incident belongs and choose whether to pursue the matter, and
4. facilitate proper decision-making and utilize an educational opportunity for learning.

RECOMMENDED SOLUTION #2

This tool, which could be devised with assistance from Judicial Affairs, would be a tool for recording the outcome of the faculty and student meeting in a way that would enable system-wide record keeping. It would help the student take responsibility for his or her decisions. While taking minimum effort to process, it would afford clarity and protection for all parties involved.

PROBLEM #2: The current policy is vague and confusing:

It does not clearly distinguish types or levels of violations or direct the reader in an appropriate course of action for resolving incidents. In fact, it suggests multiple options for resolution of minor and major incidents, and in fact methods of resolution and sanctions vary greatly in scope and nature depending upon the faculty member, department head, dean or college.

Taking the most serious case involved, one in which the student is accused of a form of dishonesty that would involve failure in the course, and in which the student contests the accusation, the following options exist in the existing policy:

1. The case might be handled through the Department or the Campus Committee on Academic Integrity, but
2. If either the student or instructor rejects this recommendation, they can appeal to the College Dean, or
3. They could refer it to the Office of Judicial Affairs, or
4. They could bypass the dept./campus/college level and go directly to Judicial Affairs, but
5. If either party challenges Judicial Affairs' recommendation, they may refer the case back to the dept./campus/college level for review, and
6. If the decision at this level is appealed, the case is resolved by the Campus Executive Officer or Provost, but
7. The student still has the option of appealing the final grade, and
8. Any disciplinary sanction recommended by Judicial Affairs stands.

Such a procedure is so difficult to explain that it is no wonder that it is widely ignored, especially at locations other than University Park.

RECOMMENDED SOLUTION #1

Existing Senate policy distinguishes between "minor" and "major" incidents, but the procedures given under the "major" ones actually group together two distinct levels of charges. The subcommittee feels it would be clearer to separate these as "moderate" and "major" infractions:

Minor incident – less than an "F" in the course and no discipline action.

Moderate incident – "F" in the course and no discipline action.

Major incident – "F" in the course and additional discipline action.

Categorize misconduct will provide an opportunity for consistent and just responses, and

Judicial Affairs will work with the colleges to establish precedent guidelines within these three ranges for consistent academic and disciplinary sanctioning. Such categories will help faculty narrow choices of how to respond to dishonesty cases to appropriate "ranges." However, faculty will still be given full power to exercise their professional judgement deciding what sanctions are appropriate in given cases.

RECOMMENDED SOLUTION #2

This will keep responsibility for resolving most cases within the college and manage most cases informally, at the lowest level, with consistency and accountability.

RECOMMENDED SOLUTION #3

This will provide consistency to the process within each College/Campus, and also empower College/Campus students and faculty members in responding to this as a shared university concern. In contested incidents required but minimum due process will be provided, and such cases will still be managed swiftly.

PROBLEM #3

RECOMMENDED SOLUTION #1

Referring such serious incidents will allow the Office of Judicial Affairs to manage the administrative work while collaboratively consulting with the colleges to provide appropriate resolutions. In dealing with other infractions, Judicial Affairs presently resolves 97 percent of its cases in informal Discipline Conferences, typically within one week of referral. Following a standard practice and providing the formal due process both minimize the chance of the faculty member becoming involved in litigation.

PROBLEM #4

Currently, when a student is found responsible for a violation by the UHB and wants to appeal the decision, either based on the merits of the case or because of a lack of due process, the policy is not clear concerning appeal or review. This vagueness complicates

RECOMMENDED SOLUTION #1

The current university discipline appeal process has proved itself swift and effective, while meeting the required test for due process and allowing for a non-biased review. Restricting the appeal process only to moderate and major violations which yield a sanction of Deferred Suspension or greater will limit the number of appeals.

PROBLEM #5

The university policy is viewed by students as passive and reactionary, and so they perceive a lack of accountability for infractions.

RECOMMENDED SOLUTION #1

Only the very serious violations would yield a transcript notation; however, this option would hold students accountable for serious misconduct and deliver the message that Penn State values academic integrity. However, such a policy allows for a student NOT to have their records permanently damaged and allows the College/Campus the opportunity to shape a learning experience for the student appropriate to the infraction. Such an opportunity would actively engage students in a learning process and helps them to take responsibility for correcting a bad decision.

PROBLEM #6

Some Colleges/Campuses maintain records but in a "loose" way that may not protect student confidentiality. Others maintain no records at all. Such inaccurate and non-standardized records are a liability that inhibits our ability to effectively respond to misconduct.

RECOMMENDED SOLUTION #1

Judicial Affairs envisions a simple process for forwarding standardized information. This record keeping would help the university accurately track the level and types of academic misconduct, appropriately respond to students who exhibit on-going behaviors, and monitor how we are responding to the misconduct issue.

The present report is presented as a forensic, to gauge faculty response to these important policy changes. We are working together with a CADs committee on educational initiatives that would help change the culture factors that presently encourage students to engage in dishonest behavior. These initiatives, along with a revised version of this report, will be presented to the Faculty Senate next September.

I want to thank all Senators for their comments and ask others to send me their further reactions in the form of e-mail (to wce2@psu.edu).

SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES AND RULES

Nancy J. Wyatt, Chair, Senate Committee on Committees and Rules

Bylaws to accommodate the change of the name of the body which is the nominating committee of the Senate Council.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS, RECORDS, SCHEDULING AND STUDENT AID

Frank J. Kristine, Chair, Senate Committee on Admissions, Records, Scheduling and Student Aid

Chair Berkowitz: At the request of the chair, this report has been withdrawn.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES AND RULES

Nancy J. Wyatt, Chair, Senate Committee on Committees and Rules

University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee to exclude all administrators holding signatory authority in promotion and tenure matters.

