Click here for my notes from the Commonwealth Caucus meeting on Monday, December 3, 2018. Go here for my notes from the University Faculty Senate meeting on December 4, 2018.
The full Senate agenda and presentations are on the Senate website.
Here are some items that came up during the University Faculty Senate and Commonwealth Caucus meetings on December 3rd and 4th, 2018.
Penn State 2025 is a new initiative to re-organize academics at Penn State. Here are three stories that talk about it. This is still at the conceptual stage. We don’t yet know exactly what form it will take:
- Here’s a link to the presentation to the board of Trustees: https://www.psu.edu/ur/newsdocuments/One_Penn_State_2025.pdf
- Official news from September: https://news.psu.edu/story/536698/2018/09/14/administration/president-barron-unveils-vision-%E2%80%98one-penn-state-2025%E2%80%99
- From November 2018, an article on the University looking for efficiency https://news.psu.edu/story/547077/2018/11/08/administration/university-explores-opportunities-efficiency-and-achieving
Reiminaging IT was presented by the Vice-President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Michael Kubit. The planning and discussions for the project will be speeded up in 2018. Here is the project website: http://rit.psu.edu/ You can get more information on IT resources at the University level at the IT website: http://it.psu.edu/
Michael Bérubé, Chair, University Faculty Senate, recommended that everyone take a look at the Academic Integrity Task Force Final Report. I have put a copy on the MAFS web site here. The Senate is looking for comments. You can add comments on the Faculty Senate Discussion Forum.
And for something different, faculty participation in the campus strategic planning process.
Peter Linehan
pel2@psu.edu