RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY
OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE
MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University
Senate
DATE: October 16, 2015
TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room,
College Avenue Student Center, New Brunswick Campus
MEMBERS PRESENT: Abacan, Ahmed, Alder, Alizadeh,
Anaele, Anderson, Anthony, Balog, Barbarese, Barraco, Benford, Bhuyan,
Boikess, Borden, Borisovets, Boruchoff, Bugel, Chandler, Chau, Chayko,
Cotter, Covello, Dasari, Davis, Delnevo, A. Desai, Drachtman, Dreyer,
Edward, Eisentein, Esposito, Faenza, Fagley, Fennell,
Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Fletcher, Gajic, Gillett, Goh, Gold, Gonzalez,
Gould, Gower, Gramieri, Grant, Greenblatt, K. Gursoy, M. Gursoy,
Heckscher, D. Hughes, Huselid, Israel, Jamknanawala, Joergensen, Kalan,
Kantor, Kelshikar, Kressel, Kustka, LaBella, Lado, Langer, B. Lee, Jane
Lewis, Lu, Mahtabfar, Marcone, Markert, Mazurek, McKeever, Meck, Meyer,
Miranti, Mouradian, Norville, O'Connell, Oliver, Otto, Palmer, Parisi,
Pirrello, Ponzio, Puhak, Pusukur, Rabinowitz, Roth, Ryan, Samant,
Scheck, Schulberg, Schwartz, Settles, J. Shapiro, M. Shapiro, Singh,
Spiegel, Stein, Sung, Szabo, Takacs, Tamburrello, Theiss, Thomson,
Thompson, Torres, Trehan, Wakim, Wang, Wasserman, White, Williams, Wise
EXCUSED: Aioub,
Avadhani, Barchi, Barone, Bridgeman, Butler, Charles, Cruz,
DiVito, Janniger, Joo, Kirna, Maloney, McGinnis, Moran, Nissen, Oleske,
Pintar, Rajesh, Saltzman, Santana, Scoloveno, C. Scott, K. Scott,
Shapley, Sharp, Strom, Struwe, Toney-Boss, Winkler, Winterbauer, Zurlo
ABSENT: Ahluwalia, Ardeshna, Asker, Avakame,
Blanchett, Burley, Calabrese, Cantor, Capone, Chen, Cooper, Covington,
Deans, R. Desai, Dixon, D'Souza, Durham, Eastman, Edwards, Farmbry,
Farris, Fehn, Feldman, Gabriel, Ganesh, Goodman, Grave, Haddon, Hayton,
Holzemer, Holzer, Hoontis, J. Hughes, Johnson, Killingsworth, Kolbaba,
Kukor, Kuzma, K. Lee, Lei, Jan Lewis, Lindenmeyer, Lynch, Mahon, March,
Martinez-San Miguel, Maruna, Messer, Mhaske, Miller, Morrell, Murphy,
Oberdiek, Pandey, Pereira, Pitt, Portillo, C. Potter, J. Potter,
Prestigiacomo, Ramsamy, Robinson, Salmond, Schiavo, Scotto, Shaban,
Shinbrot, Stauffer, Stillwagon, Szatrowski, Thomas, Torres, Wagner
ATTENDANCE SUMMARY:
Faculty: Of 105 total: 65 present (62%),
17 excused (16%), 23 absent (22%); Students:
Of 45 total: 29 present (64%), 7 excused (16%), 9
absent (20%); Administrators: Of 43
total: 2
present (5%), 5 excused (12%), 36 absent (84%); Staff:
Of 19 total: 10 present (53%), 4
excused (21%), 5 absent (26%); Alumni:
Of
6
total: 5 present (83%), 0 excused (0%), 1 absent (17%)
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Attendance Record for this year
PRESIDING OFFICER: Ann Gould, Chairperson
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND
CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Ann
Gould,
Chairperson
Senate Chairperson Ann Gould called the meeting to order at 1:24
p.m.
