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Faculty senate meeting minutes for August The faculty senate’s unapproved meeting minutes for August are posted on the senate’s Web site at http://www.musc.edu/facsen. Committee reports Governance Committee—Walter Limehouse, M.D., reported that a letter went out to faculty asking which senators would like to run again. Laura Cousineau is determining how many open positions need to be filled. Limehouse asked senators to get people to volunteer or nominate someone who would be interested in running. Self-nominations are welcome. The new senators come in October. Communication and Education Committee—Nancy Duffy, R.N., reported that there will be a Town Hall meeting in the fall. It was confirmed via e-mail that the date will be Oct. 18 from 4 to 5 p.m. Discussion will be on copyright of course packs. Committee on Institutional Advancement—Swapan Ray, Ph.D., chair, reported that the list of university committees was updated. Guest speakers John Sanders, DDS, dean, College of Dental Medicine—Sanders reported on the progress of the College of Dental Medicine Building. The design of the building represents MUSC heritage looking forward to the future. The building estimate was $51 million, plus an additional $10 million for equipment costs. Health Science is helping cover the costs for equipment. The new building is designed to assist patients with special needs. There will be paperless records, computer assisted registration and health histories, and live video capture for student education. The new preclinical lab will allow professors to pre-record procedures so students can watch on monitors or on an iPod video. The dental school curriculum will be revised. Pile driving is three-fourths complete and the steel (imported from Germany) will be starting in September. Building completion is estimated to be May 2009.  Mitchelle Morrison, OCIO-Information Services— Morrison reported on MUSC's NetID. Go to http://www.netid.musc.edu to set up user name and password. The deadline to activate it is Sept. 10. The purpose of NetID is to move toward a single sign on. Updates President’s Council—Rick Albensius, DMD, president, reported the Standard of Conduct will be sent to Valerie West, Ed.D., by Aug. 21 any additions/deletions need to be submitted to Albenesius prior to that date, the policy will then go to the dean’s council one more time for review. New business Faculty Convocation—Albenesius reminded senators that faculty convocation was Aug. 21. Submitted by Edie Hering, Administrative Assistant to the Faculty Senate Senators present Basic Science: Denise Quigley, Cynthia Welsh, Hiroko Hama (executive committee) Clinical Sciences: William Conway, George Johnson, Brad Keith, Walter Limehouse (executive committee), Bonnie Martin-Harris, John Osguthorpe, Swapan Ray, Kenneth Vanek, Ira Willner, Rita Young. Excused: Aljoeson Walker and Arthur Smith College of Dental Medicine: Rick Albenesius (executive committee), Ted McGill (executive committee), Joe Krayer College of Health Professions: Jennifer Horner (executive committee), Anne Kilpatrick. Excused: Kathy Cegles Library Science and Informatics: Laura Cousineau (executive committee), Mary Mauldin (executive committee), Peggy Schachte, Tom Smith. Excused: Geoff Freeman (executive committee) College of Nursing: Sharon Bond, Nancy Duffy, Barbara Edlund (executive committee) College of Pharmacy: Kathy Chessman (executive committee), Patrick Mauldin (executive committee), Andrea Wessell   Friday, Sept. 14, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.