RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE

MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University Senate

DATE: October 20, 2017

TIME AND PLACE: 2:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room, College Avenue Student Center, New Brunswick Campus

MEMBERS PRESENT:  Abayhan, Ahmed, Alidou, Balaguru, Barbarese, Barchi, Bekdash, Boikess, Booth, Borisovets, Bridgeman, Burley, Chulak, Collins, Cummings, Dana, Dasari, DeFilippis, Deshpande, DiVito, Dreyer, Emmons, Esposito, Fagan, Fellenz, Filippelli, Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Fox, Gillett, Goh, Gould, Gower, Graber, Hatefi, Honeycutt, Ivanovski, A. Johnson, Joseph, Kabia, Kettle, Krapivin, Kustka, Langer, LaPointe, Leavy, B. Lee, C. Lee, Levy,  Lindboe, LoGrippo, Lutz, Maloney, Majumdar, Mammis, Manyaga, Markert, Masiello, Matto, Mazurek, McKeever, Miller, Molello, Moran, Mun, K. Murphy, Nitzsche, O'Brassill-Kulfan, Oliver, O'Neill, Padgett, Pantazis, Pappas, Pardlo, Parsa, M. Patel, Shivane Patel, Suja Patel, Patrick, Phadke, Pichugin, Puhak, Resnick, Rivera, Rothpletz-Puglia, Samant, Sanchez, Sen, Serrano, Settles, Shah, Shapses, Sheflin, Siddiqui, Spiegel, Steinberg, Takhistov, Tasneem, Tharney, Thompson, Thomson, Winkler

EXCUSED:  Alizadeh, Ardeshna, Bhuyan, Brunson, Bugel, Chayko, Craig, Dane, Denham-Barrett, Field, Goldfarb, Gross,  Heckscher, Joergensen, Junboonta, Kane, Kelly, Khattab, Koelb, Kothari, Lasala, Linz, Lulla, Marchetta, Owens, K. Powell, Rabinowitz, Settimo, Shinn, Soto, Toney-Boss, Tracey, Van Stine, Warburton, Wilde, Zurlo

ABSENT:   Artun, Barone, Battle-Brown, Blanchett, Bora, Boruchoff, Bubb, Cahill, Cantor, Chen, Coiro, Conway, Covington, Coyne, Dalton, Dettloff, Dixon, Drachtman, Dutta, Eastman, Eaton, Eisenstein, Eng, Farmbry, Farris, Feldman, Fletcher, Gabriel, Ganesh, Ghate, Ghesani, Gonzalez, Goodman, Greenberg, Haddon, Halkitis, Hartman, Hernandez, Holzemer, Iannini, R. Johnson, Kasichainula, Kukor, Langsam, Lei, Lewis, Lindenmeyer, Lugg, Mahon, March, Marchick, Minsky, B. Murphy, Norville, Novelli, Oleske, Pagan, Pandey, A. Patel, Patton, Petrucci, Pintar, Ponzio, C. Potter, J. Potter, V. Powell, Pradhan, Reinfelder, Roberts, Robinson, Ross, Salazar, Saltzman, Schiavo, Schneider, Schwartz, Scoloveno, Sheridan, Shinbrot, Stauffer, Strom, Szatrowski, Thomas, Tsakalakos, Van Ryzin, Walters

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY: Faculty: Of 110 total: 58 present (51%), 20 excused (18%), 32 absent (29%); Students: Of 49 total: 24 present (49%), 10 excused (20%), 15 absent (30%); Administrators: Of 40 total: 4 present (10%), 1 excused (3%), 35 absent (87%); Staff: Of 18 total: 12 present (66%), 3 excused (17%), 3 absent (17%); Alumni: Of 6 total: 3 present (50%), 2 excused (33%), 1 absent (17%)
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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 2:10 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the College Avenue Student Center, College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick. He explained that, because there were no committee reports ready for action at this meeting, that the Senate Executive Committee (SEC) had increased the time for committee meetings, and scheduled a 2:10 p.m. start for this meeting. He also said that this would be the second time the Senate meeting would be webstreamed, and that he would be attending the Big Ten Academic Leadership Conference at the end of the month.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary

ELECTION OF NEWARK STUDENT MEMBER OF THE SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - This election was held at this meeting because no eligible candidates were nominated during the appropriate portions of the April 2017 or September 2017 meetings. Self-nominations had been solicited from eligible Newark student Senators, and Mrittika Majumdar, representing Rutgers Business School: Newark and New Brunswick, had self-nominated. There were no nominations from the floor. Senator Majumdar was then elected unanimously by acclamation as the Newark student member of the Executive Committee.

UPDATE ON THE 2018 MIDDLE STATES COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION REACCREDITATION SELF-STUDY REPORT  - Ann Gould, Co-Chair of the Self-Study Steering Committee

Senator Ann Gould, who, along with Senator and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Barbara Lee, co-chairs the 2018 Middle States Commission on Higher Education Reaccreditation Self-Study Steering Committee, reported on that committee's past, ongoing, and planned activities. She said that the Draft Middle States Self-Study Report is available online, and invited comments by December 2, 2017. 

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - Robert L. Barchi, University President

University President Robert Barchi presented an administrative report, which included comments on subjects including:

Barchi then responded to questions, or heard comments, on the above topics, as well as:
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 October 6, 2017 Senate Executive Committee meeting.

REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES: Senator Viktor Krapivin reported on the recent Board of Governors meeting. Senator Menahem Spiegel, Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees, reported on the September 28 Board of Trustees meeting.

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS: New Brunswick Student Senator Viktor Krapivin reported on recent elections in New Brunswick student governing associations. Faculty Senator Patricia Bocarsley, of the RBHS Faculty Council, reported that the group would meet the following Wednesday.

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 3:03 p.m.