BARRY FENCHAK FOR PENN STATE TRUSTEE
Responsible governance. For a change.
The new figures are in. Where does Penn State rank among its Big Ten peers with respect to Tuition Costs and Academic Quality? Lets take a look at the numbers. First, let's examine Costs: As one can see from these…
Read More Updated Tuition Costs and Educational Quality Comparison: Penn State vs the Big Ten
What I will attempt to convey in this Blog is the Financial Situation of the Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics Department. I will provide summaries of the key items, with links to the full Financial Statements (see links at bottom…
Read More Penn State Board Meeting: September 2018 – Athletics Department Finances
As we begin the nomination process for the 2019 Penn State Board of Trustees Alumni Elections, I have been asked: “Are you running?” The answer is, yes….. and my background data, which is required for the nomination ballots, is:…
At the September Finance Committee meeting, the Penn State Trustees unanimously approved the spending of $21,000,000 to buy a Dormitory Building at the Harrisburg Campus. This purchase was of a privately-built, privately-owned building, currently used as rental housing - that…
Read More Penn State Board Meeting: September 2018 Buying a Dormitory – What did We Learn?
This week, among the many topics for discussion, the Penn State Board will announce the appointments to the two open seats on the Board's exclusive, 13 member "Executive Committee"...... One of the leading governance dysfunctions of Penn State's Board of…
Read More Preview of the Penn State BOT Meeting, September 2018: Executive Committee
Penn State Board of Trustees Meeting: July 2018 In this BLOG, we will focus on the Annual PSU Budget, and the impact on Tuition and Academics. Other items of interest from the July meeting (including the re-election of Mark…
Scene inside Room 105 of the Penn Stater: 2pm June 29, 2018. Inner Circle, clockwise from far left: Ted Brown, Jay Paterno, Alice Pope, Barbara Doran, Bob Jubelirer, Ryan McCombie (picture cut off), Bill Oldsey (out of frame), Bob Capretto…
Who is Cynthia Baldwin? Why hasn't she been disbarred? What does the Freeh Report disclose about her role? On January 22, 2010, Cynthia Baldwin - a former Chairman of the Board of the Penn State Board of Trustees, and a…
Read More Cynthia Baldwin – Penn State’s Invisible General Counsel.
May 3, 2018: Mark Dambly gives himself control over Penn State's $5,000,000,000+ in Capital Spending funds...... and no one opposes him. The most talked about events of the May 2018 Penn State Board meetings would likely be:…
Read More Penn State Board Meeting Review – Part 1: May 3rd and 4th 2018
The most talked about events of the May 2018 Penn State Board meetings would likely be: A) The announcement of the Alumni Trustee Election results and B) The announcement of a $800,000 bonus and a three-year contract extension for President…
Read More Penn State Board Meetings Review – Part 2: May 3rd and 4th 2018
BARRY FENCHAK FOR PENN STATE TRUSTEE 