RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE

MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University Senate

DATE: April 28, 2017

TIME AND PLACE: 11:30 p.m., Multipurpose Room, Busch Student Center, Busch Campus

MEMBERS PRESENT:  Anaele, Ardeshna, Artun, Balaguru, Barbarese, Bekdash, Bhuyan, Boikess, Borisovets, Bridgeman, Bugel, Carraso, Chandler, Collins, Cotter, Craig, Dana, Dane, Dasari, Desai, deshpande, DiVito, Dixon, Dreyer, Eisenstein, Esposito, Ferrara, Field, Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Fletcher, Fox, Gillett, Glover, Gould, Gross, Gursoy, Jackson, Joergensen, A. Johnson, Joseph, Junboonta, Kelly, Kelshikar, Krapivin, Kustka, Krutyansky, Langer, Lattime, Linz, Lugg, Lutz, Mammis, Jarchetta, Marchick, Markert, Markosian, Mazurek, McKeever, Moseray, Mouradian, Oliver, O'Neill, Pappas, Pintar, Puhak, Rabinowitz, Rivera, Roth, Rothpletz-Puglia, Salazar, Saltzman, Samant, Schwartz, Scoloveno, Settimo, Settles, Shapses, Sheflin, Shinn, Soto, Spiegel, Stepleton, Thomson, Thompson, Toney-Boss, Van Stine, Wagner, Wang, Winkler

EXCUSED:  Barchi, Boruchoff, Brunson, Burley,  Chayko, Davis, Dettloff, Hart, Heckscher,  Kaptan, Kalan, LaPointe, Levy, Maloney, Miranti, Nissen, Okada, Oleske, Otto, Pagan, Parvathaneni, Pirrello, Ponzio, Powell,  Rozenberg, Schneider, C. Scott, K. Scott, Shinbrot, Torres, Zurlo

ABSENT:   Alizadeh, Barone, Benford, Blanchett, Bradshaw, Bubb, Butterfield, Cahill, Calabrese, Cantor, Chang, Charles, Chen, Coiro, Collado-Garrido, Conway, Cooper, Covington, Cutler, Delnevo, Diaz, Drachtman, Eastman, Edward, Edwards, Farmbry, Farris, Feldman, Flores, Gabriel, Ganesh, Goh, Gonzalez, Goodman, Goswami, Gower, Grant, Haddon, Hayton, Holzemer, D. Hughes, J. Hughes, Huselid, Iannini, Jaffry, Janniger, D. Johnson, R. Johnson, Joo, Kouraeva, Kukor, Kuzma, Lee, Lei, Leibman, Jan Lewis, Jane Lewis, Lindenmeyer, Mahon, March, Marcone, Martinez, Meck, Moran, Nasr, Norville, O'Connell, Paneque, Pandey, Parmar, A. Patel, D. Patel, K. Patel, C. Potter, J. Potter, Robinson, Romanchuk, Salmond, Santana, Schiavo, Scotto, Serrano, Shapiro, Sheehan, Singh, Stauffer, Strom, Sulley, Szatrowski, Taillefer, Thomas, Thornton, Upadhyay, Van Ryzin, Wakim, Wasserman

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY: Faculty: Of 103 total: 57 present (55%), 19 excused (18%), 27 absent (26%); Students: Of 50 total: 18 present (36%), 5 excused (10%), 27 absent (54%); Administrators: Of 42 total: 0 present (0%), 4 excused (9.5%), 38 absent (90%); Staff: Of 16 total: 12 present (75%), 2 excused (12.5%), 2 absent (12.5%); Alumni: Of 4 total: 2 present (50%), 1 excused (25%), 1 absent (25%)

TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room, Busch Student Center, Busch Campus

MEMBERS PRESENT:  Alizadeh, Anaele, Ardeshna, Balaguru, Barbarese, Bekdash, Benford, Bhuyan, Boikess, Borisovets, Bridgeman, Bugel, Carrasco, Chandler, Collins, Cotter, Craig, Dana, Dane, Dasari, Desai, Deshpande, DiVito, Dixon, Dreyer, Esposito, Gerrara, Field, Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Fletcher, Fox, Gillett, Glover, Gould, Gower, Gross, Gursoy, D. Hughes, Jackson, Joergensen, A. Johnson, Joo, Joseph, Junboonta, Kelly, Kelshikar, Jouraeva, Krapivin, Kustka, Krutyansky, Lee, Linz, Lutz, Maloney, Mammis, Marchetta, Marchick, Markert, Markosian, McKeever, Moseray, Norville, O'Connell, Oliver, O'Neill, Pappas, Pintar, Puhak, Rabinowitz, Rivera, Roth, Rothpletz-Puglia, Salazar, Saltzman, Samant, Schwartz, Scoloveno, Settimo, Settles, Shapses, Sheflin, Shinn, Soto, Spiegel, Stepleton, Szatrowski, Thomson, Thompson, Toney-Boss, Van Stine, Wakim, Wagner, Wang, Winkler

