East Carolina University Faculty Manual

PART VIII.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS

V. Division of Health Sciences

A. Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences

The vice chancellor for health sciences is responsible to the chancellor of the university for policy and operations relating to all academic and clinical aspects of the university, except those of the division of academic affairs. The vice chancellor also coordinates the activities of the academic and support units described below. The vice chancellor administers policies of class attendance and academic discipline, approves departmental requisitions for purchase of instructional supplies and equipment, and assigns all classrooms and office space allocated for instructional purposes. In addition, the health sciences officer is responsible for the editing and publication of the official bulletins and catalogs pertaining to the division and/or components. Those officers reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences are listed in Part IX, Organization Chart for East Carolina University. Some of the responsibilities of those officers are described below.

B. Unit Administrators

The deans of the professional schools of Allied Health, Nursing and Medicine are unit administrators in all incidences except for those pertaining to Appendix D. , in which case the department chair is the unit administrator. The dean is responsible for instruction, research and association with the Eastern Area Health Education Center. Additionally, the dean of the School of Medicine is responsible for the Medical Faculty Practice Plan. The deans within the Health Sciences Division are appointed by the chancellor and are responsible to the vice chancellor for Health Sciences. As unit administrators, the deans preside at faculty meetings, can appoint ad hoc committees, assist with the orientation of new faculty members, act on requests for travel funds, and lead the faculty in promoting professional growth and good public relations. The duties of the deans of health sciences are described in School Codes and in the Faculty Manual, Part VIII, III, B1-3. (In some units, the elected faculty chair can preside at faculty meetings.) (Faculty Senate Resolution #98-6, February 1998)

C. Director of Health Sciences Library

The director is responsible for the budget, policies, programs, and long-range planning for the Health Sciences Library. Library services are provided to students and faculty in the Schools of Allied Health Sciences, Medicine, and Nursing and to physicians and other health providers in the local community and throughout eastern North Carolina. The library is strongly involved in student educational programs which foster computer literacy. In addition, the director has responsibility for appointments, promotion, tenure, and other matters pertaining to the library's faculty. The director of the Health Sciences Library reports to the vice chancellor for health sciences. The director is assisted in the conduct of duties by the advice of the Faculty Senate Academic Libraries Committee.