RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDAS
Friday, April 28, 2017, 10:00 a.m.
and 11:30 a.m.
Busch
Student Center, Multipurpose Room
Busch Campus, Piscataway
FIRST MEETING OF THE 2017-2018 UNIVERSITY
SENATE [Begins at 10:00 a.m.]:
ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA FOR THE ELECTION OF 2017-18 OFFICERS, EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND BOARD REPRESENTATIVES:
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM - Peter Gillett, Senate
Chairperson
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY:
REPORT OF THE NOMINATING PANEL - Ann Gould,
Nominating Panel
Chair
Charge
to the Nominating Panel
Slate of
Nominees [There may be
additions before or during the meeting.] Follow this link to
read the candidates' campaign
statements in alphabetical
order by candidates' names, or statements
by position on the ballot.
STATEMENTS OF THE NOMINEES
VOTING AND COLLECTION OF BALLOTS - There will be runoff elections for
Chair, Vice Chair, and any contested Campus Faculty Member of the
Executive Committee categories (to populate the At-Large Faculty Member
of the Executive Committee category).
ADJOURNMENT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING
[Election results, if available, will be announced during the Regular
Senate meeting, which follows this meeting's adjournment. Results will
also be posted on the Senate website by Tuesday, May 2.]
LAST MEETING OF THE 2016-2017 UNIVERSITY
SENATE
[Begins at 11:30 a.m. There will be a lunch break at noon. Reconvenes
at 1:10 p.m.]:
PLEASE PRINT
OUT AND BRING WITH YOU ANY DOCUMENTS TO WHICH YOU MAY WANT TO REFER
DURING THE MEETING. ONLY THE AGENDA (AND THE BALLOTS FOR THE
ELECTION) AND VOTING CARDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN HARDCOPY AT
THE MEETING.
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA OF THE 2016-17
UNIVERSITY SENATE:
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S
REPORT - Peter Gillett, Chairperson
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY:
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Each report will be presented/summarized by the committee chairs, then
will be discussed and acted upon by the Senate. PLEASE REVIEW THESE
REPORTS BEFORE COMING TO THE MEETING.
Ad
Hoc Committee on Senate-Meeting Web Streaming Response
to Charge S-1606 on Senate-Meeting Web Streaming -
Ann Gould, Ad Hoc Committee Chair
The Ad Hoc
Committee was charged as follows: Consider
the feasibility and desirability of video recording and live web
streaming
University Senate meetings, and archiving those video recordings online
for
later viewing. Include in discussions aspects of the issues of
transparency,
technology, costs, benefits, audience, need, personal privacy of
participants,
etc. Present arguments both for and against the streaming and archiving.
Student
Affairs Committee (SAC) Response to Charge S-1611 on Examination of
University Policy on Student Use of Drugs and Alcohol-
Viktor Krapivin and Samuel Rabinowitz, SAC Co-Chairs
The SAC was charged as follows: Consider,
evaluate, and make recommendations, if necessary, for changes to
university policy on student use of drugs and alcohol. Consider the
role of restorative justice in this university policy. Consider any
deterrent effects of current policy to students seeking emergency
medical services. Refer to the Medical Amnesty Report authored by the
Rutgers University Student Assembly for
additional information when
considering this charge.
Instruction,
Curricula, and Advising Committee (ICAC) Response to Charge S-1510 on
Student Teaching Evaluations, and Best Practices in Evaluation of
Teaching - Natalie Borisovets, ICAC Chair
The
ICAC was charged as follows: Revisit
the March 2012
Instruction, Curricula
and Advising Committee report on Charge S-1104, on Online Teaching
Evaluations,
and Best Practices in Evaluation of Teaching. Consider
questions such as: Have there been changes in the completion rates and
use of
the Student Instructional Rating Surveys (SIRS)? How can we make
students more
aware that the results of the SIRS are available to them? Are the
questions on
the SIRS still valid, or do they need to be modified in light of
changes in
educational technologies? To what extent should the SIRS results be
used in the
evaluation of teaching and the promotion/tenure process? Are other
Big-10
schools using such surveys, and to what purpose? Solicit input on
personnel
ramifications from the Senate's Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee.
Faculty
and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) Response to Charge S-1512 on
Staff Promotion and Salary Adjustment Policy - Joseph
Markert and Alexander Settles, FPAC Co-chairs
The
FPAC was charged as follows: Examine
Rutgers’ policies on salary adjustments
for staff. In particular, review University Policy
60.4.10,
which limits Rutgers staff employees’ salary adjustments
following promotion or
reclassification to levels below those that may be negotiated or
offered for
newly hired staff employees. Where appropriate, make recommendations
for
modifying the policy.
Academic
Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) Response to
Charge S-1506 on RBHS and Other Rutgers Academic Calendars -
Martha Cotter and Matthew Winkler, ASRAC Co-chairs
The
ASRAC was charged as follows: Consider
the academic calendars of the various
units of RBHS and how they differ from other Rutgers academic
calendars. Make
proposals for reconciling the different calendars where possible, and
for
incorporating the RBHS calendar(s) in the official Rutgers academic
calendar.
Academic
Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) Response to
Charge A-1610 on Change in Graduation Date for Students Completing
Degrees in the Summer - Martha Cotter and Matthew Winkler,
ASRAC Co-chairs
The
ASRAC was charged as follows: At
the request of Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Barbara Lee,
consider
a proposal to move the official graduation date from October to August
for
students who complete degree requirements in the summer, which ensures
that
official reporting of summer degrees falls within the parameters of
federal
reporting regulations and better reflects when students actually
complete their
degrees.
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..." Also, the Senate
Executive Committee has authorized committee-of-the-whole discussions
under New Business as appropriate, and time permitting.]
ADMINISTRATIVE
REPORT - Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
SENATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
REPORT - Robert Puhak, Senate Vice Chair
REPORTS OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES
REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS
ADJOURNMENT
[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..."]
*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.