Nancy J. Wyatt: This report provides for the Assistant Vice President for Human Resources to be a named member of the Faculty Benefits Committee.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY PLANNING

A Grand Destiny: The Penn State Campaign

Shelton S. Alexander, Chair, Senate Committee on University Planning

Shelton S. Alexander, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences: By now all of you have heard about the Penn State Campaign which just progressed to the public phase, widely publicized the past several days during kickoff events on campus. The Committee on University Planning heard briefings on various aspects of the Campaign, particularly the faculty/staff phase that has been underway for several weeks. Because of the importance of this major fund-raising effort to the academic enterprise of the university, and the faculty in particular, this oral informational report will focus on those aspects that are most relevant to the faculty. Here to present the report is the person you have heard so much about already this afternoon, Rodney Kirsch, our Vice-President for Development and Alumni Relations.

Rodney Kirsch, Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations: As you know, this past weekend the university publicly announced our $1 billion campaign entitled--A Grand Destiny: The Penn State Campaign. This is a goal comparable to current efforts at other major research universities in this country. Universities such as Illinois and Ohio State in the Big Ten, Virginia, UCLA, and one of my former employers, the University of California at Berkeley, are all in similar such efforts. To put this in perspective, this goal is five times larger than the original goal of Penn State's first campaign which concluded in 1990. The following slides indicate our progress to-date, the campaign's featured objectives and the impact it will have on faculty.

We began counting gifts towards our goal on July 1, 1996. Thus, in the first 33 months of this seven-year campaign, we have raised $557 million---almost 56 percent of the total goal.

Penn State began only in the mid-1980s to devote serious attention to private, major gift fundraising. Compared to other major public research universities, we were a late entry. One result is that Penn State lags its academic peers in the size of its endowment, currently ranking 8th out of 10 public Big Ten universities.

It stands to reason that the paramount goal of this campaign is to enhance substantially the endowment funding available for Penn State people--our faculty, students and staff. Nearly one-half of our goal, or $473 million, is targeted towards endowment.

The campaign has four featured objectives in the areas of student support, faculty support and special program support. Every college and campus has specific goals developed by academic leadership in each of these areas. Many of these objectives relate directly to the five-year strategic plan in each unit. With 40 percent of the campaign calendar elapsed, our fundraising progress on each of these featured objectives when measured against our goal is ahead of schedule.

I am often asked by faculty, "How soon will we receive these gifts?" Outright gifts that are either already in hand or normally payable over five years represent 76 percent of the commitments totaling $557 million. This means the great majority of gifts will have an immediate impact on the university. Only bequest expectancies from donors who are at least 65 years old by the campaign's end in the year 2003 are eligible to be counted towards our goal. It is both unusual and, of course, advantageous that a campaign so heavily weighted towards endowment has such a high percentage of outright giving.

Faculty and staff have already played a key role as volunteers, advocates and donors to the campaign. Today, I am pleased to report that gifts and pledges from faculty and staff total over $16 million. Our goal in the faculty/staff campaign is to raise in excess of $20 million and have 50 percent participation. To date, 37 percent of active employees university-wide have participated in the campaign. This is a strong testament to the philanthropic spirit present in the immediate Penn State family. It sends a positive message to our alumni and friends outside the academy. More than 150 members of the faculty and staff serve as volunteers within their respective academic home. A faculty steering committee co-chaired by Professors Gerry and Liz Susman has over 40 active members.

I am also asked from time-to-time by your colleagues, "How will this campaign benefit me as a member of the faculty?" Some are certain to benefit directly while others may experience an improved learning environment more indirectly.

Nearly $170 million is sought to create faculty endowments--mainly, but not exclusively, in professorships and chairs. This equates roughly to 300 new professorships. As you know, while earned income from these endowments are available for use as salary supplementation, funds are also typically used to purchase equipment, support graduate students, develop new curricula and fund travel to research sites or conferences. These are the kinds of enhancements that benefit the entire learning environment. Further, several units hope to develop research-oriented endowments from which many faculty in a certain discipline can benefit.

We have a goal to raise over $300 million in merit and need-based student support. This should translate into higher achieving students in your classrooms and laboratories as well as fewer students distracted by the need to work part or full-time jobs to finance their education.

While a more modest proportion of this campaign is targeted for bricks and mortar, when compared to the university's first campaign, a significant sum of over $60 million in private support is targeted towards new academic facilities in such areas as food science, forestry, life sciences, chemistry, landscape architecture, information sciences and the libraries. These facilities will expand your research capabilities, update technology and modernize the classroom environment.

Nearly $125 million is targeted in special program support to either create or enhance funding of initiatives such as the Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development which studies issues related to children and youth in the College of Health and Human Development. This Center was endowed recently at $4 million by alumna Edna Bennett. Another recent example will be the new Entrepreneurship Center in Business, also established with a $4 million gift by alumnus Michael Farrell, to support the study of new business development. Both of these gifts were announced this past week. Funding for new or existing programs like this provide broad-based support for faculty, graduate students, research activities, travel, and other outreach initiatives associated with the academic discipline at hand.

Our effort is off to an exceedingly strong start in comparison to other such campaigns nationally. I welcome continued support from the faculty and thank you and your colleagues for the volunteerism and generosity you have exhibited to date. It makes a difference. Faculty contributions have been impressive and will motivate others both inside and outside the university. Your endorsement of our efforts will mean a great deal to our alumni and friends.

Thank you for this opportunity to make remarks.

