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Apr 24th
9:30 am

Senate Organizational Meeting

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RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDA
Friday, April 24, 2026, 9:30 a.m. via Zoom

https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/92176550908?pwd=EFFrHPV0J8nCBloMVeggFs2hgcuw40.1

FIRST MEETING OF THE 2026-2027 UNIVERSITY SENATE
ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA FOR THE ELECTION OF
2026-2027 SENATE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

CALL TO ORDER AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM – Lucille Foster, Chair

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY – Taryn Cooper, Senate Executive Secretary

REPORT OF THE ELECTION COMMITTEE – Robert Schwartz, Election Committee Chair

SLATE OF NOMINEES – Slate of Nominees and Candidate Statements

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

ONLINE VOTING at https://senate.rutgers.edu/election/2026-27-senate-leadership-elections/

ADJOURNMENT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING

 

No minutes have been recorded for this meeting.

Present Senators

Victoria Abraira Koray Akdogan Katie Anderson Rochelle Andrews Keena Arbuthnot Uswa Ashraf Consuella Askew Gloria Bachmann Mark Doug Baker Liza Barbarello Andrews Sylviana Barsoum Sanjib Bhuyan Detlev Boison Natalie Borisovets Paul Boxer Mary Bridgeman Nathaniel Brilliant Jim Brown Sara Campbell Jo-Leo Carney-Waterton Brian Cañares Prithika Chintala Alison Clarke Anthony Colavito Taryn Cooper Suzanne Crincoli Perry Dane Susan DeMatteo Deepali Dixit Malica Dock Gary Ebert Peter Economou Basem Elashal Kevin Emmons Kelly Esposito Isabella Esposito Brian Everett Mahnaz Fatahzadeh Sue Fenker Anthony Filippelli Janice Fine Julie Flynn Lucille Foster Alan Frenkel Ralph Giraud Michelle Gittelman Jeremy Grachan Dewanna Graham Mayte Green-Mercado Mert Gurbuzbalaban Kemal Gursoy Emely Gutierrez Charles Haberl Kayla Hadash Anna Haley Martha Haviland Kerry Hennessy Brian Householder Joenathan Hunter Sabiha Hussain Roshni Jacob Tara Jordan-McKinney David Kaback Debra Keates John Kettle Geza Kiss Katarzyna Klimczak Timothy Knievel Adam Kustka Gerard LaMorte Ronald Ladell Jonathan Paul Langowski Marc Limata Rachel Lyons John Maerhofer Michael Mathews Michael Matott Caitlin McCarthy Edward McCrossin Kenneth McKeever Sahil Mittal Cory Morton John Newhouse Chidera Ntiwunka-Ifeanyi Ajit Pai Nathaniel Paris Suja Patel Will Payne Heather Pierce Daniel Pilch Jedediah Pixley Nancy Pontes Devaiah Poylangada Kusum Punjabi Wendy Purcell Francisco Quevado Ronald Quincy Sam Rabinowitz Rohit Ramachandran Victoria Ramenzoni Amisha Rastogi Hina Rehman Javier Robles Andrew Rombach David Salas-de la Cruz Cynthia Saltzman Hamed Samavat Gary Santos Mendoza Karina Schafer Sarah Scharf Robert Schwartz Rob Scott Rachel Seiden Richard Sese Federico Sesti Chirag Shah Deeyan Shah Burton Sheaffer Simon Sheppard Troy Shinbrot Jason Silver Elizabeth Sloan-Power Morgan Smith Menahem Spiegel Ted Szatrowski Abhi Tamboli William Tate Jose Torres Kiley Trott Georgios Tsilomelekis Emmanuel Uzoma Nwachukwu Josue Vasquez Gavin Walker-Mason Sijian Wang Weronika Wasniowska Jeana Wirtenberg Tesia Yachimovicz Helmut Zarbl Zhongren (David) Zhou

Excused Senators

Absent Senators

Salma Abedullah Hanzla Ahmad Fauzan Amjad Lailatou Bambara Nicola Behrmann Joshua Bucher Danny Carmona Christopher Cartmill Ben Cramer Donald Crooks Enrique Curchitser Mohammad Dastjerdi Siatta Davis Wei Fang Meledy Fortuna Sophia Fraga Christopher Godoy Jie Gong Rian Gunthner Vanshika Gupta Arash Hatefi Fred Hoffman Mehdi Javanmard William Jjuuko Daisy Kamara Olivia Kamchaji Fadi Kayyal Erin Kelly Ameya Ketankumar Patel Sehrish Khan William Kim Doyle Knight Zackary Korczak Angella Lawino Linda Layne Geeny Lee Alex Lee Carrie Lobman Megan Lotts Dana Luciano Carol Lutz Rachel Maeng Brown Kameswari Maganti Milind Mahajan Pal Maliga Rupal Mansukhani Zhengyu Mao Monica Mazurek Angie McGuire Andrés Morera Kyle Murphy James O'Connor Paul O'Keefe Ashley Obiorah Issata Oluwadare Nandika Pabbathy Aarya Patil Sarung Patkar Mark Paul John Pintar Debra Pittman Laura Ramirez Polo Michael Ratajczak Viswadhar Reddy Koduru Aurian Santa Ana Marisa Syed George Tewfik Roger Turbin Nilofar Varzgani Laurent Vera Haijun Zhang

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