Organizational Meeting of the University Senate

DATE:   May 2, 2003

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

MEMBERS PRESENT:  Adelaja, Ambar, Atwood, Banerjee, Barone, Bathory, Beaudoin, C. Bell, Blakeman, Blasi, Borisovets, Boylan, Brazier, Brodie, Bry, Bucko, Byrnes, Calla, Cannon, Cerulo, Cohen, Colaizzi, Cotter, Crown, Darien, Davidson, E. Dennis, Domb, Doshi, Erlichson, Evans, Fenster, Foley, Forman, Gould, Greenhut, Guo, Hall, Hamilton, Hara, Hawkesworth, Hodgson, Hornichter, Hyndman, Innerfield, Jones, Karel, Kauffman, Kirschner, Kressel, Krucher, Lanza, Lashley, Leustek, Maradonna, Markowitz, Mathew, Maudlin, McKay, Nedick, Novell, O’Connor, Oren, Panayotatos, Plummer, Rabii, Rabinowitz, Redd, Rijhsinghani, Roden, Schock, Scott, P. Simmons, N. Smith, D. Snyder, P. Snyder, Stark, Szatrowski, Tandon, Turpin, Venturini, Vodak, Wadud, Walker-Andrews, Wang, Webb, Weiman, Winterbauer

EXCUSED:  Abbasi, Baruh, Boikess, Caprio, Chambers, Diner, Friedrich, Gaunt, Gillis, Hirsh, Hughes, Jessen, Kirby, Leath, Lee, Leontiades, Lin, Manhoff, Marsh, McCormick, Mensah, Messer, Ocone, Pieczenik, Puniello, Segers, H. Smith, Tuckman, Wilkinson, Worrall

ABSENT:  Agha, Axelrod, Breton, Chism, Cronk, R. Dennis, Dess, Deutsch, Driscoll, El-Shakhs, Flanagan, Gossett, Hull, Joanne Jackson, J. Jackson, Johnson, Kennedy, Keoskey, Kirkpatrick, Klein, Kokini, Merritt, Nerurkar, Patel, R. Simmons, Solomon, Stauffer, Sukhdeo, Szerlip, Tsurumi, Weis, Zylstra

ATTENDANCE  SUMMARY:  Faculty:  Of 73 total:  44 present (60%), 13 excused (18%) 16 absent (22%);  Students:  Of 35 total:  28 present (30%), 2 excused (6%), 5 absent (14%); Administrators:  Of 38 total:  14 present (37%), 14 excused (37%), 10 absent (26%); Alumni:  Of 4 total:  2 present (50%), 1 excused (25%), 1 absent (25%)
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NON-VOTING MEMBERS ABSENT:   Sambolin, Wright

PRESIDING OFFICER:   Paul Panayotatos, Chairperson
Chairperson Panayotatos called the meeting to order.  He welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the 2003-2004 University Senate, and summarized the day’s agenda.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY:  Agenda:  The agenda was approved as distributed.  Communications:  Secretary Swalagin introduced himself, and welcomed new and returning Senators.  He asked all Senators not yet assigned to a standing committee to complete a committee preference form and send it to him before committee assignments are finalized in early June.  He asked all Senators to review the online schedule of 2003-2004 Senate meetings and enter those on their calendars.  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 Daniel O’Connor, a member of the 2002-03 and 2003-04 Senates.

REPORT OF THE NOMINATING PANEL:  Nominating Panel Chairperson Daniel O’Connor presented the report of the Nominating Panel.

Senator O’Connor gave an overview of the nominating and election process.  He 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 O’Connor 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, Engineering, Faculty; and George Pieczenik, Cook College, Faculty. Senator O’Connor asked for nominations from the floor.  There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Chairperson.

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

Senator O’Connor placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, for four positions to the office of Faculty Member of the Executive Committee:  Joseph Barone, Pharmacy; Natalie Borisovets, Libraries-Newark; Martha Cotter, Graduate School - New Brunswick; Haym Hirsh, Rutgers College; and Norman Markowitz, Livingston College.  Senator O’Connor asked for nominations from the floor.  Senator Kathleen Scott nominated Joseph Blasi, School of Management and Labor Relations, Faculty, for the position of Faculty Member of the Executive Committee.

Senator O’Connor placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, for two positions to the office of Student Member of the Executive Committee:  Joseph Nedick, Rutgers College; and Abhay Rijhsinghani, Newark College of Arts and Sciences. Senator O’Connor asked for nominations from the floor.  There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Student Member of the Executive Committee.

Senator O’Connor 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 O’Connor 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 O’Connor placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, to the office of Faculty Representative to the Board of Governors:  Ann Gould, Cook College; and Arlene Walker-Andrews, Faculty of Arts and Sciences - New Brunswick. Senator O’Connor 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 O’Connor placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, to the office of Student Representative to the Board of Governors:  Jason Redd, Graduate School - New Brunswick; and Vikas Tandon, Rutgers College. Senator O’Connor asked for nominations from the floor.  There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Student Representative to the Board of Governors.

Senator O’Connor 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 O’Connor 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 O’Connor placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, to the office of Graduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees: Lindsay Boyer, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Senator O’Connor 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 O’Connor placed in nomination for the Nominating Panel, to the office of Undergraduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees:  Adam Blakeman, Rutgers College; Rachel Holmes, Cook College; Jennifer Pellegrine, Rutgers College; and Cherron Rountree, Rutgers College.  Senator O’Connor asked for nominations from the floor.  There were no nominations from the floor for the position of Undergraduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees.

Senators Panayotatos (from the floor), Barone, Borisovets, Cotter, Markowitz and Blasi made statements in support of their candidacies. Senator O’Connor read a prepared statement for Senator Hirsh, who was unable to attend the meeting. Senators Gould, Walker-Andrews, Redd, Tandon, and Blakeman, as well as Ms. Holmes, Ms. Pellegrine and Ms. Rountree 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 2003-04 Senate.  Linda Mickelsen of the Senate Office supervised the collection of the ballots.

RECESS AND COUNTING OF VOTES:  At 2:15 p.m., Chairperson Panayotatos 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 2002-2003 Senate took place during the recess.  Chairperson Panayotatos reconvened the Organizational Meeting of the 2003-04 Senate at 3:40 p.m.

REPORT OF ELECTION RESULTS:  Nominating Panel Chairperson Daniel O’Connor announced the following results of the election of 2003-04 officers, Executive Committee members, and Representatives to the Boards of Governors and Trustees:

CHAIRPERSON:  Paul Panayotatos, Engineering, Faculty

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

BALANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:  Joseph Barone, Pharmacy, Faculty; Joseph Blasi, SMLR, Faculty; Martha Cotter, Graduate School - New Brunswick, Faculty; Haym Hirsh, Rutgers College, Faculty; Bert Manhoff, Alumni Federation, Alumnus; Joseph Nedick, Rutgers College, Student; Abhay Rijhsinghani, Newark College of Arts and Sciences, Student.

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS:  Paul Panayotatos, Engineering, Faculty, ex officio; Jason Redd, Graduate School - New Brunswick, Student; Arlene Walker-Andrews, Faculty of Arts and Sciences-New Brunswick, Faculty.

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:  Lindsay Boyer, EJBSPPP, Graduate Student; Rachel Holmes, Cook College, Undergraduate Student; Kathleen Scott, Rutgers College, Faculty; Mark Vodak, Cook College, Faculty.

ADJOURNMENT:  There being no further business before the 2003-04 University Senate, Chairperson Panayotatos declared the meeting adjourned at 3:43 p.m.

Kenneth Swalagin
Secretary of the University Senate