Adam J. Smolka, Ph.D., Chair (smolkaaj@musc.edu)
The Steering Committee is charged with continued evaluation, revision, and evolution of the First Year Curriculum for the College of Graduate Studies. The committee meets twice in each of the Fall and Spring semesters and once during the Summer semester. The committee may meet more often as deemed necessary by the chair, Associate Dean or Dean. Two weeks prior to a scheduled meeting, the chair solicits agenda items from the committee members and the entire graduate faculty. The transactions of the Steering Committee are reported to the Graduate Council by the chair, who is an ex officio member of the Graduate Council. The chair also reports on Steering Committee activities at the Dean's quarterly meetings of the department chairmen.
Membership of the Steering Committee comprises the course directors of constituent elements of the First Year Curriculum, CGS 701/702 Unit Leaders, a first year student representative and an alternate elected by their class, and the First Year Curriculum course director (chair). The Dean and the Associate Dean serve as ex officio members of the committee. Current members of the Steering Committee are:
Adam J. Smolka (Chair), Medicine
Perry Halushka, Pharmacology
Jim Cook, Neuroscience
Craig Beeson, Pharm. Sciences
David Carr, Neuroscience
Steve Rosenzweig, Pharmacology
Donald R. Menick, Medicine
Edward L. Krug, Cell Biology
David Kurtz, Pharmacology
Xinghua Lu, Statistics
Jakie McGinty, Neuroscience
George Tempel, Marine Bioscience
Maurizio Del Poeta, Biochem.
Laura Kasman, Microbiology
Debra Hazen-Martin, Pathology
Yi-Te Hsu, Biochemistry
Kennerley Patrick, Pharm. Sciences
Cynthia Wright, Diversity Course
Grad. Student, to be elected