Penn State Intercom......November 29, 2001

Faculty Senate agenda
set for Dec. 4 meeting

The University Faculty Senate will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, in 112 Kern Graduate Building, University Park. Items to be discussed include:

* Committees and Rules -- changes in Constitution, Article II, Section 5; Standing Rules, Article II, Section 6(e)1; and Standing Rules, Article II, Section 6(f)1 (legislative);

* Undergraduate Education -- revision of Senate Policy 47-20: Basis for Grades (legislative); and new Senate Policy 43-00: Syllabus (legislative);

* Admissions, records, scheduling and student aid -- reserved spaces program (informational);

* Curricular Affairs -- curriculum report of Nov. 20 (informational);

* Undergraduate Education -- summary of student petitions by college, unit or location (informational); and major accomplishments of the Teaching and Learning Consortium -- first two years, John A. Brighton, University professor and chair of the Teaching and Learning Consortium (informational); and

* University Planning -- visual construction report of academic buildings, William J. Anderson Jr., assistant vice president of physical plant (informational); and security briefing -- Thomas R. Harmon, director of Police Services (informational).

Members of the University community may attend. Any member of the University community who is 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 secretary of the Senate, at least four calendar days before the meeting at which the individual wishes to speak.

For information on how to submit major, minor, option or course proposals, the "Guide to Curricular Procedures" is now available on the Web from the Faculty Senate home page at http://www.psu.edu/ufs/.

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