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AGENDA
Penn State Berks Senate
Monday, September 19, 2016
12:15-1:15 PM
Gaige 121
Call to Order
Additions, Corrections, and Approval of Minutes of
April 25, 2016 meeting
Announcements and Reports by the Berks Faculty
Senate Chair
Reports of Officers, University Senators, SGA
President, and Student Senator Vice Chair Maurer
Secretary Greenauer
Senator Ansari
Senator Aynardi
Senator Snyder
SGA President
Student Senator
Comments and Announcements by Administrators Chancellor Hillkirk
Senior Associate Dean Esqueda
Unfinished Business
Motions from Committees Motion from the Executive Committee to approve the meeting dates
(Appendix A)
Motion from the Executive Committee to approve committee chairs
(Appendix B) Amendment to the Penn State Berks Senate Constitution, Executive
Committee (Appendix C)
Informational Reports
Berks Senate Committee Roster (Appendix D)
Berks Senate Committee Charges (standing and other charges) (Appendix
E)
New Legislative Business
Forensic Business
Comments for the Good of the Order
Adjournment
Penn State Berks Senate April 25, 2016
1:00-2:30 PM, Room 121, Gaige Building
Attendees: Martha Aynardi, Amir Barakati, Mike Briggs, Donna Chambers, Tricia Clark, Justin
DiAngelo, Colleen English, Azar Eslam-Panah, Sudip Ghosh, Nathan Greenauer, Bruce Hale, Ben
Infantolino, Samantha Kavky, Mahsa Kazempour, Jim Laurie, Ada Leung, Joseph Mahoney, Cesar
Martinez-Garza, Cliff Maurer, Catherine Mello, Mahdi Nasereddin, Randall Newnham, Shannon
Nowotarski, Matthew Rhudy, Malika Richards, Jeanne Marie Rose, David Sanford, Allison Singles,
Steve Snyder, Terry Speicher, Brett Spencer, Hartono Tjoe, Praveen Veerabhadrappa, Keysha Whitaker,
Donghwan Yoon (Faculty); Marie Smith (Staff); Mike Bartolacci, David Bender, Kim Berry, Dave
Delozier, Paul Esqueda, Walt Fullam, Keith Hillkirk, Janelle Larson, Michelle Mart, John Shank
(Administration); Jessica Hoag (Students)
1. Call to Order
2. Additions, Corrections, and Approval of Minutes of the March 28, 2016 –The Chair
called for corrections, additions to the minutes; hearing none, a vote was called to approve the
minutes; the minutes were approved unanimously.
Announcements and Reports by the Chair – The following faculty members have been
nominated to leadership positions in the Berks Senate for the next academic year as follows:
Chair, Mahdi Nasereddin; Vice Chair, Cliff Maurer; and Secretary, Nathan Greenauer. I was
unable to attend last week’s Senate meeting at University Park, but was informed that we have
a bit of trend now as far as those being selected to chair of the University Senate. Not next
year, but the following year, the chair-elect will be a representative from Penn State Harrisburg
and not University Park; this is very positive news for the commonwealth campuses. The
annual salary survey that the Strategic Planning Committee worked on was given to the
Executive Committee four days prior to the deadline; due to the short time frame allotted, they
were not able to address the document; however, I was able to contact the Senate office and
received the most up-to-date information. A comment was shared by Senator Snyder that the
document that contains all the data on the faculty salary report is inaccessible to the visually
impaired and the Senate office does not want to spend the money to convert it, which is why it
was necessary to go through the proper channels in order to obtain the data.
3. Reports of Officers and University Senators
Vice Chair Nasereddin – No report
Secretary Greenauer – No report
Senator Aynardi – Changes took place within the Senate policy with regard to syllabus.
Faculty are now being asked to post their syllabi electronically and to keep their syllabi up-to-
date so that students have this information throughout the semester. The other update was
regarding changes to minors. There was also some information shared on the basis for grades,
which basically states that students need to determine if they are doing poorly in a course.
