RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY
OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE
MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University
Senate
DATE: April 27, 2018
TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room,
College Avenue
Student Center, College Avenue Campus
MEMBERS PRESENT: Ahmed, Alizadeh, Awan,
Bagniewski, Barbarese, Bekdash, Bhuyan, Boikess, Bora, Borisovets,
Bugel, Chayko, Chulak, Craig, Cummings, Dana, D'Anna, Dasari, DiVito,
Dreyer, Emmons, Esposito, Fagan, Fellenz, Field, Fitzgerald-Bocarsly,
Gillett, Goodman, Gould, Graber, A. Johnson, Joseph, Kabia, C. Kane, E.
Kane, Keddis, Krapivin, LaPointe, B, Lee, Lindboe, Linz, LoGrippo,
Lulla, Mammis, Marchetta, Markert, Masiello, Matto, McKeever, Murphy,
Nitzsche, Norville, O'Brassill-Kulfan, Oleske, Oliver, O'Neill, Owens,
Padgett, Pantazis, Pappas, Parsa, Ami Patel, M. Patel, Shivane Patel,
Suja Patel, Patton, Phadke, Pichugin, Pinto-Figueroa, K. Powell, Puhak,
Rabinowitz, Resnick, Roberts, Rothpletz-Puglia, Samant, Sanchez,
Schwartz, Shah, Sheflin, Shinn, Siddiqui, Soto, Spiegel, Steinberg,
Szatrowski, Tharney, Thompson, Thomson, Toney-Boss, Tsakalakos, Van
Stine, Winkler, Zhang, Ziessler
EXCUSED: Barchi,
Bhatnagar, Burley, Chang, Collins, Dane, Denham-Barrett, Goldfarb,
Gross, Joergensen, Junboonta, Kelly, Kettle, Kustka, Langer, Langsam,
Lutz, Maloney, Mazurek, Miller, Saltzman, Schneider, Scoloveno,
Settles, Shinbrot, Tracey, Zurlo
ABSENT: Abayhan, Alidou, Ardeshna, Arezzi,
Artun, Balaguru, Barone, Blanchett, Boruchoff, Bradley, Bridgeman,
Brunson, Bubb, Butterfield, Cahill, Cantor, Chen, Coiro, Conway,
Covington, DeFilippis, Dettloff, Dixon, Drachtman, Dutta, Eastman,
Eaton, Eisenstein, Eng, Farmbry, Farris, Feldman, Filippelli, Fletcher,
Fox, Gabriel, Ganesh, Ghesani, Goh, Gonzalez, Gower, Greenberg, Haddon,
Halkitis, Hartman, Hatefi, Heckscher, Hernandez, Honeycutt, Holzemenr,
Iannini, Ivanovski, R. Johnson, Khattab, Kukor, Lasala, Leavy, C. Lee,
Levy, Lei, Lewis, Lindenmeyer, Lugg, Mahon, Manyaga, March, Marchick,
Menifield, Minsky, Moran, B. Murphy, Nash, Novelli, Pandey, Pardlo,
Anish Patel, Patrick, Petrucci, Pintar, Ponzio, Porumbescu, C. Potter,
J. Potter, V. Powell, Pradhan, Rivera, Robinson, Ross, Salazar,
Schiavo, Sen, Shapses, Sheridan, Stauffer, Strom, Takhistov, Thomas,
Walter, Warburton, Wilde, Zapata
ATTENDANCE SUMMARY:
Faculty: Of 108 total: 52 present (48%),
20 excused (19%), 36 absent (33%); Students:
Of 49 total: 22 present (45%), 3 excused (6%), 24
absent (49%); Administrators: Of 40
total: 3
present (7.5%), 2 excused (5%), 35 absent (87.5%); Staff:
Of 16 total: 11 present (69%), 1
excused (6%), 4 absent (25%); Alumni:
Of 6
total: 6 present (100%), 0 excused (0%), 0 absent (0%)
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF
QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Peter Gillett, Chair
Senate Chair Peter Gillett called the meeting to order at 1:10 p.m. in
the
College Avenue Student Center Multipurpose Room, College Avenue
Campus. He said it was his pleasure to serve as
chair during the past
year, and thanked all for their support. He then extended best wishes
to those not returning.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
- Mary Mickelsen, Executive Secretary
- Agenda: The meeting's agenda was
approved by the Senate as distributed.
- Minutes: The Minutes of the March
23, 2018 Senate Meeting were
approved as distributed by the Executive Secretary.
- Communications:
- The following University Policies were recently
reviewed/updated:
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Academic
Standards, Regulations, and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) Response to
Charge S-1602 on Policies on Excused Student Absences for Religious
Observances [Presented for Information Only] - Robert Schwartz and
Matt Winkler, ASRAC Co-Chairs
The ASRAC was charged as
follows: At the request of Senior Vice President
for Academic Affairs Barbara Lee, consider Rutgers' policies on excused
student absences for religious observance, and make recommendations on
how best to revise those policies in light of the increasing diversity
of the Rutgers student body.
