The Penn State Board of Trustees will meet at 9 a.m. today in the boardroom of the Nittany Lion Inn, 200 W. Park Ave., to discuss the Dickinson's School of Law dual-campus plan and the future of a graduate housing complex. The meeting is open to the public.

Items on the meeting's agenda include an opening report from Penn State President Graham Spanier, implementation of two proposals -- Penn State's Dickinson School of Law dual campus and demolition of Graduate Circle housing.

Penn State spokesman Bill Mahon said that Spanier begins each board meeting with an overview of what has been going on at Penn State in the last two months.

"He writes remarks that might be 20 to 30 minutes long, and uses the opportunity to talk about student and faculty awards and recognition that the university has received," Mahon said.

Penn State spokesman Tysen Kendig said there should be considerable interest in the board's plans for Dickinson.

"We'll be updating the progress of that plan as it stands today," Kendig said.

Paul Ruskin, Office of Physical Plant spokesman, said 12 of the 16 Graduate Circle apartment buildings would be demolished. He declined to offer any further details about what action the board might take regarding the apartments.

"The board has to hear it, then approve things and disapprove things," Ruskin said.

The board will also be given a panel presentation on student leaders impacting and shaping Penn State, which will be led by Student Affairs Vice President Vicky Triponey and will include three distinguished Penn State students.

Undergraduate Student Government Vice President Luke Adams said the students on the panel are 2005 Homecoming Overall Chairwoman Tara Burnham, former Council of Commonwealth Student Governments President Bridget Daly and Off-Campus Student Union President Ryan Bennington.

Penn State spokeswoman Karen Zitomer said it is useful for the board to hear testimony from students to see if they are satisfied with university policies.

"This is one way, by hearing directly from students, that they can stay apprised of what's going on on-campus, as opposed to hearing it just from the administrator's point of view," Zitomer said.

The board will also discuss changing the status of the School of Information Sciences and Technology from "school" to "college."

Mahon said the board was considering making the change because of the school's growth of student enrollment and growth of faculty.