RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE

PRESIDING OFFICER: Samuel Rabinowitz, Chairperson

CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM: Chairperson Rabinowitz called the first meeting of the 2010-2011 Rutgers University Senate to order at 1:20 p.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 to the first meeting of the 2010-2011 Senate.

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

• Agenda: The meeting's agenda was then 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 2010-2011 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 2009-10 and 2010-11 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. For the position of Newark Student Member of the Executive Committee, Christopher Binetti (Graduate School-Newark) was nominated from the floor.
 
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)
Faculty Members of the Executive Committee, New Brunswick: Leslie Fishbein, SAS-NB (F); Peter Gillett, RBS:N/NB (F); Paul Leath, SAS-NB (F); Kenneth McKeever, At-Large NB (F)

RUNOFF ELECTION FOR FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 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 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 Newark Student Member of the Executive Committee, Christopher Binetti (Graduate School-Newark) was nominated from the floor. For the position of Student Representative to the Board of Governors, Emily Rogalsky (SEBS) and Donggu Yoon (SAS-NB) were nominated from the floor. For the position of Undergraduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees, Adam Helgeson (SAS-NB) was nominated 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: Leslie Fishbein, SAS-NB (F); Paul Leath, SAS-NB (F); Kenneth McKeever, At-Large NB (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: Paul Barnett, CCAS (S)
Newark Student Member of the Executive Committee: Christopher Binetti, GS-Newark (S)
New Brunswick Student Member of the Executive Committee: Joshua David, SAS-NB (S)
Alumnus Member of the Executive Committee: Raymond Bodnar, Alumni Association
Staff Senator Member of the Executive Committee: [The election of Staff Senators had not been completed, so a pool of potential candidates for this category was not available. The Senate Executive Committee had authorized continuation of the term of the incumbent, Justine Herenandez Levine, Staff-NB, until a special election could be held at the October Senate meeting.]
Faculty Representative to the Board of Governors: Martha Cotter, Graduate School-NB (F)
Student Representative to the Board of Governors: Jonathan Nycz, SAS-NB (S); Emily Rogalsky, SEBS (S); Donggu Yoon, SAS-NB (S)
Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees: Joseph Markert, RBS-N/NB (F); Samuel Rabinowitz, SB-Camden (F); Menahem Spiegel, RBS-N/NB (F); Mark Vodak, Cook/SEBS (F)
Undergraduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees: Lester Sabo, SAS-NB (S); Adam Helgeson, SAS-NB (S)
Graduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees: Daniel J. McArdle, 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 2010-11 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: At 2:15 p.m., Chairperson Rabinowitz adjourned the Organizational Meeting.
 
Submitted by,
Kenneth Swalagin
Executive Secretary of the University Senate