SENATE COUNCIL

Resolution in Support of A Grand Destiny: The Penn State Campaign

WHEREAS "A Grand Destiny: The Penn State Campaign" is being officially initiated as of April 1999, and

WHEREAS this philanthropic effort on behalf of our institution has a campaign objective of $1 billion, and

WHEREAS there is $388 million being projected for "Ongoing Support" and $612 million being projected for "Featured Objectives" such as Undergraduate Student Support, Graduate Student Support, Program Support and Faculty Support, and

WHEREAS it is a part of the mission of the faculty to foster in our students those qualities of intellectual curiosity, seriousness of purpose, civility, and civic responsibility, and

WHEREAS it is the mission of the University to extend high-quality teaching in a wide array of undergraduate and graduate programs in the arts, humanities, and sciences, as well as a balanced offering of programs in professional and technical disciplines, and

WHEREAS our goal is for Penn State to be the top institution in the United States in the integration of teaching, research, and service, and

WHEREAS "There are moments in the lives of educational institutions when mission, heritage, quality, and aspirations combine to create an almost irresistible momentum toward national and even global leadership,"

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that The University Faculty Senate, which represents the faculty of Penn State, strongly expresses its endorsement on behalf of "A Grand Destiny: The Penn State Campaign" and urges the members of the faculty to support this campaign with their time, efforts, talents and material gifts.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FACULTY AFFAIRS

Cara-Lynne Schengrund, Chair, Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs

Cara-Lynne Schengrund, College of Medicine: The guidelines proposed in this advisory and consultative report are recommended to ensure faculty involvement in the hiring of new faculty and to have uniformity in the procedures used. Are there any comments or questions?

During the discussion that followed there was one friendly amendment from the floor. Prior to the second guideline insert: Faculty members shall be on all search committees.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FACULTY BENEFITS

Allen T. Phillips, Chair, Senate Committee on Faculty Benefits

Allen T. Phillips, Eberly College of Science: This current report is a product of two meetings held between Faculty Benefits Committee and persons representing the University Park Parking Office and Transportation Services.

Some of the information gleaned during those discussions formed the basis for the current advisory and consultative report.

Two recommendations are offered under the heading of planned university initiatives.

The first is a recommendation that there be a modification in the self-sufficiency model under which parking now operates, to permit the financing of new replacement parking structures planned at University Park from general funds rather than strictly from user fees.

Also there is a recommendation that user fees charged for parking should be reserved for maintaining and operating parking facilities, as opposed to expanding application of these fees to other broadly defined transportation needs.

Four recommendations are made for modifications in Parking Office operation policies.

One: to fund maintenance and construction of sports and other event parking facilities from event revenues rather than from employee/student registration fees.

Two: multiple use parking facilities should be funded from sources (event parking fees versus monthly fees) in proportion to their use by the respective groups.

Three: parking receipts from events should be retained by the Parking Office, as opposed to being shared with the event sponsor.

Four: this is a recommendation that the Parking Office develop a better system for permitting occasional parking needs for faculty and staff who normally do not drive and thus do not register a vehicle but nevertheless need periodically to park on campus and currently find the options available to them unsatisfactory.

Jamie M. Myers, College of Education: I want to begin by thanking the administration for their extensive collaboration to put together this internal salary report. Billie Willits' office worked many, many hours to produce the data analyses we thought would help us to investigate the salary issues. As to the report, I would like to clarify references to the Presidents Excellence Fund. The report might lead one to believe that this fund was established for salary equity issues, but that would be incorrect. The fund was not specifically set up to address the prior Senate recommendation that 25 percent of salary increase funds be used to alleviate inequities due to location, college, or compression.

As we discuss the report on the floor, I would ask that comments be focused on the recommendations, even though the report is rich in data and you could make many more interpretations not stated in the report. We view the report as a beginning point and understand many of the recommendations as directions for further study.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FACULTY AFFAIRS

Cara-Lynne Schengrund, Chair, Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs

Cara-Lynne Schengrund: The informational report on "Promotion and Tenure Recommendations and Decisions for 1997-1998" should be self-explanatory but I'll be happy to answer any questions.

GENERAL EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE

John W. Bagby, Chair, General Education Implementation Committee

John W. Moore, Vice-Chair, General Education Implementation Committee

John W. Moore, College of the Liberal Arts: Today GEIC makes its final two reports. One is a report on Recommendation # 3 of the Special Committee, the recommendation concerning Skills, and the other is our Final Report.

Recommendation #3 concerns the Senate's desire to make two important changes in our Skills courses--composition, speech, and quantification. One change calls for the university community to devise skills courses specifically designed to meet the needs and interests of students in each of the separate broad disciplinary categories and will therefore be seen to be more relevant or tailored to their interests. The second change asks that the university community devise sequences of those courses according to levels of student ability so that the courses appear challenging to each student and do not duplicate high school or previous training.

How are we to achieve those two goals? The Implementation Committee suggests the following method. We ask the Chair of the University Faculty Senate to work with the Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education to form a Skills Assessment and Consultation Committee (SACC). This committee will be made up of senators and representatives from the colleges which provide General Education skills courses and those which use those courses. This committee will constitute the site where consultation about the nature of the skills courses can take place and where the interests of both groups can be made clear and courses can be devised that meet the needs of both sets of interests.

John W. Moore: The second report constitutes our farewell and marks the formal completion of the charge assigned to us in February 1998 by then Chair, Lou Geschwindner. Our Final Report consists of four parts. The first contains the charge given to us. The second spells out how we dealt with the seven recommendations assigned to us for implementation. The third contains a final recommendation to the Senate from the Implementation Committee, and the fourth speaks in praise of Penn State's General Education Program.

In the third section, we recommend that the Chair of the University Faculty Senate devise a mechanism that will provide the university's General Education Program with the ongoing oversight and coordination that we feel this program requires. We reached this conclusion on the basis of our own experience with thinking about General Education. We realize how long it took the members of both the Special Committee and the Implementation Committee to understand the complexities of General Education, and we see now how valuable it would be to have a group in charge that accumulated on-going experience with General Education, understood well the program's nature, structures, strengths, and weaknesses, and was empowered to recommend whatever changes were necessary to maintain the program's excellence and to keep it fresh and up-to-date.

In the fourth section, we commend the university for having had the foresight and wisdom to call for a review of this vast program that commands one-third of each student's baccalaureate degree credits. As an institution, we did not rest content with something that was going well; rather, we sought to make it even better than it already was.

