Organizational Meeting of the University Senate

DATE:   May 3, 2002

TIME AND PLACE:   1:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room, Rutgers Student Center, 126 College Avenue, College Avenue Campus

MEMBERS PRESENT:  Advani, Ali, Barnes, Barone, Bell, Benevento, Berz, Blakeman, Blasi, Boikess, Bossard, Boylan, Cicma, Colaizzi, A. Cooper, T. Cooper, Cotter, Cowley, Darien, Davidson, DeCarlo, DeRosa, Dess, Deutsch, Diner, Domb, Doshi, Durante, Evans, Forman, Friedrich, Gaunt, Gould, Hall, Hanlon, Haugerud, Hawkesworth, Hillman, Hirsh, Hyndman, Jones, Karel, Kauffman, Kennedy, Kenney, Kirschner, Kleiman, Kressel, Lawrence, Leath, Lee, Leustek, Lichtenfeld, Manhoff, Maradonna, Maudlin, Maurer, Maw, McKay, Naus, Nordstrom, O’Connor, Oren, Panayotatos, Pancholy, Pellegrine, Penfield, Perr, Pottick, Rabinowitz, Ramsay, Rijhsinghani, Rohr, Roth, Salge, Samuels, Scott, Seneca, Shovlin, Silver, P. Simmons, R. Simmons, N. Smith, Snyder, Solomon, Stamato, Stauffer, Szatrowski, Tandon, Tripolitis, Walker, Walker-Andrews, Wasserman, Webb, Wilkinson, Winterbauer, Worrall, Wozniak, Zaborszky

EXCUSED:  Bathory, Bay, Borisovets, Bry, E. Dennis, R. Dennis, Flanagan, Grennille, Griffith, Habib, Hegel, Keoskey, Laguna-Diaz, Markowitz, Marsh, Massenburg, McKeever, Messer, G. Miller, Parrish, Pelz, Plummer, Puniello, Schiavo, H. Smith, Swenson, Tuckman, Vodak, Wadia, Wyly York

ABSENT:  Boyan, Breton, Bushnell, Caprio, Cizewski, Darkenwald, Driscoll, Elgallab, Erlichson, Gillis, Griffiths, Hara, Hirschmugl, J. Hughes, R. Hughes, Jackson, Kenfield, Klein, Kokini, Krucher, Lehman, Leontiades, Owusu, Pieczenik, Piemontesi, Saidel, Schlegel, Shah, Wang, Zylstra

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY:  Faculty: Of 75 total: 43 present (58%), 16 excused (21%) 16 absent (21%); Students: Of 40 total: 27 present (67%), 5 excused (13%), 8 absent (20%); Administrators: Of 39 total: 25 present (64%), 8 excused (21%), 6 absent (15%);
Alumni: Of 6 total: 4 present (66%), 1 excused (17%), 1 absent (17%)
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NON-VOTING MEMBER PRESENT:   Redd

NON-VOTING MEMBERS ABSENT:  Sambolin, Wright

PRESIDING OFFICER:  Kathleen Scott, Chairperson
Chairperson Scott called the meeting to order. She welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the 2002-2003 University Senate.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY:  Agenda:  The agenda was approved as distributed. Communications: Secretary Swalagin introduced himself, and welcomed new and returning Senators.  He invited all Senators to call or e-mail him at the Senate office if they have questions about the Senate, or would like issues to be brought to the Executive Committee.

PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR:  Privilege of the floor was granted to Nominating Panel Chairperson Arlene Walker-Andrews, a member of the 2001-02 and 2002-2003 Senates.

REPORT OF THE NOMINATING PANEL:  Nominating Panel Chairperson Arlene Walker-Andrews presented the report of the Nominating Panel.

Senator Walker-Andrews gave an overview of the nominating and election process.  She noted that candidates for positions which are uncontested will not be required to make statements in support of their candidacies, but may do so if they wish.

Senator Walker-Andrews placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, to the office of Chairperson (who serves ex officio as Representative to the Board of Governors):  Paul Panayotatos, At-Large New Brunswick, Faculty.   Senator Walker-Andrews asked for nominations from the floor. There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Chairperson.

Senator Walker-Andrews placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, to the office of Vice Chairperson:  Samuel Rabinowitz, School of Business-Camden, Faculty.  Senator Walker-Andrews asked for nominations from the floor.  There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Vice Chairperson.

