RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

MEETING AGENDA

Friday, November 10, 2017 1:10 p.m.
Paul Robeson Campus Center, Essex Room 231-232
Newark Campus

Essex Room 231-232, PAUL ROBESON CAMPUS CENTER, NEWARK CAMPUS

Click here to view Newark Campus Map and Travel Directions


TRANSPORTATION AND MEETING TIMETABLE:

9:00 a.m. - New Brunswick and Camden Senators board charter bus for Newark at Lot 98B, College Farm Road, near Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Building on the Cook Campus. Senators without Faculty/Staff parking permits who wish to park in Lot 98B should contact the Senate office (email mj@rci.rutgers.edu or call 848.932.7642) no later than 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 8 to be placed on a one-day, do-not-ticket list. Senators who are driving may park in Deck 3, located at 180 Washington Street - all valid Faculty/Staff parking permits will be honored.  Senators that do not have a valid Faculty/Staff parking permit (including Newark and New Brunswick Students) and plan to park in Deck 3, should contact Mary Mickelsen in the Senate office to obtain a one-day validation coupon no later than Wednesday, November 8 (email mj@rci.rutgers.edu or call 848.932.7642).  
9:15 a.m. sharp - Bus departs from Cook Campus.  
10:00 a.m. (approximately) - Bus arrives in Newark.
10:00 a.m. (or when the bus arrives from New Brunswick) to 11:45 p.m. - Standing Committee meetings
12noon to 12:50 p.m.  - Faculty and Student Caucuses.  (Faculty Caucus: Bergen Room 255/6/7, Student Caucus: Monmouth Room 237, Staff Caucus: Passaic Room 226, Alumni Caucus: Middlesex Room 224)
[Lunch will be provided in Essex 233 starting at 11:45 p.m. Please collect your lunch and take it to your caucus. Do not caucus in the lunch location.]
1:10 p.m. - Call To Order in Essex Room 231, Paul Robeson Campus Center.
Post-Adjournment - Board charter bus for return trip.
15 Minutes Post-Adjournment - Bus departs Newark Campus promptly 15 minutes following Adjournment.

A G E N D A

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIR’S REPORT - Peter Gillett, Chair

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary of the Senate
NEWARK CHANCELLOR'S REPORT - Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor

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.]

Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee (ICAC) Response to Charge A-1711 on Draft Acceptable Use Policy for Information Technology Resources - Natalie Borisovets, ICAC Chair
Documents referenced in the charge are online here. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - Jon Oliver, Senate and Executive Committee Vice Chair

REPORTS OF THE 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 2017-18 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.]

December 8, 2017
January 19, 2018
February 16, 2018 (in Camden)
March 23, 2018
April 27, 2018
 (The April 27 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 2018.)