The new general education program has two principal characteristics. First, it seeks to encourage a spirit of experiment, exploration, and innovation. Hence, the emphasis on flexibility and a new ease in making certain course substitutions. Second, it seeks to make general education a vital program that emphasizes what a student does in the course and what students can do with the knowledge and skills gained in this part of their academic program. For that reason, the Special Committee recommended and the Senate approved the requirement of including three active learning elements in each course taught in the Knowledge Domains Area. For that reason as well, the Special Committee recommended and the Faculty Senate approved the requirement of a First-Year Seminar for each incoming student, a small-size course designed just for freshmen and to be taught by full-time faculty.

All these changes will give a new face to the familiar emphasis on introducing students to the wide range of epistemologies that we humans employ to understand ourselves and the world we inhabit. Any questions?

SENATE COMMITTEE ON STUDENT LIFE

Bill Ellis, Chair, Senate Committee on Student Life

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY PLANNING

Shelton S. Alexander, Chair, Senate Committee on University Planning

Shelton S. Alexander: This is the second report to the Senate on the status of construction programs at the university. The full report is contained in Appendix "O". It updates the report presented at the October 1998 Senate meeting covering both General Services and internal Penn State construction programs. This report was prepared by William Anderson from the Office of Physical Plant, who is also a member of the Committee on University Planning. Please contact Bill for further details on any of the projects.

Shelton S. Alexander: The purpose of this informational report is to make the Faculty Senate, and the faculty in general, aware of an important study underway at the university to address intellectual property issues that affect faculty, students and

administrators. The Task Force on Intellectual Property Policies and Procedures and its four sub-committees, described in Appendix "P", are meeting now and into the summer to gather information and viewpoints that will be the basis for their recommendations. Because of the potential significant impact of the Task Force's new intellectual property policy and procedures recommendations on many different faculty activities, our committee urges the faculty to make their views and concerns known to the Task Force committees immediately so they can be factored into their deliberations. We anticipate that there will be a forensic session on these intellectual property issues in the Fall 1999 semester, followed by an advisory/consultative report sponsored by the Committee on University Planning and other Senate committees.

Chair Berkowitz: Our next item on the Agenda is the "Report of Senate Elections." One of the duties of our Senate Secretary, Don Fahnline, is to conduct the elections and make this report to us at this time.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES AND RULES

Donald E. Fahnline, Chair, Elections Commission

Donald E. Fahnline, Altoona College: Thank you. I’ve got a number of elections to report the results of. They are listed in order on the Agenda.

The first is the election for Senate Council. Felix Lukezic, College of Agricultural Sciences; Michael Broyles, College of Arts and Architecture; John Bagby, Smeal College of Business Administration; Alan Scaroni, Earth and Mineral Sciences; Alison Carr-Chellman, College of Education; Lynn Carpenter, College of Engineering; Larry Kenney, College of Health and Human Development; Dennis Gouran, College of the Liberal Arts; Peter Jurs, Eberly College of Science; Robert Richards, University Libraries, Combined Departments of Military Science, College of Communications, Dickinson School of Law and Penn State Great Valley Graduate Center; Brian Tormey, Altoona College; Peter Rebane, Abington College; Steven de Hart, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Irwin Richman, Penn State Harrisburg; Alphonse Leure-duPree, College of Medicine; Sandra Smith, The Commonwealth College; and Andrew Romberger, Berks-Lehigh Valley College. That will be the Senate Council for the new year.

Next is the Committee on Committees and Rules. Mark Casteel, Deidre Jago, Louis Geschwindner, Frank Kristine and Jean Landa Pytel are the five members elected to serve a two-year term. Terry Engelder was elected to serve a one-year term.

The University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee: Christopher Bise, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences, UP; Gordon De Jong, College of the Liberal Arts, UP; Andrea Mastro, Eberly College of Science, UP; and Louis Milakofsky, Berks-Lehigh Valley College.

The new members of the Standing Joint Committee on Tenure: Mary Jane Irwin, College of Engineering, UP, Member; and Tramble Turner, Abington College, Alternate.

For the Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities we have three categories: Faculty from University Park: Margaret Lyday, College of the Liberal Arts, Member; Larry Kenney, College of Health & Human Development, Alternate; and Jamie Myers, College of Education, Alternate.

Faculty Other than University Park: Peter Georgopulos, SCI, Delaware Campus, Member; Valerie Stratton, Altoona College, Alternate.

Deans: Robert Steele, Agricultural Sciences, Member and John Dutton, Earth & Mineral Sciences, Alternate.

Elected member of the Faculty Advisory Committee to the President: Gordon De Jong, College of the Liberal Arts, UP.

For the office of Secretary of the Senate: Christopher Bise, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences, University Park.

For Chair-Elect of the Senate: Cara-Lynne Schengrund, College of Medicine. Thank you.

Chair Berkowitz: Thank you, Don.

This is the place in the agenda for the outgoing chair to present his or her closing remarks. Given the length and the substance of today's Agenda, Lou Geschwindner was afraid that I was going to break his record for the longest Senate meeting of the modern era. I say the "modern era" because some of us can remember two-day Senate meetings. But we have completed our work and your record is safe, Lou. Nevertheless, it has been a long meeting so I will forego the temptation to make substantive comments about the Senate's work during the year. You were all here for that, and you were the ones doing the work.

But I do need to say a couple of things before I hand the meeting over to my successor.

First, I want to express my deep appreciation to George Bugyi and the entire staff of the Senate Office--Vickie, Linda and Betsy have each been of enormous help to me during the past year. And Sherry and April in the Senate Curricular Office have been of great help as well.

I would like to express my appreciation to the chairs of our Senate committees as well as the members of the committees for an extraordinarily productive Senate year. If today's Agenda alone had been the output for the entire year, we could have called it a successful year, yet it was only the Agenda for one meeting. I should also give special thanks to Bill Ellis for his excellent work as chair of Student Life. As many of you know, Bill took over the committee in the middle of the year and has really done an outstanding job as committee chair during that time. He will not be returning as a Senator and we will miss his leadership.

Several other people deserve special mention for their efforts during the past year. First, Lou Geschwindner as Immediate Past Chair and Don Fahnline as Senate Secretary. Lou, you were a fine mentor and guide, and I appreciate having been able to call on you for guidance and support throughout the year. Don, your contributions throughout the year have been extraordinary. I don’t know how you managed to balance your teaching assignments with all the travel and Senate work. The Senate--indeed the university--has been enriched by your dedication.

