MEMBERS PRESENT: Ahmed, Allen, K. Anderson, C. Anderson, Apel, Askew, Bachmann, Baker, Barbarello Andrews, Bhuyan, Boikess, Borisovets, Boucher, Boxer, Carney-Waterton, Clarke, Collick, Conway, Cooper, Dane, Davis, DeMatteo, Diaz-Tena, Dock, Easley , Eastman, Ebert, Esposito, Everett, Fatahzadeh, Fedorko, Foster, Giraud, Godoy, Gower, Grachan, Granadeiro, Green-Mercado, Griffin, Guo, Gurbuzbalaban, Gursoy, Haberl, Haley, Hart, Haviland, Henry, Hoffman, Jeyaprakash, Jordan-McKinney, Kayyal, Keates, R. Khan, S. Khan, Kiss, Knievel, Kustka, Ladell, Lam, Lee, Lobman, Markowitz, Mbadugha, Morales, P. Morton, C. Morton, Nadeem, O’Connor, Olivera, Osorio-Fernandez, Özel, Parsa, S. Patel, Pichugin, Pierce, Pontes, Purcell, Quincy, Ramachandran, Ramirez Polo, Robinson, Robles, Rodriguez, Rokerya, Rossman-Murphy, Roth, Salas-de la Cruz, Saltzman, Santos Mendoza, Schafer, Schwartz, Searcy, Sergel, Shaw, Shinbrot, Sonnenberg, Szatrowski, Taha, Takhistov, Torres, Truschke, Wilkinson, Wirtenberg, Wolfe, Yusuf, Zarouni, Zwick

MEMBERS EXCUSED: Cahill, Izhar, Kamen, Lutz, Pintar, Rabinowitz, Williams, Zhang

MEMBERS ABSENT: Abdelfattah, Adamo, Adya, Ahmed, Alkhalili, Ameri, Amjad, Anderson Eloy, Andrews, Anner, Ardeshna, Axelsson, Barone, Begum, Bernard, Bond, Boppey, Borie-Holtz, Bridgeman, Brown, Cafiero, Caponegro, Chao, Chiricolo, Choron, Cotter, Cuitiño, Curchitser, Dai, DiGiovanni, Dylewska, Elkholy, Everts, Feldman, Feng, Fenker, Figueira, Firat, Fulton, Geary, Giermanski, Gilmartin, Gnanaprakasam, Gong, Gould, Graham, Graham, Halkitis, Hisham Hamawy, Henderson, Holloway, Horan, Jaber, Javanmard, John, Johnson, Kaplan, Kaye, Kettle, Lam, Lawson, Lehman, Lei, Leibowitz, Lemish, Lescht, Maeng Brown, Maerhofer, Maganti, Mahajan-Cusack, Maliga, Mao, Matise, Mattis, Mazurek, B. McCarthy, C. McCarthy, McKeever, Moghe, Murphy, Murtha, Nickitas, Nucci, Oberle, Oliver, K. Patel, A. Patel, V. Patel, P. Patel, Perez, Ramchandani, Rentzel, Reshamdalal, Risman, Robson, Rohowsky-Kochan, Ruocco, Sarath, Savage, Sayde, Schroth, Scott, Senger, Sese, Shah, M. Shapiro, S. Shapiro, Shobut, Silva, Simonds, Sloan-Power, Smart, Muriel Soler, Sow, Span, Spiegel, Starkweather, Strom, Suh, Syed, Tewfik, Tillis, Tirino, Usman, Volino, Wade, Wagner, Weiss, White, Yang, Zhou

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

Chair Foster called the meeting to order at 8:33 a.m.

RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE RACIST CANCELLATION OF THE RUTGERS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS CONFERENCE

This resolution was withdrawn with unanimous consent.

RESOLUTION ON THE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING FREEZE AND UNIVERSITY RESPONSE

A motion was made to adopt an updated version of this resolution. The resolution was amended as follows:

A clause was added after the fifth Whereas clause: “WHEREAS the Trump Administration has made clear its intention to pursue a reduction or elimination of federal funding that is essential to scholarship and academic freedom through a variety of mechanisms moving forward.”
In the fourth Whereas clause, “scientific” was amended to “educational and research.”
In the final clause, “politically-motivated” was struck.

The amended resolution was adopted.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 9:22 a.m.

