RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

CALL TO MEETING
FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Multipurpose Room East 232, PAUL ROBESON CAMPUS CENTER, NEWARK CAMPUS

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WEATHER ADVISORY, FEBRUARY 22: If either the Newark or New Brunswick Campus is closed on Friday, February 22, the Senate meeting Newark will be cancelled. Please check http://campusstatus.rutgers.edu or the RU Info Call Center (732-932-4636) or RU-TV Channel 3 in the morning before setting out for the 2/22 Senate meeting, your committee meeting, or the Senate bus from New Brunswick. If the Camden Campus is closed but New Brunswick and Newark are operating, all Camden Senators who do not make the meeting will be excused.

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.  (Faculty Caucus Room 226, Student Caucus Room 257, Staff Caucus Room 224)
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
- Samuel Rabinowitz, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Executive Secretary ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - President Richard L. McCormick NEWARK CAMPUS REPORT - Provost Steven Diner
COMMITTEE REPORT

University Structure and Governance Committee (USGC) Report on Charge S-0701, Part-Time and Full-Time Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Role in Shared Governance - Tricia Nolfi and Jonathan Tittler, USGC Co-Chairs.
Note: The recommendations in this report include a change to Senate Bylaws/University Regulations. In accordance with established parliamentary procedure, this report was introduced and discussed at the January 2007 Senate meeting, and the Senate is being asked to adopt the bylaws change at this meeting.

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - Paul Leath, Vice Chairperson
REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

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.

Remaining 2007-08 University Senate Meetings

[Meetings are in New Brunswick, unless otherwise noted.]

March 28, 2008

May 2, 2008