Finally, I should express my appreciation to my wife who has put up with my chaotic schedule for the past year. Thank you for your help and patience.

The last person I must recognize is Murry Nelson, who will now take over as

Senate Chair. I have long admired his work as a Senator, and during the past year I have come to know him and like him as a friend as well. I look forward to his leadership during the coming year. Before I hand the meeting over to Murry, let me take a moment to thank all of you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve as your chair for the past year. It has been one of the great honors and pleasures of my life.

Now, as I hand the meeting over to Murry, I need to provide some words of wisdom and advice. Murry, here is my gift to you.

I had many, many, many hours at University Park during the past year and spent a lot of those hours in the bookstores here. I decided to look for a gift for Murry there. Three weeks ago I found what I thought would be the perfect book--"The Art of Napping." Unfortunately, when I looked a little closer, I discovered that Murry had written the book--so I had to keep on looking.

Murry this is what I found. This book is called "Basketball Shorts." It's a book of wisdom gleaned from basketball players and coaches through the ages. Murry, there is much that you can learn from these pages.

For example, I know how much you like to work out and exercise. May I suggest that you heed the wisdom of Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics, who once said, "I love exercise. I could watch it all day."

There is even advice that will help you get through a Senate year. As you know, our work is not evenly distributed throughout the year. When that disturbs you, remember the words of Robert Parrish (also of the Boston Celtics) who said, "Our consistency has been up and down all year."

And finally a quote that might apply to this very meeting from Jack Craft, former coach of Villanova: "That was the nail that broke the coffin's back."

Good luck, Murry.

Senators: Applause

I want to thank the Faculty Senate for having the faith in me to carry out the responsibilities of this office. I am deeply honored by your support and hope to be able to continually fulfill your highest expectations. I also want to particularly thank outgoing Chair Len Berkowitz for his counsel, his insightfulness and his humor. Len really knows so much about the Senate and the university and he is truly one of our great resources--kind of an unnatural resource, you might say! It comforts me to know that Len will be available to help me in so many ways as I plunge into this position as Chair.

During this past year we have spent a lot of time together. I have gotten to know much about Len and his lovely wife, Karen. I know how much they love to travel, both in this country and abroad, and, because of that and the fact that he and I have been traveling partners, I have a small gift for him. This book contains all the travel commentary that he wishes he had before. Now he does. I will give you a few examples.

Because of the lateness of the hour, I will not make elaborate remarks, but hold them until the fall. I should have the new officers come up. Cara-Lynne and Chris, could you take your seats on the podium? I have known both Cara-Lynne and Chris for many years and worked with them in a number of capacities. They are fine people and the Senate will be well served by having them in these positions. As for my year as chair, I will only make a couple comments now regarding my pledges to you. First, I will not fall asleep in the Senate meeting, which would be hard while standing, but I can do it! Second, I will not do the New York Times crossword in Senate meetings. It will be a challenge but I will work to fulfill at least these two pledges.

None

None

May I have a motion to adjourn? The April 27, 1999 meeting of the University faculty Senate adjourned at 4:28 PM.

C O R R E C T E D C O P Y

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES AND RULES

(Legislative)

[Implementation upon passage by the Senate]

In nominating faculty to serve on the University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee, the Senate Committee on Committee and Rules has traditionally excluded not only Deans but also faculty holding positions with signatory authority in promotion and tenure matters, e.g., division heads and department heads. The following legislation proposes bringing the Standing Rules into line with actual practice.

The Committee on Committees and Rules recommends that the following section of the Standing Rules be modified as follows:

Article III, Section 4

University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee

1. Membership

1. All tenured Professors, Librarians and other faculty of equivalent rank holding full-time standing appointments are eligible for election by the Senate or appointment by the President with the following exclusions:

1. The President's immediate staff
2. The Executive Vice President and Provost of the University's immediate staff
3. Those holding affiliate academic appointments

In order to avoid even the appearance of possible conflicts of interest, the Committee on Committees and Rules has traditionally refrained from nominating certain faculty to the University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee. These faculty are those with signatory authority in promotion and tenure matters. This change to Article III, Section 4 recommended above is meant to clarify the faculty categories that are not eligible for membership on the University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES AND RULES
Leonard J. Berkowitz
Edward W. Bittner
S. Diane Brannon
Barton W. Browning
Mark A. Casteel
Caroline D. Eckhardt, Vice-Chair
Donald E. Fahnline
Louis F. Geschwindner
John H. Harwood
Murry R. Nelson
Laura L. Pauley
Jean Landa Pytel
Nancy J. Wyatt, Chair

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FACULTY AFFAIRS

(Advisory and Consultative)

HR-13 describes procedures for hiring new faculty. The addition of the proposed guidelines is recommended in order to ensure faculty involvement in the process and to have uniformity in the procedures used.

Policy HR-13 RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE FOR HIRING NEW FACULTY

POLICY'S INITIAL DATE: May, 1962

THIS VERSION EFFECTIVE: July 1, 1997

Contents:

Purpose

Recruitment of Candidates

Selection of Candidates

Notification of Candidates

Forms to be Completed by New Regular Faculty Appointees

Optional Forms to be Completed by New Employee

Processing the Forms

Memorandum of Personal Service

To outline responsibilities in the process of hiring new regular faculty members.

The dean of each college is responsible for the staffing of teaching and research positions within the approved budget of that college. Questions regarding the budgeting of such positions should be referred to Budget Resource and Analysis.

1. Within the framework of a college, the recruiting of candidates to staff these positions primarily is the responsibility of the department head, division head, or chief executive officer, as appropriate.

2. As a part of the recruiting procedure, candidates shall be furnished with a copy of the memorandum, Conditions of Academic Employment, prepared by the Office of Human Resources that includes information about:

While the practices in selection of candidates differ in the several colleges, a position will be offered to a candidate only upon the prior approval by the dean as to the candidate and as to the terms of employment.

