Meeting of the CCAS Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
November 14, 2022
The meeting was called to order at approximately 11:20 a.m., with CCAS Faculty Senate President Beth Rabinowitz presiding. There are 44 Senators, including 3 officers and 3 senators-at-large. Of the 41 voting members, 28 were present. A quorum was met.
- A motion to approve the minutes of October 17, 2022, was made. The motion to approve the minutes was approved.
Voting record: 28 ayes, 0 opposed, 0 abstention.
- Courses and Programs presented by Alex Roche, Chair of the APC, for approval by the Faculty Senate:
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Courses presented for approval by APC to Faculty Senate November 14, 2022 |
Voting Record |
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Department |
Course # |
Course Title |
Credit Value |
New/ Revision |
Aye |
Nay |
Abstention |
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Biology |
50:120:313 |
EvoCURE Evolution Lab |
1 |
New |
28 |
0 |
0 |
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Childhood Studies |
50:163:290 |
Trans Childhoods |
3 |
New |
28 |
0 |
0 |
|
Childhood Studies |
50:163:340 |
Youth Activism and Art |
3 |
New |
28 |
0 |
0 |
|
World Languages & Cultures |
50:420:346 |
French Fantasy & Science-Fiction |
3 |
New |
28 |
0 |
0 |
|
World Languages & Cultures |
50:470:371 |
World War II in German Film |
3 |
New |
28 |
0 |
0 |
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World Languages & Cultures |
50:470:372 |
German History in German Film |
3 |
New |
28 |
0 |
0 |
- Dean Griffin came to speak to the Senate and answered faculty questions pertaining to a proposed metric for assessing departments, budget shortfalls, administrative costs, and revenue for online courses.
- The President suggested an emergency meeting on Friday, 11/18/22, consisting of 4-5 senators along with department chairs to discuss and brainstorm potential alternatives to the proposed metric.
- The President put a motion on the table to approve changes recently made to the Faculty Handbook by the Dean’s Office. The motion was approved.
Voting record: 27 ayes, 0 opposed, 1 abstention.
- The President’s updates were tabled in the interest of time.
- The Secretary presented and discussed an issue being organized by the Climate Justice Committee of the Union, regarding a potential catastrophic natural gas line transportation proposal. The hazardous substances would have to be released near a preschool in order to create the terminal facility. This directly threatens the RU-Camden and the broader Camden community. The committee is working with a student group called Green Thumbs to circulate a petition addressed to Governor Murphy to stop the Gibbstown LNG terminal. Please consider signing the petition and circulating the petition to your departments, which can be found here: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_54EzpSLPprKYQ06. Please also let Jovanna know if she or a student member of Green Thumbs can come speak at your class to raise awareness amongst students. Anyone interested in participating around the organization against this project is welcome to let Jovanna know as well.
- James Boucher provided updates on the Ad Hoc Committee on Shared Governance:
- Documents will be posted on the Senate Canvas site representing some changes to committee structures. Please review the documents. If anyone has prior experience on any of the committees, please feel free to reach out to James B. or Susan, and/or comment on the document on the Canvas site.
- A Statement on Shared Governance document, drafted by Lori and Lauren, will also be posted on the Canvas site for possible suggestions or revisions.
Please make suggestions for revisions by Wednesday, 11/23/22. The goal is to have any amendments to the bylaws put up for a vote at the next meeting in December, and then call for a full faculty meeting to approve.
The meeting adjourned at 12:20 p.m.
Present: Ross Allen, Paul Bernstein, Margaret Betz, James Boucher, Jim Brown, I-Ming Chiu, Lauren Daniel, Iman Dehzangi, Sean Duffy, Jamie Dunaev, Jinglin Fu, Anthony Geneva, Anthony Grasso, Julie Griepenburg, Holly Humes, George Kumi, Randy Mershon, Lorraine Minnite, Kayla Preito-Hodge, Xingyun Qi, James Rushing, Stass Shpanin, Lorrin Thomas, Zara Wilkinson, Nate Wright; Officers: Beth Rabinowitz, Susan Miller, Jovanna Rosen
Absent (Senators): Margery Amdur, Osama Hamed, Aaron Hostetter, Nick Kapur, Ana Laguna Smith, Haisheng Li, John Wall, Jeff Wang
Excused Absent (Senators): Chris Fitter
Present Senators-at-Large: Bart Everts, Paul Jargowsky
Absent Senators-at-Large: Nathan Fried
Excused Senators-at-Large: (absent)
Present (Invited Guests): Mary Beth Daisey, Dean John Griffin, Alex Roche
Drafted by Melinda Aviles, 11/28/22