University Senate Minutes - November 14, 2014

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE

MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University Senate

DATE: November 14, 2014

TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus Center, Camden Campus

MEMBERS PRESENT: Abu El-Haj, Admani, Ahmed, Akhtar, Alder, Allen, Anaele, Anderson, Aubry, Barraco, Battle, Bernstein, Bhuyan, Bodrog, Borden, Buchholtz, Bugel, Caler, Charles, Cotter, Dasari, DiVito, Draves, Dreyer, Durham, Dy, Eisenstein, Fagley, Fennell, Geis, Gillett, Glaser, Gould, Gower, Haddon, Hamai, Ibrahimpatan, Janniger, Jimenez, Kim, Krishnamurthi, Law, Lepucki, Maillet, Markert, Martinez, Miller, Moran, Mouradian, Nissen, Norville, Oberdiek, Oleske, Otto, Parry, V. Patel, Pirrello, Puhak, Rabinowitz, Redlawsk, Robinson, Saltzman, Schafer, Schulberg, Shapiro, Shapley, Spiegel, Stein, Suplee, Svasti, Szabo, Tamburello, Thomas-Hawkins, Thompson, Toney-Boss, Tsakalakos, Van Stine, Winkler

EXCUSED: Alizadeh, Alperin, Avadhani, Balog, Barchi, Bell, Boikess, Bolden, Borisovets, Bridgeman, Burrell, Cooper, Deans, Delnevo, Edwards, Elkabes, Fiore, Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Gaunt, Gomes, Grant, Grave, Gupta, Gursoy, Hackworth, Hirsch, Holtzman, Hudson, Iwamiya, Killingsworth, Kressel, Langer, A. Lee, Jan Lewis, Jane Lewis, LoMonoco, Mazurek, McKeever, Miranti, Munoz, O'Connell, O'Connor, Oliver, N. Patel, Pintar, Powell, Ramsamy, Raza, Roth, Schwartz, Scott, Shafer, Shulman, Simmons, Struwe, Velan, Vodak, Wagner, Wang, Winterbauer, Wise, Yousaf, Zimmerman

ABSENT: Angell, Anthony, Avakame, Barbarese, Barone, Blanchett, Cantor, Chen, Covington, Donald, Eastman, Edward, Falk, Farmbry, Farris, Fehn, Feldman, Fernandez, Ferraris, Gajic, Ganesh, Goodman, Gracias, Heckscher, Hinch, Holzemer, Holzer, D. Hughes, J. Hughes, D. Johnson, R. Johnson, Joshi, Karamichael, A. Kim, Kocak, Kubic, Kukor, Kumar, K. Lee, Leibman, Lindenmeyer, Lynch, Maher, Marchick, Maruna, McGinnis, McInerney, Meggali, Messer, Millonig, Mitra, Mitchell, Moore, Nanda, Navrot, Padgett, Potter, Rhoads, Rogers, Sahi, Salmond, Sambol, Schiavo, Schurman, Scotto, Stauffer, Stillwagon, Strom, Sumoked, Sun, Szatrowski, Takacs, Tiangco, Triner, Tursi, Van De Walle, Velez, Wasserman, Weigert,

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY: Faculty: Faculty: Of 105 total: 36 present (34%), 42 excused (40%), 27 absent (26%); Students: Of 50 total: 24 present (48%), 10 excused (20%), 16 absent (32%); Administrators: Of 41 total: 4 present (10%), 6 excused (15%), 31 absent (76%); Staff: Of 17 total: 9 present (53%), 3 excused (18%), 5 absent (29%); Alumni: Of 6 total: 4 present (67%), 2 excused (33%), 0 absent (0%)

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Ann Gould, Chairperson

Chairperson Gould called the meeting to order at 1:18 p.m. in the Camden Campus Center Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus. She welcomed everyone, and thanked Chancellor Phoebe Haddon for hosting and for providing lunch. She also gave a brief summary of the meeting agenda.