It is the responsibility of the dean to notify a successful candidate in writing of the offer of employment.

Three copies of a Memorandum of Personal Service will accompany the letter of offer. (See page 4.23 of the General Forms Usage Guide.)

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FACULTY AFFAIRS
Syed S. Andaleeb
Albert A. Anderson
James J. Beatty
Christopher J. Bise
Melvin Blumberg
Joseph L. Cavinato
Wayne R. Curtis
Travis DeCastro
Renee D. Diehl
James M. Donovan
Dorothy H. Evensen
Margaret B. Goldman
Elizabeth A. Hanley
Sabih I. Hayek
Charles W. Hill
Philip A. Klein
Louis Milakofsky
John S. Nichols
Effy Oz
Amy L. Paster
Victor Romero
Dennis C. Scanlon
Cara-Lynne Schengrund, Chair
Robert Secor
Valerie N. Stratton
Tramble T. Turner, V-Chair
J. Randall Woolridge

August 10, 1999August 24, 1999September 14, 1999

September 21, 1999October 5, 1999October 26, 1999

November 2, 1999November 16, 1999December 7, 1999

December 14, 1999January 18, 2000February 1, 2000

February 4, 2000February 15, 2000February 29, 2000

March 3, 2000March 14, 2000March 28, 2000

March 31, 2000April 11, 2000April 25, 2000

ABINGTON COLLEGE
SENATORS (5)
Term Expires 2000
Smith, James F.
Term Expires 2001
Ozment, Judy P.
Term Expires 2002
Rebane, P. Peter
Term Expires 2003
Stace, Stephen
Turner, Tramble T.
Representative on the Senate Council: P. Peter Rebane

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
SENATORS (14)
Term Expires 2000
Calvin, Dennis D.
Lukezic, Felix L.
Roth, Gregory W.
Thomson, Joan
Term Expires 2001
Kuhns, Larry J.
Scanlon, Dennis C.
Term Expires 2002
Barbato, Guy F.
Flores, Hector
Manbeck, Harvey B.
Saunders, Michael C.
Term Expires 2003
Baggett, Connie D.
Hock, Winand K.
Rogers, Gary W.
Steiner, Kim C.
Representative to the Senate Council: Felix L. Lukezic

ALTOONA COLLEGE
SENATORS (6)
Term Expires 2000
Fahnline, Donald E.
Term Expires 2001
Marshall, Louisa J.
Term Expires 2002
Campbell, J. Louis III
Tormey, Brian B.
Term Expires 2003
Borzellino, Joseph E.
Stratton, Valerie N.
Representative on the Senate Council: Brian B. Tormey

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE
SENATORS (8)
Term Expires 2000
Broyles, Michael E.
Kissick, John D.
Term Expires 2001
DeCastro, Travis
Drafall, Lynn E.
Term Expires 2002
Anderson, Albert A.
Lindberg, Darla
Term Expires 2003
McCorkle, Sallie
McGregor, Annie K.
Representative on the Senate Council: Michael E. Broyles

PENN STATE ERIE - THE BEHREND COLLEGE
SENATORS (8)
Term Expires 2000
Englund, Richard B.
Lasher, William C.
Roth, David E.
Term Expires 2001
Irwin, Zachary T.
Yerm Expires 2002
de Hart, Steven A.
McCarty, Ronald L.
Power, Barbara L.
Term Expires 2003
Andeleeb, Syed Saad
Representative on the Senate Council: Steven A. de Hart

BERKS-LEHIGH VALLEY COLLEGE
ALLENTOWN CAMPUS
SENATORS (1)
Term Expires 2000
None
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
None
Term Expires 2003
Gutgold, Nikki
Representative on the Senate Council: Andrew B. Romberger

BERKS-LEHIGH VALLEY COLLEGE
BERKS CAMPUS
SENATORS (3)
Term Expires 2000
None
Term Expires 2001
Milakofsky, Louis
Term Expires 2002
Patterson, Henry
Term Expires 2003
Romberger, Andrew B.
Representative on the Senate Council: Andrew B. Romberger

SMEAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SENATORS (7)
Term Expires 2000
Cavinato, Joseph L.
Trevino, Linda Klebe
Term Expires 2001
Christy, David P.
Term Expires 2002
Harrison, Terry P.
Woolridge, J. Randall
Term Expires 2003
Bagby, John W.
Everett, Peter B.
Representative to the Senate Council: John Bagby

PENN STATE HARRISBURG - THE CAPITAL COLLEGE
SENATORS (6)
Term Expires 2000
Cecere, Joseph
Richman, M. Susan
Term Expires 2001
Richards, Winston A.
Term Expires 2002
De Rooy, Jacob
Term Expires 2003
Blumberg, Melvin
Richman, Irwin
Representative on the Senate Council: Irwin Richman

PENN STATE SCHUYLKILL - THE CAPITAL COLLEGE
SENATORS (4)
Term Expires 2000
Vickers, Anita M.
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
Urenko, John B.
Term Expires 2003
Cardamone, Michael J.
Lippert, John R.
Representative on the Senate Council: Irwin Richman

COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS
SENATORS (3)
Term Expires 2000
Richards, Robert D.
Term Expires 2001
Bettig, Ronald V.
Term Expires 2002
Nichols, John S.
Term Expires 2003
None
Representative on the Senate Council: Robert D. Richards

COLLEGE OF EARTH AND MINERAL SCIENCES
SENATORS (8)
Term Expires 2000
Deines, Peter
Green, David J.
Term Expires 2001
Alexander, Shelton S.
Bise, Christopher J.
Term Expires 2002
Crane, Robert G.
Scaroni, Alan W.
Term Expires 2003
Engelder, Terry
Frank, William M.
Representative on the Senate Council: Alan W. Scaroni

