| Senator | Constituency |
|---|---|
| Lucille Foster, Co-Chair | Newark Staff |
| Robert Schwartz, Co-Chair | New Jersey Medical School, Faculty |
| Sanjib Bhuyan, Member | School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Faculty |
| Vacant, Member | No constituency for this term. |
| Nuralhoda Elsaid, Member | Newark College of Arts and Sciences, Student |
| Cecile Feldman, Member | Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Dean |
| Franklin Halprin, Member | EJBSPPP, Student |
| Martha Haviland, Member | School of Arts and Sciences-NB, Faculty |
| SungWoo Kahng, Member | Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology, Faculty |
| Neil Kothari, Member | New Jersey Medical School, Faculty |
| Howard Marchitello, Member | |
| Donna Nickitas, Member | School of Nursing-Camden, Dean |
| Meera Patel, Member | School of Arts and Sciences-NB, Student |
| Suja Patel, Member | Newark Staff |
| Sofia Pinto-Figueroa, Member | Newark College of Arts and Sciences, Dean Designee |
| Cathryn Potter, Member | School of Social Work, Dean |
| Sue Shapses, Member | School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Faculty |
| Siddharth Swamy, Member | Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Faculty |
| Ted Szatrowski, Member | Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate-NB, Faculty |
| Jose Torres, Member | Part-Time Lecturer-Camden, Faculty |
| Ian Whitehead, Member | New Jersey Medical School, Faculty |
| Senator | Present | Excused | Absent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foster, Lucille | Newark Staff | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Schwartz, Robert | New Jersey Medical School, Faculty | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Bhuyan, Sanjib | School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Faculty | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Elsaid, Nuralhoda | Newark College of Arts and Sciences, Student | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Feldman, Cecile | Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Dean | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Halprin, Franklin | EJBSPPP, Student | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Haviland, Martha | School of Arts and Sciences-NB, Faculty | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Kahng, SungWoo | Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology, Faculty | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kothari, Neil | New Jersey Medical School, Faculty | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Marchitello, Howard | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Nickitas, Donna | School of Nursing-Camden, Dean | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Patel, Meera | School of Arts and Sciences-NB, Student | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Patel, Suja | Newark Staff | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Pinto-Figueroa, Sofia | Newark College of Arts and Sciences, Dean Designee | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Potter, Cathryn | School of Social Work, Dean | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Shapses, Sue | School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Faculty | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Swamy, Siddharth | Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Faculty | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Szatrowski, Ted | Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate-NB, Faculty | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Torres, Jose | Part-Time Lecturer-Camden, Faculty | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Whitehead, Ian | New Jersey Medical School, Faculty | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Charge Number | Title | Description | Committees Being Charged | Charge Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S-2302 | Budgetary Considerations Underlying Potential Merger of the RBHS Subunits Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and New Jersey Medical School into One Medical School | Investigate any relevant financial issues that will emerge if there is a proposed merger of RWJMS and NJMS. Make necessary recommendations to the Senate. | Budget and Finance Committee | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| S-2301 | Science Communication Efforts at Rutgers University | Review efforts in science communication initiatives across the University and provide recommendations for any measures and limitations to raise awareness of the current limitations in the field of science communication across the entire Rutgers research community. | Research, and Graduate and Professional Education Committee | Pending | October 25, 2023 |
| S-2301 | Science Communication Efforts at Rutgers University | Review efforts in science communication initiatives across the University and provide recommendations for any measures and limitations to raise awareness of the current limitations in the field of science communication across the entire Rutgers research community. | Instruction Curricula and Advising Committee | Pending | October 25, 2023 |
| S-2209 | Implementing Democratic Standards for University Senate Committee Governance | Investigate whether the University Senate should modify its processes for appointing committee chairs. Make recommendations whether an appointment or election for committee chairs should be held when new co-chairs are required. Report back to the Senate Executive Committee. | University Structure and Governance Committee | Pending | January 25, 2023 |
| S-2208 | Divestment of Retirement Funds from Fossil Fuels | Investigate whether the investment companies utilized by Rutgers for university employees should divest from fossil fuel companies within their retirement portfolios that are known to contribute to climate change. Report back to the Senate Executive Committee. | Budget and Finance Committee | Pending | September 27, 2023 |
| S-2204 | Impact of CourseAtlas | Explore the impact of CourseAtlas to benchmark institutional goals of the system, on academic units and departments, on faculty work-life balance, and make recommendations as appropriate. Specifically, (i) Investigate to what degree CourseAtlas has achieved the goals it was designed and implemented to achieve, (ii) explore the impact of CourseAtlas on academic units and departments’ ability to manage their own academic programs, (iii) assess the impact of CourseAtlas on the work-life balance of faculty, and (iv) propose feedback mechanisms which allow timely and meaningful faculty input on scheduling changes. | Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee | Pending | November 23, 2022 |
| S-2115 | Academic Freedom | Identify and investigate any recent attacks on the academic freedom of our faculty and students with a particular focus on the University's response to these attacks. | Student Affairs Committee | Pending | October 26, 2022 |