Senator Walker-Andrews placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, for four positions to the office of Faculty Member of the Executive Committee:  Joseph Barone, Pharmacy; Robert Boikess, Rutgers College; Natalie Borisovets, Libraries-Newark; Martha Cotter, At-Large New Brunswick; Haym Hirsh, Rutgers College; and Norman Markowitz, Livingston College.  Senator Walker-Andrews asked for nominations from the floor.  There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Faculty Member of the Executive Committee.

Senator Walker-Andrews placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, for two positions to the office of Student Member of the Executive Committee:  Thomas DeRosa, Rutgers College; and Amit Rijhsinghani, Newark College of Arts and Sciences.  Senator Walker-Andrews asked for nominations from the floor.  There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Student Member of the Executive Committee.

Senator Walker-Andrews placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, for one position to the office of Alumnus Member of the Executive Committee:  Bert Manhoff, Alumni Federation.  Senator Walker-Andrews asked for nominations from the floor.  There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Alumnus Senator Member of the Executive Committee.

Senator Walker-Andrews placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, to the office of Faculty Representative to the Board of Governors: Joseph Naus, Faculty of Arts and Sciences-New Brunswick; and Arlene Walker-Andrews, At-Large New Brunswick.  Senator Walker-Andrews asked for nominations from the floor.  There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Faculty Representative to the Board of Governors.

Senator Walker-Andrews placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, to the office of Student Representative to the Board of Governors: Tahirah Cooper, Douglass College; and Kim Wozniak, Rutgers College.  Senator Walker-Andrews asked for nominations from the floor. Nominated from the floor was Michael Benevento, Law-Camden.

Senator Walker-Andrews placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, for two positions to the office of Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees:  Kathleen Scott, Rutgers College; and Mark Vodak, Cook College.  Senator Walker-Andrews asked for nominations from the floor.  There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees.

Senator Walker-Andrews placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, to the office of Graduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees:  Jason Redd, Graduate School-NB.  Senator Walker-Andrews asked for nominations from the floor.  There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Graduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees.

Senator Walker-Andrews placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, to the office of Undergraduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees:  Michelle Antwi, Rutgers College; and Ritu Pancholy, Rutgers College.  Senator Walker-Andrews asked for nominations from the floor.  Nominated from the floor was James Shovlin, University College-New Brunswick.

Senators Barone and Boikess made statements in support of their candidacies.  Senator Walker-Andrews read a prepared statement for Senator Borisovets, who was unable to attend the meeting.  Senators Cotter, Hirsh, Rijhsinghani, DeRosa, Manhoff, Naus, Walker-Andrews, Cooper, Wozniak, Benevento, Antwi, Pancholy and Shovlin made statements in support of their candidacies.

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 2002-03 Senate.  Linda Mickelsen of the Senate Office supervised the collection of the ballots.

RECESS AND COUNTING OF VOTES:  Chairperson Scott declared the meeting in recess during tabulation of the votes. Mrs. Mickelsen of the Senate Office supervised tabulation of the ballots.  The Regular Meeting of the 2001-2002 Senate took place during the recess. Chairperson Scott reconvened the Organizational Meeting of the 2002-03 Senate at 3:17 p.m.

REPORT OF ELECTION RESULTS:  Nominating Panel Chairperson Arlene Walker-Andrews announced the following results of the election of 2002-03 officers, Executive Committee members, and Representatives to the Boards of Governors and Trustees:

CHAIRPERSON:  Paul Panayotatos, At-Large New Brunswick, Faculty

VICE CHAIRPERSON:  Samuel Rabinowitz, School of Business-Camden, Faculty

BALANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:  Joseph Barone, Pharmacy, Faculty; Natalie Borisovets, Libraries-Newark, Faculty; Martha Cotter, At-Large New Brunswick, Faculty; Haym Hirsh, Rutgers College, Faculty; Bert Manhoff, Alumni Federation, Alumnus; Thomas DeRosa, Rutgers College, Student; Amit Rijhsinghani, Newark College of Arts and Sciences, Student.

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS:  Kim Wozniak, Rutgers College, Student; Paul Panayotatos, At-Large New Brunswick, Faculty, ex officio; Arlene Walker-Andrews, At-Large New Brunswick, Faculty.

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:  Jason Redd, Graduate School-NB, Graduate Student; Kathleen Scott, Rutgers College, Faculty; Mark Vodak, Cook College, Faculty; Ritu Pancholy, Rutgers College, Undergraduate Student.

ADJOURNMENT:  There being no further business before the 2002-03 University Senate, Chairperson Scott thanked the Senators, extended best wishes for the summer and the coming year, and declared the meeting adjourned at 3:19 p.m.

Kenneth Swalagin
Secretary of the University Senate