Faculty are being asked to come up with a reasonable assessment during mid-semester, which
will give students some indication of their performance. By allowing students with the
opportunity to obtain feedback from faculty, the hope is to prevent students from dropping
courses. We have been hearing for some time that some colleges have very tight windows with
regard to the number of credits student have to have when they meet their entrance
requirements for colleges at University Park and Smeal College of Business is one of them. As
a result of the today’s visit with university leadership, both Drs. Pangborn and Hanes were
upset to hear that Smeal is holding students to 59 credits or they may not transfer into a major,
which is documented. They indicated Smeal is not allowed to do this and they will be having
conversations with Smeal to have this corrected. Faculty may review information on salary
tables by contacting the Senate Office who will provide a link to access this information.
Senator Snyder – This year we were very fortunate to have one of our own, Dr. Mohamad
Ansari, stand in as Chair for the University Senate. Under his leadership, the Senate has
reviewed a mighty 88 reports this year; the average is somewhere around 50, noting half of
those reports were either advisory or legislative. For the record, this indeed is a significant
accomplishment. The SRTE report is about a page long and the rest is two appendixes; one
deals with faculty driven concerns about the SRTE, and the other deals with frequently asked
questions from administrators. This report was in large part prepared by Angela Linse, who is
the Executive Director of the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. She has offered to go
to any campus to speak with faculty and administrators about how we should review the
SRTE’s. Should this body have concerns, I think it would be a good idea to schedule some
kind of an event, within its purview, and invite her to Penn State Berks. Faculty are encouraged
to read the report and to share any comments/concerns they may have with me and they will be
forwarded. One thing to remember is the SRTE is a broad brush stroke document, it was never
meant to be designed to be the only measure for your evaluation and should be used in
conjunction with other things, and should certainly not be used as the only measure for
assessment in personnel decisions (HR). One of the concerns that was reported to the Senate is
that that is not necessarily the case. A concern was shared with regard to reducing the number
of questions on the SRTE, if going to an on-line system, in order to make it more stream-lined.
Senator Snyder shared these concerns may be forwarded; however, their charge was never to
revise the document but to report the concerns and see whether or not there is still validity with
the document. Another questions was raised if this report was in process now and in the fall
will change status from an informational to an advisory report. Senator Snyder commented the
goal is to make this an advisory report; however, the challenge with the committee lies with
how to transform this report, attach it to a policy. This will require guidance from the Senate
Office in order to accomplish this.
SGA President – The SGA President noted this will be her last meeting of the Faculty Senate
and that Joe Chletsos will be the incoming SGA President for next academic year. Penn State’s
Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG) took place this past weekend and
legislation was passed for the University to create a smoking policy task force with the goal of
implementing a smoke-free policy, university-wide. Also legislation was passed requiring
faculty to post their syllabus so that students are more prepared for class. With regard to the
smoke-free policy, Senator Snyder commented he reached out to one of the faculty
representatives that sits on the President’s Advisory Committee and was informed this morning
that it was added to the agenda for consideration, university-wide, hopefully as soon as the fall.
Student Senator – Not present
4. Comments and Announcements by Administrators
Chancellor Hillkirk – The Chancellor thanked the Chair and our Senate Officers for their
leadership and service to the campus this year and commented he looks forward to working
with the new slate of officers for next year. He also thanked and acknowledged Dr. Ansari,
who had a very busy year as Chair of the University Senate and noted, it is good news to know
that in another year there will be another University Senate Chair from a non-University Park
campus.
The Chancellor thanked the Student Government noting they represented Penn State Berks
very well. Recently there was an effort on the part of the CCSG folks for the colleges to step
away from the other campuses and form their own separate body and voice. He noted when
hearing about this, his immediate response was that it was not a good idea because that will
weaken our voice. He was delighted to learn that was exactly the opinion of and response from
our SGA leadership.
The Chancellor acknowledged and congratulated Dr. Nathan Greenauer on receiving the
George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching and Michael Stella on receiving the
PSU Academic Advising Award. He commented both awards were presented at the University
Faculty & Staff Awards ceremony at University Park last week noting several faculty and
administrators from Berks also attended the ceremony. Dr. Mart mentioned Penn State Berks
was the only location, other than Penn State Erie and Behrend to have two award recipients.
