East Carolina University

Unit Code Screening Committee

08-27-07

 

1.            Attendance:

1.1  Members Present: Byrna Coonin, Andrew Morehead, Mark McCarthy, Carl Swanson, Kristen Bonatz, Susan McCammon, Myra Brown, Bill Grossnickle, David Weismiller

1.2   Members Absent: Charles Coddington (illness), Beth Velde (with notice of teaching conflict)

 

2.            Call to Order:

2.1  .  Professor Mark Taggert convened the meeting at 4:05 p.m., August 28, 2007, in the Rawls Annex Building, Room # 142.  Dr. G. Conner assumed responsibility after election as Chair.

 

3.            Student Representative

3.1. The committee discussed the need for a student representative.  The decision was made to continue to offer the opportunity for SGA involvement with this committee.

 

4.            Election of Officers

4.1  .  Garris Conner was elected as Chair, Andrew Morehead was elected as Vice Chair, Beth Velde was elected as Secretary         

 

5.            New Business:

5.1. Brody School of Medicine request (see Attachment A)

         The motion to approve the insertion of ‘Cardiovascular Sciences’ into the Clinical Sciences section of the current Brody School of Medicine code passed.

 

6.            Other:

6.1. Discussion of anticipated code reviews

6.2. General committee orientation for new members

 

7.            The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted:

Garris Keels Conner

 


Attachment A

 

MEMORANDUM

 

 

TO:                  Dr. Garris Conner, Chair

                        ECU Unit Code Screening Committee

 

FROM:           Phyllis N. Horns, RN, DSN, FAAN

                        Interim Dean, Brody School of Medicine

 

SUBJECT:     Governance Code Amendment

 

DATE:                        August 15, 2007

 

Pursuant to the amendment process codified in the Brody School of Medicine Governance Code, the faculty of the School considered the proposal to amend the Code with the addition of a new academic department, the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences. The amendment process was initiated in March 2007 and concluded in June 2007 with an affirmative vote of the tenured faculty of the School.

 

The revision to the Code is the insertion of the words “Cardiovascular Sciences” on page 9, line 349, under the heading of Clinical Sciences.

 

I am writing to you today with a request for timely and efficient consideration of this unit code amendment by the Unit Code Screening Committee. That will help me facilitate the creation of this new department. With the recommendation for approval from the Committee, the Faculty Senate could vote on this revision at its September 2007 meeting.

 

Thank you for your consideration. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you have any difficulty with this.