RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

CALL TO MEETING
FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Essex Room 232, PAUL ROBESON CAMPUS CENTER, NEWARK CAMPUS

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TRANSPORTATION AND PRE-MEETING TIMETABLE:

9:00 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.)
9:15 a.m. sharp - Bus departs from Cook Campus.
10:00 a.m. (approximately) - Bus arrives in Newark.
10:00 a.m. (or when the bus arrives from New Brunswick) to 12:00 noon - Standing Committee meetings
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m.  - Faculty and Student Caucuses.  (Faculty Caucus Bergen Room 255/6/7, Student Caucus Monmouth Room 237, Staff Caucus Passaic Room 226, Alumni Caucus Middlesex Room 224)
[Lunch will be provided. Please collect your lunch and take it to your caucus. Do not caucus in the lunch location.]
1:10 p.m. - Call To Order in Essex Room 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
- Ann Gould, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Executive Secretary ELECTION OF CAMDEN AND NEWARK STUDENT MEMBERS OF THE SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - This election is being held at this meeting because the incumbents in both positions have resigned. Paper ballots will be distributed to voting Senators at the meeting. Self-nominations for the positions were solicited in advance. Nominations will not be accepted from the floor. The slate of candidates (Follow this link to the candidates' statements in support of candidacy.):
COMMITTEE REPORTS

University Structure and Governance Committee (USGC) Response to Charge S-1309 on Senate Election Procedures [Report is for information only. No bylaws or procedural changes are recommended.] - USGC Co-chairs Jon Oliver and Robert Puhak

The USGC was charged as follows: Charge S-1309, Senate Election Procedures: "Review election procedures used by the Senate, and, if appropriate, recommend improved procedures."

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) Response to Charge S-1313 on Travel and Business Expense Reimbursement (TABER)  Appendix 1: TABER Survey Appendix 2: TABER Survey Summary - FPAC Co-chairs Ann Gould and Rudy Bell

The FPAC was charged as follows: Charge S-1313, Travel and Business Expense Reimbursement (TABER): "Review current university policies and practices concerning reimbursement to faculty and staff for professional expenditures, including but not limited to, travel, conference attendance, and purchases; survey impacted constituencies for suggestions, and propose possible modifications or improvements to the current system."

Executive Committee (EC) Introduction of Bylaws Change Regarding Annual Elections of Senate Leadership, Executive Committee Members, and Board Representatives [In accordance with parliamentary procedure and established Senate practice, this item is docketed for introduction and prior notice today, and will be voted on at the March 27, 2015 Senate meeting.] - EC Vice Chair Martha Cotter

NEWARK CAMPUS REPORT - Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - University President Robert Barchi
 REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT 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.


Remaining 2014-15 University Senate Meetings
[Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held on Fridays in the Multipurpose Room, Rutgers Student Center, College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.]

March 27, 2015
May 1, 2015

 (The May meeting may convene at 10:30 or 11:00 a.m. This meeting is the last of this year's Senate, but will begin with the first meeting of next year's Senate, at which Senate officers, Executive Committee members, and board representatives will be elected. The start time will be determined by the Senate Executive Committee in April 2015.)