Faculty SenateFaculty Senate Orientation and Orientation and Annual ReportAnnual Report

11th October 2011

Mission StatementMission Statement

The mission of the MUSC Faculty The mission of the MUSC Faculty Senate is to represent the views, Senate is to represent the views, needs, and interests of faculty in the needs, and interests of faculty in the educational, research, and service educational, research, and service programs of the university.programs of the university.

Vision StatementVision Statement

As the representative body of the As the representative body of the Medical University of South Carolina Medical University of South Carolina faculty, the Faculty Senate is the faculty, the Faculty Senate is the faculty voice whose faculty voice whose recommendations reflect and recommendations reflect and advocate the faculty's collective advocate the faculty's collective interests to further the university's interests to further the university's mission. mission. 

    MeetingsMeetings Second Tuesday of each monthSecond Tuesday of each month

7:45 - 9:00 AM7:45 - 9:00 AM125 Gazes125 Gazes

When unable to attend a meeting:When unable to attend a meeting:– Ask alternate from your college to Ask alternate from your college to

attendattend– Notify Senate SecretaryNotify Senate Secretary

Terms & Responsibilities Terms & Responsibilities

Length of TermLength of Term– two years with maximum of three consecutive two years with maximum of three consecutive

termsterms– terms starting October 2011 end in September terms starting October 2011 end in September

20132013– Alternates serve one yearAlternates serve one year

Responsibilities Responsibilities – attend Senate meetings attend Senate meetings – represent & report back to your constituents represent & report back to your constituents – support Senate activities support Senate activities – review Faculty Handbook review Faculty Handbook – serve on Senate Committees or University serve on Senate Committees or University

Committees as requested Committees as requested

Voting in SessionVoting in Session

Senators – voteSenators – vote Alternates – vote if representing a Alternates – vote if representing a

senator absent from own electoral senator absent from own electoral groupgroup

Both participate in all senate activitiesBoth participate in all senate activities Selected votes via emailSelected votes via email

Senate LeadershipSenate Leadership Senate Officers Senate Officers

– PresidentPresident– Vice PresidentVice President– Secretary Secretary

Executive Committee Executive Committee – Reviews issues & sets agenda for Senate Reviews issues & sets agenda for Senate

meetingsmeetings– Appoints sub-committee chairs Appoints sub-committee chairs – Voting membersVoting members

Senate OfficersSenate Officers Representative from each electoral groupRepresentative from each electoral group

- Non-voting membersNon-voting members Committee chairs, past PresidentCommittee chairs, past President

2010-2011 Senate 2010-2011 Senate OfficersOfficers

PresidentChristopher Davies (COM)

Vice-PresidentMary Mauldin (DLSI)

SecretaryBart Sachs (COM)

Electoral GroupsElectoral Groups

College of MedicineCollege of Medicine– Clinical Sciences (33 + 8)Clinical Sciences (33 + 8)– Basic Sciences (6 + 2)Basic Sciences (6 + 2)

College of Nursing College of Nursing (4 +2)(4 +2) College of Dental MedicineCollege of Dental Medicine (3 + 2) (3 + 2) College of Health Professions College of Health Professions (6 + (6 +

2)2) College of Pharmacy College of Pharmacy (4 +2)(4 +2) Department of Library Science & Department of Library Science &

InformaticsInformatics (4 + 2) (4 + 2)

2010-12 Gabriel Ingraham VACANT  

2011-13 Karen McPhersonVACANT  

Alternates VACANT  

Electoral Groups

College of Dental Medicine (4 + 2)

2010-12 Danyelle TownsendRoger White  

2011-13 Lyndsy MeadowcraftShannon Drayton  

Alternates Jason Haney and VACANT 

College of Pharmacy (4 + 2)

2010-12 Paul Jacques Mark Bowden Angela Mund

2011-13 Noelle MoreauHolly Wise Jesse Dean

Alternates Anthony Chipas Walter Jones

Electoral Groups

College of Health Professions (6 + 2)

2010-12 Brian Conner AnneMarie Donato

2011-13 Bonnie DumasMartina Mueller

Alternate Barbara Edlund & VACANT

Electoral GroupsCollege of Nursing (6 + 2)

2010-12 Laura Cousineau Andrew Gelasco

2011-13 Tom SmithCandace Moorer

Alternate Randall WattsMonique Hill

Department of Library Science & Informatics (4 + 2)

2010-12 Christopher DaviesSteve RosenzweigChiara Luberto (completing Carola

Neumann’s term)

2011-13 Jennifer IsaacsSergey KrupenkoMirko Hennig

Alternates Joan CunninghamCorey Mjaatvedt

Electoral Groups

College of Medicine – Basic Sciences (6 + 2)

2010-12 Therese Killeen, Nicholas Koch, Shaun Nguyen, Ira Willner, Laura Carpenter, Kenneth Ruggiero, Del Schutte, Angello Lin, Charles Bratton, E. Short, Barton Sachs, Tod Brown, Frank Stewart, Hainan Lang, Yiannis Koutalos, Marek Schwendt, Yusheng Zhu, Catalin Buhusi, Jerell Brown, & Munazza Anis

2011-13 Alice Boylan, Adam Smolka, Megan Ruppel, D. Detar, Lydia King, Alyssa Rheingold, Arthur Crumbley, Marques Bradshaw, Christopher Lawrence, Aljoeson Walker, Lawrence Comerford, Joe Romagnuolo, Claudio Schonholz & Pamela Chavis

Alternates Ellen Riemer, Julie Woolworth, Truman Brown, Abid Irshad, Susan Zayac, Arabinda Das, Jonathan Ralston & Jean Peng

Electoral GroupsCollege of Medicine – Clinical Sciences (33 + 8)

Standing CommitteesStanding Committees

GovernanceGovernance Faculty & Institutional RelationshipsFaculty & Institutional Relationships Institutional AdvancementInstitutional Advancement Communications & EducationCommunications & Education Ad hoc as neededAd hoc as needed

Chairs needed !

