Please join the UA for its weekly GBM this Sunday at 2:00PM in Huntsman Hall F55. Please note the change of location and time (for this week only)!
The meeting packet can be found here!
The Trustees’ Council of Penn Women is an international network of Penn Alumnae. These leaders, by power of their example, support, foster, and promote the advancement of women and women’s issues within the University, thus enriching the University community as a whole.
To mark the organization’s quarter-century milestone, the TCPW 25th Anniversary Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising has been established to recognize
undergraduate Faculty advisors – female or male – who have distinguished themselves in providing assistance and advice to their advisee students and who have made a significant impact on the academic experience of these students.
Nominations of standing faculty may be made by an undergraduate or any member of Penn’s community for someone other than oneself, and must be submitted together with an essay – not to exceed 250 words in length – supporting the nomination. The deadline for these nominations will be February 15, 2012. Nominations should be sent to provost-ed@upenn.edu. The two winners of this award will receive $2500 each and will be celebrated at the Spring meeting of TCPW- the 25th Anniversary meeting.
This past October, the UA held an event for newly elected members. Although we felt we took proactive steps to make the event safe and respectful, concerns were raised about it. As such, we requested that the University investigate and settle the matter. Today, we are communicating to you the results of that investigation because you, as our stakeholders, deserve to know the facts and what lies ahead.
The UA was found to have violated the University’s Antihazing Policy by creating an environment of uncertainty and an imbalanced power dynamic that included:
The UA was also found to have violated the University’s Alcohol and Drug Policy by providing alcohol to minors, non-freshmen included.
This is very serious and something for which we are sincerely apologetic. As such, we would like to make you fully aware of the ramifications and our thoughts.
The UA has been sanctioned in a manner reflective of the severity of its transgressions. As such, the UA will:
As you can imagine, this process and the results have been quite challenging for us. Especially troubling were reports of forced consumption of alcohol and the binding of students to chairs, which were dismissed as false in the course of the investigation.We truly intended to create an environment in which everyone could feel comfortable, and the investigation found that we did consider the health and wellness of our new members in planning these welcome activities.
Through this process, we have learned that our most fundamental fault was in creating the environment where individuals could take liberties and where social pressures could be felt so as to amount to hazing. We are deeply regretful, and we hope that by bringing to light and to public discussion the seriousness of all forms and degrees of hazing, we can move forward and create positive change.
As always, you can reach out to us at http://pennua.org.
UA Exec
Please join the UA for its GBM this Sunday, January 29th, 2012. The meeting will be held at 9PM in the Golkin Room, second floor Houston Hall.
The agenda can be found here
The 2011 UA Annual Report is here! It can be viewed or downloaded as a .pdf here: http://pennua.org/UAAnnualReport2011.pdf
The report details all of our work during the 2011 calendar year. We are proud to say that we had over 70 projects included in the report this year! We hope you take a moment to read the report and see what your student government is doing for you! Thanks to students, administrators, and everyone else who has worked with us to make this past year a great success.
Does something catch your eye in this report? Have a project idea that isn’t listed? Get involved!
