RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

MEETING AGENDA

Friday, March 24, 2017 1:10 p.m.
College Avenue Student Center, Multipurpose Room
College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick


Please print and bring with you any linked documents to which you may want to refer during the meeting. Only the agenda and voting cards will be distributed in hardcopy at the meeting.

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIR’S REPORT - Peter Gillett, Chair

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary of the Senate
OLD BUSINESS

Student Affairs Committee (SAC) Revised Response to Charge S-1305 on Smoke-Free Rutgers - Viktor Krapivin and Samuel Rabinowitz, SAC Co-chairs
 
This charge response was referred back to the SAC at the November 2016 Senate meeting. Today's response has been revised by the SAC.

The SAC was charged as follows: Examine the desirability, feasibility, impact and means of evolving into a smoke-free Rutgers.

COMMITTEE REPORTS/RESOLUTIONS   [Note: Substantive amendments to Senate reports or resolutions should be given to the Senate secretary in writing prior to or at the time the amendment is moved.]
Senate Executive Committee Resolution Endorsing the March for Science - Robert Boikess, Executive Committee Member, presenting on behalf of the Executive Committee

Budget and Finance Committee (BFC) Annual Report on the Rutgers University Budget - Menahem Spiegel, BFC Chair

Committee-of-the-Whole Discussion on Free Speech and Academic Freedom

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - Robert Barchi, University President
PRESENTATION ON PUBLIC SAFETY - Kenneth Cop, Executive Director of Police Services

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..." Also, the Senate Executive Committee has authorized committee-of-the-whole discussions under New Business as appropriate, and time permitting.]

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - Robert Puhak, Senate Vice Chair

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 2016-17 University Senate Meetings
[Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held on Fridays in the Multipurpose Room, College Avenue Student Center, College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.]

April 28, 2017 (Busch Student Center)
 (The April 28 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 2017.)