RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDAS
Friday, April 29, 2016, 10:30 a.m. and 1:10 p.m.
Busch Student Center, Multipurpose Room
Busch Campus, Piscataway


FIRST MEETING OF THE 2016-2017 UNIVERSITY SENATE:

ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA FOR THE ELECTION OF 2016-17 OFFICERS, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND BOARD REPRESENTATIVES:

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM - Ann Gould, Senate Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY: REPORT OF THE NOMINATING PANEL - Robert Puhak and Jon Oliver, Nominating Panel Co-chairs
Charge to the Nominating Panel

Slate of Nominees  Follow this link to read the candidates' campaign statements in alphabetical order by candidates' names. or statements by position on the ballot.

STATEMENTS OF THE NOMINEES

VOTING AND COLLECTION OF BALLOTS - There will be runoff elections for Chair, Vice Chair, and any contested Campus Faculty Member of the Executive Committee categories (to populate the At-Large Faculty Member of the Executive Committee category)

ADJOURNMENT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING

[Election results, if available, will be announced during the Regular Senate meeting, which follows this meeting's adjournment. Results will also be posted on the Senate website by Monday, May 2.]
 

 
LAST MEETING OF THE 2015-2016 UNIVERSITY SENATE [Begins at 1:10 p.m., following caucuses]:

PLEASE PRINT OUT AND BRING WITH YOU ANY DOCUMENTS TO WHICH YOU MAY WANT TO REFER DURING THE MEETING. ONLY THE AGENDA (AND THE BALLOTS FOR THE ELECTION) AND VOTING CARDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN HARDCOPY AT THE MEETING.


REGULAR MEETING AGENDA OF THE 2015-16 UNIVERSITY SENATE:

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Ann Gould, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY: COMMITTEE REPORTS: Each report will be presented/summarized by the committee chairs, then will be discussed and acted upon by the Senate. PLEASE REVIEW THESE REPORTS BEFORE COMING TO THE MEETING.

[Old Business] Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee (ICAC) Revised Response to Charge S-1504 on Determination of Student Participation - Natalie Borisovets, ICAC Chair  [Previous Response to Charge S-1504 on Determination of Student Attendance]

This report was postponed from two previous Senate meetings. Because the original version is what was postponed, that is linked above because that is what is before the Senate at this time. The revised version linked prominently above is what will be substituted for Senate action by the ICAC at this meeting. The ICAC was charged as follows:

Develop guidelines that would allow units and individual instructors to comply with U.S. Department of Education requirements that Rutgers keep records for students receiving federal financial aid that substantiate students' participatory attendance in the classes for which they are registered.

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) Response to Charge S-1409 on Greater Integration of Contingent Faculty in the Rutgers Community and Appendix A- Ann Gould, FPAC Co-chair, and Karen Thompson, PTL Member of the FPAC

The FPAC was charged as follows: Given the ever increasing use of contingent faculty (NTT and PTL) at Rutgers and nationally, consider ways to integrate these faculty fully into the University community. Identify other institutions that have been successful in providing such rights and privileges to their contingent faculty, and propose measures to emulate them. In particular, consider ways to afford contingent faculty the security necessary to be more active participants in shared governance, as well as more visible members of the community.

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) Response to Charge A-1603 on Evaluation of Administrators, Part II: Evaluation of Chancellors - Ann Gould and Joseph Markert, FPAC Co-chairs

The FPAC was charged as follows: Given the joint Rutgers-UMDNJ integration and changes in administrative structure, reconsider the process recommended by the University Senate in 2012 for evaluation of upper administrators, now with a focus on evaluating chancellors.  

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

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 - Peter Gillett, Senate Vice Chair

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS

ADJOURNMENT
 
[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..."]

*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.