RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
SENATE
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
M I N U T E
S
April 7,
2006
MEMBERS PRESENT: Boikess, Cotter (Chair), Curtis,
Darien,
LaSala,
Rabinowitz (Vice Chair), Swalagin (Executive Secretary)
EXCUSED: Borisovets,
Panayotatos
ABSENT: DeLuca
ALSO
ATTENDING:
Ellis (Equal Opportunity Committee Co-chair), Furmanski (Administrative
Liaison), Gigliotti (University Structure and Governance Committee
Chair),
Gould (Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee Co-chair), Kokini
(Budget and
Finance Committee Co-chair), Leath (New Brunswick Faculty Council Chair,
and Faculty BOG
Representative), McCormick (Administrative Liaison)
The
regular meeting of the University Senate Executive Committee was held
on
Friday, April 7, 2006 at 1:10 p.m. in the Executive Board Conference
Room,
Administrative Services Building III, Cook Campus.
1.
Chairperson’s
Report
There was no
Chairperson's
Report.
2.
Secretary's
Report
Minutes: Minutes of the March
10, 2006 Senate
Executive Committee meeting were approved as distributed by the
Secretary.
Communications: The Revised
Schedule of 2006-2007 Senate and
Senate Executive Committee meetings was adopted. Several Executive
Committee
meetings had been rescheduled to accommodate requests from President
McCormick's office (due to President McCormick's teaching schedule for
next
year, and related rescheduling of Board meetings, as well as New
Brunswick
Faculty Council meeting-date conflicts). The following schedule was
adopted:
- University Senate:
(2006) September 15
(President's Address), September 29, October 27 (Camden), December 1;
(2007)
January 19 (New Brunswick Campus Report), February 16 (Newark), March
23, April
27
- Senate Executive
Committee: (2006)
September 8, September 22 (10:00 a.m.), October 6, November 10; (2007)
January
5, February 2, March 2, April 6, June 8.
3.
Administrative Report
President
McCormick's Administrative Report focused on the state budget crisis,
resultant
proposed cuts to Rutgers' state
funding, and
plans to respond to the proposed cuts. He
also said that Jeffrey Apfel's title has been changed to Senior Vice
President
for Administration, and Chief Financial Officer, following Karen
Kavanagh's
departure from her former position.
Jillian
Curtis briefed the group on student activities aimed at fighting the
proposed
budget cuts, including creation of a website at
http://rustudentrally.com/, and
a planned rally in Trenton
on Thursday, April 27.
4.
Slate of Candidates for April
28, 2006 Election of Officers, Senate Executive Committee Members, and
Board
Representatives: The
following slate of candidates for the
April 28, 2006 Senate election was adopted:
- Chair:
Martha Cotter
- Vice Chair: Paul Panayotatos, Samuel Rabinowitz
- Executive
Committee, Faculty: Jonathan Tittler,
Natalie Borisovets, Ann Gould, Francoise Puniello, Barbara Turpin
- Executive
Committee, Students: Kimberly Mauroff,
David Cole, Margaret Coppolo, Connie Ellis, Edward Ng
- Executive
Committee,
Alumnus: Ray Bodnar, William Norville,
Carl Wyhopen
- Executive
Committee, PTL/Annual-Appointee Faculty: Karen
Thompson
- Board of Governors,
Student
Representative: Jillian Curtis
- Board of
Governors, Faculty Representative: Paul
Leath
- Board of Trustees,
Undergraduate Student Representative: Sharo
Atmeh, Dana Jackson
- Board of Trustees,
Graduate Student Representative: Ryan
Fowler
- Board of Trustees,
Faculty Representative: Kathleen Scott,
Mark Vodak
The
election and balloting process was discussed and accepted. All nominees
for
vice chair (and for chair, if there are nominations for that position
from the
floor), as well as all nominees for faculty Executive Committee
members, will
be placed into one pool of candidates, and the Senate will be asked to
vote for
one more than is needed to fill all positions. Any chair or vice chair
candidate who does not win the chair or vice chair seat will then be
eligible
for faculty Executive Committee member, per last year's Senate Bylaws
revisions. By voting for one additional EC
member,
voters can be assured that their votes cast in the EC "runoff" will
not be wasted should that candidate be elected to the chairship or vice
chairship. For each chair or vice chair candidate nominated from the
floor, one
additional "vote for" will be included in the EC voting. When votes
are tabulated, the highest vote-getters for EC faculty from each
respective
campus (who have not been elected chair or vice chair) will win the
position.
5.
Standing Committee Reports and Charges, and Other
Actions
University
Structure and
Governance Committee, Report and Resolution in Response to Proposal
for
Establishment of a School of Public Affairs and Administration at
Rutgers-Newark: Gary
Gigliotti, Chair of the Senate's University Structure and
Governance Committee, summarized his committee's report
and resolution which
recommend establishing a School of Public Affairs and Administration at
Rutgers-Newark. The Report and
Resolution were docketed for
action at the April 28, 2006 Senate regular meeting.
Review of All
Standing
Committees' Outstanding Pending Charges, and Nomination or Assignment
of
2006-2007 Committee Chairs: The pending charges of all
standing committees were reviewed. Charges were dropped, or deadlines
revised,
as needed. Michael LaSala, co-chair of the Senate's Equal Opportunity
Committee, asked that his committee be charged with considering whether
Rutgers should create a standalone
office to address
issues of tolerance, sensitivity and compliance. Senator LaSala will
draft the
charge to his committee and submit it to the Executive Committee to
review and
issue. The following committee-chair appointments were renewed or
suggested
(Secretary Swalagin will ask newly suggested chairs if they will accept
the
positions):
- Academic Standards, Regulations
and Admissions: Robert Boikess,
Martha Cotter, Jillian Curtis
- Budget and Finance Committee:
Jozef Kokini, James
Miller, Menahem Spiegel
- Equal Opportunity Committee:
Connie Ellis, Haydee Herrera,
Michael LaSala, Richard Simmons, Tia Young
- Faculty Affairs and Personnel
Committee: Ann Gould, Paul Panayotatos
- Instruction, Curricula and
Advising
Committee: Natalie Borisovets
- Student Affairs Committee: Valerie
Johnson,
Kimberly Mauroff
- University Structure and
Governance Committee: Gary Gigliotti
Jillian
Curtis agreed to again serve as Senate parliamentarian.
6.
April
28, 2006 University Senate Regular and Organizational Meetings Agendas
Items
were docketed for the Senate's April 28, 2006 meetings, as follows:
- 2006-2007 Senate
Organizational Meeting:
- Election
of Officers, Senate Executive Committee Members, and Board
Representatives
- 2005-2006 Senate
Regular Meeting:
7.
Old Business
There was no old business
8.
New
Business
There
was no new business.
9.
Adjournment
The
meeting was adjourned at 2:55 p.m. by Chairperson Cotter.
Kenneth
Swalagin
Executive
Secretary of the Senate