FACULTY
SENATE MINUTES - APPROVED
Tuesday,
May 4, 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: |
Debra
Hazen-Martin (Exec. Committee), Sally Self, Daynna Wolff, Lucille London
(Alt.) |
| |
Absent: |
Robert Ogilvie,
Maurizio Del Poeta (Alt.) |
| |
Excused: |
Eberhard Voit
(Exec.Committee) |
College
of Medicine,
Clinical
Sciences: |
Present: |
Susan
Ackerman, Christopher Frueh, Michael Frye, Paul Gold (Exec. Committee),
Rochelle Hanson, Dana King, Aljoeson Walker, Swapan Ray |
| |
Absent: |
Prabhakar Baliga,
Arthur Crumbley, Lucinda Halstead, John Osguthorpe, Alberto
Santos, Michael Zile, Andrew Gelasco (Alt.), Ayad Jaffa (Alt.), P.R. Rajagopolan
(Alt.), Kenneth Vanek (Alt.), Stephen Vermillion (Alt.) |
| |
Excused: |
George Johnson, Arch
Mainous,
Shailesh Patel, Walter Limehouse (Alt.) |
| College
of Dental Medicine: |
Present: |
Rick
Albenesius (Exec. Committee), Michele Ravenel, Carlos Salinas |
| |
Absent: |
Peter Kobes,
Luis Leite (Alt.) |
| College
of Health Professions: |
Present: |
Anne
Kilpatrick, Jack Thomas |
| |
Absent: |
Blair Holladay
(Alt.), Tony Schackleford (Alt.) |
| |
Excused: |
Libby Dismuke
(Exec. Committee), Jennifer Horner |
| Library
Science and Informatics: |
Present: |
Geoff
Freeman, Mary Mauldin (Exec. Committee), Tom Smith (Alt.) |
| |
Absent: |
Nancy McKeehan,
Starr Hazard (Alt.) |
| |
Excused: |
Peggy Schachte |
| College
of Nursing: |
Present: |
Elaine
Amella, Tara Hulsey, John Welton (Alt.) |
| |
Absent: |
Elizabeth Erkel |
| |
Excused: |
Julia Ball,
Teresa Kelechi (Alt.) |
| 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
April 6, 2004, meeting were approved with revisions. The approved minutes
are posted on the Senate’s Web site.
MEETING PROCEEDINGS
I. COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Strategic
Planning Committee – Geoff Freeman, Committee Chair, reported that
the committee is continuing to work on a mission statement and will have
a draft for review at the June Faculty Senate meeting.
Governance
Committee – Tara Hulsey, Committee Chair, reported that the committee
is comparing the existing handbook to the “working draft” of the Faculty
Handbook. The committee is also working to ensure the electronic voting
process proceeds as smoothly as possible. The next election of the Faculty
Senate will take place in August 2004.
Committee
on Communication and Education – Rick Albenesius, Committee Chair,
reported that the committee has planned a Faculty Town Hall meeting, for
June 24, 2004. Speaker will be announced in the near future.
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.
II. PRESENTATION
Site
Executive
Dave Bennett
from Marketing gave a presentation on Site Executive. This content management
system is currently being used by the hospital, and the Office of the CIO
is encouraging its use throughout the university. This system provides
easy creation of Web sites, and promotes a consistent look and feel to
all Web sites without impinging on creativity and academic freedom.
III.
CHAIR'S REPORT – Kathy Chessman
President’s
Council
Strategic
Plan
The Strategic
Plan will be published on a Web site in the near future (http://siteexec.musc.edu/strategicplanning/).
This is to be considered a “living document”; an additional component of
the plan that will be considered is faculty development. The Committee
on Faculty and Institutional Affairs will write a plan for faculty development
to be considered for inclusion.
Budget
Factors impacting
the proposed budget were discussed. A scholarship fund has been formed
by the Office of the Provost. The majority of scholarships will be awarded
based on need; others will be based on merit.
Announcements
SC Health Sciences
Collaborative (SCHSC)
MUSC, USC,
Greenville Hospital System, and Palmetto Health have signed a memorandum
of understanding to establish the SC Health Sciences Collaborative (SCHSC).
This effort brings $160 million for health sciences research during the
course of the next decade, and is funded through contributions by each
university and agency and matching contributions from the state Research
Centers of Economic Excellence Act (The Endowed Chairs Program). The SCHSC
increases South Carolina's ability to secure funding from other sources
and provides the stimulus for attracting private businesses.
Proposed
Merger of Colleges of Pharmacy
The consultants’
report was delivered to the presidents of MUSC and USC and the Boards of
Trustees for both universities. The consultants recommended programs be
located at both campuses and to house the administrative offices at MUSC.
The SC Legislature is now involved and administrators at both universities
are monitoring progress of this development.
Deans’ Searches
Interim Deans
have been announced for both the College of Dental Medicine and the College
of Pharmacy while searches take place in both.
University
Education Infrastructure Committee
This committee
was apprised of the renovations scheduled for the Administration/Library.
Renovations will begin June 2004 and should be completed within a year.
Senators were told to expect a change in access to the building during
this time.
Child Care
The Board of
Trustees will ask for a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a vendor to provide
on-campus Child Care Services.
Academic
Affairs Update
Dr. John Raymond
encourages faculty to contribute articles and information to the Academic
Affairs Update.
Faculty Meeting
on Copyright
The presentation
on copyright issues (Chip Hood; March 25, 2004), is available on videotape
and is on reserve in the library.
Mediterra
Mediterra has
opened a restaurant in the Wickliffe House and faculty are
encouraged
to support the restaurant.
IV. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting
was adjourned at 8:58 AM
Next meeting:
7:45 AM, Tuesday, June 1, 2004. 125 Gazes
Respectfully
Submitted by:
Mary Mauldin,
Secretary to the Faculty Senate |
