PRESIDING
OFFICER: Paul Panayotatos,
Chairperson
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Paul
Panayotatos, Chairperson
Chairperson Panayotatos called the meeting
to order at 1:15 p.m. in the Multipurpose
Room of the Rutgers Student Center, College Avenue Campus, New
Brunswick. He welcomed everyone to the first Senate meeting of the year
at which business would be conducted.
SECRETARY'S REPORT - Ken
Swalagin, Executive Secretary
SPECIAL
ELECTION - NEWARK STUDENT SENATOR MEMBER OF THE SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
No candidates for Newark Student Member of the Executive Committee
had been nominated during last year's election of Senate Executive
Committee members. Chairperson Panayotatos called for nominations from
the floor for Newark Student Member of the Executive Committee.
None was forthcoming. Panayotatos announced that the position will
remain vacant until an eligible Newark Student Senator candidate can be
nominated.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions
Committee (ASRAC) Response
to Charge CI-1106 on Input to the Code of Student Conduct - Martha Cotter and Dan Schantz, ASRAC
Co-chairs
Executive Secretary Swalagin explained that the "CI" prefix on this
charge indicated that the report was the result of "committee
initiative," and that the charge was issued following the ASRAC's
deliberations on the issue and drafting of the resolution that was now
before the Senate. ASRAC Co-chair Martha Cotter then summarized her
committee's discussions and the resolution containing recommendations
on Charge CI-1106 on Input to the Code of Student Conduct. Following
brief discussion, the report and its recommendations were then adopted
unanimously by the Senate.
OLD BUSINESS:
There was no old business.
NEW
BUSINESS: There was no new business.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - President
Richard L. McCormick
President McCormick presented an administrative
report, which included comments on topics including:
- ongoing discussions and planning related to integrating into
Rutgers the Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, the Cancer
Institute of New Jersey, and the School of Public Health, based on Governor
Christie's acceptance and support of the University of Medicine and
Dentistry Advisory Committee's interim recommendations;
- budgetary issues, including those related to the medical school merger;
- appointment of Christopher Molloy, Dean of the Ernest Mario
School of Pharmacy, as Interim Provost of Biomedical and Health
Sciences, and the appointment of Joseph Barone as Acting Deaen of the
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy;
- his "cautious optimism" that a higher education facilities bond issue can be placed on the ballot in 2012; and
- the previous day's groundbreaking for a new School of Business building on the Livingston Campus.
A moment of silence was observed in memory of
Katheryne McCormick, President McCormick's mother, and a longtime Rutgers faculty member, who died October 9, 2011.
President McCormick then responded to questions, or heard comments, on a variety of subjects, including:
- salary agreements and deferred compensation for faculty and staff;
- costs of merging the medical school and other UMDNJ components
with Rutgers, as well as related institutional governance issues
[Senate Chair Panayotatos commented that the Senate is ready to help
with consultations on those issues.];
- retirement of some older dormitories when new housing is completed, as well as affordable housing options on campus;
- the potential need for increased transportation services to accommodate increased on-campus housing; and
- accommodations and equipment for disabled students in newly constructed facilities.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT: Vice Chairperson
Ann Gould reported on the
September 9, 2011 Executive
Committee meeting.
REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND
TRUSTEES:
Senator Samuel Rabinowitz, Faculty Representative to the Board of
Governors, reported on the July 14 and October 12, 2011 Board of
Governors meetings. Senator Rabinowitz was the 2010-11 Faculty
Representative to the Board of Trustees, and therefore also reported on
the June 14, 2011 Board of Trustees meeting. Senator Martha Cotter,
Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees, reported on the
September 22, 2011 Board of Trustees meeting.
CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISON REPORTS: Senator Joel Shapiro, chair of the
New Brunswick Faculty
Council, reported on the plans, as well as the
May 13, 2011 meeting, of the New Brunswick Faculty Council. There were no reports from Camden or Newark
faculty liaisons.
COMMITTEE-OF-THE-WHOLE
DISCUSSION on
Qualifications and Criteria for the Selection of a New Rutgers
University President: Input from the Senate to the Search Committee
(of which Senate Chair Panayotatos is a member): At 2:03 p.m., Senator
Peter Gillett successfully moved the Senate to committee of the whole
for a discussion of qualifications and criteria for the selection of a
new Rutgers president. The discussion continued until 2:32 p.m., at
which time Gillett moved the Senate from committee of the whole.
ADJOURNMENT: On motion and duly seconded, the meeting adjourned at 2:32
p.m.
Minutes Written and Submitted by:
Ken Swalagin
Executive
Secretary of the University Senate