University Council Committees, 1999-2000

  Below is the 1999-2000 membership of the University Council, the University-wide governance organization that meets monthly to deliberate on campus issues and share information on University projects and progress. Council is advisory to the President, and includes representatives of the Faculty Senate, two student assemblies and three staff assemblies.

Council's agenda and formal reports, and some of its debate, appear in Almanac. Meetings are open to observers who register their interest in advance with the Office of the Secretary (215-898-7005).

Much of the work of Council is done by its committees, listed here. They, and a set of Independent Committees listed here are selected by the Steering Committee on recommendation of the Committee on Committees. Any member of the University may be asked to serve on such a committee, and only members of the University are eligible to do so. The Committee on Committees will shortly publish its annual call for nominations to these bodies. Their charges, and many of their past reports, can be accessed through Almanac's web site, www.upenn.edu/almanac.

The last portion of this "pullout section" lists the format for University Council's annual forum and a list of the upcoming Council meetings.--Ed.

Contents

I. Membership of the University Council (below)

II. Council Committees on
Admissions & Financial Aid
Bookstore
Communications
Community Relations
Facilities
International Programs
Library
Personnel Benefits
III. Council Committees on
Pluralism
Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics
Research
Safety and Security
Student Affairs
Independent Committees:
Academic Planning and Budget
Disability Board
Honorary Degrees
Open Expression
IV. University Council Meeting Schedule
Format for University Council's Open Forum

Membership of the University Council


(Faculty Senate offices are italicized. Asterisk [*] indicates observer status.)

Steering Committee

 
Robert Barchi
Peter Freyd
Larry Gross, Chair-elect
John C. Keene, Chair
Phoebe S. Leboy
Kendra Nicholson
Ann O'Sullivan 
Gregory Possehl
Judith Rodin
Malhar Saraiya
Michael Silver
Debra Smiley Koita
Terri White
One grad/prof student to be named
 

STEERING | ELECTED BY FACULTY AT LARGE | ELECTED BY FACULTY CONSTITUENCY | ASSISTANT PROFESSORS | JUNIOR RESEARCH FACULTY | UNDERGRADUATES | UNITED MINORITIES COUNCIL | GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL | ADMINISTRATION | LIBRARIANS ASSEMBLY | PPSA | A-3 | ROTC | PARLIMENTARIAN | MODERATOR | SECRETARY | Back to TOP


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 Elected by the Faculty at Large

(Faculty Senate officers are indicated)

 Undergraduate Students

 Anita Allen-Castellitto
Larry Gladney
Larry Gross, Chair-elect
Stephen Gluckman
John C. Keene, Chair
Sarah Kagan, Secretary-elect*
Phoebe S. Leboy
Howard Lesnick*
Ann Mayer*
Ann O'Sullivan
Daniel D. Perlmutter
Holly Pittman
Pedro Ponte-Castañeda
Martin Pring, Secretary*
John Richetti
Tukufu Zuberi
Michael Bassik
John Buchanan
David Burd
Kimberly Colopinto
Megan Davidson
Dana Hork
Matthew Kraus
 Michael Krouse
Theo Lecompte
Taylor Megdal
Ryan Robinson
Malhar Saraiya
Michael Silver
Carrie Zaslow

STEERING | ELECTED BY FACULTY AT LARGE | ELECTED BY FACULTY CONSTITUENCY | ASSISTANT PROFESSORS | JUNIOR RESEARCH FACULTY | UNDERGRADUATES | UNITED MINORITIES COUNCIL | GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL | ADMINISTRATION | LIBRARIANS ASSEMBLY | PPSA | A-3 | ROTC | PARLIMENTARIAN | MODERATOR | SECRETARY | Back to TOP


