RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

MEETING AGENDA

Friday, February 25, 2011, 1:10 p.m.

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

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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. PARKING FOR THE BUS TRIP FROM COOK CAMPUS: New Brunswick students may only park in their assigned lots. New Brunswick and Camden faculty and staff with valid Rutgers faculty/staff permits may park in Lot 98A or 98B. Camden students with or without parking permits must be placed on a one-day "Do not ticket" list. Call the Senate office (732 932-7642) or e-mail lmicklsn@rci.rutgers.edu at least three days before the meeting, and tell us your name and vehicle information (year, make, model, and license plate number) so we can add you to that list. Alumni Senators should also contact the Senate office so we may send you a one-day parking permit. (Senators who are driving to Newark 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.
10:30 a.m. (or shortly after the bus arrives) to 12:00 noon - Standing Committee meetings.
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m.  - Lunch available in Multipurpose Room West 231, Paul Robeson Campus Center; 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.

Senators are asked to please print out and bring with them any materials to which they may want to refer during the meeting. Only the agenda and voting cards will be distributed at the meeting.
 
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 COMMITTEE REPORTS

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee Response to Charge S-1007, on Academic Promotion/Reappointment Form 1A - Ann Gould and Paul Panayotatos, Co-chairs  [Note: The above link goes to the report as presented to the Senate. Follow this link to read the Report as amended and adopted by the Senate.]

University Structure and Governance Committee Response to Charge S-0915 on Conduct of Staff Senator Elections - Peter Gillett, Chair  [Note: The above link goes to the report as presented to the Senate. Follow this link to read the Report as amended and adopted by the Senate.]

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 . . ."]

[WITHDRAWN] NEWARK CAMPUS REPORT - Chancellor Steven Diner   ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - President Richard L. McCormick

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - Ann Gould, Vice Chairperson
REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISONS

COMMITTEE-OF-THE-WHOLE DISCUSSION (Time Permitting) on Shared Governance, and on the Proposal for establishing a School of Nursing at Rutgers-Camden

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 2010-11 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 25, 2011
April 29, 2011 (May convene at 10:30 or 11:00 a.m.)