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

Present Senators

Babar Ahmed Warren Allen Katie Anderson Cori Anderson Robert Apel Consuella Askew Gloria Bachmann Mark Doug Baker Liza Barbarello Andrews Sanjib Bhuyan Robert Boikess Natalie Borisovets James Boucher Paul Boxer Jo-leo Carney-Waterton Alison Clarke Charlie Collick Francine Conway Taryn Cooper Perry Dane Siatta Davis Susan DeMatteo Nuria Diaz-Tena Malica Dock Lisa Easley Wayne Eastman Gary Ebert Adrienne Esposito Brian Everett Mahnaz Fatahzadeh Brielle Fedorko Lucille Foster Ralph Giraud Christopher Godoy Michael Gower Jeremy Grachan Andre Granadeiro Mayte Green-Mercado John Griffin Zhixiong (James) Guo Mert Gurbuzbalaban Kemal Gursoy Charles Haberl Anna Haley Daniel Hart Martha Haviland Adrian Henry Vicki Hewitt Fred Hoffman Aalin Izhar Nikitha Jeyaprakash Tara Jordan-McKinney Fadi Kayyal Debra Keates Rehan Khan Sehrish Khan Geza Kiss Timothy Knievel Adam Kustka Ronald Ladell Gavin Lam Geeny Lee Carrie Lobman Norman Markowitz Nkechi Mbadugha Christine Morales Cory Morton Patricia Morton Erum Nadeem Mary Nucci James O'Connor Tiffany Olivera Arturo Osorio-Fernandez Houshang Parsa Suja Patel Alexander Pichugin Heather Pierce Nancy Pontes Wendy Purcell Ronald Quincy Rohit Ramachandran Laura Ramirez Polo Jeffrey Robinson Javier Robles Wendy Rodriguez Sabeen Rokerya Lisa Rossman-Murphy Monica Roth David Salas-de la Cruz Cynthia Saltzman Gary Santos Mendoza Karina Schafer Robert Schwartz Safanya Searcy Emily Sergel Taylor Shaw Troy Shinbrot Morgan Smith Frank Sonnenberg Ted Szatrowski Ramez Taha Paul Takhistov Jose Torres Audrey Truschke Zara Wilkinson Jeana Wirtenberg Wojtek Wolfe Nusrath Yusuf Robert Zarouni Michael Zwick Tuğrul Özel

Excused Senators

Christine Cahill Madelyn Kamen Carol Lutz John Pintar Sam Rabinowitz Payton Williams Yahong Zhang

Absent Senators

Dina Abdelfattah Lauren Adamo Monica Adya Faizan Ahmed Adnan Alkhalili Mason Ameri Fauzan Amjad Jean Anderson Eloy Rochelle Andrews Mark Anner Anil Ardeshna Victoria Axelsson Joseph Barone Ferdousi Begum Sammara Bernard Johanna Bond Mrudhula Sai Boppey Debra Borie-Holtz Mary Bridgeman Emily Brown Christopher Cafiero Mihaela Caponegro Philippe Chao Antonio Chiricolo Rachel Choron Martha Cotter Alberto Cuitiño Enrique Curchitser Wei Dai Jeffery DiGiovanni Izabela Dylewska Nora Elkholy Bart Everts Cecile Feldman Jie Feng Sue Fenker Thomas Figueira Sean Firat Abigail Fulton Jason Geary Lauren Giermanski Morgan Gilmartin Vyshnavi Gnanaprakasam Jie Gong Ann Gould Dewanna Graham Noah Graham Perry Halkitis Adam Hisham Hamawy Taja-Nia Henderson Jonathan Holloway Kathleen Horan Nora Jaber Mehdi Javanmard Assa John Robert Johnson Joshua Kaplan Rachel Kaye John Kettle John Lam Laura Lawson Richard Lehman Lei Lei George Leibowitz Dafna Lemish Joseph Lescht Rachel Maeng Brown John Maerhofer Kameswari Maganti Lisa Mahajan-Cusack Pal Maliga Zhengyu Mao Michael Matise Jacqueline Mattis Monica Mazurek Bill McCarthy Caitlin McCarthy Kenneth McKeever Prabhas Moghe Kyle Murphy Amy Murtha Donna Nickitas Jennifer Oberle Jon Oliver Kush Patel Anand Patel Vir Patel Pavani Patel Ilce Perez Neesha Ramchandani Emma Rentzel Sahil Reshamdalal Rebecca Risman Mark Robson Christine Rohowsky-Kochan Gianna Ruocco Bharat Sarath Amy Savage Mark Sayde Kevin Schroth Kathleen Scott Priscilla Senger Richard Sese Chirag Shah Michael Shapiro Stuart Shapiro Sarah Shobut Gema Silva Adrienne Simonds Elizabeth Sloan-Power Michael Smart Ángel Muriel Soler Rabiyatu Sow Christopher Span Menahem Spiegel Angela Starkweather Brian Strom Nanjoo Suh Marissa Syed George Tewfik Antonio Tillis Chloe Tirino Sarah Usman Lucio Volino Juli Wade Mary Wagner Robert Weiss Carolyne White Kaifeng Yang Zhongren (David) Zhou