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May 3rd
2:00 pm
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDA
Friday, May 3, 2024, 2:00 p.m. via Zoom
https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94226017684?pwd=RTJYUzFDbWp4M3dqSGRnVnNCV1Rwdz09
CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM – Adrienne Simonds, Chair
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PEACEFUL PROTEST ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES
Whereas freedom of speech is a high value and protected within institutions of higher education, an at Rutgers particularly, as reaffirmed President Jonathan Holloway in his statement, “On Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech” (https://www.rutgers.edu/president/academic-freedom-free-speech[1][2]); and
Whereas U.S. universities and colleges have a long and important history of being sites of intellectual, social, and political debate that have extended, equally importantly, into serving as settings for protest….; and
Whereas non-violent protests are a form of protected free speech,
Be it resolved that the Rutgers University Senate condemns the use of police and other security forces against peaceful protests that have recently arisen on campuses across the country, and the sanctioning of peaceful protesters by their educational institutions.
Be it further resolved that the Rutgers University Senate implores Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway to affirm that similarly repressive and harmful tactics will never be used against members of the Rutgers community who engage in peaceful protest.
[1] “[A]ll members of our community—our faculty members, students, alumni, and staff—are free to express their viewpoints in public forums as private citizens, including viewpoints that the University itself may not share. And we do not restrict the activities of recognized university organizations, including the speakers they invite to campus, as long as these organizations follow University policy and guidelines.”
[2] “While Rutgers will not defend the content of every opinion expressed by every member of our academic community, or of speakers who we invite to our campus, it will defend their right to speak freely. That freedom is fundamental to our University, our society, and our nation.”
ADJOURNMENT
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE
MINUTES: Special Meeting of the University Senate
DATE: May 3, 2024
TIME AND PLACE: 2:00 p.m., Remote via Zoom
MEMBERS PRESENT: Allen, C. Anderson, K. Anderson, Anderson Eloy, Ayorinde, Barbarello Andrews, Boikess, Borie-Holtz, Boucher, Boxer, Caponegro, Carpenter, Cundiff, Dane, Davis, Diaz-Tena, Easley , Eastman, Edelstein, Esposito, Everett, Everts, Fatahzadeh, Fedorko, Feldman, Figueira, Foster, Giermanski, Giraud, Godoy, Graham, Granadeiro, Guo, Gursoy, Haley, Hewitt, Javanmard, Joseph, Kahanda, Kahng, Kaplan, Keates, Kelly, Khan, Kiss, Knievel, Kolben, LaMorte, Maeng Brown, Marchetta, Markowitz, Mbadugha, Morales, Morton, Nucci, O’Halloran, Oberle, Olivera, Orelus, Osorio-Fernandez, Özel, Parsa, K. Patel, S. Patel, Pichugin, Pierce, Prihoda, Purcell, Rabinowitz, Robson, Rodriguez, Rossman-Murphy, Roth, Santos Mendoza, Savage, Schroth, Searcy, Shapiro, Shaw, Shinbrot, Siederer, Simonds, Sloan-Power, Smart, Smith, Spiegel, Szatrowski, Takhistov, Tewfik, Thompson, Torres, Truschke, Vito, Volino, Weiss, White, Wirtenberg
MEMBERS EXCUSED: Bachmann, Borisovets, Haviland, Lee, Lutz, Sergel, Sonnenberg
MEMBERS ABSENT: Abdelfattah, Abusah, Adamo, Adya, Ameri, Amjad, Andrews, Apel, Ardeshna, Ariwoola, Askew, Aubry, Axelsson, Barone, Bhavaraju, Bhuyan, Blanchett, Boison, Bond, Bridgeman, Cahill, Campbell, Cantor, Chama, Chang, Charles, Chiricolo, Choron, Ciolek, Clarke, Collick, Conway, Cooper, Cuitiño, Dai, Desir, Di Bella, DiGiovanni, Dinnall, Ditching, Dock, Eaton, Ebert, Edwards, Fang, Flynn, Fortson, Fox, Fulton, Gahlawat, Geary, Giberson, Glenn, Gong, Gower, Griffin, Guo, Habeb, Halkitis, Hamawy, Henderson, Hennessy, Hernandez, Holloway, Ibrahim, Inman, Johnson, Kamen, Kaye, Kettle, Kustka, Ladell, Lamorgese, Lawson, Lee, Lehman, Lei, Leibman, Lemish, Levin, Levine, Lildhar, Manzini, Matise, Matta, Mattis, Mayers, Mazurek, McCarthy, McKeever, Meshoyrer, Moghe, Murphy, Murtha, Nickitas, O’Connor, Paiste, Papakonstantinou, P. Patel, Perez, Pintar, Quincy, Ramachandran, Robles, Salas-de la Cruz, Saltzman, Samaan, Sarath, Sayde, Schnetzer, Schwartz, Scott, Serrano, Shafik, Shapiro, Shobut, Strom, Suh, Tillis, Tirino, Wade, Wagner, White, Whitehead, Winters, Wolfe, Yang, Yusuf, Zhang, Zhou
CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM – Adrienne Simonds, Chair
Chair Simonds called the meeting to order at 2:01 p.m.
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF NONVIOLENT PROTEST ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES
The original resolution was substituted with unanimous consent for a revised version provided by the authors.
A motion was made to amend the resolution by substitution. The motion was lost.
The resolution was adopted by the Senate.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 2:50 p.m.
Minutes prepared by:
Vicki Hewitt, Executive Secretary of the University Senate
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