RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

CALL TO MEETING
NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Multipurpose Room East 232, PAUL ROBESON CAMPUS CENTER, NEWARK CAMPUS

Click here to view Newark Campus Map and Travel Directions


TRANSPORTATION AND PRE-MEETING TIMETABLE:

9:30 a.m. - New Brunswick and Camden Senators board charter bus for Newark at Lot 98B, College Farm Road, near Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Building on the Cook Campus.  (Senators without Rutgers-New Brunswick parking permits who wish to park in Lot 98B must obtain a special permit from the Senate Office.) (Senators who are driving may park in Deck 1, located at 200 University Avenue, and should contact the Senate office to obtain a one-day Newark parking pass.)
9:45 a.m. sharp - Bus departs from Cook Campus.
10:30 a.m. (approximately)
- Bus arrives in Newark.
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon - Standing Committee meetings.
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m.  - Faculty and Student Caucuses.  (Faculty Caucus Room 226, Student Caucus Room 257, Staff Caucus Room 224, Alumni Caucus Room 234)
[Lunch will be provided. Please feel free to collect your lunch and bring it to your caucus.]
1:10 p.m. - Call To Order in Multipurpose Room East 232, Paul Robeson Campus Center.
Post-Adjournment - Board charter bus for return trip.
15 Minutes Post-Adjournment - Bus departs Newark 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 ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTPresident Richard L. McCormick
NEWARK CAMPUS REPORTChancellor Steven Diner

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Student Affairs Committee Response to Charge S-1005 on Alma Mater [Link goes to report as presented. Click the following link to read the Report as Amended and Adopted by the Senate.] -  Robert Barraco, Samuel Rabinowitz, and Sheel Sanghvi, Co-chairs

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS  [Note: Article IV.A. of the Senate Bylaws states, "All new matters shall be referred to committee before coming to the Senate (unless extenuating circumstances apply, as indicated under section C.4..."]

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - Ann Gould, Vice Chairperson
REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISONS

COMMITTEE-OF-THE-WHOLE DISCUSSION [time permitting] 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).

ADJOURNMENT

*Note: Addition of items to the Agenda requires a two-thirds vote.There is an overall time limit of 2-1/2 hours for Senate meetings.Specific time limits are set for questions and debate, not for presentation of reports.After approval, extension of time limits requires a two-thirds vote.

Remaining 2011-12 University Senate Meetings

[Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held on Fridays in the Multipurpose Room, Rutgers Student Center, College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.]

December 9, 2011
January 27, 2012 (New Brunswick Campus Report)
February 24, 2012 (Camden Campus Report - IN CAMDEN)
March 23, 2012
April 27, 2012 (May convene at 10:30 or 11:00 a.m.)