RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE MEETING AGENDA

Friday, April 24, 2026, 1:10 p.m. via Zoom

https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/91092919420?pwd=2kFqkRNAi4Zn8KSNUaOxjypZ5VbEIv.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 March 27, 2026 Senate Meeting Minutes
• Policy Updates
  • 3.5 Military Leave, Academic Credit and Tuition Refunds- Undergraduate and Graduate Students – Updated on an interim basis.
• Communications
  • Senate Social will take place on Friday May 1, 2026 from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
  • 2026-27 Senate Calendar
  • Reminder to Senators log in to the website for attendance and access to vote.
  • Reminder to complete USGC surveys – Pulse survey, Elections, Communications.
  • Reminder to not raise electronic hand prior to the end of presentations.
  • Email Morgan Smith regarding attendance and committee.

STIMSITE RESEARCH PRESENTATION – Patrick Murray (1:20 – 1:50 p.m.)

CAMDEN CHANCELLOR SEARCH COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES – (1:50 – 1: 55 p.m.)

UPDATE FROM CAMDEN CAMPUS – Senator David Salas de la Cruz (1:55 – 2:05 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.

Committee Report and Recommendations (2:05 – 2:15 p.m.)

Faculty and Personnel Affairs – Christine Morales, Sara Campbell (co-chairs)

         S-2317: Prevalence, Procedures, and Challenges of Faculty Occupancy of Dual Leadership Roles

FPAC was charged as follows:

FPAC is charged with investigating and making recommendations it deems necessary on the following two issues: How common are dual full-time faculty leadership role situations at Rutgers, and what are the rationales under which such dual roles are undertaken? What is the process by which such dual role leadership situations are undertaken, regarding (but not necessarily limited to): the potentially unfilled portion of FTE in one or both positions; the identification and selection of other individuals to supplement one or both of the dual roles, including how existing procedures for filling such positions are or are not followed (e.g., is one or both role in such situations reverted to being appointed rather than competitively hired in any circumstances); the clarification of the work tasks required for each of the leadership roles held, and evaluation of performance in those roles, given that they are engaged at less than 100% FTE; assurance that potential conflict of interest is identified and pre-empted or managed? Note: This charge focuses on faculty specifically, excludes roles fulfilled through funding buy-outs and/or by involving summer work for those on 9-month contracts, and also omits focus on within-unit dual leadership roles unless each role historically constitutes 100% FTE (e.g., a department chair assuming the chairship of a second department within a school or college).

OLD BUSINESS

PRESIDENT TATE’S LETTER TO THE UNIVERSITY SENATE (2:15 – 2:45 p.m.)

Research and Graduate & Professional Education Committee- Monica Mazurek, Enrique Curchitser (co-chairs) (2:45 – 2:55 p.m.)

S-2331: Research Trainee Compensation and Benefits Inequity

RGPEC was charged as follows:

Investigate current practices in postdoc and current doctoral student remuneration, in particular as it relates to inequality following fellowship funding and to develop solutions to reward talent.

NEW BUSINESS**

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS (2:55 – 3:00 p.m.) – Wendy Purcell, Vice

Chair

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES (3:00 – 3:10 p.m.)

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS (3:10 – 3:25 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).”