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Friday
Oct 18th
11:00 am

Senate Meeting – Camden Campus Report

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Friday, October 11th 2024

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDA
Friday, October 18, 2024, 11:10 a.m. via Zoom

https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94226017684?pwd=RTJYUzFDbWp4M3dqSGRnVnNCV1Rwdz09

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIR’S REPORT – Lucille Foster, Chair

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY – Vicki Hewitt, Senate Executive Secretary

  • Approval of the Agenda* (including time limits)
  • Approval of the September 20, 2024 Meeting Minutes
  • Communications
    • Senate Budget Town Hall: Wed. Oct. 23 from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
    • Senate Socials: Fri. Nov. 8 and Fri. April 11 from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
    • Provosts’ Roundtable: Fri. Jan. 31 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
    • Reminder to log in to the Senate website for attendance and voting access

CAMDEN CHANCELLOR REPORT – Antonio Tillis, Chancellor, Rutgers-Camden (11:20 – 11:40 a.m.)

INTRODUCTION OF, AND COMMENTS BY, STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS (11:40 – 12:00 p.m.)

OLD BUSINESS

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.

Executive Committee (12:00 – 12:15 p.m.)
Resolution to Clarify Senate Handbook, Article III: Senate Meetings, Voting, #4

This section currently states: “Senators may not accept nomination, nor be placed on the initial ballot, for more than one position in any single election.”

The proposed amendment would change it to: “Senators may not be placed on the initial ballot for more than one position in any single election.”

Ad Hoc Committee on University Senate Parliamentarian (12:15 – 12:30 p.m.)
Jon Oliver, Chair

Report on S-2332: University Senate Parliamentarian

The committee was charged as follows:

Currently, the Parliamentarian must be a Senator. To maintain neutrality in the role and allow a Parliamentarian senator to speak on the Senate floor, consider whether changing the qualifications of the Parliamentarian to allow the appointment of a non-Senator, such as a professional hired for the role or a former Senator, and/or allowing for a Deputy Parliamentarian would better allow Senators to participate in Senate business and enhance the functioning of the Senate.

Ad Hoc Committee on Review of the University Senate’s Governance Documents and Formulation of University Senate Bylaws and University Structure and Governance Committee (12:30 – 12:45 p.m.)

The committee was charged as follows:

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.

NEW BUSINESS** (12:45-12:55 p.m.)

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT – Adrienne Esposito, Senate Vice Chair (12:55 – 1:00 p.m.)

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES (1:00 – 1:15 p.m.)

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS (1:15 – 1:25 p.m.)

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 2024-25 University Senate Meetings

All meetings are on Zoom

November 15, 2024

December 13, 2024

January 24, 2025

February 21, 2025

March 28, 2025

April 25, 2025- Organizational Meeting of the 2025-2026 Senate
April 25, 2025 – Last Meeting of the 2024-2025 Senate

No minutes have been recorded for this meeting.

