February 22, 2013 University Senate Meeting

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

CALL TO MEETING
FEBRUARY 22, 2013

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

Click here to view Newark Campus Map and Travel Directions

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. - Faculty and Student Caucuses. (Faculty Caucus Room 226, Student Caucus Room 257, Staff Caucus Room 224, Alumni Caucus Room 234)
[Lunch will be provided. Please feel free to collect your lunch and bring it to your caucus.]
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
- Paul Panayotatos, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Executive Secretary

Approval of Agenda* (including time limits)
Approval of Minutes of January 25, 2013
Communications:

Schedule of 2013-14 Senate and Executive Committee Meetings
Administrative Responses to Senate Reports and Recommendations:

President Barchi's February 11, 2013 response to the Senate's Report and Recommendations on Charge S-1103A, Academic Calendar, Part 2
President Barchi's February 11, 2013 response to the Senate's Report and Recommendations on Charge S-1201, Senate Size and Composition

SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE CAMDEN FACULTY MEMBER OF THE SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - Daniel Bubb, formerly Camden faculty member of the Executive Committee, is no longer a Senator, and will be replaced through this election. Nominations are being solicited, and may also be made from the floor during this election.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee (ICAC) Report and Recommendations on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) [Link now goes to report as amended and adopted at this meeting.] - Natalie Borisovets, ICAC Chair

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) Report and Recommendations on Charge A-0812B on Evaluation of Administrators, Part II: Evaluation of Upper Administrators [Link now goes to report as amended and adopted at this meeting.]- Ann Gould and Paul Panayotatos, FPAC Co-chairs

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - President Robert L. Barchi

Questions and Answers

NEWARK CAMPUS REPORT - Interim Newark Chancellor Philip L. Yeagle

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

COMMITTEE-OF-THE-WHOLE DISCUSSION [time permitting] on topic to be determined.

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 2012-13 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 29, 2013
May 3, 2013
(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.)