As indicated In my April 11, 2011 message entitled "Toward a Shared Governance Model at NJIT," the NJIT Board of Trustees at it meeting on April 7 authorized the creation of "a University Senate or alternative models of shared governance for NJIT, to report on the design of the University Senate or alternative models of shared governance at the June 2, 2011, meeting of the Board of Trustees, and to implement the University Senate or alternative models of shared governance in the 2011 calendar year." The development of a shared governance model, that is a governance structure that balances “shareholder participation in planning and decision making with administrative responsibility, with clear delineation of responsibility and authority as delegated by the Board of Trustees, the entity that has all legal authority over the governance of the institution” will be led by a Shared Governance Steering Committee mentioned earlier. Members of the Steering Committee, who come from the various shareholder groups, are:

Matthew	Anderson	Student Senate	Senator
Baker	Assaf	Alumni Association Board of Directors	Alumnus
Ed	Bishof	Budget	Associate Vice President
Ray	Cassetta	Management Adv Board/Board of Trustees Comm on Academic Affairs and Research	Alumnus
Reggie	Caudill	Mechanical and Industrial Engineering	Faculty
Dominick	Cirillo	Student Senate	President
Richard	Garber	Architecture	Faculty
Dale	Gary	Physics	Position
Ian	Gatley	Provost's Office	Provost
Gene	Golub	Civil and Environmental Engineering	Faculty
Burt	Kimmelman	Humanities	Faculty
Bernard	Koplilk	Mechanical and Industrial Engineering	Faculty
Greg	Mass	Career Development Services	Executive Director
Eliza	Michalopoulou	Mathematics	Faculty
Ali	Mili	Computer Science	Faculty
Manny	Perez	Mathematics	Faculty
Judith	Sheft	Technology Development	Associate Vice President
Richard	Sher	History	Faculty
Joe	Stanley	Alumni Association Board of Directors	President
Cheickna	Sylla	Management	Faculty
Tessy	Thomas	Student Senate	Vice President
John	Wiggins	Engineering Technology	Lecturer
Cindy	Wos	Chem, Biological & Pharmaceutical Engineering	Assistant to the Chair

Hank Ross, Chief of Staff to the President, will serve as Staff to the Committee. The Steering Committee will be interacting with the campus community as they proceed with the development of a shared governance model for implementation in the 2011 calendar year.

Thanks,

Bob