Well done.
There are many very positive happenings currently on campus. In particular, Saturday was a
very busy day, we had softball, baseball, tennis, our alumni rugby game, and the color run. I
spent most of the day incognito on campus observing many of these events and was very
pleased with what I saw. Last week we had the play, “Baby with the Bathwater” where our
student actors did a fine job; yesterday was our academic awards ceremony, which was also
very impressive; this evening is our athletics banquet; tomorrow evening is another award
dinner for student teachers.
Provost Jones, Dr. Hanes, Dr. Pangborn and others visited Penn State Berks today. We talked
early this morning about where we are as a campus. In most ways, things are very positive.
I’m delighted our summer enrollment continues to grow. I do have some concerns for the fall,
some if this has to do with things that are out of our control and changes that have taken place.
The offices of student affairs, admissions, and others are working very hard to address these
issues. This is something that we all are going to have to continue to work on going forward.
Although we had a great turnout for our Open House this past Saturday, the competition we
face is not going to go away noting Penn State’s Abington and Brandywine are both in-line to
get student housing. This will create some additional challenges for us internally. It’s going
to mean we need to get continually get better and better at telling our story of the wonderful
opportunities that are available for students here at Penn State Berks. A representative from
strategic communications/marketing at University Park visited Berks today and met with Lisa
Baldi and her staff. We are asking them to work with us in order to improve our external
messaging. Recently, the greater Philadelphia campuses and also Pittsburgh both have gotten
some additional funding support centrally to help with marketing. I conveyed that we would
also really appreciate obtaining additional funding as well. Several opportunities currently at
Penn State Berks were mentioned.
Meetings with the science faculty in their labs have recently taken place; this was done in order
to see what they are currently doing and it was fascinating to learn all they are doing. Many of
the opportunities available to Berks students would not be available to students at University
Park. We need to continue to highlight these important aspects to our prospective and incoming
students.
The campus is looking very beautiful and I would like to acknowledge and compliment the
maintenance crew on a job well done.
Senior Associate Dean Esqueda – As a reminder, commencement will be held on
Saturday, May 7. Many faculty have indicated their participation but more are encourage to
attend. There is still time to RSVP via the link that was previously shared.
In reflecting upon our faculty and the quality of education our students receive, I would like
to highlight three of our students who were presented with the Young Investigator Award at
this year’s Academic Achievement Award Ceremony; they are Michael Anderson, Denise
Castro, and Steven Magluilo; all did an excellent job with their presentations. Also at the
awards ceremony, eight Schreyer Scholar metals were presented, which was a record number
this year.
5. Unfinished Business – None
7. Motions from Committees – None
8. Informational Reports –
Strategic Planning and Budget Committee (Appendix B) – The initial charge of
the committee was to look at the faculty salary structure at Penn State Berks and compare
it with other campuses. The report was not received until April 15, two days after the
committee’s April 13 meeting. Therefore, the focus was shifted to look at the summer
compensation for full time faculties if they chose to teach a second course, and also to
look at adjunct salaries for Penn State Berks. With regard to summer compensation,
according to the current compensation structure, full time faculty receives equivalent of
adjunct compensation. The committee feels in order to maintain Penn State quality, the
summer compensation for full time faculty, who choose to teach a second course, be
exactly equal to the salary of the first course, especially in cases where enrollment is
upwards of ten students. It is deemed appropriate in order to make it worthwhile for the
faculty member. Also, the committee proposes the salary structure of adjunct faculties be
revisited. Often Berks is compared to Penn State Altoona but the committee feels it
would be more beneficial to instead compare Berks adjunct rates with the other area
colleges instead. The Chancellor thanked Committee Chair Ghosh for his report but
wanted to point out a few corrections to statements made. First, the comparisons between
Penn State Berks with Penn State Abington and Penn State Altoona do not concern
adjuncts salaries, those relate to full-time faculty salaries. Those are the other Penn State
stand-alone colleges that are most similar to Berks in terms of not having graduate
programs. The point that is in the report about comparisons with the other colleges that
are in Berks County are very relevant and that’s what we do. We compete with them. If
you are an adjunct or a part-time faculty member, you are, in a sense, a private contractor.