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
SENATORS (6)
Term Expires 2000
Marshall, J. Daniel
Term Expires 2001
Chellman, Alison Carr-
Term Expires 2002
Evensen, Dorothy H.
Nelson, Murry R.
Term Expires 2003
Hunt, Brandon
Myers, Jamie
Representative on the Senate Council: Alison Carr-Chellman

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
SENATORS (25)
Term Expires 2000
Brasseur, James G.
Carpenter, Lynn A.
Engel, Renata S.
Geschwindner, Louis F.
Harmonosky, Catherine M.
Sznaier, Mario
Term Expires 2001
Bernecker, Craig A.
Coraor, Lee D.
Curtis, Wayne R.
Jackson, Thomas N.
Lesieutre, George A.
Pauley, Laura L.
Term Expires 2002
Hayek, Sabih I.
Mayer, Jeffrey S.
Ovaert, Timothy C.
Pangborn, Robert N.
Stoffels, Shelley M.
Ventura, Jose
Term Expires 2003
Baratta, Anthony J.
Dulikravich, George S.
Hurson, Ali R.
Kallas, M. Nabil
Miller, Arthur C.
Pytel, Jean Landa
Varadan, Vasundara V.
Representative on the Senate Council: Lynn A. Carpenter

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
SENATORS (13)
Term Expires 2000
Hanley, Elizabeth A.
Slobounov, Semyon
Yesalis, Charles E.
Term Expires 2001
Burgess, Robert
Fosmire, Gary J.
Ricketts, Robert D.
Term Expires 2002
Caldwell, Linda
Frank, Thomas A.
Holt, Frieda
Preston, Deborah
Term Expires 2003
Kenney, W. Larry
Shea, Dennis
Smith, Carol A.
Eepresentative on the Senate Council: W. Larry Kenney

COLLEGE OF THE LIBERAL ARTS
SENATORS (21)
Term Expires 2000
De Jong, Gordon F.
Klein, Philip A.
Lyday, Margaret M.
Weiss, Beno
Term Expires 2001
LaPorte, Robert
Munn, Mark H.
Myers, David J.
Olson, Jon
Strasser, Gerhard F.
Term Expires 2002
Browning, Barton W.
Eckhardt, Caroline D.
Goldschmidt, Arthur
Peavler, Terry J.
Wanner, Adrian J.
Term Expires 2003
Beaupied, Aida
Foti, Veronique
Gouran, Dennis
Harwood, John T.
Hewitt, Julia
Moore, John W.
Welch, Susan
Representative on the Senate Council: Dennis S. Gouran

EBERLY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
SENATORS (14)
Term Expires 2000
Nixon, B. Tracy
Phillips, Allen T.
Tempelman, Arkady
Ware, Roger P.
Whittam, Thomas S.
Term Expires 2001
Beatty, James J.
Cao, Wenwu
Mitchell, Robert B.
Term Expires 2002
Diehl, Renee D.
Farber, Gregory K.
Jurs, Peter C.
Minard, Robert D.
Schneider, Donald
Term Expires 2003
Anderson, James B.
Representative on the Senate Council: Peter C. Jurs

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
SENATORS (24)
Term Expires 2000
Abt, Arthur
Billingsley, Elizabeth
Goldman, Margaret B.
Sinoway, Lawrence I.
Zelis, Robert
Term Expires 2001
Abendroth, Thomas W.
Cyran, Stephen E.
Ferriss, John A.
Kelley, David K.
Pees, Richard C.
Romano, Paula J.
Sassani, Joseph W. III
Vary, Thomas
Term Expires 2002
Burkhart, Keith
Davis, Dwight
Floros, Joanna
Hill, Charles
Schengrund, Cara-Lynne
Term Expires 2003
Carey, Chris
Demers, Laurence M.
Fedok, Fred G.
Johnson, Ernest W.
Leure-duPree, Alphonse
Rowe, William
Representative on the Senate Council: Alphonse E. Leure-duPree

COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE
BEAVER CAMPUS
SENATORS (2)
Term Expires 2000
Mookerjee, Rajen
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
Chirico, JoAnne
Term Expires 2003
None

DELAWARE CAMPUS
SENATORS (3)
Term Expires 2000
None
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
Wyatt, Nancy J.
Term Expires 2003
Franz, George W.
Georgopulos, Peter D.

DUBOIS CAMPUS
SENATORS (2)
Term Expires 2000
None
Term Expires 2001
Gunderman, Charles F.
Term Expires 2002
None
Term Expires 2003
May, Janet

FAYETTE CAMPUS
SENATORS (2)
Term Expires 2000
None
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
Crawford, James P
Term Expires 2003
Smith, Sandra R.

HAZLETON CAMPUS
SENATORS (2)
Term Expires 2000
Richards, David R.
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
Jago, Deidre E.
Term Expires 2003
None

MCKEESPORT CAMPUS
SENATORS (2)
Term Expires 2000
Walters, Robert A.
Term Expires 2001
Bittner, Edward W.
Term Expires 2002
None
Term Expires 2003
None

MONT ALTO CAMPUS
SENATORS (3)
Term Expires 2000
None
Term Expires 2001
Kristine, Frank J.
Term Expires 2002
Galligan, M. Margaret
Term Expires 2003
Donovan, James M.

NEW KENSINGTON CAMPUS
SENATORS (2)
Term Expires 2000
None
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
Ziegenfus, Ted
Term Expires 2003
Bridges, K. Robert

SHENANGO CAMPUS
SENATORS (2)
Term Expires 2000
Elder, James T.
Term Expires 2001
Berland, Kevin
Term Expires 2002
None
Term Expires 2003
None

WILKES-BARRE CAMPUS
SENATORS (2)
Term Expires 2000
Marsico, Salvatore A.
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
Seybert, Thomas A.
Term Expires 2003
None

WORTHINGTON SCRANTON CAMPUS
SENATORS (3)
Term Expires 2000
Dempsey, Richard F.
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
None
Term Expires 2003
Barnes, David
Barshinger, Richard

YORK CAMPUS
SENATORS (3)
Term Expires 2000
None
Term Expires 2001
Sutton, Jane S.
Term Expires 2002
Casteel, Mark A.
Term Expires 2003
Berkowitz, Leonard J.
The Senate Council representative for the Commonwealth College is Sandra R. Smith.

