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Sep 22nd
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Agenda Distributed On
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RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDA
Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, 1:10 p.m. via Zoom
https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94226017684?pwd=RTJYUzFDbWp4M3dqSGRnVnNCV1Rwdz09
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIR’S REPORT – Adrienne Simonds, Chair
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY – Vicki Hewitt, Senate Executive Secretary
- Approval of the Agenda* (including time limits)
- Administrative Response
- Response to S-2110: Research Information Systems
- BOG Chair Best’s Response to the Resolution on Remediating University Policy Violations Related to the Proposed Medical School Merger
- Letter from President Holloway Concerning Engagement with the Senate
- Policy Updates
- University Policy 60.1.34 Rutgers University Disability and Reasonable Accommodation Policy
- University Policy 60.1.35 Immunization Policy for Rutgers Employees and Prospective Employees
- University Policy 60.1.36 Immunization Policy for University Affiliates
- University Policy 20.1.11 Procurement and Payment Policy
- University Policy 20.1.13 Naming of Facilities and Programs
- Communications
- 2023-2024 Senate Calendar
- New Senator Orientation was held on September 15, 2023. Materials are available on the Information for Senators page, under Additional Resources.
- Membership of the Ad Hoc Committee on Senate Officer Compensation
- Reminder to log in to the Senate website for attendance and voting access.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT – Prabhas Moghe, Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs
SPECIAL ELECTION FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD REPRESENTATIVE POSITIONS
- Board of Governors Faculty Representative (continued from April 28 – Additional nominations will not be accepted in advance or from the floor)
- Board of Trustees Faculty Representative (continued from April 28 – Additional nominations will be accepted from the floor but not in advance)
- Executive Committee Student Representative – Camden
- Executive Committee Student Representative – New Brunswick
- Executive Committee Student Representative – Newark
- Executive Committee Student Representative – RBHS
- Board of Governors Student Representative
- Board of Trustees Undergraduate Student Representative
- Board of Trustees Graduate Student Representative
Voting Access Link: https://senate.rutgers.edu/election/september-2023-special-election
September 2023 Special Election Slate of Nominees and Campaign Statements
RESOLUTION TO RE-INSTATE A STANDING COMMITTEE ON EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION – Submitted by Senator Ronald Quincy, School of Graduate Studies, Faculty
Whereas Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, as a member of the BIG TEN Academic Alliance; and whereas 12 of the current 14 member intuitions have standing committees on Diversity, Inclusion, Equity; or similar designations.
And whereas the two institutions that are joining the BIG TEN in 2024 (University of California Los Angeles/UCLA; and the University of Southern California/USC, both have such standing committees on DEI.
And whereas, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey is only one of two of the 14 (and 2024 16 )BIG TEN member institutions that does not currently have a full standing DEI committee of the University Senate;
And whereas Rutgers in the past decades had a standing DEI Committee, but disbanded it, and decentralized the DEI functions.
And whereas there is a fundamental imperative to have a committee, diversly representative of the university community, to have a keen focus, commitment, and understanding of the opportunities and challenges impacting Rutgers University –to fully advance each of the Rutgers core philosophical pillars—which include Equity & Diversity;
Therefore, be it resolved that the Rutgers University Senate, during the first meeting of the Senate for academic year 2023-2024, deliberate to re-instate a full standing committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (or a more appropriate alternative title that best describes the charge for this committee).
COMMITTEE REPORTS/RESOLUTIONS: The report will be presented/summarized by the committee chair, then will be discussed, and acted upon by the Senate. Substantive amendments to these reports should be given to the Senate secretary in writing prior to or at the time the amendment is moved.
Budget and Finance Committee
Report on S-2307 RCM Detailed Recommendations
Abdelrahman Ibrahim and Carolyne White, Co-Chairs
The BFC was charged as follows:
Examine and propose detailed recommendations for implementing two central elements of the 1/20/2023 Senate-approved resolution on S2010-1: “transparency” and “shared governance” in University budget preparation and reporting.