It is a free market. It is very important that everyone understands this, we have a budget
at Penn State Berks, we don’t have multiple budgets and out of that budget comes all of
your salaries. The Chancellor commented in all honesty, my top priority is our full time
faculty and staff. You are the heart and soul of Penn State Berks. This is not to suggest
that I am not concerned with adjunct salary piece; however, I feel the need to be very
frank with you about what my top priorities are. A question was posed as to the
reasoning why the charge was for an informational report as opposed to an advisory
report given that two recommendations were put forth. The Senate Chair commented it
was put forth after the Executive Committee meeting, which was a logistical misstep and
was put forth in pieces and not in a complete manner and did not get the approval of the
entire Executive Committee.
9. New Legislative Business – None
10. Forensic Business – None
11. Comments for the Good of the Order – A comment was shared by the faculty athletic
representative for intercollegiate athletics noting a lot of hard work was done this year in making
substantial changes to University Faculty Senate Policy 6700, which has to do with eligibility,
approved schedules, and so forth. This year, we were finally able to get through a package where
we totally separated our rules and regulations for the Division III college campuses from University
Park. Now, many of the rules we made are more relevant to our situation and we feel this will
make a big improvement going forward.
12. Adjournment
Appendix A
Penn State Berks Senate Meeting Dates,
Fall 2016 – Spring 2017 (Approved by the Penn State Berks Senate Executive Committee)
Meeting times 12:15-1:15
Senate Meetings
Monday, September 19, 2016
Monday, October 24, 2016
Monday, November 28, 2016
Monday, January 30, 2017
Monday, February 27, 2017
Monday, April 10, 2017
Executive Committee
Monday, August 29, 2016
Monday, October 10, 2016
Monday, November 14, 2016
Monday, January 9, 2017
Monday, February 13, 2017
Monday, March 27, 2017
Appendix B
Committee Chairs of the Penn State Berks Senate
Fall 2016 – Spring 2017 (Approved by the Penn State Berks Senate Executive Committee)
Chairs of the Penn State Berks Senate Committees
Committee Chairperson Phone e-mail Term
expires
Academic Affairs Hassan Gourama 396-6121 [email protected] 2017
Executive Mahdi Nasereddin 396-6311 [email protected] 2017
Faculty Affairs Cliff Maurer 396-6403 [email protected] 2017
Intercollegiate Athletics Katie Amaral 396-6329 [email protected] 2017
Physical Facilities and Safety Jennifer Hillman 396-6147 [email protected] 2017
Strategic Planning and Budget Malika Richards 396-6096 [email protected] 2017
Student Life Amy Berger 396-6452 [email protected] 2017
Appendix C
Amendment to the
PENN STATE BERKS SENATE CONSTITUTION
Article IV
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(Legislative)
Rationale: In response to the increased committee work, the Berks
Senate Executive Committee recommends establishment of the vice
chair position for the six Standing Committees.
Recommendation: Additions are in bold and italics.
SECTION 1 DUTIES
(a) Consult with standing committee chairs to develop and prioritize agenda items;
(b) Charge each standing committee for the upcoming year (and revise that charge as
necessary);
(c) Call Senate meetings;
(d) Set agenda for Penn State Berks Senate meetings;
(e) Call meetings of a Campus Faculty Assembly;
(f) Act for the Senate in all matters, except changes to the Constitution, and Standing
Rules,
(1) when a Penn State Berks Senate meeting has been appropriately called and a
quorum has not been obtained,
(2) in the case of a special concern or an extraordinary emergency circumstance.
(g) Appoint standing committee members based upon expressed interests of faculty, and a
diversity of disciplines and functions in the campus.
