RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE

MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University Senate

DATE: December 13, 2019

TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Multipurpose Room, College Avenue Campus Center, New Brunswick Campus

MEMBERS PRESENT:  Acosta, Agboste, Alexander-Floyd, Alizadeh, Ardeshna, Aubert, Awari, Barbarese, Bekdash, Bhuyan, Boikess, Borisovets, Brewster-Bauzyk, Bridgeman, Britton, Buyske, Castaneda, Coleman, Colley, Crews, D’Anna, Dasari, DeFilippis, DiLalo, Dool, Dowlin, Dreyer, Esposito, Everett, Farris, Felder, Figueira, Fischer, Fox, Gillett, Giraud, Goldfarb, Gonzales, Goonetilleke, Gotur, Gould, Graber, Gursoy, Haley, Hara, Hsueh, Huang, Hunter, Hunter Fratzola, Jarrin, Kettle, Kosar, Kustka, Langer, LaPointe, Lutz, Maglione Rico, Mahajan-Cusack, Mammis, Mansukhani, Marchetta, Markert, Marsic, Matto, McKeever, Mena-Segovia, Miranti, Molloy, Moomjy, K. Murphy, Norris, O’Brassill-Kulfan, O’Connor, Oliver, Omotoso, Oukil, Ozel, Pandey, Pappas, Parsa, Patel, Perez, Pichugin, Ponzio, Powell, Pradhan, Rabinowitz, Robbins, Roth, Sanchez, Sass, Schwartz, Sen, Sesti, Shapiro, Shapses, Shobut, Silver, Simonds, Sinacori, Steinberg, Stephenson, Stoprya, Sztatrowski, Takhistov, Tharney, Thompson, Titus, Tracey, Trees, Tsakalakos, Vargas, Vidal, Volino, A. Wang, C. Wang, M. Wang, White, Willett, Wirtenberg

EXCUSED: Avallone, Bachmann, Barchi, Bugel, Chaudhary, Ebert, Goodman, Guo, Johnson, Kane, Kashalikar, Kaye, Lee, Maloney, Masiello, Mayes, Mazurek, Menifield, Pardlo, Paskhover, Pinto-Figueroa, Posluszny, Puar, Ravichandran, Romanko, Saltzman, Schwartz, Shankar, Shinbrot, Song, Speigel, Thuravil, Torres, Van Stine, Walkup, Zheng

ABSENT: Albert, Alidou, Altman, Assaf, Atkins, Barone, Bator, Beegan, Bembry, Blanchett, Bora, Brunson, Cantor, Cohen, Conway, Cotter, Doumit, Eaton, Emmons, Henderson, Feldman, Ganesh, Gower, Haddon, Halkitis, Hartman, Hatefi, Henderson, Joergenson, Johnson, Kane, Kartik, Kaul, Kovacs, Kukor, Lamar, Lei, Lewis, Liu, Lopez, Maddox Douglas, Madsen, Mahon, Mandalapu, Manek, March, Marchitello, Markowitz, McKeon, Mitra, Moore, B. Murphy, Mutcherson, Nath, Nickitas, O’Rourke, Patton, Porumbescu, Potter, Potter, Rajan, Rivera, Schiavo, Schneider, Shah, Sinnott, Strom, Struble, Tan, Thakuriah, Tomasko, Umarov

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY: Faculty: Of 117 total: 79 present (68%), 18 excused (15%), 20 absent (17%); Students: Of 49 total: 19 present (39%), 11 excused (22%), 19 absent (39%); Administrators: Of 38 total: 2 present (5%), 6 excused (16), 30 absent (79%); Staff: Of 18 total: 16 present (89%), 1 excused (6%), 1 absent (5%); Alumni: Of 6 total: 4 present (67%), 0 excused (0%), 2 absent (33%)

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, INTRODUCTION OF COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND CHARGES, AND CHAIR’S REPORT – Jon Oliver, Chair

Senate Chair Jon Oliver called the meeting to order at 1:10 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the College Avenue Campus Center, New Brunswick Campus. He announced Chancellor Christopher Molloy will be delivering his Chancellor’s Report and Executive VP Tony Calcado will be providing the Administrative Report on behalf of Senior VP Barbara Lee. He asked all senators, especially around the time of the holidays, to think of people less fortunate, and the wonderful work done by Rutgers Against Hunger and consider helping them in their cause.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY – Mary Mickelsen, Executive Secretary

• Agenda: The meeting’s agenda including time limits, was approved by the Senate.
• Minutes: The Minutes of the November 15, 2019 Senate Meeting were approved as distributed by the Executive Secretary.
• Communications: The following communications were presented by the Executive Secretary:
  • The following polices have been updated/added in the University Policy Library:
    • 1.13: Formulation, Issuance, and Maintenance of University Policies
    • 10.2.14: Alcohol and Other Drugs Policy for Students

COMMITTEE REPORTS

University Structure & Governance Committee (USGC) Response to Charge S-1907: Composition of the Senate – Adrienne Esposito, USGC Chair

The USGC was charged as follows: Consider which of the recommendations in the USGCs response to charge S-1605 (many of which were important in practice through incidental to the original purpose of the charge) should be brought back to the Senate, and how this should be achieved. Make appropriate recommendations. 

