RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY
OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE
MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University
Senate
DATE: February 19, 2016
TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room,
Camden Campus Center, Camden Campus
MEMBERS PRESENT: Abacan, Ahmed, Alder, Anderson,
Arezzi, Barchi, Benford, Bhuyan, Boikess, Borden, Borisovets, Chandler,
Chayko, Cherniss, Covello, Cruz, Dasari, Davis, DiVito, Dreyer, Durham,
Esposito, Faenza, Fitzgerlad-Bocarsly, Gillett, Goh, Gonzalez, Gould,
K. Gursoy, M. Gursoy, Haddon, Heckscher, D. Hughes, Huselid, Israel,
Jamknanwala, Janniger, Joergensen, Kelshikar, Killingsworth, Krapivin,
Kressel, Kustka, LaPointe, B. Lee, K. Lee, Maloney, Marcone, Markert,
Meyer, Murphy, Nissen, Norville, Oberdiek, Okuwobi, Oleske, Oliver,
Otto, Pirrello, Pitt, Puhak, Pusukur, Rabinowitz, Robinson, Saltzman,
Schulberg, Schwartz, Scoloveno, C. Scott, K. Scott, Settles, J.
Shapiro, Sharp, Sheflin, Spiegel, Stein, Sung, Szabo, Tamburello,
Theiss, Thomson, Toney-Boss, Torres, Van Stine, Williams, Winkler,
Zurlo
EXCUSED: Avadhani,
Balog, Barraco, Boruchoff, Bridgeman, Bugel, Burley, Chau, Y. Chen,
Cotter, Delnevo, Drachtman, Fagley, Fletcher, Gold, Grant,
Joo, Kalan, Kuzma, Langer, Jane Lewis, McKeever, Meck, Miranti,
Morrell, Mouradian, O'Connell, Ponzio, Prestigiacomo, Roth, Ryan,
Samant, Shaban, Shapley, Singh, Struwe, Szatrowski, Takacs, Wagner,
Wakim, Wang, White, Winterbauer
ABSENT: Ahluwalia, Aioub, Alizadeh, Anthony,
Asker, Balmer, Barbarese, Barone, Blanchett, Calabrese, Cantor, Capone,
Charles, R. Chen, Coiro, Cooper, Covington, Deans, A. Desai, R. Desai,
Dixon, D'Souza, Eastman, Edward, Edwards, Eisenstein, Farmbry, Farris,
Fehn, Feldman, Fennell, Gabriel, Gajic, Ganesh, Goodman, Gower,
Gramieri, Grave, Hayton, Holzemer, Holzer, J. Hughes, Johnson, Kolbaba,
Kukor, LaBella, Lei, Jan Lewis, Lindenmeyer, Lu, Lynch, Mahon,
Mahtabfar, March, Martinez-San Miguel, Maruna, Mazurek, McGinnis,
Messer, Miller, Moran, Palmer, Pandey, Parisi, Pintar, Portillo, C.
Potter, J. Potter, Ramsamy, Salmond, Santana, Scheck, Schiavo,
Scotto, M. Shapiro, Shinbrot, Stauffer, Strom, Thomas, Toth, Wasserman,
Wise
ATTENDANCE SUMMARY:
Faculty: Of 103 total: 46 present (45%),
32 excused (31%), 25 absent (24%); Students:
Of 44 total: 22 present (50%), 6 excused (14%), 17
absent (39%); Administrators: Of 42
total: 6
present (14%), 2 excused (5%), 34 absent (81%); Staff:
Of 17 total: 12 present (67%), 1
excused (9%), 4 absent (24%); Alumni:
Of 5
total: 3 present (60%), 2 excused (40%), 0 absent (0%)
View Senate
Attendance Record for this academic year
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF
QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Ann Gould, Chairperson
Chairperson Gould called the meeting to order at 1:29 p.m. in the
Camden Campus Center Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus. She welcomed
everyone, and thanked Chancellor Phoebe Haddon for hosting and for
providing lunch. She also gave a brief summary of the meeting agenda.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
- Ken
Swalagin, Executive Secretary
- Agenda: The meeting's agenda was
was modified to move the Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee
(ICAC) report on Charge S-1504 on Determination of Student Attendance
to be first under "Committee Reports" in order to accommodate ICAC
Chair Natalie Borisovets's need to leave the meeting early. The agenda,
so modified, was then approved by the Senate.
