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Friday
Apr 28th
10:00 am

Senate Organizational Meeting

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Friday, April 21st 2023

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

MEETING AGENDA

Friday, April 28, 2023, 10:00 a.m. via Zoom

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

FIRST MEETING OF THE 2023-2024 UNIVERSITY SENATE
ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA FOR THE ELECTION OF 2023-2024 OFFICERS,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND BOARD REPRESENTATIVES

CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM – Adrienne Simonds, Chair

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY – Vicki Hewitt, Senate Executive Secretary

REPORT OF THE NOMINATING PANEL – Lucille Foster and Samuel Rabinowitz, Nominating Panel Co-Chairs

SLATE OF NOMINEESSlate of Nominees and Candidate Statements

Nominations for all positions, except for Chair and Vice Chair, will be accepted from the floor.

ONLINE VOTING-  https://senate.rutgers.edu/election/2023-24-senate-leadership-election

ADJOURNMENT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
UNIVERSITY SENATE

MINUTES: Organizational Meeting of the University Senate

DATE: April 28, 2023

TIME AND PLACE: 10:00 a.m., Remote via Zoom

MEMBERS PRESENT: Adamo, Allen, C. Anderson, K. Anderson, Andrews, Apel, Askew, Aubry, Bachmann, Bhavaraju, Bhuyan, Boikess, Boison, Borie-Holtz, Borisovets, Boucher, Boxer, Bridgeman, Cahill, Caponegro, Carpenter, Chama, Chang, Chiricolo, Choron, Clarke, Collick, Cooper, Dai, Davis, Dock, Eastman, Esposito, Everett, Everts, Fatahzadeh, Figueira, Foster, Fox, Gahlawat, Garcia, Giermanski, Giraud, Gong, Gower, Graham, Granadeiro, G. Guo, Z. Guo, Gursoy, Haley, Hamawy, Haviland, Hayes, Hewitt, Holmes, Ibrahim, Kahanda, Kahng, Kaplan, Kelly, Khan, Kiss, Knievel, Kolben, LaMorte, Ladell, Lee, Levine, Losada, Maeng Brown, Manzini, Marchetta, Matta, McKeever, Merisier, Meshoyrer, Murphy, Nucci, O’Connor, Orelus, Osorio-Fernandez, Parsa, S. Patel, Pierce, Poole, Prihoda, Purcell, Quincy, Sam Rabinowitz, Rodriguez, Roth, Saltzman, Samaan, Santitoro, Santos Mendoza, Savage, Sayde, Schroth, Schwartz, Scott, Searcy, Sergel, Shafik, Shapiro, Shinbrot, Shobut, Siederer, Simonds, Smith, Spiegel, Suh, Swamy, Szatrowski, Tawadros, Tewfik, Thompson, Tirino, Torres, Van Stine, Vito, Volino, Wagner, Weiss, White, Wirtenberg, Wolfe, Yusuf, Zhou

MEMBERS EXCUSED: Ariwoola, Barbarella Andrews, Copeland, Cundiff, Dane, Davy, Holloway, Keates, Lutz, Pintar, Moghe, Oliver, Sharma

MEMBERS ABSENT: Abuliak, Adya, Ameri, Anderson Eloy, Ardeshna, Axelsson, Barone, Blanchett, Camartin, Campbell, Cantor, Conway, Cuitiño, Eaton, Edelstein, Feldman, Flynn, Fudge, Geary, Griffin, Habeb, Halkitis, Henderson, Hien, Irizarry, Javanmard, Joergensen, Johnson, Kaye, Kazi, Kettle, Kustka, Lawson, Lehman, Lei, Leibman, Li, Lopez, March, Mazurek, McCarthy, Menifield, Merians, Murtha, Mutcherson, O’Halloran, O’Toole, Papakonstantinou, Pedersen, Perez, C. Potter, J. Potter, Raheel, Rossman-Murphy, Sarath, Schnetzer, Shapiro, Smart, Sonnenberg, Strom, Takhistov, Tare, Tillis, Torres, Whitehead, Zhang

CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM – Adrienne Simonds, Chair

Chair Simonds called the first meeting of the 2023-24 Rutgers University Senate to order at 10:22 a.m.

