FACULTY SENATE
MINUTES - APPROVED
Tuesday, March
2, 2004
The meeting
was
called to order by the Chair at 7:45 AM in Room 125 Gazes. A quorum was
present.
MEMBERSHIP
ROSTER:
College
of Medicine,
Basic
Sciences: |
Present: |
Eberhard
Voit (Exec. Committee), Sally Self |
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Absent: |
Debra Hazen-Martin,
Maurizio Del Poeta (Alt.), Lucille London (Alt.) |
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Excused: |
Robert Ogilvie,
Dayanna Wolff |
College
of Medicine,
Clinical
Sciences: |
Present: |
Susan
Ackerman, Christopher Frueh, Michael Frye, Lucinda Halstead, Rochelle
Hanson, George M. Johnson, Dana King, Arch Mainous, Aljoeson Walker,
Walter Limehouse (Alt.), Swapan Ray (Alt.), Kenneth Vanek (Alt.) |
| |
Absent: |
Prabhakar Baliga,
Arthur Crumbley, Shailesh B. Patel, John Osguthorpe, Alberto Santos,
Michael Zile, Ayad Jaffa (Alt.), P.R. Rajagopolan (Alt.), Stephen
Vermillion (Alt.) |
| |
Excused: |
Paul Gold (Exec.
Committee), Andrew Gelasco |
| 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), Anne Kilpatrick, Jack Thomas, Blair Holladay
(Alt.) |
| |
Absent: |
Tony Schackleford
(Alt.) |
| |
Excused: |
Jennifer Horner |
| Library
Science and Informatics: |
Present: |
Geoff
Freeman, Mary Mauldin (Exec. Committee), Nancy McKeehan, Peggy Schachte
Tom Smith (Alt.) |
| |
Absent: |
Starr Hazard
(Alt.) |
| College
of Nursing: |
Present: |
Elizabeth
Erkel, Tara Hulsey, Teresa Kelechi (Alt.), John Welton (Alt.) |
| |
Excused: |
Elaine Amella,
Julia Ball |
| College
of Pharmacy: |
Present: |
Kathy
Chessman (Exec. Committee), Sandra Garner (Exec. Committee), Marc
Lapointe Kelly Ragucci (Alt.) |
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Absent: |
Kristi
Lenz, John Bosso (Alt.) |
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
Minutes of the
February 3, 2004, meeting were approved. The approved minutes are posted
on the Senate’s Web site.
MEETING PROCEEDINGS
I. COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Governance Committee
– Nancy McKeehan reported comments the Governance Committee received
following Senators’ review of the proposed Constitution and By-laws.
Comment that received the most discussion was question regarding who
can run for senate (e.g., a Dean? Department Chair?, etc.). The Senate
decided to leave the sentence in question out with the understanding
that if questions arose at a later date, the issue would again be discussed
and a statement added to the Constitution. The Senate approved the proposed
Constitution and By-laws and the documents will now be distributed to
the full faculty for review and an opportunity for comment. The Governance
Committee will review faculty comments, make changes as needed, and
the Senate will vote again on the proposed documents. Following this
process, the documents will appear as a referendum on the faculty senate
election ballot.
As a result of
this discussion and comments regarding the status of other proposed
procedures, Kathy Chessman, Chair, asked the Governance Committee to
develop a process for tracking documents as they progress through the
administration’s approval process.
Strategic Planning
Committee – Geoff Freeman, Committee Chair, presented the
proposed vision statement for the Faculty Senate. Following discussion
and revision, the following vision statement was approved:
As the representative
body of the Medical University of South Carolina faculty, the Faculty
Senate is the faculty voice whose recommendations reflect and advocate
the faculty's collective interests to further university's mission.
The
vision statement will be posted on the Faculty Senate's Web site. The
Strategic Planning Committee will now write a mission statement based
on the
vision statement.
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 related to national trends and distance education. The session
will be videotaped and made available for checkout by faculty unable
to attend.
Committee on
Institutional Advancement – The committee is working on plans
for the orientation for new Senators. In addition, the committee will
review the report from the tenure discussion group and present to the
Executive Committee and the full Senate.
Committee on
Faculty and Institutional Relationships – New procedures are
being implemented in the faculty contract process. At the request of
the Board of Trustees, a Faculty Definitions Committee has been formed
and is chaired by Dr. Tom Higerd. This committee is charged with defining
faculty status (i.e., full-time, part-time and volunteer). Anyone with
faculty status will sign a contract. Volunteers will sign a letter on
an annual basis indicating appointment and duties. The new procedures
will also include a mediation process, if needed, that will take place
in a faculty member’s individual college. The Tenure Discussion
Group is working closely with the administration throughout development
of this process in order to incorporate procedures for tenured faculty
who may seek mediation regarding issues related to tenure. The Committee
on Faculty and Institutional Relationships is charged with following
this process and keeping the Senate informed of progress.
II. CHAIR'S
REPORT - Kathy Chessman
Deans’
Council
A . Recouping tuition charges from training grants –
As a result of current billing and administrative practices, MUSC
has not been recouping as much as possible in tuition charges from
NIH training grants. There is a plan to increase the number of training
grants and work is taking place to revise the current billing process
in order to recoup a larger percentage of tuition from these NIH grants.
B. Discontinuation
of some AV services – Mr. Geoff Freeman, Director of Educational
Technology Services, reported that MUSC will no longer use T1 lines
for teleconferences. IP video and ISDN lines are still available and
this change will save approximately $50,000 per year. Mr. Freeman
also stated that they will no longer be able to support AV requests
off campus due to budget constraints. This includes such things as
providing AV equipment and set-up at conferences taking place in the
local area, but not on campus.
III. ANNOUNCEMENT
Diplomas can only
be handed out by the Chair of the Board of Trustees. Requests cannot be
honored for anyone else to hand a diploma to a graduating student (e.g.,
a parent who also graduated from MUSC requesting to hand their son/daughter
their diploma).
IV. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was
adjourned at 8:55 AM
Next
meeting: 7:45 AM, Tuesday, April 6, 2004. 125 Gazes
Respectfully
Submitted by:
Mary Mauldin,
Secretary to the Faculty Senate
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