Elected by Faculty Constituency

Term Expires May 2000 Term Expires May 2001
2 Frederick Dickinson 1 Joseph Turow
4 Peter J. Freyd 3 Gregory Possehl
6 Donald D. Fitts* 5 Arthur E. Dunham
8 Kenneth I. Wolpin 7 Ralph Rosen
10 George Cardona 9 Robert Perelman
12 Gino Segrè 11 To be named
14 John P. Sabini* 13 Karl von Vorys
16 Susan F. Silverton 15 Ivar Berg
18 Haim Bau 17 Erling Boe*
20 Anthony R. Tomazinis 19 John A. Lepore
22 J. Carl Oberholtzer* 21 Frank I. Goodman
24 Laszlo Gyulai 23 Gregory S. Kopf
26 Michael A. Grippi 25 David R. Manning
28 Bernard S. Kaplan 27 DuPont Guerry*
30 Susan Gennaro 29 Judith Aronchick
32 David McDevitt 31 Roberta G. Sands
34 Philip G. Berger* 33 Jill Beech*
36 Marshall Meyer 35 Robert P. Inman

STEERING | ELECTED BY FACULTY AT LARGE | ELECTED BY FACULTY CONSTITUENCY | ASSISTANT PROFESSORS | JUNIOR RESEARCH FACULTY | UNDERGRADUATES | UNITED MINORITIES COUNCIL | GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL | ADMINISTRATION | LIBRARIANS ASSEMBLY | PPSA | A-3 | ROTC | PARLIMENTARIAN | MODERATOR | SECRETARY | Back to TOP


Assistant Professors

Term Expires May 2000 Term Expires May 2001
Kathleen Hall Barbara Savage
Barbara von Schlegall*

STEERING | ELECTED BY FACULTY AT LARGE | ELECTED BY FACULTY CONSTITUENCY | ASSISTANT PROFESSORS | JUNIOR RESEARCH FACULTY | UNDERGRADUATES | UNITED MINORITIES COUNCIL | GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL | ADMINISTRATION | LIBRARIANS ASSEMBLY | PPSA | A-3 | ROTC | PARLIMENTARIAN | MODERATOR | SECRETARY | Back to TOP


Junior and Research Faculty Members

Term Expires May 2000 Term Expires May 2001
Jaclyn Biegel To be named

STEERING | ELECTED BY FACULTY AT LARGE | ELECTED BY FACULTY CONSTITUENCY | ASSISTANT PROFESSORS | JUNIOR RESEARCH FACULTY | UNDERGRADUATES | UNITED MINORITIES COUNCIL | GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL | ADMINISTRATION | LIBRARIANS ASSEMBLY | PPSA | A-3 | ROTC | PARLIMENTARIAN | MODERATOR | SECRETARY | Back to TOP


    United Minorities Council   Charles Howard


Graduate/Professional Students

Atissa Banuazizi   Vick Hirami
Victor Franco Calanog   Bo Liang
Craig Cognetti   Heather Mayes
Laura Ducceschi   Kendra Nicholson
Eric Eisenstein   Cheri Robinson
Lida Gifford   Khaled Tarabieh
Kyle Farley   Two to be named

STEERING | ELECTED BY FACULTY AT LARGE | ELECTED BY FACULTY CONSTITUENCY | ASSISTANT PROFESSORS | JUNIOR RESEARCH FACULTY | UNDERGRADUATES | UNITED MINORITIES COUNCIL | GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL | ADMINISTRATION | LIBRARIANS ASSEMBLY | PPSA | A-3 | ROTC | PARLIMENTARIAN | MODERATOR | SECRETARY | Back to TOP


Members of the Administration

Robert Barchi   Tom King
Beverly Edwards   Norma Lang
Susan Fuhrman   Judith Rodin
Will Gipson   Ira Schwartz
Gary Hack   Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum
Alan Kelly  

STEERING | ELECTED BY FACULTY AT LARGE | ELECTED BY FACULTY CONSTITUENCY | ASSISTANT PROFESSORS | JUNIOR RESEARCH FACULTY | UNDERGRADUATES | UNITED MINORITIES COUNCIL | GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL | ADMINISTRATION | LIBRARIANS ASSEMBLY | PPSA | A-3 | ROTC | PARLIMENTARIAN | MODERATOR | SECRETARY | Back to TOP