EXCUSED:  Barchi, Boruchoff, Brunson, Burley, Chayko, Davis, Dettloff, Hart, Heckscher, Kaptan, Kalan, LaPointe, Levy, Miranti,  Nissen, Okada, Oleske, Otto, Pagan, Parvathaneni, Pirrello, Ponzio, Powell,  Rozenberg, Schneider, C. Scott, K. Scott, Shinbrot, Torres, Zurlo

ABSENT:   Arun, Barone, Blanchett, Bradshaw, Bubb, Butterfield, Cahill, Calabrese, Cantor, Chang, Charles, Chen, Corio, Collado-Garrido, Conway, Cooper, Covington, Cutler, Delnevo, Diaz, Drachtman, Eastman, Edward, Edwards, Eisenstein, Farmbry, Farris, Feldman, Flores, Gabriel, Ganesh, Goh, Gonzalez, Goodman, Goswami, Grant, Haddon, Hayton, Holzemer, J. Hughes, Huselid, Iannini, Jaffry, Janniger, D. Johnson, R. Johnson, Kukor, Kuzma, Langer, Lattime, Lei, Leibman, Jan Lewis, Jane Lewis, Lindenmeyer, Lugg, Mahon, March, Marcone, Martinez, Mazurek, Meck, Moran, Mouradian, Nasr, Paneque, Pandey, Parmar, A. Patel, D. Patel, K. Patel, C. Potter, J. Potter, Robinson, Romanchuk, Salmond, Santana, Schiavo, Scotto, Serrano, Shapiro, Sheehan, Singh, Stauffer, Strom, Sulley, Taillefer, Thomas, Thornton, Upadhyay, Van Ryzin, Wasserman

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY: Faculty: Of 103 total: 56 present (54%), 19 excused (18%), 28 absent (27%); Students: Of 50 total: 19 present (38%), 5 excused (10%), 26 absent (52%); Administrators: Of 42 total: 3 present (7%), 3 excused (7%), 36 absent (86%); Staff: Of 16 total: 12 present (75%), 2 excused (12.5%), 2 absent (12.5%); Alumni: Of 4 total: 3 present (75%), 1 excused (25%), 0 absent (0%)

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PRESIDING OFFICER: Peter Gillett, Chair

CALL TO ORDER, AND CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT - Peter Gillett, Chair

Senate Chair Peter Gillett called the last regular meeting of the 2016-17 University Senate to order at 11:30 a.m., after adjournment of the 2017-18 Senate organizational (election) meeting, and before the lunch break. He explained that Senators would need to sign in again after the lunch break. He said it was his pleasure to serve as chair during the past year, and thanked all for their support. He then extended best wishes to those not returning.

SECRETARY'S REPORT - Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary of the Senate
COMMITTEE REPORTS

Ad Hoc Committee on Senate-Meeting Web Streaming Response to Charge S-1606 on Senate-Meeting Web Streaming - Ann Gould, Ad Hoc Committee Chair

Ad Hoc Senate-Meeting Web Streaming Committee Chair Ann Gould summarized her committee's response to Charge S-1606 on Senate-Meeting Web Streaming. Viktor Krapivin moved to remand the report back to committee to include a recording of individual Senators' votes. Debate on the motion began, but lunch recess began at 12:00 noon, after a motion to continue debate and shorten the lunch break failed to achieve the required two-thirds vote.

Recess: The Senate recessed for lunch, to reconvene at 1:10 p.m.

Reconvene: The Senate reconvened at 1:10 p.m.

Ad Hoc Committee on Senate-Meeting Web Streaming Response to Charge S-1606 on Senate-Meeting Web Streaming (Continued)- Ann Gould, Ad Hoc Committee Chair

Debate continued on Charge S-1606 on Senate-Meeting Web Streaming. Attempts were made to amend the report to require specific numbers of cameras, and which procedures should be captured and streamed. The question was called on whether to recommit the report to committee. The motion to remand the report back to committee failed. Tyrus Jackson moved the following amendment: "The camera will capture the Senate body, the two subsidiary microphones, and the dais proceeds on a trial basis." Gould pointed out that this was being recommended on a trial basis, and that it could evolve after a trial period and perhaps an additional committee charge. Others noted that the trial period was for six months, after which the process could be re-evaluated and modified. The question was called. The motion to amend failed on card vote. The report on Charge S-1606 was then adopted by the Senate in its original form.