INTRODUCTION OF, AND COMMENTS BY, STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS
OLD BUSINESS
None.
NEW BUSINESS**
SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT – Lucille Foster, Senate Vice Chair
REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES
REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS
ADJOURNMENT
*Note: Addition of items to the Agenda requires a two-thirds vote (Senate Handbook, Article III, Agenda). There is an overall time limit of 3 hours for Senate meetings. Specific time limits are set for questions and debate, not for presentation of reports (Senate Handbook, Article III, Procedures). After approval, extension of time limits requires a two-thirds vote.
**Note: The Senate Handbook, Article IV, 1 states, “All new matters shall be referred to committee before coming to the Senate (unless extenuating circumstances apply, as indicated in Article III, Agenda, 3 above).”]
Remaining 2023-24 University Senate Meetings
All meetings are on Zoom
October 20, 2023
November 17, 2023
December 8, 2023
January 19, 2024
February 16, 2024
March 22, 2024
April 26, 2024 – Organizational Meeting of the 2024-2025 Senate
April 26, 2024 – Last Meeting of the 2023-2024 Senate
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE
MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University Senate
DATE: September 22, 2023
TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Remote via Zoom
MEMBERS PRESENT: Allen, Amin, Amjad, Anderson, Apel, Ariwoola, Askew, Axelsson, Bachmann, Barbarello Andrews, Bhuyan, Boikess, Boison, Borie-Holtz, Borisovets, Boucher, Boxer, Bridgeman, Caponegro, Carpenter, Chama, Chang, Clarke, Collick, Cooper, Copeland, Dai, Dane, Davis, Dinnall, Dock, Easley , Eastman, Edelstein, Esposito, Everett, Everts, Fang, Fedorko, Figueira, Foster, Fudge, Gahlawat, Giermanski, Giraud, Godoy, Gower, Graham, Granadeiro, Guo, Gursoy, Haley, Hisham Hamawy, Hayes, Hennessy, Hernandez, Hewitt, Holmes, Hong, Ibrahim, Javanmard, Kahanda, Kaplan, Keates, Kelly, Khan, Kiss, Knievel, Kolben, Kustka, LaMorte, Lamorgese, Lee, Lehman, Levin, Levine, Li, Lutz, Maeng Brown, Manzini, Marchetta, Markowitz, McKeever, Merisier, Moghe, Morales, Morton, Murphy, O’Connor, O’Halloran, Olivera, Orelus, Osorio-Fernandez, Ozel, Parsa, Patel, Pichugin, Pierce, Pintar, Poole, Prihoda, Purcell, Quincy, Rabinowitz, Ramachandran, Saltzman, Savage, Sayde, Schnetzer, Schroth, Schwartz, Scott, Searcy, Sergel, Serrano, Sese, Sharma, Shinbrot, Shobut, Siederer, Simonds, Sloan-Power, Smith, Sonnenberg, Szatrowski, Takhistov, Thompson, Torres, Truschke, Wagner, White, Winters, Wirtenberg, Wolfe, Yusuf, Zhang, Zhou
MEMBERS EXCUSED: Aubry, Cahill, Desir, Fulton, Kahng, Nucci, Paiste, Tirino
MEMBERS ABSENT: Abuliak, Adamo, Adya, Ameri, Anderson, Anderson Eloy, Andrews, Ardeshna, Ayorinde, Barone, Bhavaraju, Blanchett, Bond, Campbell, Cantor, Charles, Chiricolo, Choron, Ciolek, Conway, Cuitiño, Cundiff, Davy, Eaton, Edwards, Fatahzadeh, Feldman, Flynn, Fox, Garcia, Geary, Giberson, Gong, Griffin, Guo, Habeb, Halkitis, Haviland, Henderson, Holloway, Inman, Irizarry, Johnson, Joseph, Kamen, Kaye, Kazi, Kettle, Ladell, Lawson, Lei, Leibman, Lemish, Losada, Matta, Mazurek, Mbadugha, McCarthy, Merians, Meshoyrer, Murtha, Nickitas, Oberle, Papakonstantinou, Perez, Raheel, Robson, Rodriguez, Rossman-Murphy, Roth, Samaan, Santos Mendoza, Sarath, Shafik, M. Shapiro, S. Shapiro, Shaw, Smart, Spiegel, Strom, Suh, Swamy, Tare, Tewfik, Tillis, Torres, Van Ryzin, Van Stine, Vito, Volino, Wade, Weiss, White, Whitehead
CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIR’S REPORT – Adrienne Simonds, Chair
Chair Simonds called the meeting to order at 1:15 p.m. She welcomed new and continuing senators attending the meeting. She thanked Vice Chair Foster and the Senate office staff, as well as Executive Committee members and standing committee co-chairs. She encouraged senators to refer to Robert’s Rules of Order and the Senate Handbook to learn more about Senate procedure. She announced the appointment of Senator Heather Pierce as Parliamentarian for the 2023-24 Senate term. She announced the dissemination of the Academic Freedom Survey later this month, which originated as a joint charge to the Faculty and Personnel Affairs and the Student Affairs Committees.
