Rutgers University Senate Meeting Minutes

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE

MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University Senate

DATE: March 24, 2017

TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room, College Avenue Student Center, New Brunswick Campus

MEMBERS PRESENT: Alizadeh, Anaele, Ardeshna, Artun, Balaguru, Barbarese, Barchi, Bekdash, Benford, Boikess, Borisovets, Boruchoss, Bradshaw, Bugel, Chandler, Chang, Chayko, Collins, Cotter, Craig, Cutler, Dana, Dane, Dasari, Davis, Desai, Deshpande, Detloff, DiVito, Dreyer, Edwards, Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Fox, Gillett, Glover, Goh, Gursoy, Hart, Heckscher, D. Hughes, Huselid, Jackson, A. Johnson, Joo, Joseph, Kalan, Kelly, Kelshikar, Kouraeva, Krapivin, Kustka, Krutyansky, LaPointe, Lattime, Lee, Jane Lewis, Levy, Linz, Lutz, Maloney, Marchetta, Marchick, Markert, Markosian, Mazurek, Miranti, Moran, Moseray, Norville, O'Connell, Okada, Oleske, Oliver, O'Neill, Otto, Pagan, Pandey, Pappas, Pirrello, C. Potter, Powell, Puhak, Rabinowitz, Rivera, Romanchuk, Roth, Rothpletz-Puglia, Rozenberg, Salazar, Saltzman, Samant, Schneider, Scoloveno, C. Scott, K. Scott, Serrano, Settles, Shapses, Sheflin, Shinbrot, Soto, Spiegel, Sulley, Szatrowski, Taillefer, Thomson, Thompson, Thornton, Toney-Boss, Torres, Van Stine, Wakim, Wagner, Zurlo

EXCUSED: Bhuyan, Bridgeman, Burley, Edward, Esposito, Field, Flores, Gould, Junboonta, Mammis, McKeever, Mouradian, A. Patel, Pintar, Schwartz, Shinn, Stepleton, Winkler

ABSENT: Barone, Brunson, Bubb, Butterfield, Cahill, Calabrese, Cantor, Carrasco, Charles, Chen, Clark, Corio, Collado-Garrido, Conway, Cooper, Covington, Delnevo, Diaz, Dizon, Drachtman, Eastman, Eisenstein, Farmbry, Farris, Feldman, Fletcher, Gabriel, Ganesh, Goodman, Goswami, Gower, Gross, Haddon, Hayton, Holzemer, J. Hughes, Iannini, Jaffry, Janniger, Joergensen, D. Johnson, R. Johnson, Kaptan, Kukor, Kuzma, Langer, Lei, Leibman, Jan Lewis, Lindenmeyer, Lugg, Mahon, March, Marcone, Martinez, Meck, Nasr, Nissen, Paneque, Parmar, Parvathaneni, D. Patel, K. Patel, Ponzio, J. Potter, Robinson, Salmond, Santana, Schiavo, Scotto, Settimo, Shapiro, Sheehan, Singh, Stauffer, Strom, Thomas, Upadhyay, Van Ryzin, Wang, Wasserman

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY: Faculty: Of 101 total: 69 present (68%), 10 excused (10%), 22 absent (22%); Students: Of 48 total: 23 present (48%), 5 excused (10%), 20 absent (42%); Administrators: Of 42 total: 6 present (14%), 0 excused (0%), 36 absent (86%); Staff: Of 17 total: 11 present (64%), 3 excused (17%), 3 absent (17%); Alumni: Of 4 total: 4 present (100%), 0 excused (0%), 0 absent (0%)
View Senate Attendance Record for this academic year

PRESIDING OFFICER: Peter Gillett, Chair

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

Senate Chairperson Peter Gillett called the meeting to order at 1:10 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the College Avenue Student Center, College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick. Gillett's Chair's Report included comments on:

appointment of the 2017-18 Senate Nominating Panel, to be chaired this year by Senator Ann Gould;
his recent email to Senators regarding attendance; and
a summary of the meeting agenda.