PENN STATE GREAT VALLEY
SENATORS (2)
Term Expires 2000
None
Term Expires 2001
Oz, Effy
Term Expires 2002
None
Term Expires 2003
Clariana, Roy B.
Representative on the Senate Council: Robert D. Richards

THE DICKINSON SCHOOL OF LAW
SENATORS (2)
Term Expires 2000
None
Term Expires 2001
Romero, Victor
Term Expires 2002
None
Term Expires 2003
Navin, Michael J.
Representative on the Senate Council: Robert D. Richards

COMBINED DEPARTMENTS OF MILITARY SCIENCES
SENATORS (1)
Term Expires 2000
None
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
None
Term Expires 2003
Paladini, Steven M.
Representative on the Senate Council: Robert D. Richards

LIBRARIES
SENATORS (2)
Term Expires 2000
Paster, Amy L.
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
Snavely, Loanne
Term Expires 2003
None
Representative on the Senate Council: Robert D. Richards

SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
SENATORS ( )
Term Expires 2000
Thomas, James B.
Term Expires 2001
None
Term Expires 2002
None
Term Expires 2003
None
Representative on the Senate Council:

ROSTER OF EX OFFICIO AND APPOINTED SENATORS: 1999-2000
Ex Officio Senators: (7)
Rorickson, Rodney A., Executive Vice President/Provost of the University
Cahir, John J., Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education
Pell, Eva J., Interim Vice President for Research/Dean of the Graduate School
Spanier, Graham B., President of the University
Wager, J. James, University Registrar
Porterfield, Neil, Chair, Council of Academic Deans
White, Eric R., Director, Division of Undergraduate Studies

Appointed Senators: (14)
Cheryl Achterberg
P. Richard Althouse
Ingrid M. Blood
Patricia A. Book
Arthur W. Carter
Mary Beth Crowe
W. Terrell Jones
John M. Lilley
John J. Romano
Karen Wiley Sandler
Louise E. Sandmeyer
Robert Secor
Joseph C. Strasser
Billie S. Willits

ROSTER OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SENATORS
Dennis ShifrinAbington
Bobbie Jo DellaBellaAltoona
Frank A. BehumBerks-Lehigh Valley College
Cristin ConradCollege of Agricultural Sciences
Tim HamppCollege of Arts and Architecture
William CampbellSmeal College of Business Administration
Richard NathCollege of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Erika FullertonCollege of Education
Lisa HatcherCollege of Engineering
Helena PochCollege of Health and Human Development
Carly LipsitzCollege of the Liberal Arts
Todd D. EllisEberly College of Science
Ellyn ExleyCollege of Communications
Sean MascollPenn State Erie - The Behrend College
Sean LimricPenn State Harrisburg - The Capital College
Derek R. SchueleinCommonwealth College
Henry AbromsonDivision of Undergraduate Studies

ROSTER OF GRADUATE STUDENT SENATORS
Stephane A. Roy - College of Medicine
Lucia Rohrer-Murphy - Great Valley
R. P. Withington - University Park
Scott Brenneman - Dickinson

SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES AND RULES

Donald Fahnline, Chair, Elections Commission

Our next item on the Agenda is the "Report of Senate Elections." One of the duties of our Senate Secretary, Don Fahnline, is to conduct the elections and make this report to us at this time.

Donald Fahnline, Altoona College: I’ve got a number of elections to report the results of. They are listed in order on the Agenda.

The first is the election for Senate Council. Felix Lukezic, College of Agricultural Sciences; Michael Broyles, College of Arts and Architecture; John Bagby, Smeal College of Business Administration; Alan Scaroni, Earth and Mineral Sciences; Alison Carr-Chellman, College of Education; Lynn Carpenter, College of Engineering; Larry Kenney, College of Health and Human Development; Dennis Gouran, College of the Liberal Arts; Peter Jurs, Eberly College of Science; Robert Richards, University Libraries, Combined Departments of Military Science, College of Communications, Dickinson School of Law and Penn State Great Valley Graduate Center; Brian Tormey, Altoona College; Peter Rebane, Abington College; Steven de Hart, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Irwin Richman, Penn State Harrisburg; Alphonse Leure-duPree, College of Medicine; Sandra Smith, The Commonwealth College; and Andrew Romberger, Berks-Lehigh Valley College. That will be the Senate Council for the new year.

Next is the Committee on Committees and Rules. Mark Casteel, Deidre Jago, Louis Geschwindner, Frank Kristine and Jean Landa Pytel are the five members elected to serve a two-year term. Terry Engelder was elected to serve a one-year term.

The University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee: Christopher Bise, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences, UP; Gordon De Jong, College of the Liberal Arts, UP; Andrea Mastro, Eberly College of Science, UP; and Louis Milakofsky, Berks-Lehigh Valley College.

The new members of the Standing Joint Committee on Tenure: Mary Jane Irwin, College of Engineering, UP, Member; and Tramble Turner, Abington College, Alternate.

For the Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities we have three categories: Faculty from University Park: Margaret Lyday, College of the Liberal Arts, Member; Larry Kenney, College of Health & Human Development, Alternate; and Jamie Myers, College of Education, Alternate.

Faculty Other than University Park: Peter Georgopulos, SCI, Delaware Campus, Member; Valerie Stratton, Altoona College, Alternate.

Deans: Robert Steele, Agricultural Sciences, Member and John Dutton, Earth & Mineral Sciences, Alternate.

Elected member of the Faculty Advisory Committee to the President: Gordon De Jong, College of the Liberal Arts, UP.

For the office of Secretary of the Senate: Christopher Bise, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences, University Park.

For Chair-Elect of the Senate: Cara-Lynne Schengrund, College of Medicine.

Thank you.

Chair Berkowitz: Thank you, Don.

THE FOLLOWING SENATORS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE
APRIL 27, 1999 SENATE MEETING