SECRETARY'S REPORT - Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary of the Senate

Agenda: The meeting agenda was approved as distributed by the executive secretary.
Minutes: The Minutes of the September 19, 2014 Senate Meeting were approved as distributed by the executive secretary.
Communications: The following communications were presented by the executive 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 was for information only.

Research, and Graduate and Professional Education Committee (RGPEC) Chair Jane Otto presented the RGPEC's Interim Response to Charge S-1207 on Support for International Students. She noted that the RGPEC will continue its work on this charge, and that the final report is due in May 2015. There was no further discussion of the report. The report was presented as an interim report for information only, so there was no vote or further action by the Senate at this meeting.

CAMDEN CAMPUS REPORT - Camden Chancellor Phoebe Haddon

Camden Chancellor Phoebe Haddon presented a Camden Campus Report. The report focused primarily on plans for the next 100 days of her chancellorship, and on the Camden Strategic Plan. She also commented that "The Schools of Law in Camden and Newark will continue to take concrete steps to integrate their programs." Chancellor Haddon then responded to questions, or heard comments, on a variety of subjects, including:

her thoughts about Camden having the largest percentage of part-time lecturers in the Rutgers faculty;
health-related research components in Camden programs;
K-12 outreach programs; and
research resources, and other elements of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation relationship.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - Michael Gower, Senior Vice President for Finance, for Robert Barchi, University President

Senior Vice President for Finance Michael Gower read to the Senate an administrative report prepared by President Barchi, which included comments on topics including:

that day's funeral of Clem Price, which Barchi was attending in Newark, and a moment of silence in Dr. Price's memory;
Lei Lei being named dean of the Rutgers Business School;
fundraising, which is very near the $1 billion goal;
strategic plans;
increases in applications for admission;
progress on the physical master plan;
movement of offices now located in ten inefficient Rutgers New Brunswick buildings to a newly acquired facility at 33 Knightsbridge Road in Piscataway;
a sexual assault and violence prevention survey; and
updates on capital programs.

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

Gower then summarized a presentation on responsibility center management, and responded to questions, or heard comments, on subjects including:

definition of what a Rutgers "unit" is in the RCM context;
budget transparency and accountability;
differences between RCM and the current budgeting system;
expected January 2015 availability of an estimated finality of last year's budget, and the need for the Senate's Budget and Finance Committee to have that information;
data for the University budget;
facilities and administration (F&A) reimbursement;
consolidation or standardization of courses among schools and satellites;
tuition revenue distribution;
conditions of RCM that would improve administrative efficiency;
other universities' experiences with RCM;
the role of athletics in the RCM model;
expected accuracy of data resulting from RCM, and related needs for improvements of student information systems at Rutgers; and
deferred maintenance of facilities.

OLD BUSINESS: There was no old business.

NEW BUSINESS: There was no new business.

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES: Senator Samuel Rabinowitz, Faculty Representative to the Board of Governors, reported on the October 19 Board of Governors meeting in Camden. Senator Francine Glaser, Undergraduate Student Representative to the Board of Trustees, reported that there had been no Board of Trustees meeting since the previous Senate meeting.

CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISON REPORTS:

Camden: Samuel Rabinowitz, Chair of the Camden Faculty Council, reported on that group's September 30 and October 16 meetings. Senator Nam Dy, Camden Student Member of the Senate Executive Committee, reported on Camden student leadership plans and activities.
Newark: No reports presented.
New Brunswick: Senator Martha Cotter, New Brunswick Faculty Council Chairperson, reported on that group's October 17 meeting. Senator Francine Glaser, for New Brunswick Student Member of the Senate Executive Committee Vetri Velan, reported on recent plans and activities of the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA).
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences: No reports presented.

CHAIR'S CLOSING COMMENTS: Chairperson Gould again thanked Camden Chancellor Haddon for hosting, and providing lunch for, the Senate. She also thanked Haddon and Gower for speaking at the meeting.

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 3:23 p.m.

Minutes Written and Submitted by,
Ken Swalagin
Executive Secretary of the University Senate