UNIVERSITY SENATE
Executive Committee
AGENDA
February 4, 2005 - 1:10 p.m.
1. Chairperson’s Report
2. Secretary’s Report
• Executive Committee Minutes
of January 7, 2005
• Communications:
3. Administrative Liaison
• Administrative Report
4. Standing Committee Reports and Potential Charges
• Student Affairs Committee Nominations for Student
Charter Trustee: The Student Affairs Committee has agreed to forward
to the Board of Trustees the following nominations for the Student Charter
Trustee 2006 vacancy:
- David Cole, School of Engineering
- Kara McKenna, Rutgers College
- Joshua R. Truppo, Cook College
- Curtis Williams, Camden College of Arts & Sciences
A fifth nominee (Joy Boyo, submitted by the Newark College of Arts &
Sciences Student Governing Association) was ruled ineligible because Ms. Boyo
is currently a junior, which conflicts with the board's requirement that
the nominees be juniors on July 1, 2005. [NOTE:
No action is required by the Executive Committee or Senate on this
item. The Student Affairs Committee is responsible for review and recommendations
of nominees. Secretary Swalagin will forward the list of nominees directly
to Leslie Fehrenbach, Secretary to the Boards of Governors and Trustees.]
• Potential Charge to Budget & Finance
Committee: Proposed charge: Examine the Intercollegiate
Athletics fee paid by all Rutgers-New Brunswick undergraduates. Determine
whether this money is used only for varsity sports, as is intended, or if
this money is also sometimes used for revenue-generating sports (for which
this fee money is not intended.) Also, review the amount of student fee dollars
used to fund club sports at Rutgers, and consider the disparity between the
fee amounts. Recommend best practices for the appropriate use of this fee
money in light of these findings. Respond to Senate Executive
Committee by March 24, 2005. The proposed charge was included and
explained in an e-mail
from Senator Adam Cooper.
• Requested Charge to Faculty Affairs & Personnel
Committee: Proposed charge: Evaluate
the desirability and feasibility of faculty retirement incentives, in particular of phased
retirement plans such as the one that
was being negotiated by the New Brunswick Faculty Council and the Lawrence
administration in the mid-1990s and
the one recently proposed by the AAUP under their Proposal
for a Faculty Retirement Transition
and Renewal Program. Report
to Senate Executive Committee by May 2005. This charge comes
from the Faculty Affairs & Personnel Committee via Co-Chair Paul Panayotatos.
• Potential Charge to University Structure &
Governance Committee (USGC): Proposed charge: Consider
the suggestion that faculty and student board representatives be elected by
their respective caucuses of the Senate, rather than by the full Senate, as
proposed in Senator Hoekzema's Draft Resolution
Supporting Caucus-Based Elections. Solicit input from the Student
Affairs Committee before making final recommendations on this charge. Respond
to the Senate Executive Committee by March 24, 2005. USGC Co-chair
Joseph Blasi has invited Senator Hoekzema to present his proposal to the USGC,
and has asked that the Student Affairs Committee be charged with providing
input on the issue to the USGC before a final decision is made.
5. February 18, 2005 University Senate Meeting Agenda
- Meeting to be held in Newark
- University Structure and Governance Committee Response to Charges
S-0324, Senate Bylaws Review, and Charge S-0320, Election Procedures for
At-Large and PTL/Annual Appointee Senators
- Newark Campus Report - Provost Steven Diner
6. Old Business
7. New Business
8. Adjournment