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Friday
Feb 17th
1:00 pm

Senate Meeting – President’s Report on University Finances

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Agenda Distributed On
Friday, February 10th 2023

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

MEETING AGENDA

Friday, February 17, 2023, 1:10 p.m. via Zoom

https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94226017684?pwd=RTJYUzFDbWp4M3dqSGRnVnNCV1Rwdz09

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIR’S REPORT – Adrienne Simonds, Chair

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY – Vicki Hewitt, Senate Executive Secretary

  • Approval of the Agenda* (including time limits)
  • Approval of the January 20, 2023 Senate Meeting Minutes
  • Administrative Responses
    • Response to S-2110: Research Information Systems
  • Communications:
    • Entitlement memos sent out in January.
    • April 28 Senate meetings will be on Zoom.
    • Reminder to log in to the Senate website for attendance and voting access.

REPORT ON UNIVERSITY FINANCES – Jonathan Holloway, President and University Professor

SPECIAL ELECTION FOR NEW BRUNSWICK STUDENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE POSITION – This election is being held due to a vacancy. Self-nominations have been solicited from eligible Senators. Nominations may also be made from the floor during this meeting.

Voting Access Link: https://senate.rutgers.edu/election/february-2023-special-election

OLD BUSINESS

None.

NEW BUSINESS**

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT – Lucille Foster, Senate Vice Chair

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS

ADJOURNMENT

*Note:  Addition of items to the Agenda requires a two-thirds vote.  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.  After approval, extension of time limits requires a two-thirds vote.

**Note: Article IV.A. of the Senate Bylaws states, “All new matters shall be referred to committee before coming to the Senate (unless extenuating circumstances apply, as indicated under section C.4…”]

Remaining 2022-23 University Senate Meetings

March 24, 2023 (Zoom)

April 28, 2023 – Organizational Meeting of the 2023-2024 Senate (Zoom)

April 28, 2023 – Last Meeting of the 2022-2023 Senate (Zoom)

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE

MINUTES: Regular Meeting of the University Senate

DATE: February 17, 2023

TIME AND PLACE: 1:10 p.m., Remote via Zoom

MEMBERS PRESENT: Abdelwahab, Allen, Ameri, Amjad, Anderson, Andrews, Ardeshna, Askew, Aubry, Bhuyan, Bogden, Boikess, Boison, Borisovets, Boucher, Boxer, Bridgeman, Brienza-Arcilla, Cantor, Caponegro, Cary, Choo, Clarke, Conway, Cooper, Copeland, Dane, Davidson, Davis, Drazer, Eastman, Eaton, English, Esposito, Everett, Farmer, Fatahzadeh, Fellenz, Figueira, Foster, Fudge, Gahlawat, Galsim, Garcia, Giraud, Gomes, Gong, Gower, Granadeiro, Griffin, Guo, Gursoy, Haley, Hewitt, Holloway, Holmes, Hunter, Javanmard, Joergensen, Kahanda, Kahng, Kelly, Kettle, Kiss, Kothari, Kustka, LaMorte, Lawson, Levine, Li, Lutz, Lyles, Mahajan-Cusack, Malin, Manzini, Marchetta, Matto, McCarthy, McKeever, Morton, Nucci, O’Connor, Oberle, Oladimeji, Oliver, Olivera, Ortiz, Ozel, Parsa, Patel, Pichugin, Pierce, Pintar, Pinto-Figueroa, Pistell, Poole, Prihoda, Quincy, Rabinowitz, Roth, Saltzman, Schnetzer, Schwartz, Scott, Shapiro, Shinbrot, Siederer, Simonds, Smart, Smith, Sonnenberg, Spiegel, Stephens, Strom, Struble, Swamy, Szatrowski, Tewfik, Thompson, Tillis, Tirino, Torres, Valverde, Van Stine, Vellangany, Volino, Wirtenberg