in the Multipurpose Room of the College Avenue
Student
Center, College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick. She welcomed all
attendees, and summarized the agenda.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
- Ken
Swalagin, Executive Secretary
COMMITTEE REPORT
Instruction,
Curricula and Advising Committee (ICAC) Response
to Charge S-1413 on Selection Process for Software Packages or Services
of Significant
Instructional Impact
– Natalie
Borisovets, ICAC Chair
Instruction,
Curricula and Advising Committee Chair Natalie Borisovets summarized
the ICAC's report and recocmmendations on Charge S-1413 on Selection
Process for Software Packages or Services of Significant Instructional
Impact. The committee had been charged as follows::
Using
the most
recent Pearson contract as a case in point, review the process by which
large
contracts that have the potential to seriously affect curricular or
academic
areas of the University are awarded. How are final
bidders
selected, and by what criteria are choices made? How are specifications
determined for components/needs? How do we ensure that faculty
preferences and
pedagogical priorities are included in the consideration of such
packages?
The report was discussed briefly. Gould then called for a vote
on the resolution contained in the report. On card vote, the
Senate adopted the resolution with two Senators opposed.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
- Barbara Lee, Senior Vice
President
for Academic Affairs
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Barbara Lee presented
an administrative report, commenting on topics including:
- Rutgers University-Camden's recent Higher Education Civic
Engagement Award;
- Rutgers Math Professor Henryk Iwaniec's receipt of the Shaw Prize
for his work on prime number theory;
- Rutgers University-Newark's receipt of an Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation $2 million grant to create an endowed chair honoring Clement
Price;
- a $12 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to
establish a superconductor research center;
- appointment of Ann Treadaway as Director of Veteran and Military
Programs and Services;
- the start of a web accessibility project spearheaded by William
Welsh, Executive Director of the Office of Disability Services; and
- celebration of Rutgers' 250th anniversary.
Lee then responded to questions, or heard comments, on the above, as
well as her convening of a Task Force on the Humanities.
SUMMARY OF RUTGERS
INTERIM TITLE IX POLICY - Judith Ryan, Enterprise Risk and
Institutional Compliance Officer
Enterprise Risk and Institutional Compliance Officer Judith Ryan
presented a summary of Rutgers' Interim Title IX Policy, and responded
to questions regarding the requirements of the policy.
SENATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
REPORT - Senate Vice Chair Peter Gillett reported on the October
2, 2015 meeting and activities of the Senate Executive Committee.
REPORTS
OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES:
Senator
Samuel Rabinowitz, Faculty Representative to the Board of
Governors, and Senator Allie Williams, Student Representative to the
Board of Governors, reported on the October 14, 2015 Board of Governors
meeting. Senator Asha Samant, Faculty Representative
to the Board of Trustees, said that there had been no meeting of the
Board of Trustees since the previous Senate meeting.
CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISON
REPORTS:
Senator Samuel Rabinowitz, former Camden Faculty Council chairperson,
reported
on that group's recent plans and activities, including election of
Perry Dayne as this year's chair. Senator Brandon Theiss reported on
recent Camden student plans and activities, as well as events
associated with the Pope's recent visit to Philadelphia. Theiss also
raised questions about projected cost savings resulting from the merger
of the School of Law-Camden and School of Law-Newark. Senator
Martha Cotter,
former New Brunswick Faculty Council Chairperson, reported on that
group's September 25, 2015 meeting. Senator Justin Schulberg, New
Brunswick
Student
Member
of the Senate Executive Committee, reported on New Brunswick student
governing association activities. Secretary Swalagin read to the
Senate a report prepared by Newark Student Member of the Senate
Executive Committee Edmund Janniger (who was unable to attend the
meeting) on Newark student governing association activities. Newark
Student Senator Kimberly Lu also reported on Newark student activities.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting adjourned
at 3:49 p.m.
Minutes Written and Submitted by,
Ken Swalagin
Executive Secretary of the University Senate