UNIVERSITY SENATE
Executive Committee

A G E N D A
September 9, 2011 - 1:10 p.m.

1.    Chairpersons' Report

2.    Secretary’s Report

•  Approval of Agenda
•  Approval of Minutes of May 20, 2010 Senate Executive Committee Meeting 
•  Communications:
• July 2011 Memo from Gregory Blimling, Vice President for Student Affairs, transmitting Revisions to the Code of Student Conduct
• President McCormick's acknowledgements of Senate reports and recommendations:
• August 2011 Response on A-0906, Commencement Dates, from the Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee
• August 2011 Response on S-0807, Add/Drop Period, from the Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee
• August 2011 Response on A-1102A, Proposal for a New School of Nursing-Camden, from the University Structure and Governance Committee (with input from the: Budget and Finance Committee; Research, and Graduate and Professional Education Committee; and Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee)

3.    Administrative Liaison

• Administrative Report - Richard L. McCormick, University President

4.    Standing Committees

Review of Standing Committee Membership/Rosters

Assignment of Committee Chairs:

• Student Affairs Committee: Student Senator Parth Oza was not reelected to the Senate. Student Senator Stacey Milliman has not yet responded to emails asking if she would co-chair the SAC.
• Research, and Graduate and Professional Education Committee:Faculty Senators who were on the RGPEC last year, and who were suggested as co-chairs (John Dighton, Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Jan Lewis, John Li), have all declined. Staff Senator and former RGPEC Co-chair Gayle Stein has agreed to co-chair this year. This committee still needs a faculty co-chair.

Issues/Proposed Charges:

Review of Currently Pending Charges and Deadlines

5.    University Senate Agendas

September 16, 2011 Senate Meeting:

• This meeting hosts the President's Annual Address to the Rutgers Community, which is the primary agenda item.
• Dick Edwards will host a reception for newly tenured faculty at the Faculty Caucus.
• Committees to meet, but the Executive Committee does not meet again before October 14. If committee reports are prepared in time for the October Senate meeting, should they be circulated to the Executive Committee by email for possible docketing for Senate action?

October 14, 2011 Senate Meeting:

• October 14 meeting will be held in New Brunswick. The November 4 meeting is scheduled for Newark  [The Senate will meet in Camden in February.]
• Election of Newark Student Member of the Executive Committee  [There were no eligible nominees for the April election.]

6.    Old Business

7.    New Business

8.    Adjournment