 

Librarians Assembly

Bob Persing
 

Penn Professional Staff Assembly

Terri White
 

A-3 Assembly

Debra Smiley Koita
 

ROTC Representative

Col John A. Clauer, USMC *
 

Parliamentarian

Mark Frazier Lloyd *
 

Moderator

Will Harris *
 

Secretary

 Rose McManus*


Faculty Senate offices are italicized. Asterisk [*] indicates observer status.

STEERING | ELECTED BY FACULTY AT LARGE | ELECTED BY FACULTY CONSTITUENCY | ASSISTANT PROFESSORS | JUNIOR RESEARCH FACULTY | UNDERGRADUATES | UNITED MINORITIES COUNCIL | GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL | ADMINISTRATION | LIBRARIANS ASSEMBLY | PPSA | A-3 | ROTC | PARLIMENTARIAN | MODERATOR | SECRETARY | Back to TOP

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1999-2000 Council Committees

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Admissions and Financial Aid (Back to TOP)

Chair: Robert F. Giegengack (earth & environ sci)
Faculty:
Larry Gladney (physics & astron)
Paul Korshin (English)
Abba Krieger (statistics)
Kathy McCauley (nursing)
Warren Seider (chem engr)
Susan Silverton (dental)
Dwight Stambolian (ophthal/med)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Victor Calanog (WH '00)
Jeffrey Daman (LAW '00)
Evis Cama (GAS '04)
Undergraduate students:
Tiffany Hinton (EAS '01)
Hardik Chaudhari (EAS '02)
Kathryn Whitfield (SAS '02)
PPSA:
Afi Roberson (African American Resource Ctr)
Ex officio:
Suzanne Kauffman Depuyt (repr, Wharton)
Sharon Pepe (dir, Penn Plan)
William Schilling (dir, student financial aid)
Willis Stetson (dean, admissions)
Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum (VPUL)

Bookstore (Back to TOP)

Chair: Daniel Raff (mgmt)
Faculty:
Ted Chinburg (math)
John Dixon Hunt (land arch & reg plng)
Noam Lior (mech engr)
John Richetti (English)
Karen B. Wilkerson (nursing)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Danielle Kane (GAS '01)
Yiqun Hui (BMP '04)
Undergraduate students:
Kathryn Whitfield (SAS '02)
One to be named
PPSA:
Michael Ryan (library special collections)
Jennifer Conway (Penn Humanities Forum)
Laura Waldron (Penn Press)
A-3:
Andrea King (legal studies)
Ex officio:
Lisa Prasad (assoc vp, bus dev)

Communications (Back to TOP)

Chair: Martin Pring (physiol/med)
Faculty:
Gerald Faulhaber (pub pol & mgmt)
Ellis Golub (biochem/dental)
Steven Kimbrough (oper & info mgmt)
P. David Mozley (radiol & psych)
Russell Neuman (communication)
David Smith (anesthesia/med)
Dana Tomlin (land arch)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Linda Rauscher (GAS '00)
Eric Zimmer (ASP '00)
Undergraduate students:
Two to be named
PPSA:
Gene N. Haldeman (ugrad admissions)
David Millar (ISC)
A-3:
Donna Arthur (career plng & placement, law)
Catherine Curtin (bioengineering)
Ex officio:
Paul Mosher (vice provost & dir, libraries)
James O'Donnell (vice provost, info syst & comp)
Ken Wildes (dir, communications)
Marie Witt (assoc vp, bus svcs)

Community Relations (Back to TOP)

