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FACULTY SENATE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, August 13, 2002

The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Dr. Anne O. Kilpatrick at 7:45 AM on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 in Room 107 Admin./Library Building.

MEMBERSHIP ROSTER:

College of Medicine, Basic Sciences:

Present: Philippe Arnaud (Council Member), Sally Self, Joan Olson and Eberhard Voit.
Absent: Janice Lage and Lucille London.

College of Medicine, Clinical Sciences:

Present: Narendra L. Banik, Connie Best, Paul Gold, Terry O'Brien, Subbi P. Mathur (Secretary) and Dean Schuyler.
Absent: DeAnna Cheek (excused absence) Timothy Carter, Gary Gilkeson, Mark Green (excused absence), Barry Hainer, Stanley Hoffman (Alternate), Benjamin Saunders, Susan B. Tate (not at MUSC), Philip Saul, Thomas Steele and Renan Uflacker.

College of Dental Medicine

Present: Luis Leite (Council Member), Stephen Malley, Peter Kobes and Carlos Salinas (Alternate)
Absent: Elizabeth Pilcher

College of Health Professions:

Present: Anne Kilpatrick (Chair), and Andrea White.
Absent: Richard Hernandez (not at MUSC), Janice Hundley (not at MUSC) and Gail Pashek (not at MUSC)
Library Sciences and Informatics:

Present: None.
Absent: Jennie Ariail (excused absence) Mary P. Mauldin (Council Member; excused absence), Nancy McKeehan (excused absence) and Joann Sullivan (excused absence).

College of Nursing:

Present: None.
Absent: Ramita Bonadonna, Tara Hulsey and Francine R. Margolius (Vice Chair).

College of Pharmacy:

Present: Katherine Chessman .
Absent: John Bosso, Joli Cerveny and Kit Simpson (Council Member).

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

The meeting minutes of July, 2002 were posted in the unapproved form on the web site and were available for review prior to meeting. Since the attendance did not form a quorum, the approval of the minutes was postponed to the next meeting. The next meeting will be held at 7:45 AM on Tuesday, September 3, 2002 in the Admin./Library Room 107.

MEETING PROCEEDINGS:

I. Committee Reports:

Faculty Affairs Committee

Chair: Subbi P. Mathur

Subbi P. Mathur emphasized the importance of giving feedback on the revised Faculty Tenure Policy as per the Faculty Affairs Committee, in view of drastic salary cuts and other problems that the tenured faculty are currently facing at the MUSC. Upon the receipt of comments from the legal counsel and the senators, the document will be presented at the next meeting for voting. This will be followed by due process of discussion at a faculty forum and forwarding of the document to Deans' Council, President's Council and finally the Board of Trustees. The committee has worked long and hard on the Policy. The Policy was favorably received by the members of the Faculty Senate both at July and August meetings. Anne Kilpatrick suggested that the committee may meet with both the legal counsel to get their input at the earliest date.

Subbi Mathur also applauded the Committee for holding important Workshops on Tenure and Faculty Mentoring for the Faculty Senate and the General Faculty. Note: The Proceedings on the Workshop on Faculty Mentoring and Tenure are posted on the Faculty Senate website: http://www.musc.edu/facsen/subbi/tenure_workshop/tenure_workshop.htm

Academic Affairs Committee

Chair: Philippe Arnaud

Compensation: The Committee is awaiting access to obtaining data on compensation from the Office of the Provost with the help of the Senate Chair. The Committee will share the data with the Gender Equity Committee.

Eberhard Voit, Chair, Ad hoc subcommittee on Indirect costs, reported on his committee's meeting with David Welch of Contracts and Ms. Velma Graham of Grants Accounting Department to explore regulations regarding indirect costs. Present at the meeting were Drs. Gold, Salinas and Voit.

University Affairs Committee

Chair: Mary P. Mauldin

The University Affairs Committee will send a faculty survey designed to collect data on information technology issues. The survey is in the final stages of review and will be published online in August/September. Results of the survey will be summarized and presented to Faculty Senate.

The Committee will hold an orientation for new Senators between 3 and 6 PM on Thursday, September 5 at the Harborview Towers Room 910. The Senate Chair emphasized that the orientation will be between 3 and 4 PM after which she hopes that the representatives from different colleges group and suggest nominations for various offices. These nominations will be supplemented by nominations from the floor in October meeting when the New and continuing Old Senators take their seats.

Governance Committee

Chair: Francine R. Margolius

The Senate Chair reported on behalf of Francine R. Margolius. The highlights are:

Faculty Handbook: The Faculty Hand Book with the Board approved revisions duly inserted was submitted to the Board of Trustees and is now officially approved by the Board. Then the Senate can continue to work on areas that need further revision and clarification. Senators expressed their appreciation to Francine R. Margolius, Adrian Reuben and Walker Coleman of the President's office for spending endless hours and effort in getting this document revised. The Senate Chair presented both Adrian Reuben and Walker Coleman with Certificates of appreciation from the President's Office for successful compilation of Faculty Handbook 2002.

Dr. Adrian Reuben complemented the Faculty Senate Chair for the accomplishments for the year such as the Workshops on Faculty Tenure and Mentoring held for the Faculty Senate as well as the General Faculty. He suggested that we improve communication with the general faculty by sending out periodical chair notes in a bulleted form presenting the advances made. He also suggested that we send a questionnaire to the Faculty especially College of Medicine Faculty to understand the reason for their lack of satisfactory participation in the electoral process.

II. Policies under review

Outside Activities Policy The Conflict of Interest and Outside Activities Policies are being revised by Dr. Valerie West with consultation from Kathryn E. Meier and Anne O. Kilpatrick. The revised document was presented at the meeting by Dr. Kilpatrick for information and was discussed. The document will come back for approval by the Faculty Senate and follow due process.

III. Chair's Report: Anne Osborne Kilpatrick

New Information

The Chair reported that she participated in the Strategic Planning Meetings representing the Faculty Senate. However, she was not free to divulge the proceedings.

She also attended the Presidents' Council and Deans' Council meetings.

III. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 9 AM.


Next meeting: 7:45 AM, Tuesday, September 10, 2002, Administration/Library Building Room 107.


Committee and Job Assignments (To refresh our memories!)

Governance Committee: Francine R. Margolius (Chair), Subbi P. Mathur, Nancy McKeehan, Janice Hundley, Joli Cerveny, Betsy Pilcher, Gail Pashek and Eberhard Voit

Faculty Affairs Committee: Subbi P. Mathur (Chair), Philippe Arnaud, Dean Schuyler, Ramita Bonadonna, John Malley, Katherine Chessman, Peter Kobes, Joann Sullivan, Richard Hernandez and Timothy Carter.

Academic Affairs Committee: Philippe Arnaud (Chair), Subbi P. Mathur, Barry Hainer, Paul Gold, Jennie Ariail, DeAnna Cheek, Joan Olson, Tara Hulsey, Gary Gilkeson and John Bosso. Indirect Costs Sub committee: Eberhard Voit (Chair), Gail Pashek, Narendra L. Banik, Kit Simpson, Paul Gold, Carlos Salinas and Susan Tate

University Affairs Committee: Mary P. Mauldin (Chair), Kit Simpson, Sally Self, Terry OÍBrien, Janice Hundley, Luis Leite, Benjamin Saunders, Connie Best and Janice Lage

Faculty Senate Retreat Coordinator: Subbi P. Mathur

Faculty Senate Workshop on Tenure for the Faculty: Subbi P. Mathur

Webmaster: Mary P. Mauldin

Respectfully Submitted by:

Subbi P. Mathur
Secretary to the Faculty Senate