MEMBERS EXCUSED: Adamo, Allamand, Dai, Kaplan, Osorio-Fernandez, Torres

MEMBERS ABSENT: Abuattieh, Abuliak, Adya, Alkhwekhi, Anderson Eloy, Bachmann, Baldi, Barlow, Barone, Bhattacharya, Bhavaraju, Blanchett, Campbell, Carpenter, Chefitz, Cole, Crutcher, Cuitiño, Dyckman, Edelstein, Feldman, Flynn, Geary, Graham, Halkitis, Hatefi, Haviland, Henderson, Hien, Irizarry, Johnson, Kaye, Kazi, Kolben, Kretov, Ladell, Lehman, Lei, Lopez, Losada, Mahon, Mansukhani, March, Mazurek, Menifield, Meshoyrer, Miller, Mittal, Moghe, Mukherjee, Murtha, Mutcherson, Muthukumar, Nayar, Niaz, Nolan, O’Halloran, O’Toole, Papakonstantinou, Patel, Pedersen, C. Potter, J. Potter, Raheel, Ramirez, Roy, Rush, Sagarra, Savage, Schroth, Shah, Shapiro, Sharma, Shih, Shome, Srivastava, Takhistov, Tare, Todorinova, Vadapalli, Wang, White, Whitehead, Zhang, Zolezi

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIR’S REPORT – Adrienne Simonds, Chair

Chair Simonds called the meeting to order at 1:10 p.m.

SECRETARY’S REPORT – Vicki Hewitt, Executive Secretary

  • Agenda: The meeting agenda was approved, with the addition of one item of New Business.
  • Minutes: The minutesof the Jan. 20, 2023 Senate meeting were approved as distributed by the Executive Secretary.
  • Administrative Responses
    • Response to S-2110: Research Information Systems
  • Communications
    • Entitlement memos were sent out in January.
    • April 28 Senate meetings will be on Zoom.
    • Reminder to log in to the Senate website for attendance and voting access.

REPORT ON UNIVERSITY FINANCES – Jonathan Holloway, President and University Professor

President Holloway then answered questions on the following topics:

  • Adjunctification of the faculty
  • Concerns about the accuracy of financial data
  • Examples of duplicative processes proposed for elimination
  • Research spending for graduate students
  • Sexual assaults on campus
  • The future of PTLs at the university
  • Increasing the endowment
  • Response to the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR NEW BRUNSWICK STUDENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE POSITION

Executive Committee Student Representative – New Brunswick: Sonal Gahlawat, School of Graduate Studies

OLD BUSINESS

There was no old business.

NEW BUSINESS

By unanimous consent, one item of new business was added to the agenda:

A motion to refer the following charge to the Budget and Finance Committee: “Investigate and make recommendations on public declarations of conflicts of interest by politically exposed persons at Rutgers, including all members of the BoG and all those involved in significant financial decision making.”

The motion to refer this item to the Budget and Finance Committee was adopted.

SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT

Vice Chair Foster reported on the February 3, 2023 Senate Executive Committee Meeting.

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

Senator Rabinowitz reported on the Board of Governors meeting. Senator Ozel reported the Board of Trustees had not met.

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY AND STUDENT LIAISONS

Senator Rabinowitz reported on behalf of Camden Faculty. Senator Van Stine reported on behalf of Camden Students. Senator Olivera reported on behalf of Newark Students. Senator Bhuyan reported on behalf of New Brunswick Faculty. Senator Gahlawat reported on behalf of New Brunswick Students. Senator Roth reported on behalf of RBHS Faculty. Senator Ortiz reported on behalf of RBHS Students.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 3:15 p.m.

