RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
CALL TO MEETING
Friday, February 19, 2016, 1:10 p.m.
Morning Committee Meetings, Noon Caucuses,
Lunch, and the 1:10 p.m. Senate Meeting will be held in the Camden
Campus Center.
Click
here to view Camden Campus map and Travel Directions
and Parking
Instructions and Map
Click
here to view
information on NJ Transit River LINE train between Trenton and Camden
TRANSPORTATION AND PRE-MEETING TIMETABLE:
9:00 a.m. - New Brunswick and Newark Senators board charter bus
for Camden - Lot 98B, College Farm Road, near Environmental
and Natural Resource Sciences Building on the Cook Campus.
(Any Senator who does not have
a Rutgers commuter or faculty/staff
parking permit must have contacted the Senate office for special
parking privileges for this day.)
9:15 a.m. sharp - Bus departs from Cook Campus.
10:30 a.m. (approximately) - Bus arrives in Camden.
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon - Standing Committee meetings
(Committees convene when the bus from New Brunswick arrives, or at
10:30 a.m., whichever is later. Follow this link to a
directory
of committee, caucus, and lunch room locations.)
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m. - Lunch, and Faculty, Student, Staff
and Alumni Caucuses
1:10 p.m. - Call to Order in Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus
Center, Camden Campus.
Fifteen minutes post-adjournment - Board charter bus for return
trip.
Bus
departs Camden Campus promptly 15 minutes after the Senate meeting
adjourns.
A G E N D A
PLEASE PRINT
OUT AND BRING WITH YOU ANY DOCUMENTS TO WHICH YOU MAY WANT TO REFER
DURING THE MEETING. ONLY THE AGENDA AND VOTING CARDS WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED AT THE MEETING. PLEASE REVIEW LINKED DOCUMENTS BEFORE THE
MEETING.
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S
REPORT
- Ann Gould, Chairperson
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin,
Secretary
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR RBHS STUDENT MEMBER OF THE SENATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE: Senator Deelip Mhaske has resigned his Senate and
Executive Committee
positions, citing work obligations and inability to attend meetings.
Ken Swalagin has solicited self-nominations from among RBHS student
Senators for this special election. Eligible candidates will be
announced at this meeting, and ballots will be distributed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
[Note: Substantive amendments to
these reports should be given to the Senate secretary in writing prior
to or at the time the amendment is moved.]
The
ICAC was charged as follows: Develop guidelines that would allow units
and individual instructors to comply with U.S. Department of Education
requirements that Rutgers keep records for students receiving federal
financial aid that substantiate students' participatory attendance in
the classes for which they are registered.
Research,
and Graduate and Professional Education Committee (RGPEC) Response
to Charge S-1505 on Implementing ORCID Identifiers
[Click here
to view the PowerPoint slides that will accompany this report
presentation.] -
Anthony Tamburello, RGPEC
Chair
The
RGPEC was charged as follows: Investigate and make recommendations with
regard to an implementation of ORCID identifiers (i.e., issuing ORCID
IDs) at Rutgers. If deemed appropriate, make specific recommendations
for incremental implementation, for example, beginning with the
graduate schools. Identify benefits, processes, timeline, who would be
involved, and approximate costs.
Introduction*
of University
Structure and Governance Committee (USGC) Response
to Charge S-1403 on Process for Unit Mergers or Other Structural Changes -
Jon Oliver and Robert Puhak, USGC
Co-chairs
The
USGC was charged as follows: Consider whether the University Senate
should establish a general procedure, timeline, template and process
for merging, dissolution or making structural changes to any University
unit. Consider how such a process could assist the University and units
in working in a deliberate, consultative and rational way so that all
issues, impacts, concerns and benefits can be properly considered on a
timely basis. Make recommendations on time limits and process.
*This
report includes changes to Senate bylaws/related University Policy, so
in accordance with
established parliamentary procedure it is introduced today, and will be
voted on at a subsequent meeting.
OLD BUSINESS
Executive Committee Amendment/Revision
to
University
Structure and Governance Committee's November 2016 Response
to Charge S-1410 on Honorary Degree and Commencement Speaker Selection
Processes
–
Peter Gillett, Senate Vice Chair
This report's recommendations and resolution are being revised in
response to President
Barchi's request to add timelines. The linked report displays in
red text the changes being made today. The Senate adopted the original
report at the November 2015 Senate meeting. This is now a Senate report
rather than a USGC report, so the following resolution comes from the
Senate Executive Committee:
Whereas, the Rutgers University
Senate, in November 2015, adopted a resolution and recommendations on
Charge S-1410 on Honorary Degree and Commencement Speaker Selection
Processes; and
Whereas, President Barchi responded
to the Senate after receiving the report, and asked that some
modifications be made, particularly adding timeframes to the
recommended processes; and
Whereas, the Senate Executive
Committee, as well as the co-chairs of the University Structure and
Governance Committee, have discussed and agreed upon proposed changes
indicated in blue text in the revised
document;
Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the
University Senate adopts the changes proposed, and the revised
recommendations.
CAMDEN
CHANCELLOR'S REPORT - Camden Chancellor Phoebe Haddon
- Synopsis of Report
- Questions and Answers
ADMINISTRATIVE
REPORT - University President Robert
Barchi
NEW BUSINESS [Note: Article IV.A. of
the Senate
Bylaws states,
"All new matters
shall be referred to committee before coming to the Senate (unless
extenuating circumstances apply, as indicated under section
C.4..."]
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
REPORT - Senate Vice Chair Peter Gillett
REPORTS
OF REPRESENTATIVES
TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES
REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT
LIAISONS
ADJOURNMENT
*Note: Addition
of items to the Agenda requires a two-thirds vote.There is
an overall time limit of 2-1/2 hours for Senate meetings.Specific
time limits are set for questions and debate, not for presentation of
reports. After
approval, extension of time limits requires a two-thirds vote.
Remaining 2015-16 University
Senate Meetings
[Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held on Fridays in the
Multipurpose Room, College
Avenue
Student Center, College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.]
April 1, 2016
April 29, 2016 (at the Busch
Student Center)
(
The April 29 meeting may
convene at 10:30 or 11:00 a.m.
This meeting is the last of this year's Senate, but will begin with the
first meeting of next year's Senate, at which Senate officers,
Executive Committee members, and board representatives will be elected.
The start time will be determined by the Senate Executive Committee in
April 2016.)