The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Dr. Anne O. Kilpatrick at 7:45 AM on Tuesday, November 5, 2002 in Room 107 Admin/Library Building.  Dr. Kilpatrick introduced the Senate's Executive Committee for 2002-2003:  Drs. Kilpatrick (Chair), Zile (Vice Chair), Chessman (Secretary), Salinas, Arnaud, Hulsey and Mauldin. 

MEMBERSHIP ROSTER:

College of Medicine, Basic Sciences:

Present: Philippe Arnaud, Eberhard Voit
Absent: Lucille London, Kathryn E. Meier, Joan Olson, Sally Self, Debra J. Hazen-Martin (Alternate)

College of Medicine, Clinical Sciences:

Present: Paul Gold, Dana King, Subbi P. Mathur, Dean Schuyler
Absent: Susan Ackerman, Connie Best, DeAnna Cheek, Arthur J. Crumbley, Timothy W. Garvey, Gary Gilkeson, Mark Green, Barry Hainer, George M. Johnson, Shailendra B. Patel, Benjamin Saunders, Thomas Steele, Renan Uflacker, Aljoeson Walker, Michael Zile (Executive Committee member), P.R. Rajagopalan (alternate), Alberto B. Santos (alternate) 

College of Dental Medicine

Present: Carlos Salinas (Executive Committee member) 
Absent: Richard J. Albenesius, Peter Kobes, Stephen Malley 

College of Health Professions:

Present: Anne Kilpatrick (Executive Committee member), Jack K. Thomas, Andrea White
Absent: Jennifer Horner

Library Sciences and Informatics:

Present: Geoffrey Freeman, Mary P. Mauldin (Executive Committee member), Nancy McKeehan, Joann Sullivan
Absent: Edward S. Hazard (alternate)

College of Nursing:

Present: Elaine Amella, Elizabeth Erkel, Tara Hulsey (Executive Committee member), John M. Welton (alternate) 
Absent: Julia Ball (excused) 

College of Pharmacy:

Present: Katherine Chessman (Executive Committee member) 
Absent: John Bosso (alternate), Joli Fermo (excused), Marc Lapointe, Kristi L. Lenz. 

The meeting minutes of October 2002 were posted in the unapproved form on the web site and were available for review prior to the meeting.  Approval of the minutes was deferred to the December meeting for lack of a quorum. 

MEETING PROCEEDINGS: 

I. Chair's Report 

    A.    United Way Campaign - Jennie Clifton 

Ms. Clifton from the MUSC Development Office presented a video on the United Way to the Senate.  MUSC is a United Way partner.  Currently approximately 4% of MUSC employees give to the United Way.  The goal for this year's campaign is 10%.  Everyone was given printed information on the campaign and urged to participate. 

    B.    Presentation of Tenure Policy to Deans Council - Dr. Kilpatrick 

The Tenure Policy will be discussed by the Deans Council at its November 18, 2002 meeting.  Dr. Chessman will present this document at that meeting and report back to the Senate at the December meeting. 

Additionally at the Council meeting, Dr. Kilpatrick will inform the Deans of our need for information regarding salaries and compensation to continue our ongoing work with gender and racial equity as well as the tenure policy. 

II.    Arts and Digital Imaging Report - Geoff Freeman 

Mr. Freeman reported that based on the outside consultants' report regarding this department, it has been moved to the     Provost Office and now reports to him.  While it is acknowledged that a move to the main campus is preferred, there is currently no space available on the main campus.  It is also not expected that Arts and Digital Imaging will be a full cost-recovery operation with approximately 20-25% subsidy expected annually (approximately $80,000 per year) in the next four years.  However, this amount was not budgeted for this year so cuts may have to be made. Dr. Salinas stated that the consultants' report was almost a mirror image of the report on this subject submitted by our ad hoc committee and approved by the Faculty Senate.  Senators were encouraged to use the Arts and Digital Imaging Services.

III. Conflict of Interest and Commitment Policy 

The current policy was discussed at length.  Category II activities have been added back to the document.  Members present felt that this was a positive addition.  However, with the new policy, a substantial burden of increased paperwork appears to fall to the faculty member.  The actual implementation of the new policy remains a concern for the Senate. 

Action:  Senate members present agreed that the policy as currently written was ready to move forward with Senate approval.

 IV.  2002-2003 Committee Assignments  - Dr. Chessman 

A document containing the 2002-2003 membership and charge for each of the Senate's standing committees was distributed and is listed below.  The Executive Committee requested at least one representative from each electoral unit on each committee and that no one serve on more than one standing committee.  The committee members will be posted to the web along with committee charges.  A convener was assigned to each committee.  It is requested that, if possible, the committees meet prior to next month's meeting but at least by January's meeting. 

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE – appointed by the Executive Committee – Tara Hulsey, convener 

Duties:  Interpret provision of constitution, recommend necessary changes in constitution, codify bylaws, certify eligibility of faculty for election to Senate, conduct elections and maintain records, perform annual review and ongoing maintenance of the Faculty Handbook, submit annual report. 

2002 – 2003 Charges 
1)  Review and recommend revisions, as necessary, the Faculty Senate's Constitution and By-Laws 
2)  Hold Faculty Senate elections and continue to improve the process. 

