RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
CALL TO MEETING
Friday, October 24, 2003, 1:10 p.m.
Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus Center, Camden Campus





TRANSPORTATION AND PRE-MEETING TIMETABLE:

PLEASE NOTE:  Bus from Newark to New Brunswick and return has been cancelled due to lack of response.
9:15 a.m. - New Brunswick Senators Board charter bus for Camden - Lot 98B, College Farm Road, near Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Building on the Cook Campus.  (Senators may park in Lot 98B.  If Lot 98B is filled, park in Lot 98A near the Marine and Coastal Sciences Building.)
9:30 a.m. sharp - Bus departs from Cook Campus.
10:45 a.m. (approximately) - Bus arrives in Camden.
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon - Standing Committee meetings.
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m. - Lunch, and Faculty and Student Caucuses. (Rooms to be announced prior to meeting.)
1:10 p.m. - Call to Order in Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus Center.
15 Minutes Post-Adjournment - Board charter bus for return trip. Bus departs Camden Campus promptly 15 minutes following Adjournment.



A G E N D A

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT  -  Paul Panayotatos, Chairperson

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

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT  -  President Richard L. McCormick

CAMDEN CAMPUS REPORT  -  Provost Roger Dennis

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee - Ann Gould and Paul Panayotatos, Co-chairs
Response to Charge S-0308:  Evaluation of current procedures for chair appointments by deans

Original Charge:  Evaluate the current procedures for chair appointments by deans, and make recommendations for changes where needed.  In particular, evaluate the balloting procedures for the faculty advisory vote, the availability of the results to the voting faculty, the frequency of appointments that do not follow the advisory ballot of the faculty, and the procedures in the latter case.  In particular, explore the level of communication of the reasoning to the affected faculty and the existence of recourse.
University Structure and Governance Committee - Joseph Blasi and Kathleen Scott, Co-chairs
Report and Resolution on a Contract with the Governor on Higher Education

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT  -  Samuel Rabinowitz, Vice Chairperson

REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISONS

ADJOURNMENT