Tuesday, February 3, 2004
The meeting was called to order by the Chair at 7:45 AM in Room 107 Admin/Library Building. A quorum was present.
MEMBERSHIP ROSTER:
| College
of Medicine,
Basic Sciences: |
Present: | Debra Hazen-Martin, Robert Ogilvie, Eberhard Voit (Exec. Committee), Daynna Wolff, Maurizio Del Poeta (Alt.), Lucille London (Alt.) |
| Excused: | Sally Self |
| College
of Medicine,
Clinical Sciences: |
Present: | Susan Ackerman, Christopher Frueh, Michael Frye, Paul Gold (Exec. Committee), Lucinda Halstead, George M. Johnson, Dana King, Arch Mainous, Shailesh Patel, John Osguthorpe, Aljoeson Walker, Kenneth Vanek (Alt.) |
| Absent: | Prabhakar Baliga, Arthur Crumbley, Al Santos, Michael Zile, Ayad Jaffa (Alt.), Walter Limehouse (Alt.), P.R. Rajagopolan (Alt.), Stephen Vermillion (Alt.) | |
| Excused: | Andrew Gelasco, Rochelle Hanson, Swampan Ray (Alt.) |
| College of Dental Medicine: | Present: | Rick Albenesius (Exec. Committee), Peter Kobes, Michele Ravenel, Carlos Salinas |
| Absent: | Luis Leite (Alt.) |
| College of Health Professions: | Present: | Libby Dismuke (Exec. Committee), Jennifer Horner, Jack Thomas |
| Absent: | Blair Holladay (Alt.,), Anthony Shackleford (Alt.) | |
| Excused: | Anne Kilpatrick |
| Library Science and Informatics: | Present: | Geoff Freeman (Exec. Committee), Mary Mauldin (Exec. Committee), Nancy McKeehan, Tom Smith (Alt.) |
| Absent: | Starr Hazard (Alt.) | |
| Excused: | Peggy Schachte |
| College of Nursing: | Present: | Elaine Amella, Julia Ball, Tara Hulsey (Exec. Committee), Teresa Kelechi (Alt.) |
| Absent: | Elizabeth Erkel, John Welton |
| College of Pharmacy: | Present: | Kathy Chessman (Exec. Committee), Sandra Garner (Exec. Committee), Kelly Ragucci (Alt.) |
| Absent: | Kristi Lenz, John Bosso (Alt.) | |
| Excused: | Marc Lapointe |
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the January 6, 2004, meeting were approved. The approved minutes are posted on the Senate’s Web site.
MEETING PROCEEDINGS
I. Change in Faculty Senate Meeting Location
Due to pending rennovations in the Admin/Library building, Faculty Senate meetings will be held in the Gazes Auditorium, beginning March 2, 2004. The price of the continental breakfast will increase due to this move. The Executive Committee discussed the possibility of discontinuing the breakfast and providing coffee. Senators asked that this decision be reconsidered and the Executive Committee will review the cost with the administrative assistant to the Faculty Senate. A report will be provided at the next Senate meeting.
I. COMMITTEE REPORTS
Governance Committee
Elaine Amella, former Chair of the Governance Committee, provided Senators with a copy of the latest revisions to the proposed Constitution and By-laws. Dr. Amella asked senators to review the documents and provide feedback to the committee in preparation for a vote by the Senate during the March 2004 Faculty Senate meeting. If the Senate votes to approve the Constitution and By-laws in March, copies will be distributed to all faculty for review and comment. The committee will review faculty comments and present the proposed documents for a vote of approval by the Senate during the April meeting. If approved by the Senate in April, the proposed Constitution and By-laws will be placed on the faculty Senate election ballot as a referendum for vote by the full faculty.Tara Hulsey, Chair of the Governance Committee, reported that the committee is working to improve the election process and plans to hold elections late Spring/Summer. The committee has also reviewed the working and approved versions of the Faculty Handbook in order to determine needed changes to the approved version. In addition, the committee is reviewing the policy for accessing the Senate’s legal fund in order to determine whether or not changes need to be made to this policy to reflect the current needs of the Senate.
Committee on Communication and Education
Rick Albenesius, Committee Chair, reported that the committee has planned a Faculty Meeting Town Hall meeting, scheduled for March 25, 2004, at 4:30 pm. Mr. Chip Hood, legal counsel for the Foundation for Research Development will speak on Copyright issues relate to national trends and distance education. reported that the committee will meet in the near future. One of the charges of this committee is to plan the general faculty meeting scheduled for March 2004.Dr. Albenesius encouraged all Senators to submit articles on faculty activities for publication in Dr. John Raymond’s newsletter and stated that the committee is working on a process for routinely submitting articles on Faculty Senate activities to this newsletter.
Strategic Planning Committee
Geoff Freeman Committee Chair, reported that the committee has revised the proposed vision statement into a mission statement and that a new vision statement is being drafted. Once approved by the Senate, the committee will write action plans designed to achieve the vision.Committee on Institutional Advancement
Debra Hazen-Martin, Committee Chair, reported that the committee will be responsible for planning the orientation for new senators. The committee will work on ways to ensure information for new senators is easily accessible.A charge to this committee is to support the Senate in being proactive on issues important to faculty. Dr. Hazen-Martin asked faculty to forward ideas to her or the Faculty Senate Executive Committee regarding ways in which this committee can monitor and/or obtain information on critical issues.
Committee on Faculty and Institutional Relationships
Paul Gold, Committee Chair, reported that he had compiled a list of publications on current issues important to faculty. Kathy Chessman, Chair, asked that Dr. Gold send this list to all Senators, and suggested that this list might be helpful to the Committee on Institutional Advancement.
III. CHAIR'S REPORT - Kathy Chessman
A. News from Deans' Council Meetings
Classroom policy exception
Approved a “no food allowed” policy for 628CSB.PharmD/PhD in Outcomes Research and PharmD/PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences
These proposed programs were approved in theory but the College of Pharmacy was asked to discuss the proposal with counterparts at USC to ensure creation of these programs will not be seen as a conflict of interest in light of proposed merger of the two Colleges.
B. News from President's Council Meetings
MUSC/USC Colleges of Pharmacy merger
The search for a Dean of the merged colleges is currently underway. An interim Dean may be appointed until the position is filled. Members for an advisory council are being selected and five deans from similar programs throughout the United States have been asked to participate. The committee will also include two faculty members from each College of Pharmacy and the Dean of the College of Education at USC will chair the committee.PeopleAdmin
PeopleAdmin is software designed to collect and track applications for employees. Human Resources is moving to use this program for all faculty applications. The program will automatically distribute applications to required departments for review and a representative from Human Resources will be asked to give a presentation at the March Faculty Senate meeting.Internet Budgeting Solution
MUSC is a beta site for this software program and a presentation on the use of this software will be given at the March Faculty Senate meeting.Board of Trustees Meeting
Faculty Senate will have a representative attend the Board’s Education Committee meeting and the Research Committee meeting.
IV. Other Business
Dr. Robert Ogilvie explained that he is on one of the College of Medicine's accreditation committees. This particular committee is charged with, among other things, surveying faculty regarding what hinders recruitment and retention of faculty. Dr. Ogilvie asked for suggestions for the best way to obtain this information. A suggestion was made to send a survey via e-mail to all Senators.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 AM
Next meeting: 7:45 AM, Tuesday, March 2, 2004. Gazes Auditorium.
Respectfully
Submitted by:
Mary Mauldin,
Secretary to the Faculty Senate