RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY UNIVERSITY SENATE 

MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University Senate

DATE: October 22, 2021

TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Remotely via Zoom

PRESENT: Abdel-Wahab, Ameri, Amjad, Anderson, Andrews, Ardeshna, Azer, Bachmann, Baldi, Barbarese, Barlow, Bernstein, Bhattacharya, Bhavaraju, Bogden, Boikess, Boison, Boxer, Bridgeman, Brienza-Arcilla, Broggi, Buyske, Cardoso, Castellano, Charles, Choo, Chowdhury, Clarke, Cooper, Crawford, Dane, Davidson, Davis, Den Bleyker, Drazer, Esposito, Everett, Ewins, Farmer, Fatahzadeh, Field, Figueira, Foster, Fougnies, Fox, Garner, Gillett, Giraud, Gomes, Goonetilleke, Gould, Gower, Granadeiro, Gursoy, Halprin, Hara, Hauck, Haviland, Holloway, Hu, Hunter, Hurd, Husan, Irizarry, Javeri, Kahanda, Kelly, Kettle, Kiss, Kovacs, Kozlosky, LaMorte, Laraia, Linardopoulos, Lino-Barbosa, Liu, Lyles, Mahajan-Cusack, Mansukhani, Manzini, Marchetta, Markert, Marsic, Matto, Mazurek, McKeever, Mignogna, Miller, Miranti, Moghe, Oliver, Ozel, Parsa, Patel, Pichugin, Pintar, Pinto-Figueroa, Poole, Prihoda, Rabinowitz, Riedel-Prabhakar, Rivera, Rizvi, Robalino, Roth, Sagarra, Saltzman, Schroth, Schwartz, Scott, Shah, Shapses, Shawl, Shih, Shinbrot, Siederer, Simonds, Sinacori, Smith, Sonnenberg, Spiegel, Stephens, Stroiman, Struble, Sutton, Swamy, Szatrowski, Taipe, Tan, Tewfik, Thompson, Todorinova, Torres, Tsakalakos, Valverde, Vega, Vellangany, Virani, Volino, Westrich, White, Willett, Wirtenberg, Woortman, Yamamoto

EXCUSED: Alizadeh, Baldi, Bhuyan, Brienza-Arcilla, Dool, Fellenz, Huang, Levine, O’Connor, Sharma

ABSENT: Adya, Allamand, Anderson Eloy, Aubry, Barone, Grald Beegan, Blanchett, Borisovets, Cabrera, Campbell, Cantor, Carrero, Chefitz, Cole, Conway, Crews, Daughety, Eaton, Edelstein, Elsaid, Emedom-Nnamdi, English, Farris, Feldman, Fernandez, Flynn, Fudge, Guo, Haley, Halkitis, Hatefi, Hein, Henderson, Hsueh, Johnson, Kaye, Knode, Kothari, Kukor, Kustka, Lawson, Lei, Leibman, Lopez, Lutz, Maddox Douglas, Mahon, Maloney, March, Marchitello, Marich, Markowitz, Menifield, Molloy, Moore, Morton, Mutcherson, Nath, Nickitas, Oberle, Patel, Potter, Potter, Ryan, Samlin, Schwartz, Shah, Shah, Shapiro, Strom, Tadros, Takhistov, Thakuriah, Tommasi, Valle, Veysey, Walkup, Wang, Warde, Whitehead

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

Chair Oliver called the meeting to order at 2:13pm on Friday, October 22 and welcomed everyone for coming. He noted that this type of meeting is not unheard of, but also uncommon due to the lack of reports. Reminded senators about today’s election after the administrative report and emphasized the important of student participation in shared governance. Chair Oliver then congratulated President Holloway due to his upcoming inauguration ceremony on November 5, 2021.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY – Morgan Smith, Interim Executive Secretary

• Agenda: The meeting’s agenda including time limits, was approved by the Senate.
• Minutes: The Minutes of the September 24, 2021 Senate meeting were approved as distributed by the Interim Executive Secretary.

• Communications:
  • The following communications were presented by the Executive Secretary:
    • University Policy 10.2.11: Code of Student Conduct (Final)
    • University Policy 60.5.5: Faculty Personnel Actions – Procedures

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT – Jonathan Holloway, University President

Following introductions from Senate Chair Oliver, President Holloway delivered his Administrative Report touching on the following topics:

• 2020-2021 University Commencement
• The timeline of events for the President’s inauguration taking place November 4^th and 5^th with the theme of “This is What Excellence Looks Like” including details on the In Service to The Common Good webinar
• Rutgers Scarlet Knights women’s soccer team being #9 in the country and undefeated among the BIG 10 along with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights field hockey team being #3 in the country
• The Office of Climate Action is open and the plan has been released
• University Equity and Inclusion and the strategic plans on hiring faculty from underrepresented backgrounds
• The Board of Governors has agreed to remove Joseph P Bradley from Bradley Hall on Newark Campus
• Equity and initiatives for PTL equity

President Holloway then answered questions on the above topics and the following:

• Carbon Neutrality team accessibility
• Plans on repopulating the campus regarding mask wearing
• The path to Academic Freedom
• Scheduling and staffing problems among PTL’s, job insecurity and full-time teaching loads

ELECTION OF STUDENT MEMBERS OF THE SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD REPRESENTATIVES – This election was held because no eligible candidates were nominated during the April 30, 2021 Organizational meeting. Self-nominations were solicited from eligible student Senators prior to, as well as from the floor during, the meeting.

• 2021-22 Slate of Nominees
• Campaign Statements

The candidates for each position can be found in the linked documents above.

Results of the 21-22 Student Executive Committee Members and Board Representatives Election:

• New Brunswick Student Member of the EC: Victoria Den Bleyker, SAS-NB (S)
• Newark Student Member of the EC: David Daughety, NCAS (S)
• Camden Student Member of the EC: Josefina Ewins, GS-C (S)
• RBHS Student Member of the EC: Emmaleigh Hauck, SHP (S)
• Student Representative to the BOG: Malachi Sutton, SAS-NB (S)
• Undergraduate Student Representative to the BOT: Fauzan Amjad, SAS-NB (S)
• Graduate Student Representative to the BOT: Amanda Azer, NJMS (S)

OLD BUSINESS: There was no old business.

NEW BUSINESS: There was no new business.

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT – Senate Vice Chair Peter Gillett reported on the October 8, 2021 Senate Executive Committee Meeting

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS:

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at 4:02 p.m.

Minutes prepared by:
Morgan Smith, Interim Executive Secretary of the University Senate

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