FACULTY SENATE
MINUTES - APPROVED
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
The meeting
was called to order by the President at 7:45 AM in Gazes Auditorium.
MEMBERSHIP
ROSTER:
College
of Medicine,
Basic
Sciences: |
Present: |
Hiroko Hama |
| |
Absent: |
Debra Callahan, Kimberly Colins, Kathy Laber-Laird,
Janice Lage |
College
of Medicine,
Clinical
Sciences: |
Present: |
George Johnson, Walter Limehouse
(Executive Committee), Swapan Ray (Executive Committee), Kenneth
Vanek, Rita Young |
| |
Excused: |
Susan Ackerman, Doe Jenkins, John Osguthorpe, Aljoeson
Walker |
| |
Absent: |
Prabhakar Baliga, Hilary Berstein,
Courtney Brady, Christine Carr,
Boyd Gillespie, Joseph John, Sakamuri Reddy, Al Santos, Arthure Smith,
Dan Smith, Mitchell Weinstein |
| College
of Dental Medicine: |
Present: |
Rick Albenesius (Exec. Committee),
Ted McGill (Exec. Committee), |
| |
Absent: |
MIchele Ravenel |
| College
of Health Professions: |
Present: |
Anne Kilpatrick
(Exec. Committee) |
| |
Excused: |
Reamer Bushardt |
| |
Absent: |
Libby Dismuke (Alt.), Bryan Walker |
| Library
Science and Informatics: |
Present: |
Laura Cousineau, Mary Mauldin (Exec.
Committee), Jett McCann, Peggy Schachte (Exec. Committee), Geoff
Freeman (Alt) (Exec. Committee) |
| |
Absent: |
Tom Smith (Alt.) |
| College
of Nursing: |
Present: |
Elaine Amella, Teresa
Kelechi (Exec. Committee), Sharon Bond (Alt.), Nancy
Duffy (Alt.) |
| |
Excused: |
Barbara Edlund
|
| |
Absent: |
Marilyn King |
| College
of Pharmacy: |
Present: |
Kelly
Ragucci, Andrea Wessell |
| |
Excused: |
Kathy Chessman (Exec. Committee), Jean Nappi (Exec.
Committee), |
| |
Absent: |
Patrick Mauldin |
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
Minutes of the March 14, 2006, meeting were postponed
for approval due to lack of a quorum at the beginning of the meeting.
The unapproved minutes are posted on the Senate's Web site.
MEETING PROCEEDINGS
I. OLD BUSINESS
Committee Updates
Governance Committee – Dr. Walter Limehouse, Chair,
reported on five revisions being considered for the Faculty Handbook.
- Review of Preamble - Mr. Joe Good, University Counsel, and Mr.
Paul Taylor, Internal Audit, are reviewing the preamble in the
faculty handbook. The purpose of the review is to examine the legal
status
of the Handbook relative to the legal status of faculty contracts
in each college.
- Faculty Voting Rights - The Governance Committee
will recommend a revision to the Handbook in order to incorporate
wording from
the Senate’s new Constitution, Vision, and Mission Statements.
The committee is recommending that the wording be changed to a “full-time
position with academic rank from Instructor and above based on
the core campus, including local MUSC- affiliated hospitals.” rather
than “full-time non-modified academic rank….”.
This change would require constitutional amendment, revision
of faculty handbook, and approval of the Board of Trustees.
- Process
for Modifications to Faculty Handbook - A proposal is also
being made to modify
the way changes are made to the faculty
handbook. The recommendation is to place approved changes
in Appendix A between editions of the handbook. Appendix A items
will
move to
their proper place in the handbook with date of enactment
and replace the sections they supercede.
- Faculty APT Policies - The
Governance Committee has also recommended a change in the handbook
to reflect
a suggestion from Deans’ Council
regarding Faculty APT Policies. The suggested revision states, “Appointment
and, Promotion, initial and post Tenure review is in addition to
annual performance review”. The proposed revision adds “initial
and post” in keeping with current practice but not in the
faculty handbook.
- Evaluation of Deans, Department Chairs, and/or Unit
Directors - The Governance Committee is suggesting the addition
of Section
9.10 to the handbook regarding Evaluation of Deans, Department
Chairs, and/or Unit Directors . This proposed new section
reflects current
practice and will be forwarded to all faculty for review.
The Senate
reviewed the proposed changes. Faculty will receive an electronic
version of proposed changes for their consideration.
Faculty and Institutional Relationships – Dr. Swapan Ray,
Chair, reported that the committee on Faculty and Institutional Relationships
was continuing to review the proposed policy, “Standards of
Conduct for Treatment of Trainees (Students, Residents, and Fellows)” .
Following discussion of several issues, it was decided that this
document would be sent for review by the Senate’s attorney.
In addition, the document will be sent to all faculty for comment.
Updates
Smoking Policy – Dr. Anne Kilpatric reported that President’s
Council has approved a smoking policy. This policy will only allow
smoking in designated “smoking huts”. Pulbic safety will
be charged with enforcing the policy which will go into effect August
2006.
Tenure Workshop – Dr. Anne Kilpatrick reminded Senators
that the Tenure workshop is scheduled for May 12, 2006, from 1:00
to 5:00
pm. The workshop will be held in Room 125, Gazes auditorium. Dr.
John Raymond will speak, College Deans will address the tenure process
in their individual colleges, and a panel of tenured faculty will
discuss their “road to tenure”. In addition, faculty
are encouraged to bring their portfolios to the workshop; tenured
faculty from each college will be available to review portfolios.
E-mail
policy – Dr. Rick Albenesius, President, reported that
President’s Council approved the use of Microsoft Exchange
to manage e-mail. Users of GroupWise will be the first to transition
to the new system,
II. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting
was adjourned at 8:40 AM
Next
meeting: 7:45 AM, Tuesday, May 9, 2006. Room 125, Gazes Auditorium.
Respectfully
Submitted by:
Mary Mauldin,
Secretary to the Faculty Senate |
