And the Sponsors of the Call for the Special Senate Meeting Respond Back--A Continuing Wellness and Shared Governance Dialogue

I have recently posted the University Administration's first public response to the criticisms of the Wellness Program that culminated i...

Penn State Responds: A Message From the University President

Set out below is the message distributed by Penn State University President Rodney Erickson relating to some changes to the Wellness Program...

"The American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of Women responds to Penn State's discriminatory violations of privacy rights" -- Wellness and Human Rights

Set out below in its entirely is the letter from Hilde Lindemann, chair of The American Philosophical Association Committee on the Status of...

Penn State, Wellness and the Relationship With Third Party Service Providers

The Penn State University faculty Senate is moving toward its special meeting to vote on a resolution relating to the suspension of the Penn...

Penn State's Wellness Program and the View From the New York Times

It is sometimes useful to acquire an outside perspective, especially times times when institutional policy decisions are under stress and wh...

In Preparation for the Special Senate Meeting: Useful Questions Keep Coming; Credible Answers Hopefully Will Follow

 (Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013) At the September 10, 2013 meeting of the University Faculty Senate, University Administrators stood for qu...

Special Faculty Senate Meeting to Consider Penn State Wellness Program: Anouncement of Meeting of Senate Council to Review the Petition Along With Petition Text

At the meeting of the University Faculty Senate on September 10, 2013 , the Senate Chair was presented with a Petition to Convene a Special ...

Stress Points and Structural Challenges for the Continued Viability of the University Faculty Senate: Remarks Delivered To Past Chairs of the Penn State University Faculty Senate

It was great honor to address the former chairs of the Penn State University Faculty Senate at a luncheon in their honor ...