RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY
OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE
MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University
Senate
DATE: January 20, 2017
TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room,
College Avenue Student Center, New Brunswick Campus
MEMBERS PRESENT: Alizadeh, Ardeshna, Artun,
Bekdash, Bhuyan, Boikess, Borisovets, Bradshaw, Bridgeman, Burley,
Carrasco, Chandler, Chang, Chayko, Collado-Garrido, Cotter, Dana, Dane,
Dasari, Davis, Desai, Dettloff, Diaz, DiVito, Dixon, Dreyer, Durham,
Edwards, Field, Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Flores, Fox, Gillett, Glover,
Gould, Gower, Gross, M. Gursoy, Huselid, Jackson, Jaffry, Joergensen,
A. Johnson, Joo, Junboonta, Kaptan, Kalan, Kelly, Kelshikar, Kouraeva,
Krapivin, Kukor, Langer, LaPointe, Lee, Levy, Linz, Lutz, Mammis,
Marchetta, Marchick, Markert, McKeever, Miranti, Moran, Moseray,
Mouradian, Nissen, Norville, O'Connell, Oleske, Oliver, O'Neill, Otto,
Pagan, Pandey, Pappas, A. Patel, D. Patel, Pintar, Pirrello, C. Potter,
Puhak, Rabinowitz, Rivera, Roth, Rothpletz-Puglia, Salazar, Saltzman,
Samant, Santana, Schwartz, Scoloveno, C. Scott, K. Scott, Serrano,
Settimo, Settles, Shapses, Sheehan, Speigel, Stepleton, Sulley,
Szatrowski, Taillefer, Thomas, Thomson, Thompson, Thornton, Toney-Boss,
Torres, Wakim, Wagner, Wang, Wasserman, Winkler, Zurlo
EXCUSED: Barchi,
Boruchoff, Brunson, Calabrese, Collins, Craig, Esposito, K. Gursoy,
Hayton, Heckscher, Joseph, Kustka, Krutyansky, Jane Lewis, Lugg,
Maloney, Markosian, Okada, Romanchuk, Schneider, Sheflin, Shinn,
Soto, Takacs, Van Stine
ABSENT: Anaele, Arezzi, Balaguru, Barone,
Benford, Blanchett, Bubb, Bugel, Butterfield, Cahill, Cantor, Charles,
Chen, Clark, Coiro, Conway, Cooper, Covington, Delnevo, Deshpande,
Drachtman, Eastman, Edward, Eisenstein, Farmbry, Farris, Feldman,
Fletcher, Gabriel, Ganesh, Goh, Goodman, Goswami, Grant, Haddon, Hart,
Holzemer, D. Hughes, J. Hughes, Iannini, Janniger, R. Johnson, Kuzma,
Lattime, Lei, Leibman, Jan Lewis, Lindenmeyer, Mahon, March, Marcone,
Martinez, Mazurek, Meck, Morrell, Nasr, Paneque, Parvathaneni, K.
Patel, Ponzio, J. Potter, Robinson, Rozenberg, Schiavo, Scotto,
Shapiro, Shinbrot, Singh, Stauffer, Strom, Upadhyay
ATTENDANCE SUMMARY:
Faculty: Of 106 total: 67 present (63%),
14 excused (13%), 25 absent (24%); Students:
Of 49 total: 27 present (55%), 6 excused (12%), 16
absent (33%); Administrators: Of 42
total: 7
present (17%), 4 excused (10%), 31 absent (74%); Staff:
Of 17 total: 12 present (70.5%), 2
excused (12%), 3 absent (18%); Alumni:
Of 4
total: 4 present (100%), 0 excused (0%), 0 absent (0%)
View Senate
Attendance Record for this academic year
PRESIDING OFFICER: Peter Gillett, Chair
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND
CHAIR’S REPORT - Peter Gillett,
Chair
Senate Chairperson Peter Gillett called the meeting to order at
1:10
p.m.
in the Multipurpose Room of the College Avenue
Student
Center, College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick. He welcomed all
attendees to the first Senate meeting of 2017. Gillett's Chair's Report
included comments on:
- completion of this year's University Commencement Panel work, and
subsequent submission of names of Senator appointees to Chancellors'
Commencement Committees;
- Executive Committee discussion of, and subsequent submission of
names for, members of Deans' Evaluation Committees for:
- Joanne Robinson, Dean of the School of Nursing-Camden, and
- Cathryn Potter, Dean of the School of Social Work;
- a request that Senators remain at Senate meetings through
adjournment; and
- a summary of the meeting agenda.
