TRANSPORTATION AND PRE-MEETING TIMETABLE:

9:30 a.m. - New Brunswick and Camden Senators board charter bus for Newark at Lot 98B, College Farm Road, near Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Building on the Cook Campus.  (Senators without Rutgers-New Brunswick parking permits who wish to park in Lot 98B must obtain a special permit from the Senate Office.) (Senators who are driving may park in Deck 1, located at 200 University Avenue, and should contact the Senate office to obtain a one-day Newark parking pass.)
9:45 a.m. sharp - Bus departs from Cook Campus.
10:30 a.m. (approximately) - Bus arrives in Newark.
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon - Standing Committee meetings.
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m.  - Lunch, and Faculty and Student Caucuses.  (Rooms will be posted at the entrance to the Campus Center.)
1:10 p.m. - Call To Order in Multipurpose Room East 232, Paul Robeson Campus Center.
Post-Adjournment - Board charter bus for return trip.
15 Minutes Post-Adjournment - Bus departs Newark Campus promptly 15 minutes following Adjournment.
 

A G E N D A

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
- Martha Cotter, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Executive Secretary

• Approval of Agenda* (including time limits)
• Approval of  Minutes of January 19, 2007

• Questions and Answers: 10 minutes

• Synopsis of Report
• Questions and Answers: 10 minutes

University Structure and Governance Committee (USGC), Partial Response to Charge S-0603, Senate Membership, New Brunswick - Tricia Nolfi and Jonathan Tittler, Co-chairs

Original Charge: Senate Membership-New Brunswick: Make recommendations for revision of the Senate membership and bylaws in light of the restructuring of the New Brunswick schools and colleges.

Original Charge S-0208 to the Budget & Finance Committee (Menahem Spiegel, Chair): Safety Issues, Classroom/Building Security and Vandalism: Investigate the level of security normally maintained in classroom and office/research buildings, and the current levels of vandalism and other criminal behavior in those buildings. Investigate the use of buildings/classrooms for after-hours study space*, and whether there is an increased cost of maintenance and repair due to unsupervised use. Formulate a policy for locking buildings and classrooms to ensure security. Make recommendations on how to provide students with space on each campus for after-hours study, and the amount of space that seems appropriate.* Explore risk-reduction strategies and mechanisms, and ways to heighten awareness of safety issues. Investigate the potential for a safety week on campus each semester or year. In addition, explore the potential for a website that would include a safety forum for discussion and hazard evaluation. [*The Student Affairs Committee was asked to provide input on the kinds and amounts of after-hours study space that would meet student needs, and on ways to address problems of vandalism. That input was forwarded to the Budget and Finance Committee on January 17, 2003.]

Preliminary report  submitted to Executive Committee September 2004, Reviewed October 1, 2004.

Addendum to Charge 10/04: Using the committee’s September 28, 2004 preliminary report on this issue as a basis for discussions, apply the same review and considerations to safety and security issues on the Newark and Camden campuses.

NEW BUSINESS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT-Samuel Rabinowitz, Vice Chairperson

• Report on Meeting of February 2, 2007
• Questions and Answers:  5 minutes

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISONS

ADJOURNMENT

*Note:Addition of items to the Agenda requires a two-thirds vote.There is an overall time limit of 2-1/2 hours for Senate meetings.Specific time limits are set for questions and debate, not for presentation of reports.After approval, extension of time limits requires a two-thirds vote.