Meeting of the Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
October 29, 2019
The meeting was called to order at approximately 12:48 p.m., with FASC Senate President Jim Brown presiding. There are 43 Senators, including two officers and five senators-at-large. Of the 43 voting members, 35 were present. A quorum was met.
- A motion to approve the minutes of September 24, 2019 was made. The motion to approve the minutes with the correction was Voting record: 0 ayes, 0 opposed, 0 abstention.
- 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 September 24, 2019 |
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Course # |
Course Title |
Credit Value |
New/ Revision |
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Philosophy & Religion |
50:730:240 |
Research Ethics |
3 |
New |
34 |
1 |
0 |
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Philosophy & Religion |
50:840:338 |
Religion and Human Rights |
3 |
New |
34 |
1 |
0 |
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- General Remarks:
- Approval of minutes for the September 24, 2019 meeting has been deferred until the November meeting.
- Student proposed major of Urban Sustainability in Argiculture had been completed with the assistance of Lorraine Minnite accepting the advising role.
- Attendance will be tracked. 2 unexcused absences will result in notification of Department Chair for nomination of a new senator.
- Attendance will be recorded as present, absent, and explained absent.
- SGA will take up policies for student representatives attending Faculty Senate meetings.
- Paul Butler of the Registrar’s Office attended the meeting to discuss Infosilum
- Will go into effect in Fall 2020.
- Infosilum has been put in place to assist with the high demands of larger classrooms and programs trying to schedule against each other (i.e. Chemistry/Biology/Physics).
- Infosilum can create course combinations to make sure classes don’t conflict.
- Scheduling window is a hard deadline due to system information being uploaded as one data set with all campuses.
- System schedules everything all at once not sequentially.
- Union contracts have not been negotiated for Infosilum.
- Rutgers-Camden faculty does not need to fill out instructor availability form.
- Courses can be hard scheduled.
- Schedules can be reviewed and edited before courses go live.
- Motion was presented to have a union representative advise on solidarity with New Brunswick. Voting record: 35 ayes, 0 opposed, 0 abstention.
- Equity Program
- http://www.rutgersaaup.org/news/sherry-wolf/equity-program-information-sessions
- University cannot be punished for giving equity raises.
- For general inquiries email equityprogram@rutgersaaup.org
- Put in place to assist with gender, race, and equity across campus.
- Faculty peer mentors are being requested to assist with forms.
- https://www.nj.com/ maintains a less than year old list of public employees salaries
- Motion presented to return to departments and check for questions to present to Howard. Voting record: 35 ayes, 0 opposed, 0 abstention.
- New Business
- Change of hours in library due to lack of security and funding.
- Dining Contract
- Building access and campus safety
The meeting adjourned at 1:45 p.m.
Present: Craig Agule, Margery Amdur, Paul Bernstein, Kate Cairns, Courtney Cavanaugh, I-Ming Chiu, Jinglin Fu, Julie Griepenburg, Osama Hamed, Michael Hayes, George Kumi, Haisheng, Li, Nathan Link, Paul Lisicky, Susan Miller, Susan Mokhberi, Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Lisa Payne, Sylvia Perez-Cortes, Beth Rabinowitz, Erin Robinson, Ira Roseman, Jillian Sayre, Dan Semenza, Dan Shain, Stass Shpanin, Sunil Shende, Carol Singley, Zara Wilkinson; Officers: Jim Brown, Shauna Shames
Absent (Senators): James Boucher, Aaron Hostetter, Debashis Kushary, Kris Lindenmeyer, Chinyere Osuji,
Explained Absent (Senators): Angelica Gonzalez, Amy Savage
Optional and noted (Faculty Senators-At-Large and University Senators):
Senators-at-Large: (present) Bart Everts, Paul Jargowsky, Joan Mazelis, Laura Napolitano
Senators-at-Large: (absent) Jean-Louis Hippolyte
Present (Invited Guests):
Drafted by Kelly Esterly, ________________________________