RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

CALL TO MEETING
NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Essex Room 232, PAUL ROBESON CAMPUS CENTER, NEWARK CAMPUS

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TRANSPORTATION AND PRE-MEETING TIMETABLE:

9:00 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 should contact the Senate office (email mj@rci.rutgers.edu or call 848.932.7642) no later than 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12 to be placed on a one-day, do-not-ticket list. Senators who are driving may park in Deck 1, located at 200 University Avenue, or Deck 2, located at 166 Washington Street, but should first contact the Senate office to obtain a one-day Newark parking pass.
9:15 a.m. sharp - Bus departs from Cook Campus.
10:00 a.m. (approximately) - Bus arrives in Newark.
10:00 a.m. (or when the bus arrives from New Brunswick) to 12:00 noon - Standing Committee meetings
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m.  - Faculty and Student Caucuses.  (Faculty Caucus Bergen Room 255/6/7, Student Caucus Monmouth Room 237, Staff Caucus Passaic Room 226, Alumni Caucus Middlesex Room 224)
[Lunch will be provided. Please collect your lunch and take it to your caucus. Do not caucus in the lunch location.]
1:10 p.m. - Call To Order in Essex Room 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
- Ann Gould, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Executive Secretary NEWARK CHANCELLOR'S REPORTNewark Chancellor Nancy Cantor

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
- University President Robert Barchi

COMMITTEE REPORTS


University Structure and Governance Committee Response to Charge S-1410 on Honorary Degree and Commencement Speaker Selection Processes [Part of this report proposes a change in Senate bylaws. Therefore, in accordance with parliamentary procedure and established Senate practice regarding proposed changes to Senate bylaws, this item (or at least the portion on bylaws changes) is docketed for introduction and prior notice today, and will be voted on at the December 11, 2015 Senate meeting.] – Jon Oliver and Robert Puhak, USGC Co-chairs

The USGC was charged as follows: Formulate details of processes to be used to facilitate the proposal submitted to President Barchi on Charge S-1405 on Procedures for Selecting Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients.

Executive Committee (EC) Resolution in Support of Part-Time Lecturers - Brandon Theiss, Camden Student Member of the Executive Committee, for the Executive Committee

Briefing on Web Accessibility Policy, and Committee-of-the-Whole Discussion - Gayle Stein, Associate Director for Instructional Technology, OIT-Office of Instructional and Research Technology; and William Welsh, Executive Director, Office of Disability Services
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - Peter Gillett, Senate and Executive Committee Vice Chair

REPORTS OF THE 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 2015-16 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 11, 2015
January 22, 2016
February 19, 2016  
(in Camden)
April 1, 2016
April 29, 2016  (at the Busch Student Center)

 (The April 29 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 2016.)