faculty senate orientation and annual report
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Faculty Senate Orientation and Annual Report. 11 th October 2011. Mission Statement. The mission of the MUSC Faculty Senate is to represent the views, needs, and interests of faculty in the educational, research, and service programs of the university. Vision Statement. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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