RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
CALL TO MEETING
Friday, November 16, 2018, 1:30 p.m.
Morning Committee Meetings, Noon Caucuses, Lunch, and the 1:30 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 12:30 p.m. - 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.)
12:30 noon to 1:15 p.m. - Lunch, and Faculty, Student, Staff and Alumni Caucuses
1:30 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 -
Mary Mickelsen, Executive Secretary

ELECTION OF ALUMNI MEMBER OF THE SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Jennie Owens, elected to serve as the 2018-19 Alumni Member of the Senate Executive Committee at the April 27, 2018 Organizational Meeting, has resigned her seat citing scheduling conflicts. In accordance with University Policy 50.2.1 Section F, the Senate Executive Committee at its November 2 meeting, nominated Houshang Parsa as Jennie's replacement, which he has accepted. Nominations from the floor are permitted and will subsequently be voted on via paper ballot.

COMMITTEE REPORT [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.]

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Report on the Partnership Process between RWJ Barnabas, Rutgers University, and the Rutgers University Faculty- Farid Alizadeh and Joseph Markert, Co-Chairs of FPAC

FPAC reports on its own initiative on: Full and transparent participation of RBHS faculty and staff in the ongoing discussions centered on the partnership between RWJ Barnabas, Rutgers University, and the Rutgers University Faculty.

CAMDEN CHANCELLOR'S REPORT - Camden Chancellor Phoebe Haddon 
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

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 Jon Oliver

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 2018-19 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 7, 2018
January 25, 2019
February 15, 2019 (in 
Newark)
March 29, 2019
May 3, 2019
 (The May 3 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 2019.)