RESOLUTION IN APPRECIATION OF MARTHA COTTER'S SENATE SERVICE: Peter Gillett read the following statement, which was presented to Martha Cotter on an engraved clock, commemorating her upcoming retirement:

"Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and The Rutgers University Senate, hereby present, with Gratitude, to Martha Cotter, In appreciation of her 45 years of service to the Rutgers Community, decades as a Member of the Rutgers University Senate, and years as a Senate Chair, and in recognition of her many contributions to higher education and shared governance at Rutgers.April 2017"

Student Affairs Committee (SAC) Response to Charge S-1611 on Examination of University Policy on Student Use of Drugs and Alcohol [Note: Link goes to report as amended and adopted.] - Viktor Krapivin and Samuel Rabinowitz, SAC Co-Chairs

SAC Co-chair Viktor Krapivin summarized his committee's response to Charge S-1611 on Examination of University Policy on Student Use of Drugs and Alcohol. Following some debate, Robert Puhak moved to separate the seven elements of the resolution, to be considered individually. The first "Be It Resolved" element was adopted. The first numbered element under "Be It Further Resolved" (..."abandon the recently introduced use of monetary fines as punishments for drug and alcohol offenses") failed, and was removed. The remaining five elements were adopted as presented.

Instruction, Curricula, and Advising Committee (ICAC) Response to Charge S-1510 on Student Teaching Evaluations, and Best Practices in Evaluation of Teaching - Natalie Borisovets, ICAC Chair

ICAC Chair Natalie Borisovets summarized her committee's response to Charge S-1510 on Student Teaching Evaluations, and Best Practices in Evaluation of Teaching. The Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) had also participated in formulating this response, and its co-chairs, Joseph Markert and Alexander Settles, were also presented at the podium and participated in the presentation. Robert Puhak successfully moved to separate the recommendations into: 1 through 8 together, and 9, 10, and 11 separately. Krapivin's motion to append an additional element ("Be It Further Resolved that the University Senate recommends the release of anonymized responses for all questions, including open ended questions, on the SIRS survey to Rutgers University students.") failed. The resolution, as separated, was then voted on in two parts, both of which carried.

Motion to Extend the Meeting: At 3:00 p.m., Gillett noted that the overall meeting time limit of 2.5 hours would expire in ten minutes, and asked for a motion to extend to 4:10 p.m. The motion was forthcoming, seconded, and adopted.

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) Response to Charge S-1512 on Staff Promotion and Salary Adjustment Policy - Joseph Markert and Alexander Settles, FPAC Co-chairs

FPAC Co-chairs Alexander Settles and Joseph Markert summarized their committee's response to Charge S-1512 on Staff Promotion and Salary Adjustment Policy. Following brief discussion, the resolution was adopted unanimously.

Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) Response to Charge S-1506 on RBHS and Other Rutgers Academic Calendars - Martha Cotter and Matthew Winkler, ASRAC Co-chairs

ASRAC Co-chairs Martha Cotter and Matthew Winkler summarized their committee's response to Charge S-1506 on RBHS and Other Rutgers Academic Calendars. Following brief discussion, the resolution was adopted unanimously.

Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) Response to Charge A-1610 on Change in Graduation Date for Students Completing Degrees in the Summer - Martha Cotter and Matthew Winkler, ASRAC Co-chairs

ASRAC Co-chairs Martha Cotter and Matthew Winkler summarized their committee's response to Charge A-1610 on Change in Graduation Date for Students Completing Degrees in the Summer. The resolution was then adopted unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS: There was no new business.

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

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Barbara Lee presented an Administrative Report that included comments on:
 Lee then responded to questions, or heard comments, on the above topics, as well as:
SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - Senate Vice Chair Robert Puhak did not report on Executive Committee activities, but did make comments on social justice, and noted that this was his last meeting as vice chair.

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES: Senator Samuel Rabinowitz, Faculty Representative to the Board of Governors, praised Martha Cotter for her service to Rutgers, including as Senate chair and board representative. He reported on the April 6, 2017 Board of Governors meeting, at which ASB-III, the current location of the University Senate office, was approved to be repurposed and occupied solely by the Division of Continuing Studies. Senator Asha Samant, Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees, reported that there had been no Board of Trustees meeting since the previous Senate meeting. 

CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISON REPORTS: There were no reports on campus faculty or student shared governance bodies.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ELECTION RESULTS: Swalagin announced the results of the Senate election held that morning.

ADJOURNMENT: Before adjourning, Gillett thanked Swalagin and Mary Mickelsen, the Senate's administrative assistant. The meeting adjourned at 3:54 p.m.

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