RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
CALL TO MEETING
Friday, November 11, 2016, 1:10 p.m.
Morning Committee Meetings, Noon Caucuses, Lunch, and the 1:10 p.m. Senate Meeting will be held in the Camden Campus Center.

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TRANSPORTATION AND PRE-MEETING TIMETABLE:
9:00 a.m. - New Brunswick and Newark Senators board charter bus for Camden - Lot 98B, College Farm Road, near Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Building on the Cook Campus.  (Any Senator who does not have a Rutgers commuter or faculty/staff parking permit must have contacted the Senate office for special parking privileges for this day.)
9:15 a.m. sharp - Bus departs from Cook Campus.
10:30 a.m. (approximately) - Bus arrives in Camden.
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon - Standing Committee meetings (Committees convene when the bus from New Brunswick arrives, or at 10:30 a.m., whichever is later. Follow this link to a directory of committee, caucus, and lunch room locations.)
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m. - Lunch, and Faculty, Student, Staff and Alumni Caucuses
1:10 p.m. - Call to Order in Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus Center, Camden Campus.
Fifteen minutes post-adjournment - Board charter bus for return trip. Bus departs Camden Campus promptly 15 minutes after the Senate meeting adjourns.

A G E N D A

PLEASE PRINT OUT AND BRING WITH YOU ANY DOCUMENTS TO WHICH YOU MAY WANT TO REFER DURING THE MEETING. ONLY THE AGENDA AND VOTING CARDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE MEETING. PLEASE REVIEW LINKED DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE MEETING.

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Peter Gillett, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary
COMMITTEE REPORTS  [Note: Substantive amendments to these reports/resolutions should be given to the Senate secretary in writing prior to or at the time the amendment is moved.]

Student Affairs Committee (SAC) Response to Charge S-1305-2 on Smoke-Free Rutgers - Viktor Krapivin and Samuel Rabinowitz, SAC Co-chairs

The SAC was charged as follows: Examine the desirability, feasibility, impact and means of evolving into a smoke-free Rutgers.

Rutgers' Smoking Policy
Smoke-Free and Tobacco-Free U.S. and Tribal Colleges and Universities

Executive Committee (EC) Resolution with Background on Three-Plus-One Programs - Peter Gillett, EC Chair, and Robert Puhak, EC Vice Chair; Martha Cotter and Natalie Borisovets, EC Members and Resolution Authors

This issue was raised during the October 2016 Senate meeting. The Senate Executive Committee discussed it at some length on October 28 in Newark, and presents this Resolution for Senate action.

CAMDEN CHANCELLOR'S REPORT - Camden Chancellor Phoebe Haddon is unable to attend the meeting, but has prepared a report which will be given by Camden Provost Michael Palis.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - University President Robert Barchi

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 - Senate Vice Chair Robert Puhak

REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS

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 2016-17 University Senate Meetings
[Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held on Fridays in the Multipurpose Room, College Avenue Student Center, College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.]

December 9, 2016
January 20, 2017
February 17, 2017 (in Newark)
March 24, 2017
April 28, 2017
 (The April 28 meeting may convene at 10:30 or 11:00 a.m. This meeting is the last of this year's Senate, but will begin with the first meeting of next year's Senate, at which Senate officers, Executive Committee members, and board representatives will be elected. The start time will be determined by the Senate Executive Committee in April 2017.)