RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
CALL TO MEETING
Friday, November 14, 2014, 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.

Click here to view Camden Campus map and Travel Directions
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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 rooms/locations.)
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m. - Lunch, and Faculty, Student and Staff 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 - Ann Gould, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Secretary
COMMITTEE REPORTS 

Research, and Graduate and Professional Education Committee (RGPEC) Interim Response to Charge S-1207 on Support for International Students - Jane Otto, RGPEC Chair
Note: This interim report is for information only.

CAMDEN CAMPUS REPORT - Camden Chancellor Phoebe Haddon [Please review the Camden Strategic Plan, and print and bring it with you if you wish to refer to it during Chancellor Haddon's report.]
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT

PRESENTATION ON RESPONSIBILITY CENTER MANAGEMENT - Senior Vice President for Finance Michael Gower

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..."]

REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

REPORTS OF CAMDEN CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS

REPORTS OF NEWARK CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS

REPORTS OF NEW BRUNSWICK CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS

REPORTS OF RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES 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 2014-15 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 5, 2014
January 23, 2015
February 20, 2015 (in Newark)
March 27, 2015
May 1, 2015
 (The May 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 2015.)