SECRETARY’S REPORT – Vicki Hewitt, Executive Secretary
- Agenda: The meeting agenda was approved, with the addition of two items of New Business. The two items of New Business were moved to the top of the agenda.
- Administrative Responses
- Response to S-2110: Research Information Systems
- BOG Chair Best’s Response to the Resolution on Remediating University Policy Violations Related to the Proposed Medical School Merger
- Letter from President Holloway Concerning Engagement with the Senate
- Policy Update
- University Policy 60.1.34 Rutgers University Disability and Reasonable Accommodation Policy
- University Policy 60.1.35 Immunization Policy for Rutgers Employees and Prospective Employees
- University Policy 60.1.36 Immunization Policy for University Affiliates
- University Policy 20.1.11 Procurement and Payment Policy
- University Policy 20.1.13 Naming of Facilities and Programs
- Communications
- 2023-2024 Senate Calendar
- New Senator Orientation was held on September 15, 2023. Materials are available on the Information for Senators page, under Additional Resources.
- Membership of the Ad Hoc Committee on Senate Officer Compensation
- Reminder to log in to the Senate website for attendance and voting access.
NEW BUSINESS
Two items of new business were added to the agenda.
The first was a motion to adopt a Resolution of a Vote of No Confidence in the Leadership of Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway. With unanimous consent, the phrase “Overseeing a 6% increase in tuition for Rutgers students” was amended to “Overseeing a 6% increase in tuition, 5% for housing rates and 7% increase in dining fees for Rutgers students.” This resolution was adopted.
The second was a motion to adopt a Resolution of Support for Striking Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick. With unanimous consent, the phrase “The Faculty Caucus of the Rutgers University Senate calls upon the full Rutgers University Senate to support” was amended to “The Rutgers University Senate supports.” This resolution was adopted.
RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR EXECUTVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD REPRESENTATIVE POSITIONS
Board of Governors Faculty Representative: Heather Pierce, Lecturer-New Brunswick, Faculty
Board of Trustees Faculty Representatives: Robert Boikess, School of Arts and Sciences-NB, Faculty, and Robert Schwartz, New Jersey Medical School, Faculty
Executive Committee Student Representative – Camden: Alexis Winters, Camden College of Arts and Sciences, Student
Executive Committee Student Representative – New Brunswick: Christopher Godoy, School of Arts and Sciences-NB, Student
Executive Committee Student Representative – Newark: Tiffany Olivera, Graduate School-Newark, Student
Board of Governors Student Representative: Safanya Searcy, School of Criminal Justice, Student
Board of Trustees Undergraduate Student Representative: Brielle Fedorko, School of Arts and Sciences-NB, Student
Board of Trustees Graduate Student Representative: Tumininu Ayorinde, New Jersey Medical School, Student
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.
Minutes prepared by:
Vicki Hewitt, Executive Secretary of the University Senate
Present Senators
Excused Senators
Absent Senators
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