RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDA
Friday, October 17, 2025, 1:10 p.m. via Zoom

https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/91722785190?pwd=KBVCfEb2F9NMrz3LZr9lotsIpBgrgh.1

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

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY – Taryn Cooper, Senate Executive Secretary

• Approval of the Agenda* (including time limits)
• Approval of the September 19, 2025 Senate Meeting Minutes
• Administrative Responses
  • Response to S-2334-1 Senate Communications
  • Response to S-2404 Inter-campus Inclusion and Equity in the Rutgers Academic Calendar
• Communications
  • Review of the Qualtrics survey concerning Senate Socials and merchandise results during next Executive Committee
  • Reminder to log in to the Senate website for attendance and voting access

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND FREE EXPRESSION (1:20 – 1:40 p.m.)

RESOLUTION TO REJECT FEDERAL COMPACT (1:40 – 1:50 p.m.)

ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FACULTY AT-LARGE POSITION – Senator Rob Scott (1:50 – 2:00 p.m.)

MADC TASKFORCE UPDATE- NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE, MADC TASKFORCE RESOLUTION DRAFT (2:00 – 2:10 p.m.)

RUTGERS NJ PIRG CHAPTER PRESENTATION- Ori Liwanag, Dan Xie, Moujan Moghimi (2:10 – 2:20 p.m.)

INTRODUCTION OF, AND COMMENTS BY, STANDING COMMITTEE CO- CHAIRS (2:20 – 2:30 p.m.)

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.

University Structure and Governance Committee – Wendy Purcell and Patricia Morton, Co-Chair (2:30 – 2:45 p.m.)

Report on S-2406 Senate Role in Shared Governance

Presentation on S-2406 Senate Role in Shared Governance

The committee was charged as follows:

Request that the University Structure and Governance Committee closely review and evaluate University policy 50.2.2 with the goal of further clarifying, verifying, and delineating the Senate’s official role in shared governance.

Instruction, Curricula, and Advising Committee – Natalie Borisovets and Alexander Pichugin, Co-Chairs (2:45 – 3:00 p.m.)

Report on S-2305-2 Auditing Courses at Rutgers

The committee was charged as follows:

Review course auditing at Rutgers. Make any appropriate recommendations.

OLD BUSINESS

None.

NEW BUSINESS**

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT (3:00 – 3:05 p.m.) – Wendy Purcell, Vice Chair

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (3:05 – 3:15 p.m.) 

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS (3:15 – 3:30 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 2025-26 University Senate Meetings
All meetings are on Zoom

November 21, 2025

December 12, 2025

January 23, 2026

February 20, 2026

March 27, 2026

April 24, 2026 – Organizational Meeting of the 2025-2026 Senate
April 24, 2026 – Last Meeting of the 2025-2026 Senate