Chair: Brian Spooner (anthropology)
Faculty:
Janet Abrahm (medicine)
Peter Dodson (animal biol)
Lois K. Evans (nursing)
Klaus Krippendorff (communication)
Christopher Looby (English)
Lyn Harper Mozley (psychiatry)
Richard Womer (pediatrics)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Kristina Baumli (GAS '03)
Darin Toliver (SW '01)
Undergraduate students:
Paige Kollock (COL '00)
Rashmi Bhat (COL '01)
PPSA:
Jody Kolodzey (dev & alumni relations)
Karlene Burrell-McRae (Greenfield Intercultural Ctr)
Namrata Narain (Population Studies Ctr)
Tchet Dereic Dorman (EOC)
A-3:
Barbara Holmes (off-campus living)
Regina Cantave (ISC)
Ex officio:
Jeanne Arnold (dir, African Amer Resource Ctr)
Glenn Bryan (dir, community relations)
Vinnie Curren (mgr,WXPN)
Michael Diorka (dir, recreation)
John Fry (executive vp)
Pam Robinson (associate dir, college houses)
Michael Rose (managing dir, Annenberg Ctr)

Facilities (Back to TOP)

Chair: Vukan R. Vuchic (syst engr)
Faculty:
David L. Brownlee (history of art)
Eugenie Birch (city & reg plng)
Paul H. Edelstein (pathology/med)
James M. Larkin (education)
Anu Mathur (land arch)
John Sabini (psychology)
One to be named
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Kyle Farley (GAS '02)
One to be named
Undergraduate students:
Meghan Sinnott (C '01)
Mike Larsen (C '01)
PPSA:
Thomas McCoy (telecom)
Laura Peller (environ health & safety)
Erin Wieand (facilities, medicine)
A-3:
Cheryl Shipman (Benjamin Franklin Scholars)
Jean Marie Vance (admissions, medicine)
Ex officio:
Omar Blaik (vp, facilities svcs)
Glenn Bryan (dir, community relations)
Alice Nagle (coord, Program for People with Disabilities)
Ronald Sanders (registrar)

International Programs (Back to TOP)

Chair: Eric Weinberg (biology)
Faculty:
Sandra Barnes (anthropology)
Margaret Cotroneo (nursing)
Lance Donaldson-Evans (Romance lang)
Robert Mariano (economics)
Gregory L. Possehl (anthropology)
Sohrab Rabii (elec engr)
Harold F. Schiffman (S. Asian st)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Victor Calanog (WHG '00)
Katrina Hubbard (WHP '02)
Ju-Young Han (EDG '00)
Undergraduate students:
David Morris (WH '00)
Kirstin Vorwig (COL '01)
Katherine Wang (NUR, '00)
PPSA:
Mary Ann Julian (English lang prog)
A-3:
One to be named
Ex officio:
Joyce Randolph (dir, intl prog)

Library (Back to TOP)

Chair: Ellis Golub (biochem/dental)
Faculty Members:
Patricia D'Antonio (nursing)
Barry Eichler (Asian & Mid Eastern st)
Aravind Joshi (CIS)
Philippe Met (Romance lang)
Ann E. Moyer (history)
Edward Peters (history)
Lilliane Weissberg (German)
One to be named
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Heidi Hiemstra (GAS '04)
Jennifer Chen (GAS '04)
Undergraduate students:
Kyle Dyer (COL '01)
Michelle Tucker (COL '00)
PPSA:
Pamela Emory (alumni relations)
A-3:
Loretta Miller (Univ life facil, tech & info svcs)
Ex officio:
Elizabeth Kelly (dir, Biddle Law Library)
Paul Mosher (vice provost & dir, libraries)
 

Personnel Benefits Committee (Back to TOP)

