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Senate Executive Committee Agenda

Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Faculty Club, Inn at Penn
2:30 to 5 p.m.—Reception to Follow

1. Approval of Minutes (1 Minute)

2. Chair’s Report (5 Minutes)

3. Past Chair’s Report on Academic Planning and Budget and Capital Council (5 Minutes)

4. Review of Revisions to the Procedure Governing Sanctions Taken Against Members of the Faculty (Handbook II.E.16) (45 Minutes)

Guests: Mark Tykocinski, Chair, Senate Committee on Administration, and Janice Bellace, Associate Provost

5. Review of Senate Rule Changes and General Charges for Standing Committees (15 Minutes)

6. Proposals for Modification of the Research Track, and revised Handbook language to the Extension of the Probationary Periods that Apply to Granting of Tenure or Promotion to Associate Professor (45 Minutes)

Guests: Arthur Rubenstein, EVP for the UPHS and Dean, SOM and Alan Wasserstein, Vice Dean for Medical Faculty Affairs, SOM

7. Discussion on University Retiree Task Force Report (45 Minutes)

Guests: Interim Provost Peter Conn, Associate Provost Janice Bellace and Olivia Mitchell, Chair, Retiree Task Force

8. New Business

9. Adjournment