RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY
OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE
MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University
Senate
DATE: January 23, 2015
TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room,
Rutgers Student Center, College Avenue Campus
MEMBERS PRESENT: Admani, Alder, Anaele,
Anderson, Aubry, Avadhani, Barbarese, Barraco, Battle, Bell, Bernstein,
Bodrog, Boikess, Bolden, Borden, Borisovets, Bridgemen, Buchholtz,
Bugel, Caler, Cotter, Covello, Dasari, Delnevo, Draves, Durham,
Edwards, Eisenstein, Elkabes, Fagley, Fennell, Fernandez, Ferraris,
Fiore, Gibson, Gillett, Glaser, Gomes, Goodman, Gould, Grant, Grave,
Gupta, K. Gursoy, Hackworth, Heckscher, Hirsch, Holzemer, Hudson,
Janniger, Jimenez, Joo, Joshi, Karamichael, Killingsworth, Law, Jane
Lewis, Maillet, March, Marchick, Markert, Martinez, McGinnis, McKeever,
Miller, Miranti, Mitra, Moran, Mouradian, Nanda, Navrot, Nissen,
Norville, O'Connell, O'Connor, Oleske, Oliver, Otto, Padgett, N. Patel,
Pintar, Pirrello, Puhak, Rabinowitz, Ramsamy, Raza, Roth, Saltzman,
Schafer, Schulberg, Schwartz, Scott, Settles, Shapiro, Shapley,
Shulman, Spiegel, Stauffer, Stillwagon, Suplee, Szabo, Szatrowski,
Tamburello, Thomas-Hawkins, Thompson, Tiangco, Toney-Boss, Tsakalakos,
Tursi, Van Stine, Velan, Winkler, Winterbauer, Zimmerman
EXCUSED: Abu
El-Haj, Balog, Barchi, Bhuyan, Boyle, Burrell, Dreyer,
Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Hamai, Ibrahimpatan, S. Kim, Kressel, Langer, K.
Lee, Lepucki, LoMonoco, Messer, Oberdiek, Parry, Powell, Redlawsk,
Rhoads, Robinson, Simmons, Stein, Struwe, Vodak
ABSENT: Ahmed, Allen,
Angell, Anthony, Avakame, Barone, Blanchett, Cantor, Charles, Chen,
Cooper, Covington, Creese, Deans, DiVito, Donald, Eastman, Edward,
Farmbry, Farris, Fehn, Feldman, Gajic, Ganesh, Geis, Gower, Gracias, M.
Gursoy, Haddon, Holzer, D. Hughes, J. Hughes, Iwamiya, Johnson, A. Kim,
Krishnamurthi, Kukor, Kumar, A. Lee, Lei, Leibman, Jan Lewis,
Lindenmeyer, Lynch, Maher, Maruna, Mazurek, McInerney, Meggali,
Millonig, Mitra, Munoz, V. Patel, Potter, Rogers, Sahi, Salmond,
Sambol, Schiavo, Schurman, Scotto, Strom, Sun, Svasti, Takacs, Triner,
Van de Walle, Velez, Wagner, Wang, Wasserman, Weigert, Wise, Yousaf
ATTENDANCE SUMMARY:
Faculty:
Faculty:
Of 107 total: 66 present (62%), 13 excused (12%), 28 absent (26%);
Students: Of 46 total: 28 present (61%), 5 excused (11%), 13 absent
(28%);
Administrators: Of 41 total: 7 present (17%), 6
excused
(15%), 28 absent (68%); Staff: Of 17 total: 9 present (53%), 2
excused (12%), 6
absent (35%); Alumni: Of 6 total: 5 present (83%), 1 excused (17%), 0
absent
(0%)
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Attendance Record for this Year
PRESIDING OFFICER: Ann Gould, Chairperson
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, CHARGES, AND
CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Ann
Gould,
Chairperson
Senate Chairperson Ann Gould called the meeting to order at 1:18
p.m.
in the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student
Center, College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick. She welcomed all
attendees. She said that the agenda included a presentation on the New
Brunswick Physical Master Plan by Tony Calcado, Vice President
for University Facilities and Capital Planning, and that the Senate may
hear similar presentations on the Newark and Camden plans at a
subsequent meeting.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
- Ken
Swalagin, Executive Secretary
- Agenda: Senate Executive Secretary Ken Swalagin said that
the Administrative Report had been removed from the agenda after it had
first been published online. The meeting's agenda, so
amended, was then approved
by the Senate.
- Minutes: The December 5, 2014 Senate
Meeting Minutes
were
approved as distributed by the Executive Secretary.
- Communications: The
following communications were presented by the executive secretary:
NEW BRUNSWICK CAMPUS REPORT - New Brunswick Chancellor
Richard Edwards
New Brunswick Chancellor Richard Edwards presented a New
Brunswick Campus Report, which included comments on:
Edwards then responded to questions, or heard comments, on topics
including:
- Rutgers' commitment to returning veterans, and to diversity;
- Anthony Perrotti, Rutgers' first All-American wrestler since
2002; and
- emailed crime alerts.
PRESENTATION ON THE DRAFT NEW
BRUNSWICK PHYSICAL MASTER PLAN - Tony Calcado, Vice President
for University Facilities and Capital Planning
Vice President for University Facilities and Capital Planning
Tony Calcado presented a summary of the Draft New Brunswick Physical
Master Plan, and responded to questions, or heard comments, from
Senators on the presentation.
OLD
BUSINESS:
There was no old business.
NEW BUSINESS: There was no new
business.
REPORTS
OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES:
Senator
Samuel Rabinowitz, Faculty Representative to the Board of
Governors, and Senator Pamela Navrot, Student Representative to the
Board of Governors, reported on the December 9, 2014 Board of Governors
meeting. Senator Robert Schwartz, Faculty Representative
to the Board of Trustees, and Senator Francine Glaser, Undergraduate
Student Representative to the Board of Trustees, reported on the
December 8 and 18, 2014 Board
of Trustees meetings.
CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISON
REPORTS:
Senator Samuel Rabinowitz, Camden Faculty Council Chairperson, reported
on that group's recent plans and activities. Senator Mark Bodrog
reported on Camden student governing association activities. Senator
Martha Cotter,
New Brunswick Faculty Council Chairperson, reported on her group's December
12, 2014 meeting. Senator Vetri Velan, New Brunswick Student Member
of the Senate Executive Committee, reported on New Brunswick student
governing association activities. Newark Student Senator Hamza Raza
reported on Newark student governing association activities.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting adjourned
at 3:26 p.m.
Minutes Written and Submitted by,
Ken Swalagin
Executive Secretary of the University Senate