COUNCIL

Call for Volunteers for 1999-2000 Committee Service: Deadline April 20

To:
University Faculty, Penn Professional Staff Assembly, and A-3 Members
 
From:
1998-99 University Council Committee on Committees
 
RE:
Volunteers Needed for Committee Service

The University Council 1998-99 Committee on Committees invites you to nominate yourself or others for service on University Council Committees. Council committees serve as advisory bodies in shaping academic/administrative policy, in the administration of honorary degrees and long-term disability, and in assisting the administration of operations such as the bookstore and libraries. Please consider taking advantage of this opportunity to learn about the administrative structure of the University and have input into its decision making.

Membership on the committees listed is open to both faculty and staff and we invite individuals who have previously served to volunteer again. We also encourage faculty and staff who have not previously participated to volunteer so that committees may have a mix of new ideas and experience. Most committees are also open to students; their participation is being solicited through other channels.

Please submit nominations by April 20, 1999, using the form at right.

To have an idea of a particular committee's work, you may wish to review their 1997-98 annual report printed in Almanac on the following dates:

Community Relations and Student Affairs Committees, 11/10/98;

Pluralism, Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics, and Safety and Security, 4/21/98;

Facilities, 11/24/98;

Bookstore, Communications, International Programs, Library, Open Expression, Personnel Benefits, and Research Committees are in a center insert to this issue.

These published reports can also be found on the PennWeb via Almanac's homepage: www.upenn.edu/almanac; or you may fax requests for back issues to Almanac at (215) 898-9137.

1998-99 University Council

Committee on Committees

 

Chair:
Martin Pring (physiology/medicine)
 
Faculty:
Seymour Mandelbaum (city & regional planning)
John Richetti (English)
Cynthia Scalzi (nursing)
Susan Sturm (law)
 
Students:
Tiffany Keebaugh (GAPSA); Nick Goad (UA Nominations and Elections Committee)
 
PPSA:
Pat Rose (Career Services)
 
A-3:
Deborah Smiley-Koita (Career Services)
Ex officio:Peter Conn (English)
(Faculty Senate chair-elect)
 
Staff to the Council Committee on Committees:
Tram Nguyen (Office of the Secretary)
 
Staff to the Faculty Subcommittee:
Carolyn P. Burdon (Office of the Faculty Senate)

 Committees and their Work:

Admissions and Financial Aid Committee considers matters of undergraduate and graduate/professional recruiting, admissions, and financial aid that concern the University as a whole or those that are not the specific responsibility of individual faculties.

Bookstore Committee considers the purposes of a university bookstore and advises the director on policies, developments, and operations.

Communications Committee has cognizance over the University's electronic and physical communications and public relations activities.

Community Relations Committee advises on the relationship of the University to the surrounding community.

Disability Board continually evaluates the disability plan, monitors its operation, and oversees the processing of applications for benefits and the review of existing disability cases.

Facilities Committee keeps under review the planning and operation of the University's physical plant and all associated services.

Honorary Degrees Committee does most of its work, intensively, during the fall term; solicits recommendations for honorary degrees from faculty and students and submits nominations to the Trustees.

International Programs Committee is advisory to the director of international programs in such areas as international student services, foreign fellowships and studies abroad, exchange programs, and cooperative undertakings with foreign universities.

Library Committee is advisory to the directors of libraries on policies, development and operations.

Personnel Benefits Committee deals with the benefits programs for all University personnel. Special expertise in personnel, insurance, taxes or law is often helpful.

Pluralism Committee advises on ways to develop and maintain a supportive atmosphere for all members of the University community.

Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics Committee has cognizance of all programs in recreation, intramural and club sports, and intercollegiate athletics; advises the athletic director on operations and recommends changes in policy when appropriate.

Safety and Security Committee considers and recommends the means to improve safety and security on the campus.

Student Affairs Committee has cognizance of the conditions and rules of undergraduate and graduate student life on campus.

Note: Faculty who wish to serve on the Research Committee or Committee on Open Expression may use the form below. Please do not use e-mail. Nominations will be forwarded to the appropriate Faculty Senate committee. Please forward names and contact information to Carolyn P. Burdon, Faculty Senate Office, Box 12 College Hall/6303, tel. 898-6943; fax 898-0974.

 Call for Volunteers for 1999-2000 Committee Service

Please respond by April 20, 1999

For Faculty volunteers, mail the form below to: Carolyn P. Burdon, Faculty Senate Office, Box 12 College Hall/6303. Please do not use e-mail.

For Penn Professional Staff Assemably volunteers, mail to Patricia Rose, Director, Career Services, Suite 20, McNeil/6209, or e-mail at ppsa@pobox.

For A-3 volunteers, mail to Donna Arthur or mail T-113 Law School/6204 or e-mail at darthur@oyez.law.

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Almanac, Vol. 45, No. 26, March 30, 1999

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