Meeting of the Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
April 22, 2019
The meeting was called to order at approximately 11:20 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, 14 were present. A quorum was met.
- A motion to approve the minutes of March 25, 2019 was made. The motion to approve the minutes with the correction was Voting record: 14 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 March 25, 2018 |
Voting Record |
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Dept |
Course # |
Course Title |
Credit Value |
New/ Revision |
Aye |
Nay |
Abstention |
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Childhood Studies |
50:163:255 |
Childhood & Pediatric Medicine |
3 |
New |
14 |
0 |
0 |
|
Childhood Studies |
50:160:361 |
Young Adult Literature |
3 |
Revision |
14 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fine Arts |
50:080:361 |
Art Therapy I |
3 |
New |
14 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mathematics |
50:960:282 |
Intro Stats I CISS |
1 |
New |
14 |
0 |
0 |
|
World Languages |
50:940:117 |
Emergency Spanish |
3 |
New |
14 |
0 |
0 |
|
World Languages |
50:940:251 |
Spanish & Latinos in the US |
3 |
New |
14 |
0 |
0 |
|
World Languages |
50:940:370 |
Being Bilingual: Spanish & English Contrasts |
3 |
New |
14 |
0 |
0 |
- Juvenile Justice and Youth Development Minor was presented for approval. Voting record: 14 ayes, 0 opposed, 0 abstentions.
- Student Proposed Major-Bachelors of Linguistics was presented for approval. Voting record: 13 ayes, 1 opposed, 0 abstentions. Questions were presented regarding an appropriate timeline to propose majors.
- Emily Corse and Carly Finkel were present to discuss Canvas https://canvas.rutgers.edu/. By moving from multiple systems to a single, university-wide learning management system (LMS), we will be fostering collaboration, reducing complexity, and simplifying the learning and teaching experience for Rutgers students and faculty. This new website will be an essential tool in assisting the Rutgers community as we make the transition to Canvas. Canvas is known for its ease of use, flexibility, and mobile capabilities, and we have implemented these same features in the revamped Rutgers Canvas website. The new site features:
- a simplified overall experience for faculty, students, and staff
- streamlined content, navigation menus, and page layouts
- increased visibility of key Canvas features
- a modern look and feel
- Jim Brown was present to discuss contract updates. Contracts were settled agreeing to equity pay for women, funding for diversity hiring and retention, increase in pay for TA/GAs, abilities for NTTs to go through a grievable process if not promoted, and raises for full-time tenure and non-tenure track faculty. There is a formal process for salary appeals. There was an issue with emails being received by union members during negotiations.
The meeting adjourned at 12:20 p.m.
Present: Craig Agule, Ross Allen, James Boucher, Kate Cairns, Julianne Griepenburg, Osama Hamed, George Kumi, Rufan Luo, Silvia Perez Cortes, Beth Rabinowitz, Jillian Sayre, Amy Savage; Officers: Julie Still, James Brown, Wayne Glasker
Absent (Senators): Andrew Abeyta, Margery Amdur, Kate Anderson, Joseph Barbarese, Paul Bernstein, Melanie Bowers, Angelica Gonzalez, Michael Hayes, Aaron Hostetter, Guy Kortsarz, Debashis Kushary, Haisheng, Li, Susan Mokhberi, Kirsten Nussbaumer, Richard Stansfield.
Optional and noted (Faculty Senators-At-Large and University Senators):
Senators-at-Large: (present) Bart Everts, Paul Jargowsky, Joan Mazelis
Senators-at-Large: (absent) Jean-Louis Hippolyte, Laura Napolitano
University Senators: (all absent) Joseph Barbarese, Babu Dasari, Greg Pardlo, Vacant University Senator position – CCAS.
Present (Invited Guests): Emily Corse and Carly Finkel , Instructional Computing
Drafted by Kelly Esterly, ________________________________
Submitted by Wayne Glasker, Faculty Senate Secretary