RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY
OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE
MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University
Senate
DATE: September 27, 2013
TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room,
Rutgers Student Center, New Brunswick Campus
MEMBERS PRESENT: Ahmed, Alder, Anderson, Apuzzio,
Aubry, Avadhani, Avakame,
Baffo, Barbarese, Barone (F), Beachem, Benjamin, Berman, Bhatt,
Boikess,
Borisovets, Buchholtz, Bugel, Burrell,
Cashin, Cimiotti, Clarke, Coleman, Connors, Copeland, Cotter,
Covington,
Creese, Daniels, D’Anna, Dasari, Davidov, Davis, DeCastro, Desai,
DiBona,
DiVito, Edwards, Eklabes, Fagley, Falk, Farris, Fehn, Feldman, Fennell,
Fiore,
Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Gajic, Gallo, Gaunt, Geis, Glaser, Goldstein,
Gomes,
Gould, Haibach, Heckscher, Heider, Hudson, Hughes, Hyndman, Jimenez,
Karamichael, Kietrys, Kressel, Krymchanskaya,
Kumar, Lee, Lin, Lindgren, A. Liu, T. Liu, Maher, Maillet,
Mapes, Mao, Markert,
Markowitz, Mazurek, McKeever, Middleton, Midlarsky, Miller, Millonig,
Mistry,
Mitchell, Moomjy, Navrot, Niederman, Nieman, O’Connell,
O’Connor, Oliver, Otto,
Ottomanelli, Patel, Pintar, Pirrello, Puhak, Rabinowitz, Redlawsk,
Rivera-Medina, Robinson, Rogers, Rothpletz-Puglia, Saito, Saltzman,
Samant,
Schantz, Scherrer, R. Schwartz, Scotto, Shapiro, Shapley, Sheflin,
Shivakumar,
Simmons, Spiegel, Stein, Struwe, Suplee, Tesoro, Teters, Thompson,
Tiedeken,
Tsakalakos, Uzun, Vaz, Wagner, Wang, Weigert, Winkler, Winterbauer,
Wise,
Wurster
EXCUSED: Abu
El-Haj, Allen, Amaya-Fernandez, Ameri,
Angell, Bagchi, Balog, Barone (A), Barraco, Bell, Bolden, Bridgeman,
Cadoff,
Cohen, Edward, Farmbry, Gilman, Goodman, Hackworth, Hetling, Hinch,
Holtzman,
Johnson, Kenfield, Langer, Jane Lewis, Miranti, Naus, Norville,
O’Malley,
Padgett, Pant, Pavlovic, Reade, Rhoads, Robinson, Salmond, Sambol,
Schaivo,
Schwartz, Sirkin, Stillwagon, Taghon, Thuno, Toney-Boss, Vanderhoff,
Vodak,
Zimmerman
ABSENT: Alizadeh, Amenta, Ansari,
August, Bunch, Clear, DeLisi,
Delnevo, Dietrich, Dominguez, Eastman, Eldasher, Farmer, Fernandez,
Ganesh,
Goldstein, Grabosky, Harris, Holzemer, Holzer, Joshi, Katz, Kukor,
Laguna,
Lara, Jan Lewis, Lindenmeyer, LoMonaco, Lynch, Marchik, McInerney,
Messer,
Molloy, Nagarajan, Ortiz, Pandey, Patel, Potter, Pratt, Pritchett,
Rodgers,
Sahi, Schurman, Shafer, Sheth, Solomon, Spiegle, Stauffer, Szatrowksi,
Triner,
Tursi, Van de Walle, Wasserman, Yeagle, Yu
ATTENDANCE SUMMARY:
Faculty:
Faculty:
Of 130 total: 79 present (61%), 31 excused (24%), 20 absent (15%);
Students: Of
48 total: 32 present (67%), 2 excused (4%), 14 absent (29%);
Administrators: Of
39 total: 10 present (26%), 8 excused
(21%), 21 absent (54%); Staff: Of 13 total: 7 present (53%), 4
excused(31%), 2
absent (15%); Alumni: Of 6 total: 3 present (50%), 2 excused (33%), 1
absent
(17%)
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A
QUORUM, INTRODUCTION OF COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND CHARGES, AND
CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Ann Gould, Chairperson
Senate Chairperson Ann Gould called the meeting to order at 1:16
p.m.