SECRETARY’S REPORT – Vicki Hewitt, Executive Secretary

REPORT OF THE NOMINATING PANEL – Lucille Foster and Samuel Rabinowitz, Nominating Panel Co-Chairs

Nominating Panel Co-Chair Sam Rabinowitz presented the report of the Nominating Panel and gave a brief overview of the nomination and election process.

Senator Rabinowitz announced candidates for all positions, calling for nominations from the floor in each category except for Chair and Vice Chair, as mandated by USGC report S-1501. He also announced that Student elections will be conducted in the fall because of a lack of availability of election results.

After nominations were completed, including those made from the floor, the resultant slate of candidates was:

Chair: Robert Schwartz, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (F); Adrienne Simonds, School of Health Professions (F)

Vice Chair: Lucille Foster, RBS-Newark (F); Robert Schwartz, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (F)

Executive Committee Camden Faculty: Ralph Giraud, School of Business-Camden (F)

Executive Committee New Brunswick Faculty: Robert Boikess, SAS-NB (F); Anna Haley, School of Social Work (F); Robert Scott, School of Arts and Sciences-NB (F); Troy Shinbrot, School of Engineering (F)

Executive Committee Newark Faculty: Paul Boxer, SAS-N (F); Ted Szatrowski, Rutgers Business School (F)

Executive Committee RBHS Faculty: Geza Kiss, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (F); Monica Roth, RBHS At-Large (F); Kevin Schroth, RBHS Centers, Bureaus and Institutes (F); Robert Schwartz, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (F)

Executive Committee Full-Time Faculty At-Large: Robert Boikess, SAS-NB (F); Monica Roth, RBHS At-Large (F); Kevin Schroth, RBHS Centers, Bureaus and Institutes (F); Robert Schwartz, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (F); Troy Shinbrot, School of Engineering (F); Ted Szatrowski, Rutgers Business School (F)

Executive Committee Part-Time Lecturer Faculty: Karen Thompson, PTL-NB (F)

Executive Committee Alumni: Houshang Parsa, Alumni Association (A)

Executive Committee Staff: Adrienne Esposito, New Brunswick Staff; Rehan Khan, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Staff

Board of Governors Faculty Representative: Thomas Figueira, School of Arts and Sciences-NB (F); Heather Pierce, Part-Time Lecturer-New Brunswick, Faculty; Samuel Rabinowitz, School of Business-C (F)

RESULTS OF THE 2023-24 ELECTIONS:

Chair: Adrienne Simonds, School of Health Professions (F)

Vice Chair: Lucille Foster, RBS-Newark (F)

Executive Committee Camden Faculty: Ralph Giraud, School of Business-Camden (F)

Executive Committee New Brunswick Faculty: Anna Haley, School of Social Work (F)

Executive Committee Newark Faculty: Paul Boxer, SAS-N (F)

Executive Committee RBHS Faculty: Geza Kiss, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (F)

Executive Committee Full-Time Faculty At-Large: Monica Roth, RBHS At-Large (F); Kevin Schroth, RBHS Centers, Bureaus and Institutes (F)

Executive Committee Part-Time Lecturer Faculty: Karen Thompson, PTL-NB (F)

Executive Committee Alumni: Houshang Parsa, Alumni Association (A)

Executive Committee Staff: Adrienne Esposito, New Brunswick Staff

Due to concerns about the election for Board of Governors Faculty Representative and time constraints, elections for the Board of Governors Faculty Representative and Board of Trustees Faculty Representative were postponed.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 1:01 p.m.

