FACULTY SENATE
MINUTES - APPROVED
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
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: |
Lucille London (Exec. Committee) |
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Absent: |
Kathy Laber-Laird, Janice Lage, Robert Ogilvie,
Daynna Wolff, Maurizio Del Poeta (Alt.) |
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Excused: |
Robert Woolson (Alt.) |
College
of Medicine,
Clinical
Sciences: |
Present: |
Susan Ackerman, Hilary Bernstein,
Michael Frye, Paul Gold, Rochelle Hanson, Joseph
John, George Johnson, Dan Smith, Aljoeson Walker,
Walter Limehouse (Alt.), Swapan Ray (Alt.), Kenneth Vanek (Alt.) |
| |
Absent: |
Prabhakar Baliga, Courtney
Brady, Dorothea Eicher, Christopher Frueh,
Lucinda Halstead, Arch Mainous, John Osguthorpe, Alberto Santos,
Andrew Gelasco
(Alt.), Avad Jaffa (Alt.), Stephen Vermillion (Alt.) |
| College
of Dental Medicine: |
Present: |
Luis Leite |
| |
Absent: |
Rick Albenesius |
| |
Excused: |
Michelle Ravenel |
| College
of Health Professions: |
Present: |
Libby Dismuke (Exec. Committee) |
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Absent: |
Anthony Shackleford, Lloyd Taylor |
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Excused: |
Anne Kilpatrick
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| Library
Science and Informatics: |
Present: |
Laura Cousineau, Jett McCann, Mary
Mauldin (Exec. Committee), Geoff Freeman (Alt.),Tom
Smith (Alt.) |
| |
Excused: |
Peggy Schachte |
| College
of Nursing: |
Present: |
Elaine Amella , Barbara Edlund, Teresa
Kelechi, Marilyn King (Exec. Committee), Sharon Bond (Alt.) |
| College
of Pharmacy: |
Present: |
Kathy Chessman
(Exec. Committee), Sandra Garner, Kelly Ragucci
(Exec. Committee) |
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
Minutes of the
August 9, 2005, meeting were approved. The approved minutes are
posted on the Senate's Web site.
MEETING PROCEEDINGS
I. OLD BUSINESS
Committee Updates
Governance Committee - Senate Elections. Dr. Kelly Ragucci reported
that due to the need to extend the call for nominations and the need
to determine the category for specific faculty members, the election
will be re-scheduled for the week of September 19, 2005. Voting will
end at 5:00 pm on Monday, September 26, 2005.
The Senate also discussed voting qualifications for “Research
Faculty” and the need to clarify categories of faculty in the
College of Medicine as either Basic or Clinical Faculty. The Governance
Committee will address these issues.
Communications Committee – The Communications Committee will
plan an orientation for new Senators. This orientation will coincide
with the installation of new Senators in October 2005.
Issues Requiring Senate Response/Vote
Benefit Change in Faculty
Handbook – At its August meeting, the
Board of Trustees voted to approve benefits to employees holding a
position that was considered 50% of a full-time position rather than
75% of a full-time position.
Discussion: Senators who are employed
at both MUSC and the VA expressed some concerns with this change. The
senators’ concerns are a
result of how hours of employment are calculated between MUSC and the
VA, and the benefits assigned based on number of hours employed at
either location.
Although the Senate voted to remove specific wording
in the Faculty Handbook on this issue and instead refer the reader
to current Human
Resources policies, Dr. Kathy Chessman, Chair of Faculty Senate, asked
Dr. Joseph John and Dr. Michael Frye to pursue the issue related to
employment at the
VA and MUSC. Drs. John and Frye requested that a person from Human
Resources be asked to join them in order to resolve this issue.
II. NEW BUSINESS
Trident United Way
Ms. Bonnie Bella from Trident United Way
asked Senators to participate in this year’s Trident United Way
Drive.
Upcoming Changes in Payroll
Mr. Patrick Wamlsey from the Office
of the CFO, and Ms. Susan Haskell, and Ms. Wendy Littlejohn from the
Controller’s Office, provided
an update on proposed changes in payroll. The proposal is to deliver
pay stubs electronically with direct deposit for all employees. The
proposed plan would also use a two-week pay cycle for all employees.
The purpose of this plan is to reduce costs, increase efficiency
and improve customer service. Additional benefits include easy access
to current and previous years’ pay, the ability to view pay
stub three to four days before payday, increased security, and access
through a Web browser interface. If approved, the plan could be implemented
as early as Spring 2006.
III. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting
was adjourned at 9:00 AM
Next
meeting: 7:45 AM, Tuesday, October 11, 2005. 125 Gazes
Respectfully
Submitted by:
Mary Mauldin,
Secretary to the Faculty Senate
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