ASRAC Co-Chairs Robert Schwartz and
Matthew Winkler presented
and summarized the ASRAC's Response to Charge S-1602 on Policies on
Excused Student Absences for Religious Observances. This report was
presented for information only, therefore, there was no
debate, and no vote.
Academic
Standards, Regulations, and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) Response to
Charge S-1714 on Procedures for Adjudicating Academic Integrity Policy
Infractions - Robert Schwartz and Matt Winkler, ASRAC Co-Chairs
The
ASRAC was charged as follows: Review
the current status of the educative
and adjudication process and administrative organization and support of
the Offices of Student Conduct regarding infractions of the University
Academic Integrity Policy. Identify areas of concern, and provide
appropriate recommendations. Including in deliberations input
received on this issue form the Senate's Student Affairs Committee (
Charge
S-1713).
ASRAC Co-Chairs Robert Schwartz and
Matthew Winkler presented
and summarized the ASRAC's Response to Charge S-1714 on Procedures for
Adjudicating Academic Integrity Policy Infractions. Viktor
Krapivin's motion to amend the second sentence in Resolution #6 to read
"This evaluation should be completed as a joint task among the Office
of Student Conduct, the Senate's Academic Standards, Regulations, and
Admissions committee and the Senate's Student Affairs Committee, after
the full Task Force Report, co-chaired by Mr. Pitts, has been completed
and presented to the administration." was seconded, discussed and
adopted. Nicholas Tharney's motions to add "The administration
should consider having..." to the beginning of Resolution #1 was
seconded, discussed, and rejected. The ameded version of the
report passed with 3 against.
University
Structure and Governance Committee (USGC) Response to Charge S-1604 on
Process for Unit Mergers or Other Structural Changes - Jon
Oliver, USGC Chair
The
USGC was charged as follows: Consider
and recommend a procedure, time line, template, and process for merger
or dissolution of, or making structural changes to, non-academic units
that have a broad educational impact. Refer to the Senate report
and
recommendations on Charge
S-1403, Process for Unit Mergers or Other Structural Changes, when
considering this charge.
USGC
Chair Jon Oliver presented and summarized the USGC's Response to Charge
S-1604 on Process for Unite Mergers or Other Structural Changes.
There was minor debate, and the resolution carried unanimously.
University
Structure and Governance Committee (USGC) Response to Charge A-1710 on
Policy on Centers and Institutes - Jon Oliver, USGC Chair
The
USGC was charged as follows: Review
the draft revised
University
Policy on Centers and Institutes (University Policy 10.1.5) and the
accompanying
guidelines
for the preparation of proposals for the creation of centers and
institutes, and for periodic CI progress reports. Make
appropriate
recommendations.
USGC Chair Jon Oliver presented and
summarized the USGC's Response to Charge A-1710 on Policy on Centers
and Institutes. There was minor debate, and the resolution
carried unanimously.
Ad
Hoc Committee on Sale of Alcohol in Stadiums Response
to Charge S-1706 on Sale of Alcohol in Stadiums
- Robert Schwartz, Ad Hoc Committee
Chair
The
Ad Hoc Committee was charged as follows: Consider the rationale and
RUSA resolution
on the potential sale of alcohol at Rutgers stadiums. Explore
this issue, and make recommendations, as appropriate.
Ad Hoc Committee on Sale of Alcohol in
Stadiums Chair Robert Schwartz presented and summarized the Ad Hoc
Committee's Response to Charge S-1706 on Sale of Alcohol in Stadiums.
Adreinne Esposito's motion to add "...subject to an evaluation of
its impacts after an appropriate period of time." to the end of the
Resolution was seconded, discussed and adopted. After Nicholas
Tharney called the question, the amended version of the report passed
unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
There was no new business.
ADMINISTRATIVE
REPORT - Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Senior Vice President Lee presented an
Administrative
Report
that included comments on:
SENATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
REPORT - Jon Oliver, Senate Vice Chair
Senate Vice Chair Jon Oliver thanked all Senators for all their
hard work and dedication this past year, as well as highlighting Chair
Peter Gillett and Executive Secretary Mary Mickelsen for all the work
they have done and continue to do to keep the Senate operating at
the optimal level we have come to expect. He also summarized the
April 13 Executive Committee meeting including the charges issued
to various committees and deadline extensions for current charges.
REPORTS OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES
Sam Rabinowtiz reported on the April 10
Board of Governors meeting and Robert Schwartz, Menahem Spiegel, and
Julieline Serrano reported on the Board of Trustees open hearing on
tuition, fees, and accessibility.
REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS
Senator Michael Van Stine encouraged
all to visit RU Camden on Rutgers Day, April 28. There was no report
from the Newark Faculty or Student Liaisons. Senator Sanjib Bhuyan, New
Brunswick Faculty Council Chair, reported
on that
group's plans and their April 20, 2018 meeting. Senator Viktor
Krapivin, New
Brunswick Student
Member
of the Senate Executive Committee, reported on RUSAs successful
campus-wide election, which had a 45% increase in student voters.
Senator Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly reported that the RBHS
Faculty Council is fully staffed and actively working.
ADJOURNMENT
Adjourned at 3:22 p.m.
Minutes Written and Submitted by,
Mary Mickelsen
Executive Secretary of the University Senate