CALL TO ORDER:

The meeting was called to order by Dr. Adrian Reuben, on Tuesday, December 5, 2000, at 7:55 am in Room 107 Admin./Library Building.

SENATORS PRESENT:

Basic Sciences: Philip Privitera, Sally Self

Clinical Sciences: Narenda Banik, Peter Carek, Timothy Carter, Dennis Cope, Thomas Gettys, Leonie Gordon, Maria Lopes-Virella, Subbi Mathur, Adrian Reuben

Dental Medicine: Peter Kobes, Luis Leite, Elizabeth S. Pilcher, Jon Rampton

Health Professions: Richard Hernandez

Library Science & Informatics: Nancy McKeehan

Nursing: Elaine Amella

Pharmacy: Rachel Couchenour, Anne Spencer, Donald Wiest

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The November minutes were posted in the unapproved form on the Web site and were available for review prior to meeting. The minutes for November were approved and passed.

Name badges were distributed to all Faculty Senate members to enable everyone to learn each senator’s name and college.

FORMATION OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND SELECTION OF CHAIRS

Dr. Adrian Reuben announced that each senator would serve on one of the standing committees. Senators who had volunteered for a particular committee were assigned as requested; the Faculty Senate Executive Committee assigned other senators to ensure equal distribution of manpower.among the four committees. The following rosters reflect the committee assignments.

Governance Committee:

Francine Margolius CON — Chair (selected by Executive Committee), Subbi Mathur COM-C, Denis Cope (alt) COM-C, Tom Gettys COM-C, Nancy McKeehan LIB, Luis Leite COD, Linda Austin COM-C, Terry O’Brien COM-C, Phil Saul COM-C, Mark George COM-C, Kit Simpson COP

Faculty Affairs

Subbi Mathur COM-C, John Bosso COP, Leonie Gordon COM-C, Janice Hundley CHP, Kay Meier COM-B, James Carter COM-C, Jerry Webb COM-B, Narenda Banik COM-C, Phil Privitera COM-B, Peter Carek COM-C

Academic Affairs

Kurt Lorenz COP, Sally Stroud CON, Jennie Ariail LIB, Tim Lyons COM-C, Mike Schmidt (alt) COM-B, Maria Lopes-Virella COM-C, Tara McComb-Hulsey CON, Jon Rampton COD, Peggy Schachte LIB, Gail Pashek CHP, Peter Kobes COD

University Affairs

Rich Hernandez CHP, Elaine Amella CON, Anne Spencer COP, Elizabeth Pilcher COD, Janice Key COM-C, Sally Self COM-B, Janice Lage COM-B, Mark Lyles COM-C, Timothy Carter COM-C

Each committee met briefly to select a chair. Phil Privitera was named chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee; Anne Spencer was named chair of University Affairs. Academic Affairs did not select a chair, but agreed to come to a decision and report back to Dr. Reuben by December 8.

FACULTY SENATE REPRESENTATIVES FOR OTHER COMMITTEES

Rich Hernandez brought a request from the College of Health Professions for senate representation on the college’s new Faculty Review Committee. The committee will review faculty challenges to non-renewal notices. Tom Gettys agreed to serve.

Maria Lopes-Virella agreed to serve on the University Parking Committee.

STANDING COMMITTEE TASK ASSIGNMENTS

Dr. Reuben noted that the Senate has a long list of issues to address this year and made the following assignments.

University Affairs Committee

Legal counsel

The committee will pursue the next steps toward establishing legal counsel for advice and review of documents which must be approved or reviewed by the Faculty Senate. In response to a request from John Sutusky, Vice President for Financial Affairs, a small group will meet with him and Paul Taylor, Internal Auditor for the Board of Trustees, to determine a process for setting up an independent bank account with appropriate safeguards. The committee will also review and revise university counsel Joe Good’s draft of a resolution on the legal counsel for the Faculty Senate. The committee will report back at the January, 2001 senate meeting.

Academic Affairs

Consulting policy

The committee will continue the work of updating the university’s consulting policy, as requested by Dr. Valerie West, Associate Provost for Educational Programs. Debbie Carson, Dan Knapp, and Michael Schmidt have served as an ad hoc group and they will be meeting with Valerie West again soon to discuss progess. Jon Rampton will ask the new chair of the Academic Affairs Committee to meet with the ad hoc group to determine how best to coordinate the work.

Faculty Affairs

Post-Tenure Review

The full committee will focus on the many issues of post-tenure review. MUSC’s lack of compliance with Commission on Higher Education guidelines for review of both tenured and non-tenured faculty has cost the university money in the past few years. An ad hoc committee consisting of Phil Privitera, Subbi Mathur, and Jerry Webb have been reviewing and updating the tenure review policy and will continue to lead that effort within the Faculty Affairs Committee. The Committee will report back at the Faculty Senate meeting in January, 2001.

The Chairman noted the need to more fully define the rights and privileges of tenure at MUSC. Dean Rippich has given him the name of someone at Case Western Reserve who is very knowledgeable in this area. Dr. Reuben will pass that information on to the chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee.

MUSC policy regarding faculty salary increases continues to be reviewed. This is a most difficult issue. Don Wiest serves on that group.

Governance Committee

This committee is charged with revision of the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws and the Faculty Handbook. This is a huge job and the committee must first determine a process that will make this manageable. Timing of Faculty Senate elections also needs to be addressed, as the process and scheduling have changed in recent elections.

FINANCIAL "WATCHDOG"

During a meeting with John Sutusky, Dr. Reuben discussed how last year’s financial and cash flow problems of the institution and the execution of processes within the financial administration adversely affected faculty. Dr Reuben promised to send Dr. Sutusky specific examples in the future if problems recur.. Dr. Reuben charged the University Affairs committee with setting up a mechanism whereby faculty can report specific incidents. These will be collected for eventual forwarding to the Vice President for Financial Affairs.

MISSION-BASED MANAGEMENT (MBM) SURVEILLANCE

Dr. Reuben has heard that MBM is not being implemented nor is it as successful and acceoted at some other institution as originally billed. There is a need to gather information about the successes and problems at other institutions. There is concern that MBM adversely affects faculty effort and reward. The appearance is that faculty activity is being dictated by financial concerns and decisions rather than academic issues.

SENATE ELECTIONS

Dr. Reuben requested that faculty senate members think about a date for the new elections and be ready for discussion at the next meeting.

GENERAL FACULTY MEETINGS

A General Faculty Meeting called by the Faculty Senate was held in September. The Senate will plan to hold three such meetings a year to discuss issues of import to the faculty and hear faculty concerns.

OTHER BUSINESS

Phil Privitera noted that there is a move to develop a new faculty contract. He has been asked by Dr. Higerd to serve on this committee.

Dan Knapp notified Dr. Reuben that the last meeting of the search committee for Dean of the College of Medicine would take place on December 12. If the Faculty Senate wants to have any input, issues need to be brought to the search committee prior to that meeting..

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:50 a.m.

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at 7:45 am, Admin./Library, Room 107.