RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE

MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University Senate

DATE: September 22, 2017

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

MEMBERS PRESENT:  Abayhan, Ardeshna, Balaguru, Barbarese, Barchi, Battle-Brown, Bekdash, Bhuyan, Boikess, Booth, Bora, Borisovets, Bugel, Chayko, Chulak, Conway, Cotter, Craig, Cummings, Dalton, Dana, Dasari, Davis, Denham-Barrett, Deshpande, DiVito, Dixon, Eaton, Esposito, Fagan, Fellenz, Field, Filippelli, Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Ghate, Ghesani, Gillett, Goh, Goodman, Graber, Greenberg, Gross, Heckscher, Honeycutt, Ivanovski, Joergensen, A. Johnson, Joseph, Kabia, Kane, Kay, Kelly, Kettle, Khattab, Koelb, Kothari, Krapivin, Kustka, Leavy, LaPointe, Lasala, B. Lee, C. Lee, Levy, Lindboe, Linz, LoGrippo, Lulla, Lutz, Maloney, Majumdar, Mammis, Manyaga, Marchetta, Marconi, Markert, Matto, McKeever, Miller, Molello, Moran, Mun, B. Murphy, K. Murphy, Nitzsche, Norville, Novelli, O'Brassill-Kulfan, Oleske, Oliver, Owens, Pantazis, Pappas, Parsa, A. Patel, Sivane. Patel, Suja Patel, Patrick, Patton, Phadke, Pichugin, Pintar, Ponzio, C. Potter, K. Powell, Pradhan, Puhak, Reinfelder, Resnick, Roberts, Ross, Rothpletz-Puglia, Salazar, Samant, Sanchez, Schwartz, Scoloveno, Sen, Serrano, Settimo, Settles, Shah, Shapses, Sheflin, Shinbrot, Shinn, Siddiqui, Soto, Spiegel, Steinberg, Szatrowski, Takhistov, Tasneem, Thompson, Thomson, Toney-Boss, Tracey, Tsakalakos, Van Stine, Walters, Warburton, Wilde, Winkler, Zurlo

EXCUSED:  Bridgeman, Bubb, Burley, Collins, Coyne, Dane, DeFilippis, Dreyer, Dutta, Emmons, Fox, Goldfarb, Gould, Hartman, Hatefi, Langer, Lugg, O'Neill, Pandey, Pardlo, Rabinowitz, Rivera, Saltzman

ABSENT:   Alidou, Alizadeh, Artun, Barone, Benford, Blanchett, Boruchoff, Brunson, Cahill, Cantor, Chen, Coiro, Covington, Dettloff, Drachtman, Eastman, Eisenstein, Eng, Farmbry, Farris, Feldman, Fletcher, Gabriel, Ganesh, Gonzalez, Gower, Haddon, Hernandez, Holzemer, Iannini, R. Johnson, Kasichainula, Kukor, Lei, Lewis, Lindenmeyer, Mahon, March, Marchick, Masiello, Mazurek, Minsky, Pagan, Parvathaneni, Petrucci, J. Potter, V. Powell, Robinson, Schiavo, Schneider, Stauffer, Strom, Thomas, Van Ryzin,

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY: Faculty: Of 110 total: 78 present (71%), 17 excused (15%), 15 absent (14%); Students: Of 48 total: 38 present (79%), 2 excused (4%), 8 absent (17%); Administrators: Of 38 total: 9 present (24%), 1 excused (3%), 28 absent (73%); Staff: Of 18 total: 13 present (72%), 2 excused (11%), 3 absent (17%); Alumni: Of 6 total: 5 present (83%), 1 excused (17%), 0 absent (0%)
View Senate Attendance Record for this academic year

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, INTRODUCTION OF COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND CHARGES, AND CHAIR’S REPORT - Peter Gillett, Chair

Senate Chair Peter Gillett called the meeting to order at 1:10 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the College Avenue Student Center, College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick. He welcomed all present to the first Senate meeting of the 2017-2018 academic year, especially those present for the first time. He thanked all Senators for their service to shared governance at Rutgers, and noted that the highlight of the meeting would be President Barchi's administrative report. Gillett then introduced himself, Senate Vice Chair and Parliamentarian Jon Oliver, Senate Executive Secretary Ken Swalagin, and Senate Administrative Assistant Mary Mickelsen. He then spoke about his role as Chair, as well as the roles of the Senate Executive Committee and standing committees, as well as the University Commencement Panel and Chancellors' Commencement Committees. Lastly, he reminded the Senate that live webstreaming of Senate proceedings would begin with this meeting, on a trial basis.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - Robert L. Barchi, University President

Gillett summarized the format and time limits for President Barchi's administrative report. University President Robert Barchi presented an administrative report, summarizing a full-text version which has been posted online here. Gillett then expounded on the format and process for the question-and-answer period. President Barchi then responded to questions his report and other Rutgers-community issues.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary

ELECTION OF NEWARK STUDENT MEMBER OF THE SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - Because no eligible candidates for Newark student member of the Senate Executive Committee were nominated during the April 2017 election, an election to fill that position was conducted at this meeting. Gillett conducted the election. Again, there were no nominees. The election will be repeated at the next Senate meeting.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) Response to Charge S-1509 on Default 17-Year Academic Calendar - Matthew Winkler and Robert Schwartz, ASRAC Co-chairs, with Martha Cotter, Former ASRAC Co-chair

ASRAC Co-chairs Matthew Winkler and Robert Schwartz were at the podium, and were joined from the floor by Martha Cotter, who co-chaired the ASRAC for many years prior to her recent retirement. Schwartz gave a brief introduction, and Winkler then presented and summarized the ASRAC's Response to Charge S-1509 on a Default 17-Year Academic Calendar. Schwartz then read the related resolution. There was no debate, and the resolution carried unanimously.

INTRODUCTION OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND THEIR CHAIRS - Gillett introduced the standing and ad hoc committee chairs, who then spoke briefly about their committees' activities and plans.

OLD BUSINESS: There was no old business.

NEW BUSINESS: There was no new business.

 SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - Senate Vice Chair Jon Oliver reported on the September 8, 2017 [link goes to draft meeting minutes] Senate Executive Committee meetings.

REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES: Senator Anish Patel, Student Representative to the Board of Governors, reported on the June 15 and July 19 Board of Governors meetings. Senator Menahem Spiegel, Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees, reported on recent Board of Trustees meetings.

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS: Camden Student Senator Michael Van Stine reported on recent plans and activities of Camden student governing associations. New Brunswick Student Senator Viktor Krapivin reported on recent plans and activities of New Brunswick student governing associations. Faculty Senator Sanjib Bhuyan, New Brunswick Faculty Council Chair, reported that the New Brunswick Faculty Council would meet the following week, and was planning a Teaching Conference.

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 3:31 p.m.