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November 9, 2004
Minutes of the
Faculty Senate Steering Committee Meeting
Present: Drs. Dana Bradziunas, Bill Cannon, Sam Cukierman,
Kim Kenton, Phong Le, Nancy Muma, Sean Cahill and Richard Kennedy (as an invited
guest).
Excused: Drs. John McNulty, Sean Cahill, Pam Derstine, John
Goodwin, Michael Schneck
Minutes of the meeting were approved and will be sent to
Drs. Barbato and Slogoff for their approval. Subsequently the minutes will be
posted on the Faculty Senate website.
RESEARCH
Dr. Kennedy stated that a large capital
campaign was being
planned for a research building, endowed chairs, core
facilities, and start up packages. Dr. Kennedy suggested that the campaign may
be “transforming” in that philanthropy may continue at a higher level even after
the campaign has been completed. Sam asked if the building infrastructure will
bring “happiness” and Dr Kennedy replied that bricks and mortar can increase
research dollars from external sources and help with faculty retention. Dr.
Kennedy stated that there were 31 endowed chair positions requested for the
campaign of which about 10 will be included. The current planning committee has
a handful of faculty members with researcher as a primary interest. So far only
general research not specific research interests have been discussed for the
campaign. There will be about $60 million for the research building and another
$60 million for other research related items.
Dr. Kennedy stated that the 2010 Committee proposed
research infrastructure changes that will help address the immediate needs for
the research endeavor, however he will ask them (now called the Research
Advisory Committee) to develop a 7 year plan for research. A Technology Transfer
Office was suggested by the 2010 Committee. On November 10, a guest will be
visiting campus with expertise in Technology Transfer. He heads the Technology
Transfer Office at Rush University. He will present a seminar and meet with the
RAC and others.
As part of the strategic planning process, a “Townhall
Meeting” will be held for those interested in neuroscience research. Dr. Kennedy
hopes to put together a planning committee for the Neuroscience Institute and
start a search for a new director for the Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Kennedy
stated that the director should be a separate position from the Chair of
Neurology.
The steering committee suggested that we sponsor an open
meeting/forum with Dr. Kennedy perhaps in February or March. Dr. Kennedy agreed
to participate.
Minutes
Minutes of the previous meeting were approved.
BSI Compensation
Committee- Drs. McNulty and Muma
Dr. Muma stated that the elections are currently underway.
Faculty Evaluation
Issues- Dr. McNulty
FIS is consistently inaccurate. This should be discussed at
a meeting with Drs. Barbato and Slogoff. The purpose of the green sheet
evaluation should also be raised with them. Lastly, an issue of ratings in the
research category was raised in response to Dr.Clancy, chair of CBNA telling
faculty that they cannot meet expectations in this category without external
grant funding.
Website- Dr. Cukierman
A summary of the design was passed out and discussed. The
“Faculty Profile” section will be used not only to profile individuals but will
also be used to profile research groups on campus. Dr. Kim Kenton and the
urogynecology group will be the first to be profiled in this section. We
discussed the “Your input is Essential” section and decided that there should be
a link to the Faculty Handbook.
Faculty Development
Focus Group Report
There were consistent concerns and statement of
dissatisfaction from the focus group. We will discuss the report with Drs.
Barbato and Slogoff at the upcoming meeting.
Agenda Items for
Meeting with Drs. Barbato and Slogoff
- FIS
- Comprehensive Campaign
- Faculty Development Report
Tabled agenda items:
Retirement changes and Faculty Handbook revisions.
Minutes Submitted by Nancy Muma
