RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE

PRESIDING OFFICER: Paul Panayotatos, Chairperson

CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM: Chairperson Panayotatos called the first meeting of the 2011-2012 Rutgers University Senate to order at 10:45 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room, Rutgers Student Center, 126 College Avenue, College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick. He introduced himself, and welcomed new and returning Senators. Panayotatos said that Senators should feel free to ask, utilizing "point of information," if they do not understand any portion of the proceedings.

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

• Agenda: The meeting's agenda was approved as distributed by the secretary.
• Committee Preferences:  Secretary Swalagin directed the Senate to online resources to guide Senators' choices of standing-committee membership preferences, including the committees' standing charges, pending charges, and a committee-preference form, and reminded everyone to send him their preferences.
• Schedule of 2011-2012 Senate and Executive Committee Meetings: Swalagin asked the Senate to add to their calendars the dates of next year's Senate meetings.

PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR: Privilege of the floor was granted to Nominating Panel Chairperson Victor Greenhut, a member of the 2010-11 and 2011-12 Senates.
 
REPORT OF THE NOMINATING PANEL: Nominating Panel Chairperson Victor Greenhut presented the report of the Nominating Panel.
 
Senator Greenhut gave a brief overview of the nominating and election process, as well as the runoff procedure for at-large faculty Executive Committee member elections. He said that candidates for positions which are uncontested are not required to make statements in support of their candidacies, but may do so if they wish.
 
Senator Greenhut then announced candidates for Senate chairperson, vice chairperson, and Executive Committee members, calling for nominations from the floor in each category.
 
The nominations in those categories completed, the resultant slate of candidates was:
 
Chairperson (who serves ex officio as Representative to the Board of Governors): Paul Panayotatos, Graduate School-New Brunswick (Faculty)
Vice Chairperson: Ann Gould, SEBS (Faculty)
Faculty Members of the Executive Committee, Camden: Daniel Bubb, At-Large Camden (F)
Faculty Members of the Executive Committee, Newark: Natalie Borisovets, Libraries, Newark (F); Robert Puhak, FAS-N (F)
Faculty Members of the Executive Committee, New Brunswick: Peter Gillett, RBS:N/NB (F); Kenneth McKeever, At-Large NB (F)

RUNOFF ELECTION FOR FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: All candidates in contested campus-specific Executive Committee categories declared their willingness to run in the at-large category, as needed. A runoff election was conducted for all full-time faculty members of the Executive Committee based on the above slate so that those nominees who did not prevail in the contested New Brunswick Faculty EC category could be placed in the at-large category. Candidates for New Brunswick and Newark Faculty EC Member made statements in support of their candidacies. The Senate was instructed to complete the separate portion of the ballot for that category. The ballots were collected and tabulated, and the results announced.

Senator Greenhut then announced candidates for student, PTL/annual-appointee faculty, and alumnus Executive Committee members, as well as board representatives, calling for nominations from the floor in each category.  For the position of Alumnus Member of the Executive Committee, Robert Barraco nominated himself from the floor, and Raymond Bodnar nominated William Norville from the floor. For the position of Newark Student Member of the Executive Committee, there was no candidate nominated, and it was announced that an election for that position would be held at the October 2011 Senate meeting. For the position of Undergraduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees, Katherine Yabut (SAS-NB), Joshua David (SAS-NB), and Minru Hwang (Engineering) nominated themselves from the floor. For the position of Graduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees, Kyle Jasey (RBS Graduate Programs-N/NB) nominated himself from the floor, and Paul Barnett nominated Kenneth Henriques (GS-Camden) from the floor..

The nominations completed, the resultant slate of candidates was:
 
Chairperson (who serves ex officio as Representative to the Board of Governors): Paul Panayotatos, Graduate School-New Brunswick (Faculty)
Vice Chairperson: Ann Gould, SEBS (Faculty)
Faculty Members of the Executive Committee, Camden: Daniel Bubb, At-Large Camden (F)
Faculty Members of the Executive Committee, Newark: Natalie Borisovets, Libraries, Newark (F)
Faculty Members of the Executive Committee, New Brunswick: Peter Gillett, RBS:N/NB (F)
Faculty Members of the Executive Committee, At-Large: Kenneth McKeever, At-Large NB (F); Robert Puhak, FAS-N (F) [A runoff election was conducted for all full-time faculty members of the Executive Committee based on the above slate so that those nominees who did not prevail in the contested New Brunswick Faculty EC category could be placed in the at-large category.]
Part-Time Lecturer/Annual Appointee Faculty Member of the Executive Committee: Karen Thompson, PTL-NB
Camden Student Member of the Executive Committee: Matthew Paterno, UC-C (S)
Newark Student Member of the Executive Committee: [No nominee. Election to be held October 2011.]
New Brunswick Student Member of the Executive Committee: Donggu Yoon, SAS-NB (S)
Alumnus Member of the Executive Committee: Robert Barraco, Alumni Association; William Norville, Alumni Association
Staff Senator Member of the Executive Committee: Justine Herenandez Levine, Staff-NB; Jonathan Muse, Staff-Camden
Faculty Representative to the Board of Governors: Thomas Figueira, SAS-NB (F); Samuel Rabinowitz, SB-C (F)
Student Representative to the Board of Governors: Kristin Clarke, SAS-NB (S)
Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees: Martha Cotter, Graduate School-NB (F); Menahem Spiegel, RBS-N/NB (F)
Undergraduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees: Katherine Yabut, SAS-NB (S); Joshua David, SAS-NB (S); Minru Hwang, Engineering (S)
Graduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees: Kyle Jasey, RBS:Grad.Prog.-N/NB (S); Kenneth Henriques, GS-Camden (S)
 
Candidates who wished to do so were given time to make statements.
 
VOTING AND COLLECTION OF BALLOTS:  Voting was done on paper ballots prepared by the Secretary and distributed at sign-in only to voting members of the 2011-12 Senate.  Linda Mickelsen of the Senate Office collected and tabulated.
 
[Secretary’s Note: Election results were announced during the subsequent Senate regular meeting, and posted on the Senate website that evening, as follows:]
 
 
ADJOURNMENT: Chairperson Panayotatos announced that there would be a 45-minute lunch break, after which the last Regular Meeting of the 2010-2011 Senate would convene. He then adjourned the Organizational Meeting at 11:53 a.m.
 
Submitted by:
Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary of the University Senate