- Minutes: The Minutes of the January
22, 2016 Senate Meeting were
approved as distributed by the Executive Secretary.
- Communications:
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR RBHS STUDENT
MEMBER OF THE SENATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE: Senator Deelip Mhaske had resigned his Senate and
Executive Committee
positions, citing work obligations and inability to attend meetings.
RBHS Student
Senator Oluwatoniloba was elected by acclamation to the position for
the remainder of this academic year.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Instruction,
Curricula and Advising Committee (ICAC) Response
to Charge S-1504 on Determination of Student Attendance -
Natalie Borisovets, ICAC Chair
The
ICAC had been 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.
ICAC Chair Natalie Borisovets summarized her committee's report and
recommendations on Charge S-1504, on Determination of Student
Attendance. The report was discussed at some length, with strong
student opposition voiced. On Senator Theiss's motion, duly seconded,
action on this report was postponed to April.
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 accompanied this report
presentation.] -
Anthony Tamburello, RGPEC
Chair
The
RGPEC had been 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.
RGPEC Chair Anthony Tamburello summarized his committee's report and
recommendations on Charge S-1505 on Implementing ORCID Identifiers, and
read the accompanying resolution, which was adopted without further
discussion, with one opposing vote.
[Chairperson Gould said that Senate Bylaws require that agenda items
docketed for Senate action must be addressed before administrative or
other non-action reports.]
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 had been 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 included changes to Senate bylaws/related University Policy, so
in accordance with
established parliamentary procedure it was introduced at this meeting,
to be
voted on at a subsequent meeting. USGC Co-chairs Robert Puhak and Jon
Oliver presented the report, with Puhak summarizing. There was no
discussion.
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 were being revised in
response to President
Barchi's request to add timelines. The linked report displays in
blue text the changes made at this meeting. The Senate adopted the
original
report at the November 2015 Senate meeting, and by that action this
became a Senate report
rather than a USGC report, so the following resolution was brought by
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.
Senate and Executive Committee Vice Chair Peter Gillett summarized the
revision, and read the resolution, which was adopted unanimously by the
Senate without further discussion.
CAMDEN
CHANCELLOR'S REPORT - Camden Chancellor Phoebe Haddon
Camden
Chancellor Phoebe Haddon presented a Camden Chancellor's Report. The
presentation on that report is
linked above. Haddon then
responded to questions, or heard comments, on her report and related
issues.
ADMINISTRATIVE
REPORT - University President Robert
Barchi
University President Robert Barchi presented an Administrative Report
that included comments on:
- congratulations to Rutgers Camden for its
energy and positive reputation;
- progress on the Strategic Plan;
- admissions;
- successes of Camden's athletes;
- appointment of John Hoffman as Senior Vice
President and General Counsel;
- attendance requirements and the need to
comply with related regulations for federal financial aid; and
- Rutgers' funding and budget.
SENATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
REPORT - Senate Vice Chair Peter Gillett reported on the February
5, 2016 meeting and activities of the Senate Executive Committee.
REPORTS
OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES:
Senator Alexandra Williams, Student Representative to the Board of
Governors, reported on the February 3, 2016 Board of Governors
meeting. Senator Menahem Spiegel, Faculty Representative to the
Board of Trustees, reported on the February 11 Board
of Trustees meeting.
CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISON
REPORTS:
Senator Samuel Rabinowitz, a member of the Camden Faculty Council,
reported
on that group's recent plans and activities. Camden Student Senator
Brandon Theiss reported on
recent Camden student plans and activities. Senator
Mark Killingsworth, New Brunswick Faculty Council Chairperson, reported
on that
group's plans and recent meeting. Senator Justin Schulberg, New
Brunswick Student
Member
of the Senate Executive Committee, reported on New Brunswick student
governing association activities. Senator Edmund Janniger, Newark
Student Member of the Senate
Executive Committee, reported on Newark student
activities.
Senator Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, RBHS Faculty Council Chair,
reported on that group's plans and recent activities.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting
adjourned
at 4:02 p.m.
Minutes Written and Submitted by,
Ken Swalagin
Executive Secretary of the University Senate