Meeting Minutes #193

Members Present: H. Baruh, S. Bhuyan, R. Boikess, L. Carbone, C. Clauss-Ehlers, S. Connolly, M. Cotter (Chair), J. Crowley, D. Fishman, M. Flahive DiNardo, J. Friedman, Z. Gajic, M. Gliserman, A. Howard, M-K Joo, M. Killingsworth, J-H Kim, P. Klein, D. Lammerts, X. Liu, K. McKeever, N. Minsky, L. Morrow, D. O'Connor, M. Radford, D. Redlawsk, L. Schein, M. Schwander, T. Stephens, K. St. Martin, L. Sun, G. Taghon, Z. Tan, K. Thompson, C. Uslay, W. Ward, R. Welch, E. Williams, J. Zahn

Non-Members Present: R. Edwards, K. Swalagin (Recording Secretary)

1.    Call to Order – Martha Cotter, New Brunswick Faculty Council Chairperson
 
Council Chairperson Martha Cotter called the 193rd meeting of the New Brunswick Faculty Council (NBFC) to order at 1:19 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2013 in Room ABC of Brower Commons, College Avenue Campus. She welcomed all present.

2.    Approval of Agenda
 
The agenda for this meeting, as distributed by the chair, including time limits, was approved.
 
3.    Approval of Minutes of October 11, 2013
 
The Minutes of the October 11, 2013 NBFC meeting were corrected and approved, with the proviso that if other corrections need to be made, members will send those to Ken Swalagin, recording secretary.
 
4.     Chair's Report - Martha Cotter, NBFC Chair

Chairperson Cotter's report included comments on the following:

  • President Barchi's acceptance of the recently submitted new foundational element for the strategic plan, which had been approved by the NBFC as well as the Camden and Newark Faculty Councils and the University Senate;
  • her attempts to discuss the NBFC's resolution and ad hoc committee on athletics with Athletic Director Julie Hermann, without success; and
  • a docketed committee-of-the-whole discussion on issues for NBFC consideration during the winter break or next semester, including input on the New Brunwick strategic plan, addition of the NBFC to the University Policy Library, support for the chair, developments on charges currently in NBFC standing committees, developments regarding online courses that may engender revision of some committee charges, Pearson e-College, copyright issues, etc.

5.    Administrative Report – Richard Edwards, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
 
Richard Edwards, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, presented an administrative report which focused on: 

  • strategic planning; and
  • plans for a New Brunswick Honors College.

Edwards then responded to questions, or heard comments, on the above and additional subjects including: 

  • the docketed NBFC report and resolution on the proposed New Brunswick honors college (submitted by the NBFC's Curriculum, Teaching, and Honors Committee);
  • work being done on a multiyear plan for athletics, and the related need for the NBFC to communicate with Athletic Director Hermann;
  • goals for hiring new faculty, and related funding needs;
  • strategic planning processes and timelines; and
  • the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), and the potential for joint classes with other member institutions.

6.    Curriculum, Teaching, and Honors Committee (CTHC) Report, Recommendations, and Resolution on the Proposal for a New Brunswick Honors College - Martha Cotter, CTHC Chair

Dan O'Connor, last year's NBFC chair, assumed the chair and presided while CTHC Chair Martha Cotter summarized her committee's report and recommendations on the proposal for a New Brunswick Honors College. The report and its recommendations, as well as the accompanying resolution, were discussed at some length, with several amendments being adopted. The report, in the form as it appears at the above link, was then adopted unanimously by the NBFC.

7.    Report on Progress in Developing the Rutgers Open Access Policy - Dan Fishman, Library and Academic Resources Committee (LARC) Chair

LARC Chair Dan Fishman reported that he and his committee are reviewing the University Senate's October 2012 report and recommendations on open access.

8.    Old Business

There was no old business.

9.    New Business

There was a brief discussion of how the NBFC can respond substantively as a group, and have input to the New Brunswick Strategic Plan.

10.    Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 3:26 p.m.

Minutes written and submitted by,
Ken Swalagin
Recording Secretary of the New Brunswick Faculty Council