SECRETARY'S
REPORT
- Ken
Swalagin, Executive Secretary
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Academic
Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) Revised
Response to
Charge S-1609 on Revisions
to Rutgers University Academic
Integrity Policy - Martha Cotter and Matthew Winkler,
ASRAC Co-chairs
Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee Co-chairs
Martha Cotter and Matthew Winkler presented the ASRAC response to
Charge S-1609 on Revisions to Rutgers University Academic Integrity
Policy. The report and resolution were discussed. In response to
motions to amend, Gillett reminded the Senate that the Senate was being
asked to vote on a process by which the Academic Integrity Policy would
be revised; not on the revisions themselves. The
report's resolution was then adopted by the
Senate.
Instruction,
Curricula and Advising Committee (ICAC) Response to
Charge S-1614 on Acceptable
Use Policy for Information Technology Resources -
Natalie Borisovets, ICAC Chair
Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee Chair Natalie Borisovets
presented the ICAC response to Charge S-1614 on Rutgers' Acceptable Use
Policy for Information Technology Resources. Viktor Krapivin's motion
to add a tenth element to the resolution was discussed and adopted as
follows: "10. Whenever electronic records are accessed, there shall be
a record of the individual accessing the record, and the time the
record is accessed." Anil Ardeshna's motion to remove the word
"employee" from the resolution's first element was adopted by the
Senate without debate. Following some additional
discussion, the Resolution was adopted by the Senate.
Executive
Committee Report and Resolution on Proposal
to Form School of Graduate Studies - Ann Gould, Executive
Committee Member
Executive Committee Member Ann Gould summarized the Executive
Committee's report and resolution on the proposal to form a School of
Graduate Studies. She indicated that EC and other current discussions
were based on Dean Scotto's and Dean Kukor's responses
to Questions
from Standing Committees. Perry Dane moved to add a third element
to the resolution, as follows: "The Rutgers University Senate approves
the proposed name 'School of Graduate Studies' provisionally, but calls
on the existing Graduate School-New Brunswick and Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences to agree on and adopt a name for the merged unit
that more accurately reflects that the new school will be only one
among the three graduate schools at Rutgers. The Senate also directs
its Executive Committee to seek periodic reports on progress toward
this end until the merger is implemented." The motion was seconded and
debated, but failed. Without further debate, the resolution was adopted
with few opposed.
Executive
Committee Report on Senate Parliamentary Procedures - Jane
Otto, Executive Committee Member
Gillett noted that, in accordance with parliamentary procedure and
established Senate practice regarding proposed changes to Senate
bylaws, this item was docketed for introduction and discussion today,
but would be voted on at the next Senate meeting. Executive Committee
Member Jane Otto presented a brief summary of the report, emphasizing
that it is intended to make our procedures clearer and easier, and to
codify what the Senate has already been doing in practice. The floor
was opened to discussion, but there was none.
NEW
BRUNSWICK CHANCELLOR'S REPORT - Richard Edwards, New
Brunswick Chancellor
New Brunswick Chancellor Richard Edwards
presented a New Brunswick Chancellor's Report, noting that it had been
an honor to serve as chancellor, and that he would be stepping out of
that role at the end of this academic year. The
presentation on his report is
linked above. Edwards then
responded to questions, or heard comments, on the report and related
issues.
ADMINISTRATIVE
REPORT
- Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Barbara Lee presented
an administrative report, commenting on topics including:
- President Barchi's appreciation for Richard Edwards' service to
Rutgers in various roles over the years;
- the Cornerstone Project,
and thanks to all those working to remedy recent problems;
- telepresence classrooms; and
- changes to College Avenue, which should be completed by the end
of the semester.
SENATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
REPORT - Senate Vice Chair Robert Puhak reported on the January 6,
2017 meeting and activities of the Senate Executive Committee. He noted
that the meeting had been held in Camden.
REPORTS
OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES:
Senator
Samuel Rabinowitz, Faculty Representative to the Board of
Governors, reported that there had been no Board of Governors
meeting since the previous Senate meeting. Senator Asha
Samant, Faculty Representative
to the Board of Trustees, said that there had been no meeting of the
Board of Trustees since the previous Senate meeting.
REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT
LIAISONS:
Senator Samuel Rabinowitz, a member of the Camden Faculty Council,
reported that the Camden Faculty Council had not met since the previous
Senate meeting, but would next meet on January 31. Senator Sanjib
Bhuyan, Vice Chair of the New Brunswick Faculty
Council, reported on that group's recent activities and plans. Senator
Viktor Krapivin, New
Brunswick
Student
Member
of the Senate Executive Committee, reported on New Brunswick student
governing association activities.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting adjourned
at 3:34 p.m.
Minutes Written and Submitted by,
Ken Swalagin
Executive Secretary of the University Senate