Chair: Charles E. Dwyer (educ)
Faculty:
David Hackney (radiol/med)
Hendrik Hameka (chemistry)
John Hansen-Flaschen (med)
Carl Polsky (acctg)
Gerald F. Porter (math)
Cynthia Scalzi (nursing)
Ingrid Waldron (biology)
Student:
Graduate/professional:
Donna Louizides (MED '02)
A-1:
Michelle Taylor (dental school)
Jo-Ann Verrier (career plng & placement, law)
Cathy DiBonaventura (ISC)
A-3:
Michael Wisniewski (library acquisitions)
Louise Alexander (education)
Ex officio:
Elenita Bader (dir, benefits)
Kenneth Campbell (comptroller)
John Heuer (vp, human resources)
 

Pluralism (Back to TOP)

Chair: Stephen N. Dunning (religious st)
Faculty:
G. Anandalingham (syst engr)
Regina Austin (law)
Julie Fairman (nursing)
Farah Griffin (English)
William Labov (linguistics)
Vivianne Nachmias (cell & dev biol/med)
Antonia Villarruel (nursing)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Barbara Hall (GAS '03)
Catherine Theohary (GAS '01)
One to be named
Undergraduate:
Ari Alexander (COL '02)
Tariq Remtula (COL '00)
One to be named
PPSA:
Florence Halloran (acad support prog)
Chad Leonard (benefits)
A-3:
John Hogan (Biddle Law Library)
Lia LaVassaur (Ctr Profl Dev)
Keith Martin (CGS)
Ex officio:
Jeanne Arnold (dir, African Amer Resource Ctr)
Doug Berger (dir, residential living)
Elena DiLapi (dir, Penn Women's Ctr)
Joyce Randolph (dir, intl prog)
Scott Reikofski (dir, fraternity/sorority affrs)
Debra Smiley Koita (chair, A-3 Assembly)
Terri White (chair, PPSA)
 

Recreation & Intercollegiate Athletics (Back to TOP)

Chair: Edward T. Lally (path/dental)
Faculty Members:
Steven Galetta (neurol/med)
Tracy McIntosh (neurosurgery/med)
James Mullen (medicine)
Warren Seider (chemical engr)
Neil Shubin (biology)
Raymond W. Sweeney (medicine/vet)
Karen Wilkerson (nursing)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Kyle Farley (GAS '02)
Amy Hiddessen (GEP '01)
Undergraduate students:
Thomas Fitzgibbon (COL '01)
Gina LaPlaca (COL '01)
PPSA:
Ellen McCairns Martin (physiol/med)
Michele Taylor (CPPS)
A-3:
Christina Fitzpatrick (career svcs)
One to be named
Ex officio:
Jennifer Baldino (repr, president's office)
Steve Bilsky (dir, rec & intercollegiate athletics)
Lee Stetson (dean, admissions)
Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum (VPUL)
 

Research (Back to TOP)

Chair: Alan Schreiber (medicine)
Faculty:
James C. Alwine (microbiol/medicine)
Rajeev Anlur (CIS)
Dan Ben-Amos (Asian & Mid Eastern st)
Francisco Gonzales-Scarano (neurol/medicine)
James B. Lok (parasitology/vet)
Barbara Medoff-Cooper (nursing)
Hermann Pfefferkorn (earth & environ sci)
Donald A. Ringe (linguistics)
Bruce Shenker (path/dental)
Robert A. Stine (statistics)
Vaclav Vitek (materials science & engr)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Tim Victor (EDP '05)
Rasanjali Wickrema (EDP '02)
Undergraduate students:
Rohan Ramakrishna (COL '02)
Matteo Trucco (COL '01)
Ex officio:
Ralph D. Amado (vice provost, research)

Safety and Security (Back to TOP)

