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 Rutgers-New Brunswick 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 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12 to be
placed on a one-day, do-not-ticket list. Senators who are driving
may park in Deck 1, located at 200 University
Avenue, or Deck 2, located at 166 Washington Street, but should first
contact the Senate office to obtain a one-day Newark
parking pass. 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
12:00 noon - Standing
Committee meetings 12:00 noon 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. 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 232, 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
CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
- Ann Gould, Chairperson
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Executive Secretary
NEWARK
CHANCELLOR'S
REPORT - Newark
Chancellor Nancy Cantor
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - University President Robert Barchi
COMMITTEE REPORTS
University
Structure and Governance Committee Response
to Charge S-1410 on Honorary Degree and Commencement Speaker Selection
Processes [Part of this report proposes a change
in Senate bylaws. Therefore, in accordance with parliamentary
procedure and established Senate practice regarding proposed changes to
Senate bylaws, this item (or at least the portion on bylaws changes) is
docketed for
introduction and prior notice today,
and will be voted on at the December 11, 2015 Senate meeting.]
– Jon Oliver and Robert Puhak, USGC Co-chairs
The
USGC was
charged as follows: Formulate
details of
processes to be used to facilitate the proposal
submitted to President
Barchi
on Charge S-1405 on Procedures for Selecting Commencement Speakers
and
Honorary
Degree Recipients.
Briefing
on Web Accessibility Policy,
and Committee-of-the-Whole Discussion -
Gayle Stein, Associate Director for Instructional Technology,
OIT-Office of
Instructional and Research Technology; and William Welsh, Executive
Director, Office of Disability Services
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT -
Peter Gillett, 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 2015-16 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
11, 2015
January 22, 2016
February 19, 2016 (in Camden)
April 1, 2016
April 29, 2016 (at the Busch
Student Center)
(The April 29 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 2016.)