Rutgers University Senate Agenda

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

MEETING AGENDA

Friday, March 29, 2019, 1:10 p.m.
College Avenue Student Center, Multipurpose Room
College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick

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

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Mary Mickelsen, Executive Secretary of the Senate

Approval of Agenda* (including time limits)
Minutes of the February 15, 2019 Senate Meeting
Communications:
- Call for Nominations for 2019-2020 Senate Officers and Executive Committee Members, and Representatives to the Boards of Governors and Trustees - Send nominations to Senate Secretary Mary Mickelsen. 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 2019-2020 Senate and Executive Committee meetings has been approved by the Senate Executive Committee. Continuing Senators please add the Senate dates to your schedules.
- Secretary of the University's Call for Commencement Ambassadors and Marshals
- The following University Policies were recently added/updated:
  - 60.9.38: Sick Pay
  - 100.2.12: Notice of Non-Discrimination and Grievance Procedure (Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act)

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) Response to Charge S-1701 on Reconciling RBHS Procedures for Review of Deans and Programs with Other Existing Procedures - Joseph Markert and Faird Alizadeh, FPAC Co-Chairs

The FPAC has been charged as follows: Consider and make recommendations as to how procedures for review of deans and programs at RBHS might best be reconciled with exisiting procedures in other parts of Rutgers.

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

Student Affairs Committee (SAC) Response to Charge S-1804 on How Student Senators are Elected - Elizabeth Matto and Julie Serrano, S AC Co-Chairs

The SAC has been charged as follows: Evaluate and make recommendations on how Student Senators are elected. Consider if there should be a requirement for direct election of senators.

NEW BRUNSWICK CHANCELLOR'S REPORT - Christopher Molloy, New Brunswick Chancellor

Chancellor's Report
Questions and Answers

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Administrative Report
Questions and Answers

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..."]

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - Senate Vice Chair Jon Oliver

REPORTS OF 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 2018-19 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.]

May 3, 2019
(The May 3 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 2019.)