PRESIDING OFFICER: Paul
Panayotatos, Chairperson
CALL TO ORDER,
DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Paul
Panayotatos, Chairperson
University Senate Chairperson Paul Panayotatos called the meeting
to order at 1:13 p.m. in the Multipurpose
Room of the Rutgers Student Center, College Avenue Campus, New
Brunswick. He welcomed everyone to the Senate meeting, and made a brief
chairperson's report during which he encouraged everyone to vote for
the candidates of their choice on Election Day, and to support the
higher education bond issue that would appear on the ballot as well.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
- Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Instruction,
Curricula and Advising Committee (ICAC) Response
to Charge S-1103 on Information Technology and IT Services at Rutgers
- Menahem Spiegel, BFC Chair
, noted
that the BFC forms a subcommittee for each charge it receives, but that
the subcommittee chair, Paul Miranti, was unable to attend the Senate
meeting. He then summarized
his committee's report and recommendations on Information Technology
and IT Services at Rutgers. Senator Ann Gould
moved a friendly amendment to remove from the report a sentence
referring to Dell Kase software. The amendment was accepted as friendly
by Spiegel on behalf of the BFC. Following additional discussion,
the report, as amended, was
adopted by the Senate. [Note: Link above goes to the report as amended
and
adopted.]
Research,
and Graduate and
Professional Education Committee (RGPEC) Response
to Charge S-1107 on
Publication Repository -
Jane Otto, RGPEC Co-chair
, and
Laura Mullen, a non-Senator member of the RGPEC subcommittee appointed
for her expertise in the area of open access, summarized the RGPEC and
Open Access Subcommittee report and recommendations on Publications
Repository. The report, as presented, also included two supporting
documents: an
Open
Access Factsheet and an
Open
Access Presentation. Following
discussion, the
report was
adopted by the Senate.
OLD
BUSINESS: There was no old business.
NEW BUSINESS: There was no new
business.
ADMINISTRATIVE
REPORT - President Robert L. Barchi
University President Barchi noted that he had presented a longer,
formal report to the Senate the previous month. He then presented an
administrative report, which included comments on topics including:
- integration with UMDNJ;
- a strategic plan for Rutgers, and the ongoing process of
selecting a firm to facilitate that planning;
- efforts to move capital projects through the Rutgers system in an
increasingly organized and strategic way; and
- the critical higher education bond issue, and the importance of
Senators' communications with their constituencies on promoting
affirmative voting on the referendum on Election Day.
President Barchi then responded to questions, or heard comments, on the
topics included in his administrative report, as well as:
- opportunities and avenues for student and other Rutgers community
participation in capital planning and the strategic plan; and
- qualities important to the selection of a strategic planning
consultant firm.
REPORTS
OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES:
Senator Samuel Rabinowitz, Faculty Representative to the Board of
Governors, reported on the previous day's Board of
Governors meeting. Senator Martha Cotter,
Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees, reported that the
Board of Trustees had not met since the previous month's Senate meeting.
CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISON REPORTS: There were no reports from
Campus Faculty Liaisons.
ADJOURNMENT:
On motion, the meeting adjourned at 2:25 p.m.
Minutes Written and Submitted by:
Ken Swalagin
Executive Secretary of the University Senate