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Committee
drafts mission statement goals
The faculty senate’s July meeting minutes are posted on the senate’s Web
site at http://www.musc.edu/facsen.
Committee Reports
Committee on Strategic Planning—Geoff
Freeman, chair, reported that the committee is drafting proposed strategic
goals and action items to support the faculty senate’s mission statement.
Committee on Institutional Advancement—Debra
Hazen-Martin, Ph.D., reported that the date for the senate orientation
would be announced within the next two weeks. The orientation will be scheduled
for late September. Kathy Chessman, Pharm.D., chair of faculty senate,
asked senators to send Hazen-Martin suggestions for topics and issues that
need to be addressed during the orientation.
Committee on Communication and Education—Members
of the committee on communication and education are planning the fourth
quarterly faculty meeting of the year. This meeting will be held in October
and a speaker will be announced in the near future.
Governance Committee—Elaine Amella, Ph.D.,
R.N., past chair, reviewed changes to the proposed constitution and bylaws.
The senate voted to approve the proposed documents and the chair of faculty
senate will present the proposed documents during deans’ council and president’s
council. If approved by these councils, all faculty will vote upon the
documents during the upcoming senate elections.
The governance committee is continuing to work on the election process
scheduled for August/September. Tara Hulsey, Ph.D., R.N., chair of the
governance committee reported that everything was on schedule for the election
to take place.
The governance committee has also been reviewing the faculty handbook.
In order to reconcile differences between the published faculty handbook
and the working copy of the handbook, the governance committee reviewed
both documents. Hulsey reported that recommendations will be forthcoming
from the committee. Chessman asked all senators to review both documents
to determine if there were additional issues that needed to be addressed.
Committee on Faculty and Institutional Affairs—Paul
Gold, M.D., Ph.D., committee chair, reported that the committee is continuing
to explore strategies for faculty development. The committee’s goal is
to design proposals for faculty development that is aligned with MUSC’s
strategic plan. The committee will narrow their focus to one or two goals
of the strategic plan. During the September faculty senate meeting, the
committee will present suggested statements for faculty development that
will be included in the targeted goals of the strategic plan. Chessman
asked interested senators to participate in this effort.
Faculty Senate Sponsored Research Workshop
Libby Dismuke, Ph.D., provided a status report on plans for a research
workshop sponsored by the senate. The proposed workshop would support
the work of the Office of Research and include a number of activities.
Proposed activities include discussions with senior researchers from MUSC,
project officers, and opportunities for networking across colleges. Dismuke
and Chessman asked for a volunteer to head this effort and senators to
volunteer to help plan this workshop.
Faculty Contract Process
Chessman reported that representatives at deans’ council and presidents’
council are aware that although the faculty contract process has improved,
several issues still need to be addressed. John Raymond, M.D., is working
with colleges to resolve any outstanding issues.
Faculty Evaluation of Chairs/Deans
Chessman reported that Raymond is concerned about the low response
rate for chair/dean evaluations. Confidentiality of responses appears to
be a concern among faculty. Senators also reported that faculty were
reluctant to submit the evaluations since results were not reported back
to faculty. A suggestion was made to ask Raymond to generate a “report
card” if 60 percent of a particular department/college submitted the evaluations.
The report would continue to build upon the previous year’s report and
Chessman will work on a draft proposal for review by senate.
Announcements
Eberhard Voit, Ph.D., was recognized for his continued contributions
to the senate. Voit will be leaving MUSC this month to accept an endowed
chair at the Georgia Alliance Research Center.
The next senate meeting will be held at 7:45 a.m., Sept. 7, in
Gazes Auditorium. The agenda will be posted on the faculty senate’s Web
site prior to the meeting.
Submitted by Mary Mauldin, Secretary to the Faculty Senate
Senators present
Basic Sciences: Debra Hazen-Martin (executive
committee), Daynna Wolff, Eberhard Voit (executive committee), Lucille
London (alternate). Excused: Sally Self
Clinical Sciences: Susan Ackerman, Christopher
Frueh, Michael Frye, Paul Gold (executive committee), Lucinda Halstead,
George Johnson, Arch Mainous, John Osguthorpe, Aljoeson Walker, Walter
Limehouse (alternate), Swapan Ray (alternate). Excused: Prabhakar Baliga,
Rochelle Hanson, Dana King, Kenneth Vanek
Dental Medicine: Excused: Rick Albenesius
(executive committee), Carlos Salinas
Health Professions: Libby Dismuke (executive committee), Anne Kilpatrick.
Excused: Jennifer Horner
Library Science & Informatics: Geoff
Freeman (executive committee), Mary Mauldin (executive committee), Peggy
Schachte. Excused: Nancy McKeehan
Nursing: Elaine Amella, Tara Hulsey (executive
committee). Excused: Elizabeth Erkel, Teresa Kelechi (alternate)
Pharmacy: Kathy Chessman (executive committee),
Marc Lapointe. Excused: Sandra Garner (executive committee)
Friday, Aug. 27, 2004
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