Present Senators

Dina Abdelfattah Adnan Alkhalili Warren Allen Katie Anderson Cori Anderson Rochelle Andrews Robert Apel Consuella Askew Victoria Axelsson Gloria Bachmann Mark Doug Baker Debra Borie-Holtz Natalie Borisovets James Boucher Paul Boxer Mary Bridgeman Emily Brown Christopher Cafiero Mihaela Caponegro Jo-leo Carney-Waterton Alison Clarke Charlie Collick Taryn Cooper Alberto Cuitiño Enrique Curchitser Siatta Davis Susan DeMatteo Nuria Diaz-Tena Malica Dock Lisa Easley  Gary Ebert Adrienne Esposito Brian Everett Bart Everts Mahnaz Fatahzadeh Brielle Fedorko Thomas Figueira Lucille Foster Morgan Gilmartin Ralph Giraud Christopher Godoy Michael Gower Jeremy Grachan Noah Graham Dewanna Graham Andre Granadeiro John Griffin Mert Gurbuzbalaban Kemal Gursoy Charles Haberl Anna Haley Adam Hisham Hamawy Martha Haviland Adrian Henry Vicki Hewitt Fred Hoffman Aalin Izhar Nora Jaber Mehdi Javanmard Nikitha Jeyaprakash Tara Jordan-McKinney Fadi Kayyal Debra Keates John Kettle Rehan Khan Geza Kiss Timothy Knievel Adam Kustka Gavin Lam Geeny Lee Carrie Lobman Carol Lutz Rachel Maeng Brown John Maerhofer Lisa Mahajan-Cusack Pal Maliga Norman Markowitz Monica Mazurek Nkechi Mbadugha Caitlin McCarthy Prabhas Moghe Christine Morales Cory Morton Patricia Morton Kyle Murphy Amy Murtha Erum Nadeem James O'Connor Jennifer Oberle Tiffany Olivera Arturo Osorio-Fernandez Houshang Parsa Kush Patel Suja Patel Vir Patel Alexander Pichugin Heather Pierce John Pintar Nancy Pontes Wendy Purcell Ronald Quincy Sam Rabinowitz Rohit Ramachandran Laura Ramirez Polo Sahil Reshamdalal Rebecca Risman Javier Robles Wendy Rodriguez Sabeen Rokerya Lisa Rossman-Murphy Monica Roth David Salas-de la Cruz Gary Santos Mendoza Karina Schafer Robert Schwartz Emily Sergel Chirag Shah Michael Shapiro Troy Shinbrot Adrienne Simonds Elizabeth Sloan-Power Michael Smart Morgan Smith Frank Sonnenberg Rabiyatu Sow Menahem Spiegel Nanjoo Suh Marissa Syed Ted Szatrowski Ramez Taha Paul Takhistov Chloe Tirino Jose Torres Audrey Truschke Mary Wagner Carolyne White Jeana Wirtenberg Wojtek Wolfe Kaifeng Yang Nusrath Yusuf Robert Zarouni Michael Zwick Tuğrul Özel

Excused Senators

Anil Ardeshna Sanjib Bhuyan Christine Cahill Perry Dane Wayne Eastman Sean Firat Mayte Green-Mercado Madelyn Kamen Kameswari Maganti Anand Patel Pavani Patel Cynthia Saltzman Taylor Shaw Sarah Usman Lucio Volino Payton Williams

Absent Senators

Lauren Adamo Monica Adya Faizan Ahmed Babar Ahmed Mason Ameri Fauzan Amjad Jean Anderson Eloy Mark Anner Liza Barbarello Andrews Joseph Barone Ferdousi Begum Robert Boikess Johanna Bond Mrudhula Sai Boppey Eduardo Chama Philippe Chao Antonio Chiricolo Rachel Choron Francine Conway Wei Dai Jeffery DiGiovanni Izabela Dylewska Nora Elkholy Cecile Feldman Jie Feng Sue Fenker Abigail Fulton Jason Geary Lauren Giermanski Vyshnavi Gnanaprakasam Jie Gong Zhixiong (James) Guo Perry Halkitis Daniel Hart Taja-Nia Henderson Jonathan Holloway Assa John Robert Johnson Joshua Kaplan Rachel Kaye Sehrish Khan Ronald Ladell Laura Lawson Richard Lehman Lei Lei George Leibowitz Dafna Lemish Joseph Lescht Zhengyu Mao Michael Matise Jacqueline Mattis Bill McCarthy Kenneth McKeever Donna Nickitas Mary Nucci Ilce Perez Neesha Ramchandani Natalie Rapciewicz Emma Rentzel Jeffrey Robinson Mark Robson Gianna Ruocco Bharat Sarath Amy Savage Mark Sayde Kevin Schroth Safanya Searcy Priscilla Senger Richard Sese Stuart Shapiro Sarah Shobut Gema Silva Ángel Muriel Soler Christopher Span Angela Starkweather Brian Strom George Tewfik Antonio Tillis Juli Wade Robert Weiss Yahong Zhang Zhongren (David) Zhou

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