USGC Co-Chair Peter Gillett summarized the work of the committee and the USGC’s Response to Charge S-1907 on Composition of the Senate. Gillett then read the related resolutions and opened the floor for questions, of which there was none. This report was for information only and will be presented at the January 24 meeting for voting.

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) Response to Charge S-1806: Review and Revisit the Senate’s Response to Charge S-0705 – Farid Alizadeh, FPAC Co-Chair and Karen Thompson, FPAC Member

The FPAC was charged as follows: Review and Revisit the Senate’s response to Charge S-0705 – Contingent Faculty Proposal – Part I, in light of changes at Rutgers in the last decade, and, if appropriate, make further recommendations. 

Alizadeh and Thompson summarized the work of the committee and the FPAC’s response to Charge S-1806 on Review & Revisit the Senate’s Response to Charge S-0705. Thompson read the resolution and answered related questions. After some discussion surrounding Senator support, the resolution passed.

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) Resolution on Faculty Engagement and Satisfaction with the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School: The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Survey – Joseph Markert, FPAC Co-Chair and Federico Sesti, FPAC Member

Chair Markert introduced Senator Sesti who summarized the work of the committee and the FPAC’s recommendations in light of the results of the Association of American Medical Colleges Survey. An amendment was brought forth by Senator Laura Willett to remove resolutions 2, 4, 5, and 6 with the explanation they duplicate the AAMC recommendations. The amendment was discussed, voted on and passed. The discussion continued on the resolution as amended. The amended resolution was then voted on as passed unanimously. (Report is attached as amended.)

CHANCELLOR’S REPORT – Christopher Molloy, Chancellor, Rutgers-New Brunswick

Chancellor Molloy presented the Chancellor’s Report and then answered questions on the following topics:

• concerns surrounding Course Atlas;
• incentives for out-of-state students;
• facility and infrastructure issues – specifically at the Hill Center;
• re-evaluation of the 75-25 tuition split and the possible effect RCM has on this;
• expanding the Rutgers-NB and RBHS presence in New Brunswick;
• a possible collaboration between Rutgers-NB and RBHS;
• making better use of the hybrid and online learning opportunities.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT – Tony Calcado, Executive Vice President for Strategic Planning & Operations and Chief Operating Officer

Executive Vice President Tony Calcado provided the Administrative Report on behalf of Senior VP Barbara Lee. His report consisted of the following:

• Diego Atehortua awarded the first Marshall Scholarship at Rutgers;
• Esder Chong named Schwarzman Scholar;
• Amirah Ali announced as semifinalist for MAC Hermann Trophy;
• Giving Tuesday, November 27, raised over $66k in support of stopping student hunger.

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT – Senate Vice Chair Peter Gillett reported on the December 6, 2019 Executive Committee meeting.

REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES: No Reports

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS: Camden Faculty Senator Samuel Rabinowitz reported that there has not been a Camden Faculty Council meeting since the last Senate meeting. New Brunswick Faculty Senator Tugrul Ozel, New Brunswick Faculty Council Chair, reported on the November 22nd New Brunswick Faculty Council meeting. Senator Sarah Shobut reported on the recent activities of the Newark students. Senator Carol Lutz reported on the RBHS Faculty Council’s current initiatives.

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 3:21 p.m.

Minutes prepared by:

Mary Mickelsen, Executive Secretary of the University Senate

Committee Meetings

Academic Standards, Regulations & Admissions Committee Meeting

No location or time for this committee meeting

Budget & Finance Committee Meeting

CASC, Atrium Conference Room @ 10:30 am

Faculty Affairs & Personnel Committee Meeting

CASC Room 411 @ 10:00 am

Instruction, Curricula & Advising Committee Meeting

Alexander Library, University Librarian's Conference Room, 3rd Fl @ 10:00 am

Research, Graduate & Professional Education Committee Meeting

CASC, Room 109 @ 10:00 am

Student Affairs Committee Meeting

CASC, Graduate Student Lounge @ 10:30 am

University Structure & Governance Committee

CASC, Room 115 @ 10:30 am