RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
CALL TO MEETING
Friday, February 21, 2014, 1:10 p.m.
Morning Committee Meetings, Noon Caucuses, and Lunch will be held in the Camden Campus Center.
The 1:10 p.m. Senate Meeting will be held in the Paul Robeson Library, Camden Campus

Click here to view Camden Campus map and Travel Directions
Click here to view information on NJ Transit River LINE train between Trenton and Camden


TRANSPORTATION AND PRE-MEETING TIMETABLE:
9:00 a.m. - New Brunswick and Newark Senators board charter bus for Camden - 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.)
9:15 a.m. sharp - Bus departs from Cook Campus.
10:30 a.m. (approximately) - Bus arrives in Camden.
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon - Standing Committee meetings (Committees convene when the bus from New Brunswick arrives, or at 10:30 a.m., whichever is later. Follow this link to a directory of committee, caucus, and lunch rooms/locations.)
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m. - Lunch, and Faculty, Student and Staff Caucuses
1:10 p.m. - Call to Order in Penn Classroom 401, Paul Robeson Library, Camden Campus.
Fifteen minutes post-adjournment - Board charter bus for return trip. Bus departs Camden Campus promptly 15 minutes after the Senate meeting adjourns.

A G E N D A

PLEASE PRINT OUT AND BRING WITH YOU ANY DOCUMENTS TO WHICH YOU MAY WANT TO REFER DURING THE MEETING. ONLY THE AGENDA AND VOTING CARDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE MEETING.

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Ann Gould, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Secretary
COMMITTEE REPORTS 

University Structure and Governance Committee (USGC) Response to Charge S-1302 on Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Senators and Response to Charge S-1307 on Senate and Executive Committee Eligibility - Peter Gillett and Jon Oliver, USGC Co-chairs
Note: These two reports reference each other. The recommendations in the report on Charge S-1307 include a change to Senate Bylaws/University Policy. In accordance with established parliamentary procedure, this report is being introduced (and may be discussed) at this meeting, but will not be up for adoption until the March 2014 meeting.

CAMDEN CAMPUS REPORT - Camden Chancellor Wendell Pritchett
OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS  [Note: Article IV.A. of the Senate Bylaws states, "All new matters shall be referred to committee before coming to the Senate (unless extenuating circumstances apply, as indicated under section C.4..."]

REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISONS

REPORTS OF CAMPUS STUDENT LIAISONS

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - University President Robert Barchi

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 2013-14 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 28, 2014
May 2, 2014
 (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.)