RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDA
Friday, December 12, 2025, 1:10 p.m. via Zoom

https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/93812643735?pwd=xQEV9zFYgE3VlO1qcAES5cfcRAm760.1

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

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY – Morgan Smith, Senate Administrative Assistant

• Approval of the Agenda* (including time limits)
• Approval of the November 21, 2025 Senate Meeting Minutes
• Policy Updates
  • Follow up has been conducted to ensure Senator participation with policy review processes
• Communications
  • Reminder to log in to the Senate website for attendance and voting access
  • Email Morgan Smith regarding attendance and committee activities

NEW BRUNSWICK CAMPUS REPORT – Francine Conway, Chancellor, New Brunswick (1:20 – 1:50 p.m.)

ALTERNATIVE ROUTE TO POLICY CHANGES RESOLUTION – USGC, Co-chairs Wendy Purcell and Patricia Morton (1:50 – 2:00 p.m.)

SENATOR ELECTIONS TIMELINE RESOLUTION -USGC, Co-chairs Wendy Purcell and Patricia Morton (2:00 – 2:10 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.

Instruction, Curricula, and Advising Committee/ Student Affairs Committee-Senator Natalie Borisovets (ICAC), Taryn Cooper (Former ICAC), Senator Lisa Siebenaler Easley (SAC), Senator Consuella Askew (SAC) (2:10 – 2:25 p.m.)

Report on S-2330-1 Expanding Access to University Libraries Across Campuses

ICAC and SAC were jointly charged as follows:

Investigate current University library hours across all campuses. Determine if those hours are adequately meeting student needs (access to collections; access to study spaces; access to technology) on each campus. Make recommendations as appropriate.

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS**

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT (2:25 – 2:30 p.m.) – Wendy Purcell, Vice Chair

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (2:30 – 2:40 p.m.) 

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS (2:40 – 2:50 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

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