(h) In consultation with the Senate Chair, Executive Committee shall appoint the
leadership (Chair and Vice Chair) of all Standing Committees of the Berks Senate.
(i) Nominate faculty to administrative committees and joint Senate/administrative
committees on which faculty are asked to serve.
(j) Serve as nominations and elections committee for elections of officers, University
Senators, ombudsman, advisory board members, and any other campus or campus-
wide offices under the auspices of the Senate.
(k) Serve as liaison between the Penn State Berks Senate and Administration.
Appendix D
Committee Roster of the Penn State Berks Senate
Fall 2016 – Spring 2017 (Approved by the Penn State Executive Committee)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(7 members, 7 voting, quorum = 4)
Member Title Phone e-mail Term expires
Mahdi Nasereddin Chair
University Faculty Senator 396-6311 [email protected] 2017/2017
Mike Bartolacci Past Chair
University Faculty Senator 396-6175 [email protected] 2017/2017
Cliff Maurer Vice Chair 396-6403 [email protected] 2017
Nathan Greenauer Secretary 396-6099 [email protected] 2017
Mohamad A. Ansari Parliamentarian
University Faculty Senator 396-6129 [email protected] 2017/2020
Martha Aynardi University Faculty Senator 396-6228 [email protected] 2020
Steve Snyder University Faculty Senator 396-6277 [email protected] 2019
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
(12 members, 9 voting)
Member Title Phone e-mail Term expires
Christian Weisser Representatives
from HASS Division
396-6416 [email protected] 2018
Holly Ryan 396-6333 [email protected] 2017
Matthew Rhudy Representatives
from EBC Division
396- 6389 [email protected] 2018
William Bowers 396-6276 [email protected] 2018
Hassan Gourama
(Chair)
Representatives
from Science Division 396-6121 [email protected] 2018
Shannon
Nowotarski 396-6005 [email protected] 2017
Alexandria
Chisholm Library Representative 2018
Michael Bartolacci University Curricular Affairs
Representative 396-6175 [email protected] 2018
Paul Esqueda Associate Dean (non-voting) 396-6417 [email protected] n/a
Dave Bender Registrar 396-6090 [email protected] n/a
Lisa Glass Acting Chief Information
Officer (non-voting) 396-6190 [email protected] n/a
Diana Rodriguez Student Representative 396-6289 [email protected] 2017
FACULTY AFFAIRS
(8 members, 7 voting)
Member Title Phone e-mail Term expires
Clifford Maurer
(Chair) Representatives
from EBC Division
396-6403 [email protected] 2017
Nick Saluzzi 396-6125 [email protected] 2018
Erin Johnson Representatives
from HASS Division
396-6143 [email protected] 2017
Michelle Mart 396-6180 [email protected] 2018
James Karlinsey Representatives
from Science Division
396-6182 [email protected] 2017
Ali Alikhani-Koopaei 396- 6212 [email protected] 2018
Steven Snyder University Faculty Affairs
Representative
396-6277
[email protected] 2017
Paul Esqueda Associate Dean (non-voting) 396-6417 [email protected] n/a
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
(13 members, 13 voting)
Member Title Phone e-mail Term expires
Edwin Sauer Representatives
from EBC Division
396-6364 [email protected] 2018
Sudip Ghosh 396-6346 [email protected] 2018
Catherine Catanach Representatives
from HASS Division
396-6159 [email protected] 2018
Samantha Kavky 396-6398 [email protected] 2018
Katie Amaral (Chair) Representatives
from Science Division
396-6329 [email protected] 2018
Praveen
Veerabhadrappa 396-6009 [email protected] 2018
Bruce Hale Faculty Athletic
Representative 396-6156 [email protected] 2017
Teri Sabatelli Director of Student Affairs 396-6061 [email protected] 2017
Lisa Deibler Berks Athletic Director 396-6162 [email protected] n/a
Adrian Munteau Varsity Coach 484-769-8128 [email protected] n/a
Raymond Jones Student Senator 396-6289 [email protected] 2017
Patrick McCarty
Student Representatives
396-6289 [email protected] 2017
PHYSICAL FACILITIES AND SAFETY
(9 members, 8 voting)
Member Title Phone e-mail Term expires
Azar Eslam Panah Representatives
from EBC Division
396-6181 [email protected] 2018
Khaled Abdou 396-6173 [email protected] 2017
Jennifer Hillman
(Chair) Representatives
from HASS Division
396-6147 [email protected] 2017
Brenda Russell 396-6014 [email protected] 2018
