The 71,000-square-foot building design technically broke ground in July and should open by fall 2023.
Organized by the Coalition for a Just University, select faculty will participate in the protest by teaching classes online on Monday, August 23, and Tuesday, August 24.
"This fall, we have been repeatedly informed vaccination is the best form of protection, but repeated requests for mandated vaccination remain on the shelf; faculty decision-making on how best to deliver classes for the safety of all has been removed."
Previously, a union representing about 2,600 technical service employees was exempt from Penn State's new indoor masking mandate.
Senators said Penn State's implemented measures fall short of expectations and don't "embody a sense of safety and confidence" among faculty, staff, and students.
The sentence now calls for Spanier to serve two months of home confinement and complete 200 hours of community service.