UNIVERSITY
SENATE
Executive
Committee
A G E
N D A
October
6, 2017 - 1:10 p.m.
(Executive Committee Meeting begins)
Meeting location: Camden Campus
TIMETABLE:
9:30
a.m. – Board Academy charter bus for Camden in the ASB-III
parking lot. This is our
usual meeting location. [If you’re driving, please see parking
and other
information below.]
Approximately
10:30 a.m. – Arrive in Camden. Meet at the
Nursing
and Science Building (530 Federal Street).
11:00
a.m. – Welcome and continental breakfast with Chancellor
Haddon on the 4th Floor of the Nursing and Science Building in
Room 450/451.
11:30 a.m. - Tour of the Nursing and Science Building
12:15
p.m. – Lunch with Chancellor Haddon in Room 450/451 of the
Nursing and Science Building.
1:10
p.m. – Executive Committee meeting begins in Room 450/451 of the
Nursing and Science Building.
Approximately
5:00 p.m. – Board charter bus for return trip to New Brunswick.
DRIVING AND PARKING
IN CAMDEN:
If
you have made arrangements with Mary
Mickelsen for reserved parking you may access the parking lot on Hudson
Street from Federal Street. When entering the Nursing and Science
Building please use the entrance at 5th and Federal Streets (the
entrance near the circle). Map and
GPS Address
AGENDA
1. Chair’s Report - Peter Gillett,
Senate Chair
2. Secretary’s Report
-
Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary of the Senate
3.
Administrative Report -
Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
4.
Old Business
Preliminary Response to Charge S-1612,
on Procedures for Handling Student Complaints Against Rutgers Personnel
- Viktor Krapivin, Student Affairs Committee (SAC) Co-chair
In a September 24, 2017 email to Peter Gillett, Krapivin wrote:
Hello
Peter,
A
few Executive Committee meetings ago you asked me to go to
my committee to figure out how charge S-1612 could be responded to
(language
regarding charge reproduced below):
Discussed
charge S-1612 - Procedures for Handling Student
Complaints Against Rutgers Personnel:
Investigate
procedures at Rutgers for handling student
complaints against University personnel, and make recommendations
regarding how
such procedures should be best publicized and communicated, and how the
rights of
all parties might be appropriately protected. Consider also how
training might improve our response to such complaints. Respond to
Senate Executive Committee by October 2017. [Issued September 2016.]
The
committee deliberated on this issue, this past meeting.
The committee does not have enough information to proceed as the
grievance
process is confidential. Most members do not have any experience with
this
issue. The committee is more than willing to provide feedback on a
specific
proposal. Additionally, in regards to the question on how procedures
should be publicized
and communicated, we can also issue a response to how things should be
communicated to students.
Thank
you,
Viktor
Krapivin
Response to Request for Compiled List of
University Policies and Statements on Academic Freedom and Free Speech
- Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
In a September 26, 2017
email to Ken Swalagin transmitting the above-linked document, Lee wrote:
Dear
Ken,
At
the last Senate Executive Committee meeting, members of the committee
asked me
to compile a list of University policies and statements on academic
freedom and
free speech. I interpreted that request very broadly to include any
official
statement posted on the university website. So attached is a 43-page
list of
those policies and statements.
Please
let me know if you have questions, or if there are additional people to
whom this
should be sent.
Thanks,
Ken.
Barbara
Barbara
A. Lee
Senior
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Preliminary
Draft of the Middle States Decennial Reaccreditation Review Self-Study
[NetID and password required.] - Mentioned at the September 8 Executive
Committee meeting, and subsequently forwarded by email to the Rutgers
community, and comments invited therefrom to the Middle States Steering
Committee, by Barbara Lee on September 25, 2017
Follow-Up Response to Response
to Charge S-1614 on Acceptable Use Policy for Information Technology
Resources - Michele Norin, Senior Vice President and Chief
Information Officer
Draft Policies and Overview to be
discussed:
5.
Committees/Panels
University Commencement Panel - The
University Commencement Panel, chaired by Senate Vice Chair Jon Oliver,
met on Friday, September 29, and selected Senator members for each
Chancellor's Commencement Committee. Oliver has informed the chancellor
of those selections and appointments, as follows:
Camden:
Faculty:
Perry Dane, Samuel Rabinowitz, Robert Scoloveno
Students:
Michael Van Stine, Christopher Shinn
Newark:
Faculty:
Alexander Settles, Adam Kustka, Philip Patrick
Students:
There were no student volunteers from the Senate, so Senior Vice
Chancellor Peter Englot will work with Newark student leaders to select
from the following Newark student Senators: Kemal Abayhan, Mrittika
Majumdar, Sindu Parvthaneni, Rita Nasr, Jon Gonzales [Note: Rita Nasr
has since resigned from the Senate.]
New
Brunswick/RBHS:
Faculty:
Eleanor LaPointe, Karen Thompson, Mary Bridgeman
Students:
Viktor Krapivin, Aneesh Deshpande
Issues/Proposed Charges:
I'm
writing to you, in your capacity as the Chairperson of
the Faculty Senate [sic], to request that the Senate investigate the NB
School
of Arts and Sciences' plan to "realign" the organization of
departments' support staff.
The
SAS faculty are so concerned about SAS's proposal and
its roll-out that we, though the AAUP-AFT union, petitioned Executive
Dean
Peter March to hold a special meeting with faculty and staff about this
plan.
We have multiple concerns, including faculty governance and autonomy,
as well
as the increasing corporatization of the university.
I am
attaching a memo that explains the reorganization in
more detail. Please feel free to contact me with any additional
questions.
Many
thanks,
Joanna
6.
University Senate Agenda
October
20, 2017 Senate Meeting:
- Meeting to be held in New Brunswick
- Election of Newark Student Member of the Executive Committee -
Mrittika Majumdar (Rutgers Business School) has self-nominated for the
position.
7.
Adjournment - The meeting should adjourn by approximately 5:00 so
attendees can board the bus for the return trip to New Brunswick.