Chair: Sean Kennedy (anesthesia/med)
Faculty:
Karen Jehn (mgmt)
John Lepore (civil syst)
Ponzy Lu (chemistry)
Sean Nicholson (health care syst)
Jerry Prince (Romance lang)
Kenwyn Smith (social work)
Margaret Sovie (nursing)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Jennifer Bible (SW '00)
Sheen Levine (WHG '02)
Undergraduate students:
Garret Gleim (WH '01)
Two to be named
PPSA:
Ashra Markowitz (student & curricular affrs/vet)
Joy Williams (campus card svcs)
A-3:
Loretta Miller (tech & info svcs, Univ life facil )
One to be named
Ex officio:
Jeanne Arnold (dir, African Amer Resource Ctr)
Doug Berger (dir, residential living)
Omar Blaik (vp, facil svcs)
Harry Cusick (dir, fire & occupational safety)
Elena DiLapi (dir, Penn Women's Ctr)
Mihaela Farcas (dir, off-campus living)
Robert Furniss (dir, trans & mail svcs)
Scott Reikofski (dir, fraternity/sorority affrs)
Maureen Rush (dir, police operations)
Thomas Seamon (vp, public safety)
Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum (VPUL)

Student Affairs (Back to TOP)

Chair: Anthony Rostain (psychiatry)
Faculty:
Linda Brown (nursing)
Helen C. Davies (microbiol/med)
Dennis DeTurck (mathematics)
Zoltan Domotor (philosophy)
Alan Mann (anthropology)
Karin McGowan (pediatrics)
Michael Zuckerman (history)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Victor Calanog (WHG '00)
Kendra Nicholson (SW '00)
Undergraduate:
Gisela Glandt (COL '01)
Vani Krishnamurthy (COL '01)
Nishchay Maskay (COL '01)
PPSA:
Peggy Curchack (career svcs)
Anne Mickle (college house prog)
Ex officio:
William Christian Gipson (University chaplain)
Kendra Nicholson (interim chair, GAPSA)
Michael Silver (chair, UA)
Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum (VPUL)

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Independent Committees (Back to TOP)

 Academic Planning and Budget (Back to TOP)

Chair: Robert Barchi (provost)
Faculty:
Barry Cooperman (chemistry)
John Keene (city & reg plng)
Richard Kihlstrom (finance)
Joan Mollman (neurology)
Solomon Pollack (bioengineering)
Gerald Porter (mathematics)
Susan Ross (microbiology)
Margaret Beale Spencer (educ)
Wendy Steiner (English)
Administration:
Kathryn Engebretson (vp, finance)
Stephen D. Schutt (office of the president)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Atissa Banuazizi (GAS '04)
Kendra Nicholson (SW '00)
Undergraduate:
Aaron Fidler (WH '00)
Richard Kilfoyle (WH '01)
 

Disability Board (Back to TOP)

Chair: Ira Katz (psychiatry)
Faculty:
Charles Bosk (sociology)
P. J. Brennan (medicine)
Scott Manaker (medicine)
Keith Robinson (rehab med)
Ralph Schumacher (medicine)
Lorraine Tulman (nursing)
Arthur Whereat (medicine)
PPSA:
Trish diPietrae (veterinary)
Anna Loh (Wharton)
A-3:
John Hogan (Biddle Law Library)
One to be named
Ex officio:
Charles E. Dwyer (chair, Personnel Benefits Cmte)

Honorary Degrees (Back to TOP)

Chair: Howard Kunreuther (oper & info mgmt)
Faculty Members:
Stuart Churchill (emeritus chem engr)
Frank Goodman (law)
John Dixon Hunt (land arch & reg plng)
Irving Nachamkin (path & lab med)
Ann Norton (poli sci)
Peter Nowell (pathol & lab med)
Charles Rosenberg (hist & sociol sci)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Jeffrey Daman (LAW '00)
Joanna Fueyo (BMP '03)
Undergraduate:
Alan Dorfman (COL '00)
Kianesha Norman (COL '00)
 

Open Expression (Back to TOP)

Chair: Dennis Culhane (social work)
Faculty:
Bernett L. Johnson (dermatology/med)
Steven Larson (emergency medicine)
Mary F. Morrison (psychiatry)
Ann E. Moyer (history)
Philip Nichols (legal studies)
Pamela Sankar (bioethics)
Michael Zuckerman (history)
Students:
Graduate/professional:
Three to be named
Undergraduate:
Ron Lin (COL '01)
Ryan Little (COL '01)
One to be named
PPSA:
Ellen Bateman (dental)
Mary Heiberger (career svcs)
A-3:
Donna Arthur (career plng & placement, law)

