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COUNCIL: Call for Volunteers for 2017-2018 Committee Service: March 22

To:      Members of the University Faculty, Penn Professional Staff Assembly, and Weekly-Paid Professional Staff Assembly

From: 2016-2017 University Council Committee on Committees

RE:     Volunteers Needed for Committee Service

The University Council’s 2016-2017 Committee on Committees invites you to nominate yourself or others for service on one of the University Council’s standing committees. Council committees serve as advisory bodies in shaping academic/administrative policy. Please consider this unique opportunity to have input into the University’s decision-making processes.

Membership on these committees is open to all faculty and staff, including those who have not previously served. We invite individuals who have previously served to volunteer again in order to achieve a mix of new ideas and committee experience. Most committees also are open to students; their participation is already being solicited through other channels.

Please submit your nominations by March 22  using the form below.

Council committees typically meet for one-to-two hours per month during the academic year. To support staff participation, offices are strongly encouraged to provide flexibility and release time to the greatest extent possible so that staff members may fully participate. We encourage staff and supervisors to work together to arrange release time in recognition of the operational needs of their school/center, and we encourage staff members to provide as much notice as possible in scheduling time for attendance at these meetings.

Please review committees’ recent annual reports for more information on the specific nature of its work. These reports are published in Almanac and can be accessed via the University Council website: http://www.upenn.edu/secretary/council/committees.html

2016-2017 University Council Committee on Committees

Chair: Santosh Venkatesh (SEAS, Faculty Senate Chair-Elect)

Faculty: Mitchell Berman (Law)
Eileen Lake (Nursing)
Michael McGarvey (PSOM)
Laura Perna (GSE, Faculty Senate Chair)
Reed Pyeritz (PSOM, Faculty Senate Past Chair)
Melissa Wilde (SAS)

Students: TBD (Graduate Student)
David Scollan (C’17)

PPSA: Heather Kelley-Thompson (Future of Penn Nursing Scholars Program)

WPPSA: Loretta Hauber (Weingarten Learning Resources Center)

Staff to the Council Committee on Committees: Joseph Gasiewski (Office of the University Secretary) 
Patrick Walsh (Office of the Faculty Senate)

Committees And Their Work

Academic and Related Affairs has cognizance over matters of undergraduate recruiting, admissions, and financial aid that concern the University as a whole or those that are not the specific responsibility of individual faculties; of all programs in recreation, intramural and club sports, and intercollegiate athletics; and of all matters of policy relating to research and the general environment for research at the University, including the assignment and distribution of indirect costs and the assignment of those research funds distributed by the University. The Committee considers the purposes of a university bookstore. It advises the administration on policies, developments and operations of the bookstores and libraries; in such areas as international student services, foreign fellowships and studies abroad, exchange programs, and cooperative undertakings with foreign universities; on athletic operations and recommends changes in policy when appropriate; and on those proposals for sponsored research referred to it because of potential conflict with University policy.

Campus and Community Life has cognizance over the University’s electronic and physical communications and public relations activities; advises on the relationship of the University to the surrounding community; has cognizance of the conditions and rules of undergraduate and graduate student life on campus; and considers and recommends the means to improve safety and security on campus.

Facilities keeps under review the planning and operation of the University’s physical plans and all services associated therewith, including transportation and parking.

Honorary Degrees is charged with soliciting recommendations for honorary degrees from faculty, staff and students and submits nominations to the Trustee Committee on Honorary Degrees.

Personnel Benefits has cognizance over the benefits programs for all University personnel. Special expertise in personnel, insurance, taxes or law is often helpful.

Diversity and Equity aids Penn in fostering and taking full advantage of its diversity as well as in strengthening ties across all boundaries to enrich and enliven the campus community. The Committee advises the offices of the president, provost, and the executive vice presidents on ways to develop and maintain a supportive atmosphere on campus for the inclusion and appreciation of diversity among all members of the University community. The Committee reviews and provides advice regarding the University’s equal opportunity and affirmative action programs and policies. The areas in which the Committee reports to the Council include diversity within the educational and work settings, integration of staff and faculty into the larger campus community, and ways to foster a campus environment that is inclusive and supportive of difference.

NOTE: Faculty who wish to serve on the Committee on Open Expression also may use the form below. Nominations will be forwarded to the appropriate Faculty Senate committee. Please forward names and contact information to Patrick Walsh, Faculty Senate Office, Box 12 College Hall/6303, tel. (215) 898-6943; fax (215) 898-0974 or email at senate@pobox.upenn.edu

 

Please respond by March 22, 2017.

For FACULTY volunteers, mail the form to: Patrick Walsh, Faculty Senate Office, Box 12 College Hall/6303, tel. (215) 898-6943; fax (215) 898-0974 or email at senate@pobox.upenn.edu

For PENN PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSEMBLY volunteers, mail to Heather Kelley-Thompson, Future of Nursing Scholars Program, Suite 303, 418 Curie Blvd./4217, tel. (215) 898-9836; or email at hkelley@nursing.upenn.edu

For WEEKLY-PAID PROFESSIONAL STAFF ASSEMBLY volunteers, mail to Loretta Hauber, Weingarten Learning Resources Center, Ste 300, 3702 Spruce St./6027, tel. (215) 573-9235; or email at lhauber@upenn.edu

Committee(s) of interest:___________________________________________________

Candidate:  _____________________________________________________________

Title or Position: _________________________________________________________

Department:  ____________________________________________________________

Campus Address (including mail code): _______________________________________

Campus Phone and Email: _________________________________________________

Please specify if you think that you or your nominee are especially qualified for or 
interested in serving on a particular committee.  ____________________________

 
 
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