FACULTY SENATE
MINUTES - APPROVED
Tuesday, May 9, 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: |
Dorothea Jenkins, Joseph John, George
Johnson, Swapan Ray (Executive Committee), Sakamuri Reddy, Arthur
Smith, Kenneth Vanek, Rita Young |
| |
Excused: |
Hilary Bernstein, Walter Limehouse (Executive Committee) |
| |
Absent: |
Susan Ackerman, Prabhakar Baliga, Courtney Brady,
Boyd Gillespie, Jon Osguthorpe, Alberto Santos, Dan Smith, Aljoeson
Walker, Mitchll Weinstein |
| College
of Dental Medicine: |
Present: |
Rick Albenesius (Exec. Committee),
Ted McGill (Exec. Committee), MIchele Ravenel |
| College
of Health Professions: |
Present: |
Anne Kilpatrick
(Exec. Committee), David Morrisette |
| |
Excused: |
Reamer Bushardt |
| |
Absent: |
Libby Dismuke (Alt.) |
| Library
Science and Informatics: |
Present: |
Laura Cousineau, Mary Mauldin (Exec.
Committee), Jett McCann , Geoff
Freeman (Alt) (Exec. Committee) |
| |
Excused: |
Peggy Schachte (Exec. Committee), Tom Smith (Alt.) |
| College
of Nursing: |
Present: |
Elaine Amella, Barbara Edlund, Teresa
Kelechi (Exec. Committee), Marilyn King, Sharon Bond (Alt.), Nancy
Duffy (Alt.) |
| College
of Pharmacy: |
Present: |
Patrick
Mauldin, Jean Nappi (Exec. Committee), Kelly Ragucci, Andrea Wessell |
| |
Absent: |
Kathy Chessman (Exec. Committee) |
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
Minutes of the March 14, 2006, and April 11, 2006, meetings
were approved and are posted on the Senate's Web site.
MEETING PROCEEDINGS
I. OLD BUSINESS
Committee Updates
Governance Committee – Deadline
for comments on Faculty Handbook was extended to May 15, 2006.
Committee on Institutional Advancement - Dr. Teresa Kelechi, Chair,
reported that the committee is continuing to work on identifying
all university committees and determining the need for possible senate
representation on these committees.
Committee on Communication and
Education – Mr. Geoff Freeman,
Co-Chair, reported that the CTSA Town Hall meeting with Dr. Raymond
was well-attended. The committee is also working on a New Faculty
Welcome, tentatively scheduled for August 7, 2006, as well as two
additional Town Hall meetings that will be held before 1/07. One
of these Town Hall meetings will be an update on the CTSA.
Faculty and Institutional Relationships – Dr. Swapan
Ray, Chair, reported that the proposed policy, “Standards of
Conduct for Treatment of Trainees (Students, Residents, and Fellows)” has
been distributed for faculty review. Comments will be finalized and
reviewed by senate prior to sending for final faculty vote.
Updates
IT Update – Dr. Roger Poston, Director of Academic and Research
Systems, provided an update on IT projects and efforts. The entire
update can be found on the Senate Web site (www.musc.edu/facsen).
Link on front page of Web site titled, “Update on Academic
and Research Computing”.
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. At this point, twenty-nine faculty
members have signed-up to attend.
College Updates
College of Dental Medicine – Groundbreaking for new College
of Dental Medicine building scheduled for August 11, 2006
College
of Health Professions – Dr. Danielle Ripich, Dean of
the College of Health Professions will be leaving the university
August 2006. Dr. Becki Trickey will server as Interim Dean.
YES Campaign
Kristin Romness, Coordinator of the Yearly Employee Support Campaign
(YES), encouraged faculty to participate in this year’s effort.
II. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting
was adjourned at 8:47 AM
Next
meeting: 7:45 AM, Tuesday, June 14, 2006. Room 125, Gazes Auditorium.
Respectfully
Submitted by:
Mary Mauldin,
Secretary to the Faculty Senate |
