1. Senate Council Meeting
August 14, 2012

2. Call to Order
 Cell Phones off
 Video Participants
 Welcome all around
 Cheer our Parliamentarian: Mohamad Ansari
 Welcome Kathleen Bieschke; Admin. Fellow
 Introductions

3. Approval of Minutes
 April 10, 2012 meeting
 July 18, 2012 Meeting

4. Announcements and Remarks
 New Senator Qworkshop
 Senate Campus visits
 Standing Committee Charges
 Sponsoring DUS Conference: Deconstructing
Decision Making

5. Announcements and Remarks
 Transparency Project
 Greater engagement
 More grass roots involvement
 Senate Council
 Go Green!
 More news:. . . . . . .

6. 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

7. Comments From Administrative
Members
 Interim Provost Pangborn
 Vice Provost Academic Affairs Bowen

8. Comments From Senate Members
 Senate Officers
 Executive Director Youtz

9. Action Items
 Unit Constitution RevisionsBerks
 DuBois
 Mt. Alto
 Approval of Unit Constitution Subcommittee
Members
 External Matters Sub Committee
 Approval of members
 Announcement of charge

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. New Business
 John Nousek proposed resolution
 Other new business

16. Adjournment