The meeting was called to order by the Chair at 7:50 AM in Room 100 Admin/Library Building. A quorum was present. 

MEMBERSHIP ROSTER
          College of Medicine, Basic Sciences
          Present: Maurizio Del Poeta (Alt), Lucille London (Alt), Robert Ogilvie Sally Self, Eberhard Voit (Exec           Comm),
          Absent: Debra J. Hazen-Martin, Daynna Wolff

College of Medicine, Clinical Sciences
Present: Susan Ackerman, Christopher Frueh, Michael Frye, Andrew Gelasco (Alt) Paul Gold (Exec Comm), Rochelle Hanson, George M. Johnson, Dana King, Walter Limehouse (Alt), Arch Mainous, John Osguthorpe, Swapan Ray (Alt), Aljoeson Walker
Absent: Prabhakar Baliga, Arthur J. Crumbley, Lucinda Halstead, Ayda Jaffa (Alt), Shailendra B. Patel, P.R. Rajagopalan (Alt), Alberto Santos, Stephen Vermillon (Alt), Michael Zile 
Excused:  Kenneth Vanek

College of Dental Medicine
Present: Richard Albenesius (Exec Comm), Michele Ravenel, Carlos Salinas 
Absent: Peter Kobes, Luis Leite (Alt)

College of Health Professions
Present: Libby Dismuke (Exec Comm), Jennifer Horner, Anne Kilpatrick,  Jack K. Thomas
Absent: E. Blair Holladay (Alt), Anthony Shackleford (Alt) 

Library Sciences and Informatics
Present: Mary Mauldin (Exec Comm), Nancy McKeehan, Peggy Schachte
Absent: Starr Hazard (Alt)
Excused:  Geoffrey Freeman, Tom Smith (Alt)

College of Nursing
Present:  Elaine Amella, Julia Ball, Elizabeth Erkel, Tara Hulsey (Exec Comm), Teresa Kelechi (Alt)
Absent:   John M. Welton (Alt)

College of Pharmacy
Present: Kathy Chessman (Exec Comm), Sandra Garner (Exec Comm), Kelly Ragucci (Alt)
Absent: John Bosso (Alt), Marc Lapointe, Kristi Lenz

II.  Annual Committee Reports
      A.   University Affairs - Mary Mauldin 

This year, the University Affairs Committee developed and administered a survey to the faculty regarding information technology, reviewed the budget and arranged for the budget(s) and year-end financial statements to be presented to the full Senate, and organized a retreat for the Faculty Senate to orient new members and to begin the Senate's strategic planning process.  

      B.   Faculty Affairs - Kathy Chessman 

The Faculty Affairs Committee worked on the tenure policy, moving the policy on to the Deans' Council, where it met with some opposition.  Due to these efforts, a Tenure Discussion Group with representatives from the Faculty Senate and the administration has been appointed and charged by Dr. Raymond. This group has met twice.  The Committee also reviewed the use of adjunct faculty in the various colleges.

      C.   Academic Affairs - Paul Gold

The Academic Affairs Committee was involved in the restructuring of the faculty contract template and reviewing the Drug-free Workplace Policy.

      D.   Governance Committee - Elaine Amella

Governance this year reviewed and revised the Senate's Constitution and Bylaws.  The Constitution, which has not been ratified previously by the MUSC Faculty, will be presented at this meeting for approval.  The Bylaws revision will be presented at a future Senate meeting.  The Senate election was also overseen by Governance.  A special thanks to Francine Margolius and Ben Gilbertson for working to improve the process.  The following table summarizes the current distribution of Senators as well as the percentage of eligible faculty that voted in the recent election:
 
 

Congratulations to the College of Pharmacy for the highest percentage voting.  The Governance Committee also reviewed the possibility of Senators wearing a medal at Commencement.  Based on the above distribution, a quorum for voting will be 21 Senators.  Alternates are allowed to vote when the full complement of active Senators from an electoral unit is not present at the meeting.  The Secretary will establish the presence of a quorum before a vote is taken at each meeting in the future.

      E.   Gender Equity Committee - Tara Hulsey 

The Gender Equity Committee produced a report this year that culminated years of work by the Senate.  The report was well received garnering a commendation from the Provost.  A report will be sent to the Senate each year regarding gender and race equity issues.

II.  Chair's Annual Report - Anne Kilpatrick 
Dr. Kilpatrick emphasized the strategic planning process that was begun at the retreat.  Then Senate should be a proactive rather than a reactive group, and this process will help develop that role.  Many things have been done this year in the area of process improvement from the improvement of the web site through the work of our webmaster, Mary Mauldin, to the revision of the Constitution and Bylaws and improvement in the voting process.  We have been featured in the Catalyst at least once per month through articles submitted initially by the Chair and now by the Secretary.  Things hoped for but not accomplished include development of a log for tracking the progress of policies through the Senate and other bodies and quarterly faculty forums.  

IV.  Senate Leadership 2003-04 - Anne Kilpatrick

Executive Committee 2003-2004

The following Senators will represent their respective electoral unit on the Executive Committee:  Tara Hulsey, College of Nursing; Geoff Freeman, Library and Informatics; Paul Gold, College of Medicine, Clinical Sciences; Sandra Garner, College of Pharmacy; Libby Dismuke, College of Health Professions; and, Rick Albenesius, College of Dental Medicine.  Eberhard Voit was initially elected by the College of Medicine, Basic Sciences group.  Since Dr. Voit is on the slate of proposed officers, he was asked to find a replacement and that representative will be announced at a later date.

Slate of Officers

Dr. Kilpatrick presented the Executive Committee's proposed slate of officers for 2003-04.  The proposed officers are Kathy Chessman, Chair; Eberhard Voit, Vice-Chair; and, Mary Mauldin, Secretary.  The slate was approved unanimously.  Dr. Kilpatrick then turned the meeting over to the new Chair, Dr. Chessman.

V. Constitution - Elaine Amella 

Elaine Amella, Governance Committee Chair, presented the committee's proposed revisions to the Faculty Senate's Constitution.  Senators received these documents via e-mail prior to the meeting.  A question 
was asked regarding the dismissal of senators. Elaine explained that this process would be decided by each electoral unit and would not be taken up by the full senate.  Removal of officers will be discussed by the Governance Committee.  A proposal was made to add language about removal of officers in the Bylaws.  The Constitution was accepted unanimously by the Senate and will now go to the full faculty for review and vote.  Once approved by a majority of those in attendance at a Special Faculty meeting, it will go to the Board of Trustees for approval.  

V. Retreat Summary - Mary Mauldin 

The Senate retreat was well attended and progress made on a vision and mission statement.  Senators were asked to review the vision statement and come prepared to discuss and vote at the next senate meeting.  A recommendation was made that more time is spent during the retreat addressing basic 
information for new senators (e.g., time of meetings, responsibility of senators) and that more advanced notice of the retreat be given.  It was agreed that a date for next year's retreat will be set well in advance.

VI.  Special Presentation - Kathy Chessman

Kathy Chessman thanked Anne Kilpatrick for her two years of service as the Chair of the Faculty Senate.  She was presented with a Waterford clock by the Executive Committee.  It was noted that Anne has been re-elected to the Senate for another two years and will continue to contribute significantly over the next two years.

VIII.  ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 AM.

Next meeting: 7:45 AM, Tuesday, November 4, 2003, Admin/Library Building Room 100 
Respectfully Submitted by: 
Kathy Chessman, Secretary to the Faculty Senate