Helen Hartman Representatives
from Science Division
396-6201 [email protected] 2017
Valerie Cholet 396-6418 [email protected] 2017
Tricia Clark At-Large-Representative 396-6349 [email protected] 2017
Kim Berry Campus Chief Operating
Officer (non-voting) 396-6260 [email protected] n/a
Michael Serago Student Representative 396-6289 [email protected] 2017
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGET
(10 members, 8 voting)
Member Title Phone e-mail Term expires
Ada Leung Representatives
from EBC Division
396-6186 [email protected] 2018
Malika Richards
(Chair) 396 6096 [email protected] 2018
Lauren Martin Representatives
from HASS Division
396-6214 [email protected] 2018
Keysha Whitaker 396-6134 [email protected] 2018
Daniel Litvin Representatives
from Science Division
396-6144 [email protected] 2017
Maureen Dunbar 396-6328 [email protected] 2018
Randall Newnham At-Large Representative 396-6177 [email protected] 2017
Dennis Mays Campus Financial
Officer (non-voting) 396-6042 [email protected] n/a
Jayne Park-Martinez Representative, Planning, Research,
and Assessment (non-voting) 396-6386 [email protected] n/a
Ryan Morris Student Representative 396-6289 [email protected] 2017
STUDENT LIFE
(12 members, 8 voting)
Member Title Phone e-mail Term expires
Amir Barakati Representatives
from EBC Division
396-6340 [email protected] 2018
Mike Simon 396-6448 [email protected] 2018
Amy Berger (Chair) Representatives
from HASS Division
396-6452 [email protected] 2018
Catherine Mello 396-6324 [email protected] 2018
Justin DiAngelo Representatives
from Science Division
396-6441 [email protected] 2017
Alexei Prokudin 396-6160 [email protected] 2018
Robert Forrey At-Large Representative 396-6366 [email protected] 2018
Teri Sabatelli Director of Student Affairs
(non-voting) 396-6061 [email protected] n/a
Lindsay Tucker Student Representative 396-6289 [email protected] 2017
Appendix E
Committee Charges, Penn State Berks Senate
Fall 2016 (Informational Report Approved by the Penn State Senate Executive Committee)
Berks Senate Committee Charges
Academic Affairs
1. Approve or disapprove new courses, programs, and other curricular proposals in
accordance with University and campus curricular procedures.
2. Publicize and invite comment on all new course, program and other curricular
proposals at least two weeks prior to the committee's final action on such matters.
3. Approve or disapprove all other curricular matters.
4. Review and evaluate academic planning, including enrollment projections and
faculty requirements.
5. Approve or disapprove academic admissions standards.
6. Communicate and serve as liaison with other Senate committees where duties
overlap.
7. Advise academic support activities, including Learning Center(s) and Writing
Centers(s).
8. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations on technology matters when
relevant to course delivery and other curricular matters.
9. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations on issues relating to enrollment
and retention programs and policies.
10. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations on academic matters, including but
not limited to credit and non-credit instruction through continuing and distance
education, instruction through computer networks, media, technical assistance
programs, and cooperative extension activities.
11. Investigate increased reports academic integrity violations (informational report)
[November]
12. Review RACC articulation agreement
Faculty Affairs
1. Advise and consult with the Chancellor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
regarding policies concerning faculty. Make recommendations to Senate on
policies concerning faculty.
2. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations relating to professional, cultural,
social, and material welfare of faculty.
3. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations on policies relating to faculty
workload; faculty development; promotion and tenure policies and procedures;
evaluation of faculty performance; methods of instruction evaluation; faculty
leaves, including sabbatical leaves; faculty rights, including academic freedom;
and affirmative action and equal opportunity.
4. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations on procedures for faculty searches.
5. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations on policies pertaining to faculty
awards.
6. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations on policies pertaining to faculty
research, including internal faculty grants and travel money.
7. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations on technology matters pertaining
to faculty research.
8. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations on policies pertaining to faculty
service.
9. Review implementation of HR21 as it relates to promotion of fixed term faculty,
including timeline and detailed list of documents [November]
10. Review procedure for Faculty Awards guidelines and recommend a timeline for
process (Advisory/Consultative report) [October]
11. Consideration of $1000/credit for adjunct faculty (Advisory/Consultative report)
[March]
12. Review role of SRTE scores to evaluate faculty (Informational) [April]
Intercollegiate Athletics
1. Responsible to the Berks Senate for all intercollegiate athletic programs at the
Berks Campus as they relate to the University’s academic and educational
objectives.
2. Shall include all teams and individuals representing the Berks Campus with
significant off-University activity.
3. Shall consider policies on eligibility of students for intercollegiate athletics;
approve intercollegiate athletic schedules as they affect academic standards and
distribute this approval to the University-wide Intercollegiate Athletics
Committee; and help promote a sound academic climate for the intercollegiate
athletic programs at Berks campus.
4. Shall meet with responsible administrators and others concerning the
intercollegiate athletic programs at Penn State Berks that offer intercollegiate
competition. It shall make a particular effort to seek the views of students
participating in these intercollegiate athletic programs.
5. Shall serve also as an advisory committee to the Chancellor of the Berks campus
on the operation of the intercollegiate programs.
6. Subject to the general authority of the Chancellor of Berks, it shall initiate new
policies, or review existing policies, which govern these intercollegiate athletic
programs. While these policies shall guide the Department of Intercollegiate
Athletics and administrators at Berks, the Committee shall not act in an
administrative or executive capacity.
7. Shall develop recommendations to the Chancellor of the Berks campus on matters
affecting the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC), the other Penn State
Division
8. 3 campus athletic programs, the University-wide Intercollegiate Athletic
Committee, the NCAA, and other national athletic governance bodies in which
the University holds membership and shall work closely with the faculty
representatives in establishing the University’s formal vote to these organizations.
9. At the request of the Chancellor of the Berks campus the committee may consider
other issues affecting the various athletic programs under the Chancellor’s
jurisdiction.
10. Shall report on its activities to the Berks Senate at least annually.
Physical Facilities and Safety
1. Review plans and make recommendations regarding construction, renovation, and
physical development of the campus.
2. Assess and make recommendations regarding space use and assignments.
3. Assess and make recommendations regarding safety and security.
4. Assess and make recommendations regarding parking policies.
5. Review cost savings, efficacy, and compliance of the Energy Savings and
Recycling Programs annually and make recommendations for improving faculty,
staff, and student environmental stewardship at the Berks Campus by submitting
an annual informational report to the Berks Senate. Berks Senate Standing Rules
17
Strategic Planning and Budget
1. Regularly provide the Senate with current information on the campus operating
budget and the use and development of campus financial resources.
2. Present to the Senate the annual proposed Campus operating budget.
3. Monitor and regularly report to the Senate specific budget information related to
the academic budget of the campus, including but not limited to new positions,
travel, departmental/divisional allotments, faculty development, etc.
4. Regularly report to the Senate progress on the development and execution of the
Campus Strategic Plan.
5. Represent the Faculty Senate in the campus strategic planning process.
6. Review the annual University Faculty Senate Informational Report on Faculty
Salaries as it relates to the Berks Campus and submit an informational report to
the Berks Senate.
Student Life
1. Review and make recommendations regarding policies on all aspects of student
life in the Campus not specifically covered by other committees, including but not
limited to:
a. career development and placement;
b. housing policies;
c. student conduct;
d. student organizations and clubs;
e. co-curricular activities; Berks Senate Standing Rules 18
f. athletics;