RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

CALL TO MEETING
NOVEMBER 15, 2013

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

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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
- Ann Gould, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Executive Secretary COMMITTEE REPORTS

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee Response to Charge S-1306 on Dual Career Programs [Link goes to report as amended and adopted by the Senate on November 15] and appended Summary of Dual Career Services - The FPAC has been charged as follows:

Dual Career Programs: Examine the desirability of establishing a dual career services program within Rutgers Human Resources in order to enhance the ability of Rutgers to recruit and retain faculty and staff who may need to relocate to accept a position at the institution. Research policies at peer institutions that provide the accompanying partner with the tools and services to access resources for an effective job search and make recommendations as appropriate.

NEWARK CAMPUS REPORT - Interim Newark Chancellor Todd Clear

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 CAMPUS FACULTY 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 2013-14 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 6, 2013
January 24, 2014
February 21, 2014 (in Camden)
March 28, 2014
May 2, 2014
 (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.)