RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDA
Friday, December 11, 2015, 1:10 p.m.
College Avenue Student Center, Multipurpose Room
College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A
QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Ann Gould,
Chairperson
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY
SPECIAL ELECTION - Election of
Camden Faculty Member of the Senate Executive Committee, to replace
Yuchung Wang, who will be on sabbatical for the spring semester
RUTGERS
BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES (RBHS) CHANCELLOR'S REPORT -
Brian Strom, RBHS Chancellor
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - Robert Barchi, University President
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Instruction,
Curricula and Advising Committee (ICAC) Response
to Charge S-1503 on Testing Facilities at Rutgers
– Natalie
Borisovets, ICAC Chair
The
ICAC was charged as follows: Examine
the state of testing facilities at Rutgers. Are there issues relating
to facilities for both traditional and computer-assisted testing? Is
there a need for a separate testing facility/facilities? Can existing
space be better utilized? What is the availability and process for
instructors in online courses to reserve physical spaces for their
exams?
Budget
and Finance Committee (BFC) Annual Report on the Rutgers University
Budget - Menahem Spiegel, BFC Chair
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.]
SENATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
REPORT - Peter Gillett, Senate Vice Chair
REPORTS
OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES
REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS
ADJOURNMENT