Minutes prepared by:
Vicki Hewitt, Executive Secretary of the University Senate

Present Senators

Shareif Abdelwahab Warren Allen Mason Ameri Fauzan Amjad Katie Anderson Rochelle Andrews Anil Ardeshna Consuella Askew Marie-Pierre Aubry Sanjib Bhuyan John Bogden Robert Boikess Detlev Boison Natalie Borisovets James Boucher Paul Boxer Mary Bridgeman Diane Brienza-Arcilla Nancy Cantor Mihaela Caponegro Chelsea Cary Jessey Choo Alison Clarke Francine Conway Taryn Cooper Paul Copeland Perry Dane Tyrone Davidson Siatta Davis German Drazer Wayne Eastman Adrienne Eaton Devin English Adrienne Esposito Brian Everett Antoinette Farmer Mahnaz Fatahzadeh Chazz Fellenz Thomas Figueira Lucille Foster Isaiah Fudge Sonal Gahlawat Michael Galsim Miguel Garcia Ralph Giraud Jessica Gomes Jie Gong Michael Gower Andre Granadeiro John Griffin Grace Guo Kemal Gursoy Anna Haley Vicki Hewitt Jonathan Holloway Oscar Holmes Arlene Hunter Mehdi Javanmard John Joergensen Galathara Kahanda SungWoo Kahng Michael Kelly John Kettle Geza Kiss Neil Kothari Adam Kustka Gerard LaMorte Laura Lawson Jeffrey Levine Jeremy Li Carol Lutz Rhonda Lyles Lisa Mahajan-Cusack Steven Malin Chiara Manzini Josephine Marchetta Elizabeth Matto Bill McCarthy Kenneth McKeever Patricia Morton Mary Nucci James O'Connor Jennifer Oberle Abimbola Oladimeji Jon Oliver Tiffany Olivera Jezebel Ortiz Houshang Parsa Suja Patel Alexander Pichugin Heather Pierce John Pintar Sofia Pinto-Figueroa Timothy Pistell Madai Poole Katherine Prihoda Ronald Quincy Sam Rabinowitz Monica Roth Cynthia Saltzman Stephen Schnetzer Robert Schwartz Rob Scott Michael Shapiro Troy Shinbrot Martin Siederer Adrienne Simonds Michael Smart Morgan Smith Frank Sonnenberg Menahem Spiegel Thomas Stephens Brian Strom Thomas Struble Siddharth Swamy Ted Szatrowski George Tewfik Karen Thompson Antonio Tillis Chloe Tirino Jose Torres Sean Valverde Michael Van Stine Isaac Vellangany Lucio Volino Jeana Wirtenberg Tuğrul Özel

Excused Senators

Lauren Adamo Carole Allamand Wei Dai Joshua Kaplan Arturo Osorio-Fernandez Elizabeth Torres

Absent Senators

Omar Abuattieh Larry Abuliak Monica Adya Ivan Alkhwekhi Jean Anderson Eloy Gloria Bachmann Andrea Baldi Shannon Barlow Joseph Barone Debashish Bhattacharya Rajita Bhavaraju Wanda Blanchett Sara Campbell Nichelle Carpenter Dalya Chefitz Peter Cole Lee Crutcher Alberto Cuitiño Kaia Dyckman Michelle Edelstein Cecile Feldman Linda Flynn Jason Geary Dewanna Graham Perry Halkitis Arash Hatefi Martha Haviland Taja-Nia Henderson Denise Hien Patricia Irizarry Robert Johnson Rachel Kaye Armaan Kazi Shaunak Kinare Kevin Kolben Annette Kretov Ronald Ladell Richard Lehman Lei Lei David Lopez Natalie Losada Rupal Mansukhani Peter March Monica Mazurek Charles Menifield Alma Merians Emanuel Meshoyrer Joel Miller Pragun Mittal Prabhas Moghe Sanchali Mukherjee Amy Murtha Kimberly Mutcherson Surya Muthukumar Alyssa Nayar Hoda Niaz Stephanie Nolan Kimberly O'Halloran Marie O'Toole Periklis Papakonstantinou Priya Patel Henrik Pedersen Cathryn Potter Jonathan Potter Moeed Raheel Jack Ramirez Subhan Roy Jaylen Rush Nuria Sagarra Amy Savage Kevin Schroth Rahi Shah Stuart Shapiro Ranita Sharma Mi Shih Tridib Shome Siddhant Srivastava Paul Takhistov Kaushik Tare Lily Todorinova Rithika Vadapalli Xiaojue Wang Carolyne White Ian Whitehead Yahong Zhang Annalisa Zolezi

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