Meeting Minutes #220
Members Present: J. Aiello, R. Boikess, M. Flahive DiNardo, M. Gliserman, J. Gonzalez, A. Gould, D. Knight, T. Kuchi, M. Mayer, K. McKeever, N. Minsky, K. Morgan, T. Ozel, A. Pichugin, P. Pietroski, J. Pietruska, M. Rockland. T. Rodriguez, J. Rubin, S. Shapses, T. Stephens, T. Szatrowski, K. Thompson, R. Womack, Y-K. Yong
Non-Members Present: M. Cotter (Parliamentarian), B. Lee (Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs), R. Leslie (Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs), C. Retzko (Director of Special Projects - Office of Academic Affairs), K. Swalagin (Recording Secretary)
1. Call to Order – Tugrul Ozel, Substituting for Sanjib Bhuyan, New Brunswick Faculty Council (NBFC) Chair
New Brunswick Faculty Council Chairperson Sanjib Bhuyan was away for this meeting. Council Vice Chair Tugrul Ozel substituted as chair. He called the 220th meeting of the New Brunswick Faculty Council to order at 1:19 p.m. on Friday, November 17, 2017 in Room 174 of the Busch Student Center, Busch Campus. His report, on Bhuyan's behalf, included comments on:
- Bhuyan's anticipated return after Thanksgiving, and his apologies for missing this meeting;
- the recent, successful Teaching Conference, which focused on Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Barbara Lee's proposal for evaluation of teaching, and on which Martin Gliserman would report later in this meeting; and
- the new Rutgers scheduling system, which will be presented and explained at the January 2018 NBFC meeting by Paul Hammond, Assistant New Brunswick Vice Chancellor.
2. Approval of Agenda
The Agenda was approved as distributed..
3. Approval of Minutes of October 27, 2017 Meeting
The October 27, 2017 NBFC Minutes were approved.
4. Administrative Report
A docketed administrative report was not presented because Chancellor Deba Dutta was not present at the meeting, and none of his appropriate staff members was available to fill in.
5. Report on the Teaching Conference - Martin Gliserman
Martin Gliserman reported on the recent Teaching Conference. He said that he had written a report that he would give to Chair Bhuyan to circulate. He also said that four areas were covered in the conference, and that there were about 100 attendees.
6-1. Committee Reports
Committee chairs reported on recent activities and plans of their committees, as follows:
- Academic Affairs Committee - Robert Boikess, Chair: Boikess also spoke about a resolution he was introducing, but which had not been distributed, but which he said would be distributed to the Council before the next meeting. He also moved the following, which he referred to as a "resolution":
- "Academic departments should have the right to set GPA standards for their majors that are higher than the University minimum of 2.0." The motion was seconded and discussed. A motion to table this item until the next meeting was adopted.
- Athletics Affairs Committee - Kenneth McKeever, Chair
7. Invited Guest, Speaking on Middle States Commission on Higher Education University Reaccreditation Project - Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Senior Vice President Barbara Lee arrived at the meeting at 2:00 p.m., accompanied by Roberta Leslie (Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs) and Christopher Retzko (Director of Special Projects - Office of Academic Affairs). She was joined at the podium by Ann Gould, with whom she co-chairs the project's Steering Committee. They spoke about the process to date, and what is expected to occur going forward. Lee asked all present to not use the word "system" when meeting with the visiting teams, who will be visiting all Rutgers campuses March 19 through 22, 2018. She asked for feedback on the Draft Middle States Self-Study Report by December 1. Lee responded to several questions, then left the meeting at 2:24 p.m.
6-2. Committee Reports (Continued)
Committee chairs continued their reports on recent activities and plans of their committees, as follows:
- Budget, Planning, and Infrastructure Committee - Ryan Womack, Co-chair
- Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee – Tugrul Ozel and Karen Thompson, Co-chairs
- Student Affairs Committee – Sue Shapses, Chair
8. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 2:49 p.m.
Written and submitted by
Ken Swalagin
NBFC Recording Secretary