in the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student
Center, College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick. She welcomed all present
to the second Senate meeting of the 2013-14 University Senate, noting
that the September meeting is traditionally focused on the President's
Annual Address, and that President Barchi would be summarizing his
address, which would be posted in its entirety online afterward. Gould
then introduced Senate Parliamentarian Peter Gillett, Senate Executive
Secretary Ken Swalagin, and Senate Administrative Assistant Mary
Mickelsen. Gould then introduced chairs of the Senate's standing
committees, who rose and summarized their committees' current work and
plans. Gould completed her chairperson's report by saying she was
delighted to see the large turnout at the meeting, and hoped that would
continue. She again welcomed all new and continuing Senators.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Ken
Swalagin, Executive Secretary
- Agenda:
The meeting's agenda,
including time limits, was
approved as distributed by the executive secretary.
- Minutes: The Minutes of the
May 3, 2013 Senate Organizational/Election Meeting
were
approved as distributed by the executive secretary.
- Communications: The
following communications were presented by the executive secretary:
- Administrative Responses to Senate Reports and Recommendations:
- On July 26, 2013, the Senate Executive Committee, on behalf of
the University Senate, sent to Governor Christie and State Senator
Sweeney an open
letter opposing proposed legislation that would abolish Rutgers' Board
of Trustees. On July 30, an abbreviated
version from Senate Chair Ann Gould was published in the
Star-Ledger, Home News Tribune, Courier News, and on the
mycentraljersey.com website. This correspondence was issued under the
Executive Committee's authority to act on the Senate's behalf in urgent
matters arising when the Senate cannot be convened.
ADMINISTRATIVE
REPORT - Robert L. Barchi, University President
University President Robert Barchi presented an administrative report,
summarizing a full-text version which has been posted online here.
President Barchi then responded to questions, or heard comments, on
subjects that included:
- Rutgers general counsel;
- issues related to integration of legacy UMDNJ units;
- capital and operating budgets, and the differences in the ways
those categories of funds are used;
- tuition;
- fundraising;
- responsibility centered management and related budgeting
processes;
- non-tenure-track and tenure-track faculty;
- academic freedom, and whether that is codified in University
policies;
- hiring of high-level administrators, and related staffing issues;
- strategic planning; [At this point in the meeting, the Senate
extended the Q&A time by 15 minutes.]
- state support for Rutgers;
- the role of part-time lecturers at Rutgers; and
- the need for architects to consult with faculty who will occupy
new buildings.
ELECTION OF CAMDEN STUDENT MEMBER OF THE
SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Because no eligible
candidates for Camden student member of the Senate Executive
Committee were nominated during the May 2013 election, an election to
fill that position was conducted at this meeting. Senate Secretary Ken
Swalagin conducted the election. Patrick Tiedeken, a student at the
School of Business - Camden, had previously nominated himself for the
position, but withdrew his self-nomination at the meeting. Joshua
Benjamin, a student Senator representing the Camden College of Arts and
Sciences, nominated himself from the floor. Senator Benjamin being the
only nominee, he was declared Camden student member of the Senate
Executive Committee by acclamation.
PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON CODE
OF STUDENT CONDUCT - Ann Newman, Director of the Office of
Student Conduct
Martha Cotter, Co-chair of the University Senate's
Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee, spoke briefly
about the Code of Student Conduct, then introduced Ann Newman, Director
of the Office of Student Conduct, who took the podium and spoke about
the code. At the end of her comments, she asked that anyone willing to
volunteer for hearing boards email her.
OLD
BUSINESS:
There was no old business.
NEW BUSINESS: There was no new
business.
REPORTS
OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES:
Senator
Samuel Rabinowitz, Faculty Representative to the Board of
Governors, reported on the June 20 and July 11 Board of Governors
meetings. Senator Menahem Spiegel, Faculty Representative
to the Board of Trustees, reported on the September 19 Board
of Trustees meeting.
CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISON REPORTS:
Camden Faculty Council Chair Samuel Rabinowitz reported on that group's
current activities and plans. New Brunswick Faculty Council Chair
Martha Cotter reported that her council will meet on October 11.
CHAIR'S CLOSING COMMENTS:
Chairperson Gould reminded Senators that the bulk of the Senate's work
takes place in the standing committees. She asked all Senators to set
aside Senate-Friday mornings for those committee meetings.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 3:41 p.m.
Minutes written and submitted by:
Ken Swalagin
Executive Secretary of the University Senate