FACULTY SENATE
MINUTES - UNAPPROVED
Tuesday, December 12, 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: |
Mostafa Fraig, Hiroko
Hama |
| |
Absent: |
Debra Callahan, Kimberly Collins, Denise Quigley,
Cynthia Welsh |
College
of Medicine,
Clinical
Sciences: |
Present: |
Susan Ackerman, Boyd Gillespie, George
Johnson, Brad Keith, Bonnie Martin-Harris, Amy Ramsay, Sakamuri
Reddy, Arthur Smith, Kenneth Vanek |
| |
Excused: |
William Conway, Walter Limehouse (Exec. Committee),
Ira Willner, Rita Young, Thomas Pope (Alt.), Kedar Shetye (Alt.) |
| |
Absent: |
Andrew Gelasco, Gary Haynes, Dorothea Jenkins, Eric
Larson, John Osguthorpe (Exec. Committee), Swapan Ray (Exec. Committee),
Alberto Santos, Anand Sharma, Aljoeson Walker,
Marcelo Vela Aquino (Alt.), John Sturdivant (Alt.) |
| College
of Dental Medicine: |
Present: |
Rick Albenesius (Exec. Committee),
Ted McGill (Exec. Committee) |
| |
Excused: |
Joe Krayer |
| |
Absent: |
MIchele Ravenel |
| College
of Health Professions: |
Present: |
Kathy Cegles |
| |
Excused: |
Reamer Bushardt, Jennifer Horner (Exec.
Committee), Anne Kilpatrick |
| |
Absent: |
Dave Morrisette |
| Library
Science and Informatics: |
Present: |
Laura Cousineau (Exec. Committee),
Geoff Freeman (Exec. Committee),
Peggy Schachte |
| |
Excused: |
Mary Mauldin (Exec. Committee) |
| |
Absent: |
Meg Moughan (Alt.), Tom Smith (Alt.) |
| College
of Nursing: |
Present: |
Sharon Bond, Nancy Duffy, Sheila
Smith |
| |
Excused: |
Barbara Edlund (Exec. Committee) |
| |
Absent: |
Kathleen Simon (Alt.), Peggy Spain (Alt.) |
| College
of Pharmacy: |
Present: |
Kathy
Chessman (Exec. Committee), Elinor Chumney
Andrea Wessell |
| |
Absent: |
Patrick Mauldin (Exec. Committee), |
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
Minutes of the November 14, 2006, meeting were approved
and are posted on the Senate's Web site.
MEETING PROCEEDINGS
I. OLD BUSINESS
Committee Reports
Governance: Ms. Laura Cousineau reported that the Faculty Senate
is waiting on the Board of Trustees approval for two amendments to
the Faculty Senate Constitution. Any other issues should be forwarded
to either Laura or Walter Limehouse.
Ms. Cousineau also introduced
Latosha Craig, a new Reference Librarian in the Library.
Communication
and Education: Mr. Geoff Freeman reported that the committee met
on November 21, 2006. New Faculty Welcome is scheduled
for February 5, 2007, location TBD. The next Town Hall meeting will
be at 4:00 pm, February 20, 2007, in BSB 100. The topics will be
the State of MUSC presented by Dr. Greenberg and an update on our
SACS and QEP progress presented by Dr. Raymond.
President’s
Council
Two Faculty Senate Constitutional amendments were approved by the
Dean’s Council on November 20, 2006, and by the President’s
Council on November 29, 2006.
Parking Committee
The MUSC Parking Committee needs a Faculty Senate representative.
Interested Senators should contact Rick Albenesius.
II. NEW BUSINESS
College Updates:
College of Health Professions
Dr, Kathy Cegles informed the Senate that there are five candidates for the
CHP Dean position and the search committee has interviewed four of them
currently. The fifth candidate will be interviewed after January 1, 2007.
There are no internal candidates.
College of Pharmacy (South Carolina College of Pharmacy)
Dr. Kathy Chessman informed the Senate that the distance education capabilities
of the combined colleges are working fairly well. The combined South Carolina
College of Pharmacy has agreed on the curriculum for the first three years
and is working on the fourth year now. Governance issues, including promotion
and tenure, are currently being discussed. MUSC has a seven year “up
or out” policy for promotion only, but USC’s policy includes
tenure in their policy. Their Governance Committee met with the Executive
Dean on December 11, 2006, to discuss merger progress at both schools.
The SCCP is not a stand alone entity and will require a joint committee
to determine promotion policy. Awarding tenure would then be the responsibility
of the respective campus dean.
Apple Tree Brown Bag Session
Dr. Gabriel Virella from the College of Medicine will lead a Brown
Bag Session on January 31 from noon to 1:00 in Room 405 of the
Education Center/Library. The title of the session is "Development of
Multiple Choice Questions: Rules, Expectations, and Limitations".
III. GUEST SPEAKER
Ms. Willette Burnham
Executive Director of Student Programs and Director of the Office
of Student Diversity
Ms. Burnham presented the organization, goals, and current projects
of her organization. Her first focus is on current students. Another
primary goal includes developing multicultural, cross-cultural,
and interprofessionally capable professionals. Her office is located
on the second floor of Harper Student Center (SW213) and she invites
all faculty to come by to get better acquainted with her staff
and the programs associated with her office.
III. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting
was adjourned at 8:50 AM
Next
meeting: 7:45 AM, Tuesday, January 9, 2007. Room 125, Gazes Auditorium.
Respectfully
Submitted by:
Mary Mauldin,
Secretary to the Faculty Senate |