Members 2002-2003: 
Joli Fermo, College of Pharmacy 
Elaine Amella, College of Nursing 
Nancy McKeehan, Library Science 
Eberhard Voit, College of Medicine, BS 
Subbi P. Mathur, College of Medicine, CS 
Carlos Salinas, College of Dental Medicine 
Jennifer Horner, College of Health Professions 
John Bosso, College of Pharmacy 
Francine Margolius, College of Nursing, ex officio

FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – Kathy Chessman, convener 

Duties:  Consider and review matters pertaining to faculty status.  Review general policy on faculty benefits, welfare, dismissals, sabbatical leaves and other matters related to professional standards and ethics, review charges in dismissal proceedings and charges of misconduct concerning an individual faculty member, review faculty grievance petitions submitted to it and report its opinions to the Faculty Senate, make recommendations for appropriate actions and submit annual report. 

2002 – 2003 Charges 
1)  Convene a faculty forum on sabbaticals including how to plan for one. 
2)  Review standards for faculty hiring including benefits and academic rank. 
3)  Review and recommend revisions, as necessary, the faculty grievance policy and procedure. 
4)  Review comments from Deans Council on Tenure policy and work to reach compromise to move policy forward. 

Members 2002-2003: 
Joan Olson, College of Medicine, BS 
Lucille London, College of Medicine, BS 
Kathy Chessman, College of Pharmacy 
Julia Ball, College of Nursing 
Peter Kobes, College of Dental Medicine 
Gary Gilkeson, College of Medicine, CS 
Joann Sullivan, Library Science 
Alberto Santos, College of Medicine, CS 
Susan Ackerman, College of Medicine, CS 

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – Paul Gold, convener 

Duties:  Considers and reviews matters related to policies and procedures governing academic programs and other areas designated to it by the Faculty Senate.  Reviews the policy for approval and change in curriculum and for faculty involvement in long-range academic planning, policy and standard for appointment, promotion, and tenure; academic calendar of the University, general policy on research, methods for promoting research by the faculty, and programs through which support for research is provided, service commitments of the faculty, and submit an annual report. 

2002 – 2003 Charges 
1) Continue evaluation of faculty compensation. 
2) Evaluate succession planning. 
3) Review need for continued ad hoc committee on indirect costs. 

Members 2002-2003: 
Mark Lapointe, College of Pharmacy 
Dean Schuyler, College of Medicine, CS 
Paul Gold, College of Medicine, CS 
Philippe Arnaud, College of Medicine, BS 
Elizabeth Erkel, College of Nursing 
George Johnson, College of Medicine, CS 
Geoff Freeman, Library Science 
Andy White, College of Health Professions 
Rick Albenesius, College of Dental Medicine 
Kathryn E. Meier, College of Medicine, BS 

UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – Mary Mauldin, convener 

Duties:  Considers and reviews matters related to the purpose of the Faculty Senate other than those defined in the duties of the Committees on Faculty and Academic Affairs.  Reviews the annual budget of the University and brings to the attention of the Senate any instance of noncompliance of the budget with existing priorities or policies and any other allocations which in the Committee's opinion are not in the best interest of the University, reviews programs for physical development and policies on service to the faculty and report to the Senate on these matters with recommendations for appropriate action; and submit an annual report. 

2002 – 2003 Charges 
1)  Develop a structure and timetable for monitoring of progress on Senate initiatives, both internal and external. 
2)  Continue to improve Senate communications including expansion of Senate web site. 
3)  Gender and Racial Equity Committee, Tara Hulsey, Chair (see below) 

Members 2002-2003: 
Kristi Lenz, College of Pharmacy 
Sally Self, College of Medicine, BS 
John Welton (alternate), College of Nursing 
Mary Mauldin, Library Science 
Connie Best, College of Medicine, CS 
Steve Malley, College of Dental Medicine 
Jack Thomas, College of Health Professions 
Ben Saunders, College of Medicine, CS 
Barry Hainer, College of Medicine, CS 

Additionally, information was provided regarding Senate representation on committees other than Senate standing committees and is listed below.  Since many committees do not follow the same cycle of appointments as the Senate, the Governance committee will be asked to develop a mechanism for tracking memberships and getting feedback from our representatives. 

Gender and Racial Equity 
Tara Hulsey, College of Nursing, Chair 
Kristi Lenz, College of Pharmacy 
DeAnna Cheek, College of Medicine, CS 
Carlos Salinas (or designee), College of Dental Medicine 
David Ward, College of Health Professions 
Kit Simpson, College of Pharmacy, ex officio 

University Research Committee -  TBA 

Faculty Hearing Committee  - TBA 

Humanities Committee - TBA 

Faculty Library Committee – TBA 

University Tenure Committee – TBA 

Parking Committee 
Kathy Chessman, College of Pharmacy 
Mary Mauldin, Library Science 

V. Drug-free Work Place Policy  - Dr. Kilpatrick 

A number of comments were received regarding this policy.  Dr. Kilpatrick will review these comments and recommend appropriate action. 

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 AM. 

Next meeting: 7:45 AM, Tuesday, December 3, 2002, Administration/Library Building Room 107

Respectfully Submitted by:
Kathy Chessman
Secretary to the Faculty Senate