Meeting Agenda of April 21, 2017

New Brunswick Faculty Council
Agenda for Meeting # 217
April 21, 2017, 1:10 ‐ 3 PM
Committee meetings, 12 noon ‐ 1 PM
Busch Campus Center 120 ABC


  1. Call to order
  2. Approval of the agenda

  3. Approval of the minutes of the meeting of March 31, 2017

  4. Chair’s report – Tom Stephens

  5. Administrative report ‐ Chancellor Richard Edwards [Q&A time limit: 15 mins]

  6. Invited guest: Michele Norin, Sr. VP and Chief Info Officer. Topic: Future IT endeavors [Q&A time limit: 30 mins]

  7. Committee reports:

    • Restructuring of standing committees of the NBFC – Tom Stephens

    • Curriculum, Teaching, and Honors Committee – report on Learning Management Systems (Sakai, Canvas, and Blackboard) – Martha Cotter

    • Faculty and Personnel Affairs – report and resolution on search and hiring of future RU Presidents ‐ Jeff Friedman

    • Other committee reports

  8. NBFC election: Chair, Vice‐chair, EC members (5)

  9. Other business

  10. Adjournment