| S-2207 | Office of Climate Action | Consider the current funding for the Office of Climate Action and investigate the funding model. Based on the action plan, determine if an adequate level of funding is provided to the office and report back to the Senate with any recommendations. | Budget and Finance Committee | Pending | October 25, 2023 |
| S-2206 | Socially Responsible Investment | Consider the University Investment policy 40.2.14. Investigate whether the current investment policies should be modified by environmental, social and governance metrics to modify, add or remove investments based on the Endowment Justice Collective 2022 Divestment Proposal and the Resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees in March 2021. Report back to the Senate with any recommendations. | Budget and Finance Committee | Pending | October 25, 2023 |
| S-2205 | Review of the University Senate’s Governance Documents and Formulation of University Senate Bylaws | Review the existing governance documents of the University Senate, including University policies, past Senate reports, and the Senate Handbook. Develop Bylaws for the University Senate consistent with Robert’s Rules of Order. | Ad Hoc Committee | Pending | January 25, 2023 |
| S-2204 | Impact of CourseAtlas | Explore the impact of CourseAtlas to benchmark institutional goals of the system, on academic units and departments, on faculty work-life balance, and make recommendations as appropriate. Specifically, (i) Investigate to what degree CourseAtlas has achieved the goals it was designed and implemented to achieve, (ii) explore the impact of CourseAtlas on academic units and departments’ ability to manage their own academic programs, (iii) assess the impact of CourseAtlas on the work-life balance of faculty, and (iv) propose feedback mechanisms which allow timely and meaningful faculty input on scheduling changes. | Student Affairs Committee | Pending | November 23, 2022 |
| S-2201 | Approved Electronic Notebook Programs | Investigate the use of electronic lab notebooks. Review the current policies and practice of notebook creation and cloud storage. Recommend the best practices for maintaining the security, integrity, and accessibility of these notebooks. | Research, and Graduate and Professional Education Committee | Pending | September 28, 2022 |
| S-2202 | Honors College Student Senators | Investigate and recommend how Honors College Students from each campus can best be represented in the Senate. The creation of the Honors Colleges on each campus has created a new unit and community that students live, learn and participate in within the University. Student entitlements to the Senate are based on their academic association and Honors College Students can participate based on those associations if elected via their student governing associations. However, since student Senators are not specifically elected from the Honors College they may not be able to properly represent the needs of the Honors College community. | University Structure and Governance Committee | Pending | January 25, 2023 |
| S-2117 | Hiring Transparency and Equality | Investigate the current practice of hiring faculty at RBHS with full titles but described on appointment as part time and contingent on their maintaining employment at RWJBH. Make any appropriate recommendations. | Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee | Pending | March 16, 2022 |
| S-2116 | SIRS | Investigate the validity and accuracy of Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET), as well as the details of how the SIRS is implemented at Rutgers and make recommendations for its role in our new approach to the evaluation and improvement of teaching effectiveness. Please report to the Senate Executive Secretary by March 16, 2022. | Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee | Pending | March 16, 2022 |
| S-2115 | Academic Freedom | Identify and investigate any recent attacks on the academic freedom of our faculty and students with a particular focus on the University's response to these attacks. | Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee | Pending | October 26, 2022 |
| S-2111 | Late Course Add/Drop Policies | Investigate current practices for approval of late course add/drop policies and determine best practices for their approval and adjudication when they are not approved. Consider best practices used by peers to guide approval of late course add/drop requests and whether an appeal process (or an alternative mechanism) would be appropriate for evaluating, approving and adjudicating late add/drop requests. As appropriate, propose such a process, including procedures, factors to be considered in adjudication, and appropriate levels of discretion to be exercised by deans, advisors, instructors, and other. | Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee | Pending | September 28, 2022 |
| S-2103 | Review of the Current Procedures for the Periodic Evaluation of Deans | Review the current procedures for the periodic evaluation of deans. | Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee | Pending | February 23, 2022 |
| S-2020 | Investigation of Changes to the Rutgers University Patent Policy | Review the changes made to University Policy 50.3.1 - Patent Policy. Investigate potential impacts the changes may have on research, innovation & technology transfer, faculty retention and recruitment, and the financial viability of research units. Explore the extent of faculty input and notification prior to the change in policy. Make recommendations on appropriate processes for faculty consultation on these and similar issues in the future. Respond to the Senate Executive Secretary by March 31, 2021. | Research, and Graduate and Professional Education Committee | Pending | November 22, 2021 |
| S-2013-1 | Preparing Graduate and Professional Students to Teach in the 21st Century | Evaluate the current policies, practices, outcomes and plans across the University related to how graduate and professional students are prepared for effective teaching, including online instruction, and make recommendations. | Research, and Graduate and Professional Education Committee | Reissued | October 27, 2021 |
| S-2006-1 | Senate Attendance | Provide recommendations as to what actions can be taken to collaborate with units in order to increase senate attendance. | Ad Hoc Committee | Reissued | November 22, 2021 |
| S-2002-1 | Challenges Related to Parking and Transportation | Review the ongoing planning and financial status of parking and transportation, including its use of permits and citations as a source of revenue, and the long-term planning as it relates to transportation and parking, including plans to reduce parking on campus and how the administration plans to meet the challenges this will create. | Budget and Finance Committee | Pending | February 22, 2023 |