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University Council Meeting Schedule

1999-2000

4:00-6:00 p.m., McClelland Hall, Quad

(Penn ID required for entrance to the Quad)

 November 10, 1999  January 19, 2000  March 22, 2000
 December 8, 1999  February 9, 2000  April 26, 2000

 

To the University Community

Section IV.3(c) of the Council Bylaws provides that a University Council meeting "shall incorporate an open forum to which all members of the University community are invited and during which any member of the University community can direct questions to the Council."

All members of the University community are invited to bring their concerns to the

University Council Open Forum
Wednesday, December 8, 1999
4-6 p.m. McClelland Hall, The Quad
(Penn ID required for entry)

Persons who wish to speak at Council must inform the Office of the Secretary by calling (215) 898-7005 by Tuesday, November 30, 1999.

Topics may include issues such as the following: Admissions & Financial Aid, Bookstore, Communications, Community Relations, Facilities, International Programs, the Library, Pluralism concerns, Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics, Safety and Security, Student Affairs, Open Expression, etc.

Please see the format given below. Questions may be directed to the Office of the Secretary at (215) 898-7005.

--Office of the Secretary

Format for University Council's Open Forum

December 8, 1999

The University Council will devote a substantial portion of its December 8, 1999 meeting to a public forum, in accordance with the terms of the University Council Bylaws (Almanac September 22, 1998). The purpose of the Open Forum is to inform Council of issues important to the University's general welfare and of the range of views held by members of the University. The forum is open to all members of the University community under the conditions set by the Bylaws, following guidelines established by the Steering Committee of Council:

  1. Any member of the University Community who wishes to do so may attend the Council meeting. Persons who wish to speak to Council, however, must inform the Office of the Secretary (215-898-7005) by Tuesday, November 30, 1999 indicating briefly the subject of their remarks. Those who have not so informed the Office of the Secretary will be permitted to speak only at the discretion of the moderator of University Council and in the event that time remains after the scheduled speakers.
  2. Speakers should expect to be limited to three minutes with the possibility of additional time in cases where members of Council engage the speakers with follow-up questions or remarks. The moderator may restrict repetition of views. Speakers are encouraged to provide Council with supporting materials and/or written extensions of their statements before, during, or after the Council meeting.
  3. Following the deadline for speakers to sign up in the Office of the Secretary, the chair of Steering and the moderator of Council will structure the subject matter themes, speakers, and times of the Open Forum session. In the event that there is not enough time available at the meeting to provide for all those who have requested to speak, the two officers may make selections which accommodate the broadest array of issues having important implications for Council's work and represent the breadth of Council's constituencies. The resulting order of the Open Forum of University Council will be made available no later than the Tuesday before the meeting, to be published in the Daily Pennsylvanian, and posted on Penn Web on that day and, if possible under publication deadlines, in Almanac the week of the meeting.
  4. Speakers' statements should be framed so as to present policy issues and directed to University Council as a body through the moderator. The moderator will have discretion to interrupt statements that are directed against persons and otherwise to maintain the decorum of the meeting, as provided for in the Bylaws. In cases where questions or positions can be appropriately addressed by members of Council, or where a colloquy would seem to be productive given the time constraints of the meeting, the moderator may recognize members of Council to respond to speakers' statements, with opportunities for follow-up by the speakers.

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Almanac, Vol. 46, No. 11, November 9, 1999

| FRONT PAGE | CONTENTS | JOB-OPS | CRIMESTATS | COUNCIL: On Financial Aid | COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP & COMMITTEES | TALK ABOUT TEACHING ARCHIVE | BETWEEN ISSUES | NOVEMBER at PENN |