RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDA
Friday, October 16, 2026, 1:10 p.m. via Zoom

https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/96904067915?pwd=ogaOPLUzKZM2gnOHPiaJU9RQaA4OcY.1

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIR’S REPORT – Anna Haley, Chair

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT – Paul Boxer, Vice Chair

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY – Taryn Cooper, Senate Executive Secretary

• Approval of the Agenda* (including time limits)
• Approval of the September 18, 2026 Senate Meeting minutes
• Administrative Responses
  • Resolution on Supporting International Scholars’ Duration of Status and Graduate Academic Mobility
• Communications
  • Membership for Ad Hoc Committee on Senate Internal Budget needed.
  • Reminder to propose a Senate charge through link here or email Senate office.
  • Senator accolades – Email Senate Office to be featured.
  • Reminder to log in to the Senate website for attendance and voting access.
  • Reminder to state first and last name as well as constituency at the microphone.

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 (1:20-1:20 p.m.)

None.

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES (LINKED REPORT) (1:20 – 1:25 p.m.) 

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS (LINKED REPORT) (1:25 – 1:30p.m.)

FORUM ON PUBLIC SAFETY (1:30 – 2:00 p.m.) – Kenneth B. Cop, Executive Director, Police Services | Chief of University Police

RUTGERS EDGE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (Preliminary Draft) (2:00 – 2:35 p.m.) – William F. Tate, IV, President of Rutgers University

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE “ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN HIGHER EDUCATION PROTECTION ACT” (2:35 – 2:45 p.m.) – Senator Heather Pierce

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS**

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 2026-27 University Senate Meetings
All meetings are on Zoom

November 20, 2026

December 11, 2026

January 22, 2027

February 19, 2027

March 19, 2027

April 23, 2027 – Organizational Meeting of the 2026-2027 Senate
April 23, 2027 – Last Meeting of the 2026-2027 Senate