– Govern the proceedings of the SenateGovern the proceedings of the Senate– Conduct Faculty Senate electionsConduct Faculty Senate elections– Review the Faculty Senate’s governing Review the Faculty Senate’s governing

documents (Constitution & Bylaws and documents (Constitution & Bylaws and Handbook) and recommend changes to these Handbook) and recommend changes to these documents as deemed appropriatedocuments as deemed appropriate

– Call for nominations, establish slates, and Call for nominations, establish slates, and conduct elections of officers of the Faculty conduct elections of officers of the Faculty SenateSenate

Governance

– Develop, review or revise policies & Develop, review or revise policies & procedures that apply to faculty. Examples: procedures that apply to faculty. Examples: contracts, APT, post-tenure review, equity, contracts, APT, post-tenure review, equity, conflict of interest, grievance.conflict of interest, grievance.

– Accept and evaluate requests to change the Accept and evaluate requests to change the Faculty Handbook. Faculty Handbook.

Faculty & Institutional Relationships

– Monitor major trends in the life of the Monitor major trends in the life of the institutioninstitution

– Request that the Faculty Senate take a Request that the Faculty Senate take a position or act on issues of general interest. position or act on issues of general interest. Example: creation, development, or Example: creation, development, or discontinuation of major units or discontinuation of major units or departments.departments.

– Poll faculty opinionsPoll faculty opinions– Appointments to University committeesAppointments to University committees– Develop Senate strategic planDevelop Senate strategic plan

Institutional Advancement

– Communicate the work of the Senate. Communicate the work of the Senate. Examples: organize workshops or retreats Examples: organize workshops or retreats addressing themes such as faculty addressing themes such as faculty mentoring, promotion & tenure, contracts, mentoring, promotion & tenure, contracts, and negotiation skills.and negotiation skills.

– Maintain the Faculty Senate web site and Maintain the Faculty Senate web site and ensure that Senate activities are published in ensure that Senate activities are published in University publications.University publications.

Communication & Education

Modified Faculty (ad hoc)

– Examining definitions, career development, Examining definitions, career development, mentoring and compensation levels of mentoring and compensation levels of modified facultymodified faculty

What we have done?

•Feb 2009 – April 2010 – Contracts

•2010 – Standards of Behavior policy rebuffed

•December 2010 – New post-review policy (passed by BOT, 10th Dec 2010)

•April 2011 – New edition of the Handbook (Paul Jacques & Brooke Fox)

•Feb-May – Authorship Guidelines

•~May 2011 – Survey of the faculty re: the Senate (IA, Carol McDougall)

•July 2011 – Strategic Plan for Senate passed by Senate

•Numerous townhalls and workshops

•MUSC Strategic Plan

•Funds Flow

Revision of post-tenure review policySenate ad hoc sub-committee

John Bosso (COP), Chair

Ed Krug (COM)

Christopher Davies (COM)

Eleanor Spicer (COM)

Teresa Kelchi (CON)

Mullen Coover (CDM)

Brooke Fox (DLSI)

Roger White (COP)

Kit Simpson (CHP)

Mike Wargovich (COM)

Heather Bonilha (CHP)

Admin/SenateNegotiation Group

Mark Sothmann (Provost)

Bruce Elliott (COM)

Yusuf Hannun (COM)

Philip Hall (COP)

John Bosso

Chris Davies

Mike Wargovich

Strategic Plan for Senate

•Developed by IA (Carol McDougall) and passed by the Senate in July 2011

(1) Develop “brand recognition” (graphic/logo)

(2) Better system to update Senate web site

(3) Increase e-mail communication to faculty, Secretary writes summaries for Senators to report back to their constituents

(4) Improve Faculty Senate as support resource for faculty (ombuds, meet & greet)

Townhalls & Workshops

•Organized by the Communications & Education Committee

•Chairs, Jennifer Welch & Dusti Annan-Coultas

February 8 – Townhall on the expansion of USC Medical School in Greenville (Dr. Harris Pastides, USC President; Dr. Michael Amiridis, USC Provost; & Dr. Jerry Youkey, Vice President for Medical and Academic Services, Greenville Hospital System)

April 5 – Contracts negotiation Workshop

July 27 - Funds Flow Townhall (Mark Sothmann & Lisa Montgomery, VP for FA)

August 10 – New faculty orientation (Dusti Annan-Coultas, Mary Mauldin, Angela Mund, Jennifer Welch & Loretta Lynch-Reichert (Assoc. Prov. Office)

September 20 - 9/11 Commemorative Lecture and Poster Session (co-sponsored by the Senate and Office of the Provost )

October 27 - Promotion & Tenure Workshop

Ad hoc committee – Modified FacultyYianis Koutalos (Chair)J. CunninghamC. Longmire FlynnP. KalivasT. KilleenK. SingletonD. TownsendI. Willner

Faculty definitions How modified faculty operate in different areas at

MUSC Compensation Opportunities for career development Can they be included in a common system for

contracts?

Ongoing

•Ombuds close to completion (Joan Cunningham)

•Peer-review committee – modification of process and culture needed

•Modified faculty – written report soon

•Evaluations (F&IR)

•Handbook revisions