Meeting of the Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
January 28, 2019
The meeting was called to order at approximately 11:23 a.m., with FASC Senate President Julie Still presiding. There are 36 Senators, including three officers and five senators-at-large. Of the 28 voting members, 18 were present. A quorum was met.
- A motion to approve the minutes of December 10, 2018 was made. The motion to approve the minutes with the correction was Voting record: 18 ayes, 0 opposed, 0 abstentions.
- Courses and Programs presented by Alex Roche Chair of the APC for approval by the Senate:
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Courses presented for approval by APC to Faculty Senate December 10, 2018 |
Voting Record |
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Dept |
Course # |
Course Title |
Credit Value |
New/ Revision |
Aye |
Nay |
Abstention |
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Digital Studies |
50:209:120 |
Podcasting |
3 |
New |
18 |
0 |
0 |
|
English & Communication |
50:350:203 |
Literature of Hip Hop |
3 |
New |
18 |
0 |
0 |
|
English & Communication |
50:350:204 |
Immigrant Voices |
3 |
New |
18 |
0 |
0
|
|
English & Communication |
50:350:205 |
Responses to Landscape in English Literature |
3 |
New |
18 |
0 |
0 |
|
Gender Studies |
50:443:225 |
Gender & Technology |
3 |
New |
18 |
0 |
0 |
|
Health Sciences |
50:499:201 |
Careers in Health Sciences |
3 |
New |
18 |
0 |
0 |
|
Health Sciences |
50:499:303 |
Health Law |
3 |
New |
18 |
0 |
0 |
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Philosophy & Religion |
50:840:318 |
Religion and Law |
3 |
New |
18 |
0 |
0 |
- Jason Rivera, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Academic Success was present to discuss the roles of the Student Affairs Office. http://success.camden.rutgers.edu
- EOF
- Trio/SSS
- Leadership Institute
- Learning Center
- RaptorConnect – (progress reports)
- Disability Services
- Student Success Coaches
- Experiential Learning
- Raptor Impact Retreat
- Raptor Connect is responsible for progress reports. Through this system the Division of Student and Academic Success will reach out to flagged students to assist them with the resources they need. Positive communications are sent as well. The Division of Student and Academic Success is researching different mechanisms to improve the timing of progress reports, as well as providing students with more useful information for success. The Senate requested an implementation of different mechanisms to assist the faculty with seeing a list of the flagged students who were contacted and responded.
- The Learning Center is now providing proctoring for examinations at 8:00 am.
- The new director of Disability Services is Erin Leuthold leuthold@rutgers.edu
- Student Success Coaches program is currently in its second year. Their role is to assist students with increasing their GPA, their academic focus, and social focus. A 3 meeting mandate is required. The goal of the student services coaches is to help students acclimate to the campus.
- Online tutoring is available for students through Smart Thinking. https://learn.camden.rutgers.edu/smartthinking
- Learning specialists are available to assist students who are on probation and continued probation. learn@camden.rutgers.edu
- Mary Beth Daisey, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, was present to discuss the roles of the Student Affairs Office. http://studentaffairs.camden.rutgers.edu
- Athletics and Recreation
- Career Center (includes internships)
- Student Health Services (changing name to Wellness Center in the near future)
- Office of Student Involvement (includes events and student organizations)
- Campus Center
- International Students and Programs (includes learning abroad)
- Office of Veteran and Military Affairs
- Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance
- Office of Housing and Residence Life
- Office of New Student Programs
- Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs
- Rutgers Camden app: http://rutgerscamden.campusapp.com/
- REACT – Rutgers Events at Camden https://rutgerscamden.campuslabs.com/engage/events
- The Students Affairs Office consists of the conduct side, Office of Community Standards, and the care side.
- Care reports are to help identify students who appear to be struggling or troubled. The purpose of the reports is to assist with providing students the resources needed to be successful in the RUC environment. Reports can be submitted via email at seanstu@camden.rutgers.edu or online https://deanofstudents.camden.rutgers.edu.
- Questions were addressed pertaining to the correct process for students withdrawing from a class when they are under an academic integrity investigation. Per the policy, students are not allowed to withdraw from the class while the investigation is in progress. Concerns were presented because students have been able to withdraw. Mary Beth Daisey will check with the Registrar’s Office to see if resources are available that will block students from withdrawing, as well as resources to provide faculty with information pertaining to students that are allowed to withdraw once the investigation process is completed.
- Rich Epstein will be stepping down as Chair of Rules and Procedures.
- Faculty Senate Resolution on the Writing and Design Lab:
“The College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate has had numerous discussions about the need for support of student writing on campus, and we recently met with Travis DuBose, Director of the Writing and Design Lab (WDL). The WDL, which provides students with consultations at any stage of the writing process and trains consultants with the current writing pedagogy, is an important resource for students at Rutgers-Camden. However, the WDL is currently funded only by the English Department and thus does not have the resources to serve all students. Given that this resource can and should serve all of the College of Arts and Sciences, we would like to advocate for College-level financial support for the WDL. We believe the WDL plays a crucial role in ensuring students success in writing.”
The meeting adjourned at 12:15 p.m.
Present: Andrew Abeyta, Ross Allen, Kate Anderson, James Boucher, Julianne Griepenburg, Osama Hamed, Guy Kortsarz, George Kumi, Haisheng, Li, Silvia Perez Cortes, Amy Savage, Jillian Sayre; Officers: Julie Still, Wayne Glasker
Absent (Senators): Craig Agule, Margery Amdur, Joseph Barbarese, Paul Bernstein, Melanie Bowers, James Brown, Kate Cairns, Angelica Gonzalez, Michael Hayes, Aaron Hostetter, Debashis Kushary, Rufan Luo, Susan Mokhberi, Kirsten Nussbaumer, Beth Rabinowitz, Richard Stansfield.
Optional and noted (Faculty Senators-At-Large and University Senators):
Senators-at-Large: (present) Bart Everts, Jean-Louis Hippolyte, Paul Jargowsky, Joan Mazelis, Laura Napolitano
Senators-at-Large: (absent)
University Senators: (all absent) Joseph Barbarese, Babu Dasari, Greg Pardlo, Vacant University Senator position – CCAS.
Present (Invited Guests): Mary Beth Daisey, Student Affairs; Jason Rivera, Student & Academic Success; Alex Roche, APC Chair
Drafted by Kelly Esterly, ________________________________
Submitted by Wayne Glasker, Faculty Senate Secretary