1. Chairperson’s Report

2. Secretary’s Report

• Executive Committee Minutes of September 5, 2003

• Administrative Report

• Meeting will be held in Camden.  Bus for Senators will leave Cook Campus, New Brunswick, at 9:30 a.m., and arrive in Camden between 10:30 and 10:45.  Rooms for committee meetings and Faculty and Student Caucuses have been reserved.
• Camden Campus Report - Roger Dennis, Camden Provost
• Committee Report:  Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee - Ann Gould and Paul Panayotatos, Co-chairs.  Response to Charge S-0308:  “Evaluate the current procedures for chair appointments by deans.”

Committee Report:  University Structure and Governance Committee - Joseph Blasi and Kathleen Scott, Co-chairs.  Report and Resolution on a Contract with the Governor on Higher Education

Committee Report:  Student Affairs Committee - Kristyn Byrnes  and Vikas Tandon, Co-chairs.  Response to S-0319, Targum Concept Plan Review

Replacement for Paul Snyder, current Administrative Liaison to University Structure and Governance Committee.  Senator Snyder will retire as of January 1, 2004.  Senate Committee rosters.

Request for Newark Member(s) for Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee.  Senate Committee rosters. 

Requests for Charge-Deadline Extensions:

• Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee on A-0312, Review Proposed University Copyright Policy:  Minor changes will be made to the policy this week.  ASRAC anticipates meeting with M. Gaunt at its November meeting.  Current deadline is October 2003.  Proposed new deadline:  November 28, 2003.
• Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee on A-0314, Big East Conference/Rutgers Athletics:  Current deadline for list of components for further exploration is October 1, 2003.  Proposed new deadline:  November 28, 2003.
• Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee on S-0303, Winter Session Review:  Current deadline is September 2003.  Proposed new deadline:  November 28, 2003.
• Student Affairs Committee on S-0315, Knight Express Card Report Review:  SAC will invite individuals from the Knight Express office to the November 21 SAC meeting.  Current deadline November 2003.  Proposed new deadline:  January 2004.

Discussion of Continuance or Dissolution of Ad Hoc Senate Enrollment Committee.  Brief, written summary of activities and issues expected from Roberta Leslie, Executive Associate, Academic Affairs, prior to the meeting; will be distributed as hardcopy at the meeting.

6. Old Business

Resolution establishing first Senate meeting of each year as president’s Annual Address to the University Community:

Be It Hereby Resolved, by the University Senate Executive Committee, that agendas for future September University Senate meetings shall be designated as exclusively as possible to presentation of the President’s Annual Address to the University Community.

8. Adjournment