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Penn State's Board of Trustees recently announced its schedule of meeting dates for 2013. Unless otherwise noted, all meeting will be held on the University Park campus. For more information about the Board, visit http://www.psu.edu/trustees/.
2013 meeting dates:
-- Friday, Jan. 18
-- Thursday, March 14, and Friday, March 15, at Penn State Hershey
-- Friday, May 3
-- Thursday, July 11, and Friday, July 12, at Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus
-- Friday, Sept. 20
-- Friday, Nov. 22 (more)
Penn State's University Faculty Senate on Tuesday, Jan. 24, voted against two motions related to the University's Board of Trustees. Senators voted against a motion to form a special committee with a majority of members who are independent of the University that would have investigated the Board of Trustees' oversight role. The Senate also voted against a vote of no confidence in the board. (more)
Several members of Penn State's Board of Trustees held a press conference on the afternoon of Jan. 20. To watch archived video of the press conference, which was streamed live by WPSU, visit http://live.psu.edu/youtube/PpUno7zKRvQ online. (more)
Video of the Penn State Board of Trustees' Jan. 20 meeting has been made available by WPSU for viewing online. To watch video from the morning session, visit
http://live.psu.edu/youtube/TG7ydrY5pg4 online. To watch video from the afternoon session, visit http://live.psu.edu/youtube/7Zyl0p4ApDM. (more)
Karen B. Peetz, vice chairman and chief executive officer at The Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon, was elected chair of Penn State's Board of Trustees Jan. 20. Peetz made the following remarks during the afternoon session of the board's Jan. 20 meeting.
Karen B. Peetz:
Thank you for coming today. It is a great honor and privilege to stand before you as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania State University. It is also, particularly now, a great responsibility. Penn State is one of the best teaching and research universities in the world. My job, and that of the other trustees, is to work with President Erickson to make sure that this always remains so. We all take this obligation seriously -- our students, our alumni, our faculty, and the entire state deserve no less. (more)
Karen B. Peetz was elected chair of Penn State's Board of Trustees Friday (Jan. 20). Keith E. Masser was elected vice chair. Peetz and Masser succeed Steve A. Garban and John P. Surma, who served as chair and vice chair, respectively, in 2010 and 2011. David J. Gray, whose appointment as senior vice president for finance and business also was approved by the board, was elected treasurer, effective Feb. 6. (more)
With expenses including food and utilities costs projected to rise, the Board of Trustees Friday, Jan. 20, approved a modest increase in room and board rates for the 2012-13 academic year. The average room and board rate, including a standard double-occupancy residence hall room and the most common meal plan, will be $4,495 per semester, an increase of 2.86 percent or $125 over the current year's rate of $4,370. This is the second-lowest percentage increase in the last 20 years. (more)
Penn State's Board of Trustees Friday (Jan. 20) approved the final design and authorized the awarding of contracts for the construction of the Pegula Ice Arena at University Park, as designed by Crawford Architects of Kansas City, Mo., with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The new ice arena will house Penn State's NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey programs, and also will be used as a year-round recreational and educational asset for members of the University community as well as for children, youth and families throughout the area. (more)
Penn State's Board of Trustees Friday (Jan. 20) approved final plans and the authorization to award contracts to complete renovations to Moore Building, and start renovations to CEDAR Building, on the University Park campus. The trustees approved project plans by Philadelphia architectural firm KlingStubbins, who also designed phase one of the Moore Building project. (more)
Board of Trustees member Kenneth Frazier, chair of the Special Investigations Task Force, provided an update Friday (Jan. 20) on the work of the independent team looking into issues related to the allegations against Jerry Sandusky. Following is his report to the board. In addition, the board agreed that the University would focus its efforts on the five areas spelled out in his report. (more)
