Penn State President Eric Barron plans to retire at the end of his current contract in June 2022.
"I will be voting against the resolution for the Lasch Building," Trustee Paterno said. "My former boss use to say, 'football is here to serve the university, not the other way around.'"
No tuition dollars or general funds are financing the proposed upgrades.
For the fifth year in a row, Penn State's online degree programs received national recognition.
Administrators will vote later this semester to officially implement alternative grading.
Penn State hopes the decision will ease high schoolers' anxieties while testing is disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.