SENATE From the Senate Chair

The following agenda is published in accordance with the Faculty Senate Rules. Any member of the standing faculty can attend SEC meetings and observe.  Questions may be directed to Senate Chair Neville Strumpf at (215) 898-8802, or by e-mail at strumpf@nursing.upenn.edu.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Room 205 College Hall, 2:30 to 5 p.m.

I.      Approval of the minutes of March 22, 2006 (1 minute)

II.    Chair’s Report (15 minutes)

        A. Proposed Changes to Council Bylaws

        B. Proposed Changes to Senate Rules

        C. Update on Senate Rules

        D. Relationship of Penn Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty (PASEF) to SEC

III.   Past Chair’s Report (3 minutes)

IV.   Presentation from the Dean of Admissions, Willis J. Stetson (45 minutes)

        Recent information regarding Tuition changes can be found at:
www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v52/n27/admissions.html
www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v52/n27/tuition.html

V.    Discussion of “Teaching a Family Member” (enclosure) (10 minutes)

VI.   Impact of Decreases in NIH Funding and its Effects on the University (20 minutes)

        Dr. Steven Fluharty, Associate Vice Provost for Research

VII. Ballot for the Committee on Committees