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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


Cliff Maurer Vice Chair 396-6403 [email protected] 2017

Nathan Greenauer Secretary 396-6099 [email protected] 2017

Mohamad A. Ansari Parliamentarian


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)


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

mailto:[email protected]



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



Clifford Maurer

(Chair) Representatives

from EBC Division


Nick Saluzzi 396-6125 [email protected] 2018

Erin Johnson Representatives

from HASS Division


Michelle Mart 396-6180 [email protected] 2018

James Karlinsey Representatives

from Science Division


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







Edwin Sauer Representatives

from EBC Division


Sudip Ghosh 396-6346 [email protected] 2018

Catherine Catanach Representatives

from HASS Division


Samantha Kavky 396-6398 [email protected] 2018

Katie Amaral (Chair) Representatives



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


PHYSICAL FACILITIES AND SAFETY



Azar Eslam Panah Representatives

from EBC Division


Khaled Abdou 396-6173 [email protected] 2017




Jennifer Hillman

(Chair) Representatives

from HASS Division


Brenda Russell 396-6014 [email protected] 2018

Helen Hartman Representatives



Valerie Cholet 396-6418 [email protected] 2017

Tricia Clark At-Large-Representative 396-6349 [email protected] 2017

Kim Berry Campus Chief Operating


Michael Serago Student Representative 396-6289 [email protected] 2017

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGET



Ada Leung Representatives

from EBC Division


Malika Richards

(Chair) 396 6096 [email protected] 2018

Lauren Martin Representatives

from HASS Division


Keysha Whitaker 396-6134 [email protected] 2018

Daniel Litvin Representatives



Maureen Dunbar 396-6328 [email protected] 2018

Randall Newnham At-Large Representative 396-6177 [email protected] 2017

Dennis Mays Campus Financial


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



Amir Barakati Representatives

from EBC Division


Mike Simon 396-6448 [email protected] 2018

Amy Berger (Chair) Representatives

from HASS Division


Catherine Mello 396-6324 [email protected] 2018

Justin DiAngelo Representatives



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.


research, including internal faculty grants and travel money.

7. Review, evaluate, and make recommendations on technology matters pertaining

to faculty research.


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;

g. multicultural issues.

2. Make recommendations regarding the quality of student life and the functions of

the Office of Student Affairs.

3. Work with the SGA when requested.

4. Serve in a consultative and advisory capacity to the Director of Student Affairs.

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