SECRETARY'S REPORT - Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary

Agenda: The meeting's agenda was approved as distributed by the Executive Secretary.
Minutes: The Minutes of the February 17, 2017 Senate Meeting were approved as distributed by the Executive Secretary.
Communications: The following communications were presented by the Executive Secretary:

President Barchi's Response to Senate Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee R esponse to Charge S-1409 on Greater Integration of Contingent Faculty in the Rutgers Community and Appendix A
Call for Nominations for 2017-2018 Senate Officers and Executive Committee Members, and Representatives to the Boards of Governors and Trustees - Send nominations to Senate Secretary Swalagin. While unit elections for next year are pending, continuing Senators or those who are likely to be elected to the Senate may be nominated. Click the link for additional instructions and information.
Schedule of 2017-18 Senate and Executive Committee meetings has been approved by the Senate Executive Committee. Continuing Senators please add the Senate dates to your schedules.

OLD BUSINESS

Student Affairs Committee (SAC) Revised Response to Charge S-1305 on Smoke-Free Rutgers - Viktor Krapivin and Samuel Rabinowitz, SAC Co-chairs

Student Affairs Committee Co-chairs Viktor Krapivin presented the SAC revised response to Charge S-1305 on Smoke-Free Rutgers. The report had been presented at the November 2016 Senate meeting, where it was sent back to the SAC for revision. Krapivin summarized the report and read the resolution, which was then adopted by the Senate.

COMMITTEE REPORTS/RESOLUTIONS

Senate Executive Committee Resolution Endorsing the March for Science - Robert Boikess, Executive Committee Member, presenting on behalf of the Executive Committee

Senate Executive Committee Member Robert Boikess, on behalf of the Executive Committee, presented a Resolution Endorsing the March for Science, which was discussed and adopted unanimously.

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

Budget and Finance Committee Chair Menahem Spiegel, and BFC Member Charles Heckscher presented the Annual Report on the Rutgers University Budget, and responded to questions, or heard comments relating to the report.

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

Senate Parliamentarian Jon Oliver assumed the chair while Gillett went to the Senate floor to participate in the committee-of-the-whole discussion on free speech and academic freedom. The Senate moved to committee-of-the-whole on Michael Van Stine's motion. A lengthy discussion ensued, after which Gillett successfully moved that the Senate rise from committee-of-the-whole, and resumed the chair.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - Robert Barchi, University President

University President Robert Barchi presented an administrative report, commenting on topics including:

his appreciation for the discussion on free speech and academic freedom, and for the Budget and Finance Committee's report on the Rutgers budget, as well as administrative efforts in both areas;
student achievements and awards;
athletic teams' recent victories;
increased national rankings of the newly merged Rutgers School of Law; and
the federal budget.

Barchi then responded to questions, or heard comments, on the above subjects, as well as:

Cornerstone issues;
administrative support for student governing associations;
budget transparency;
his response to the Senate report on contingent faculty;
athletics funding and the Big Ten;
Rutgers' acceptable use policy, and related email privacy issues; and
potential for a student policy library.

PRESENTATION ON PUBLIC SAFETY - Kenneth Cop, Executive Director of Police Services

Executive Director of Police Services Kenneth Cop presented a report on public safety at Rutgers, and responded to related questions.

[The meeting time was extended to 4:10 p.m.]

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - Senate Vice Chair Robert Puhak reported on the March 3, 2017 meeting and activities of the Senate Executive Committee.

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES: There had been no Board of Governors meeting since the previous Senate meeting. Senator Asha Samant, Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees, reported on the March 8 Board of Trustees meeting.

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS: Senator Viktor Krapivin, New Brunswick Student Member of the Senate Executive Committee, reported on New Brunswick student governing association activities.

ADJOURNMENT: Gillett reminded the Senate that the next Senate meeting would be held at the Busch Student Center. The meeting adjourned at 4:10 p.m.

Minutes Written and Submitted by,
Ken Swalagin
Executive Secretary of the University Senate