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

Present Senators

Lauren Adamo Warren Allen Katie Anderson Cori Anderson Rochelle Andrews Robert Apel Consuella Askew Marie-Pierre Aubry Gloria Bachmann Rajita Bhavaraju Sanjib Bhuyan Robert Boikess Detlev Boison Debra Borie-Holtz Natalie Borisovets James Boucher Paul Boxer Mary Bridgeman Christine Cahill Mihaela Caponegro Nichelle Carpenter Eduardo Chama Joy Chang Antonio Chiricolo Rachel Choron Alison Clarke Charlie Collick Taryn Cooper Wei Dai Siatta Davis Malica Dock Wayne Eastman Adrienne Esposito Brian Everett Bart Everts Mahnaz Fatahzadeh Thomas Figueira Lucille Foster Margaret Fox Sonal Gahlawat Miguel Garcia Lauren Giermanski Ralph Giraud Jie Gong Michael Gower Dewanna Graham Andre Granadeiro Zhixiong (James) Guo Grace Guo Kemal Gursoy Anna Haley Adam Hisham Hamawy Martha Haviland Michael Hayes Vicki Hewitt Oscar Holmes Abdelrahman Ibrahim Galathara Kahanda SungWoo Kahng Joshua Kaplan Michael Kelly Rehan Khan Geza Kiss Timothy Knievel Kevin Kolben Gerard LaMorte Ronald Ladell Kangsoo Lee Jeffrey Levine Natalie Losada Rachel Maeng Brown Chiara Manzini Josephine Marchetta David Matta Kenneth McKeever Moses Merisier Emanuel Meshoyrer Kyle Murphy Mary Nucci James O'Connor Easter Orelus Arturo Osorio-Fernandez Tugrul Ozel Houshang Parsa Suja Patel Heather Pierce Madai Poole Katherine Prihoda Wendy Purcell Ronald Quincy Sam Rabinowitz Wendy Rodriguez Monica Roth Cynthia Saltzman Mirna Samaan Joseph Santitoro Gary Santos Mendoza Amy Savage Mark Sayde Kevin Schroth Robert Schwartz Rob Scott Safanya Searcy Emily Sergel Domatius Shafik Michael Shapiro Troy Shinbrot Sarah Shobut Martin Siederer Adrienne Simonds Morgan Smith Menahem Spiegel Nanjoo Suh Siddharth Swamy Ted Szatrowski Andrew-mina Tawadros George Tewfik Karen Thompson Chloe Tirino Elizabeth Torres Michael Van Stine Elijah Vito Lucio Volino Mary Wagner Robert Weiss Carolyne White Thelma "Jeanna" Wirtenberg Wojtek Wolfe Nusrath Yusuf Zhongren (David) Zhou

Excused Senators

Azeezat Ariwoola Liza Barbarello Andrews Paul Copeland Bill Cundiff Perry Dane James Davy Jonathan Holloway Debra Keates Carol Lutz Prabhas Moghe Jon Oliver John Pintar Ranita Sharma

Absent Senators

Larry Abuliak Monica Adya Mason Ameri Fauzan Amjad Jean Anderson Eloy Anil Ardeshna Victoria Axelsson Tumininu Ayorinde Joseph Barone Wanda Blanchett Johanna Bond Melitta Camartin Sara Campbell Nancy Cantor Francine Conway Alberto Cuitiño Adrienne Eaton Michelle Edelstein Cecile Feldman Linda Flynn Isaiah Fudge Jason Geary John Griffin Daniel Habeb Perry Halkitis Taja-Nia Henderson Arpana Inman Patricia Irizarry Mehdi Javanmard Robert Johnson Rachel Kaye Armaan Kazi John Kettle Adam Kustka Laura Lawson Richard Lehman Lei Lei Ray Leibman Dafna Lemish Jeremy Li Norman Markowitz Monica Mazurek Nkechi Mbadugha Bill McCarthy Alma Merians Christine Morales Patricia Morton Amy Murtha Donna Nickitas Kimberly O'Halloran Tiffany Olivera Periklis Papakonstantinou Ilce Perez Alexander Pichugin Moeed Raheel Rohit Ramachandran Mark Robson Lisa Rossman-Murphy Bharat Sarath Stephen Schnetzer Stuart Shapiro Michael Smart Frank Sonnenberg Brian Strom Paul Takhistov Kaushik Tare Antonio Tillis Jose Torres Gregg Van Ryzin Juli Wade Ian Whitehead Yahong Zhang

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