GENERAL FACULTY MEETING

April 23, 1996

I. CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

II. ANNUAL FACULTY RECOGNITION:
Interim Provost Winona Vernberg

Professor Emeritus

• Eleanor Duff (Education)
• Sandra B. Frick-Helms (Nursing)
• Thomas A. Surratt (Education)
• Richard M. Uray (Journalism and Mass Communications)

Carolina Distinguished Professors

• Ward W. Briggs, Jr. (French and Classics) received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1974. He has won the university's award for distinguished research. Professor Briggs is a nationally recognized scholar.
• Carol Myers-Scotton (English) received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1967. She has served as director of linguistics at the University of South Carolina and she has won the university's award for distinguished research. Professor Myers-Scotton is a nationally renowned specialist on code switching in languages.

Golden Key Award for Creative Integration of Research and Undergraduate Teaching

• James R. Coleman (Psychology) has an undergraduate degree in zoology, a Master's and a Ph.D. in psychology - all from the University of California - Los Angeles.

Ada B. Thomas Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award

• Jerome A. Jewler (Journalism and Mass Communications) is described as an individual who makes it clear to his advisees that their success in classes and internships and future careers is important to him. Students respond to this attention with respect and admiration and a sense of self-worth that makes a relationship with Professor Jewler something very special. This year the USC Program in Public Relations and Advertising have been nationally ranked 12th and 13th for quality instruction by the US News and World Report. Quality programs such as these cannot survive without quality faculty advisors like Professor Jewler.

Russell Research Award for Humanities and Social Sciences

• Abraham W. Wandersman (Psychology) is in Washington today and is unable to be with us.

Russell Research Award for Science, Mathematics and Engineering

• John W. Baynes (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has been a member of the faculty for 20 years. He is known for his work on glycation of proteins and the behavior of proteins in the presence of reducing sugars. He was the first to show the plasma proteins in human blood were glycated and that their extent of glycation was increased during hyperglycemia in diabetes.

USC Educational Foundation Award for Health Sciences

• Russell R. Pate (Exercise Science) has done research in three primary areas - physical activity and physical fitness in youth, physical activity and public health, and hematological adaptations to endurance exercise. He has authored over 100 publications in significant journals. He has edited books, written chapters, co-authored texts as well as published his own original research.

USC Educational Foundation Award for Humanities and Social Sciences

• John M. Bryan (Art) has devoted much of his career to the investigation, preservation and restoration of the architectural legacy not only of his city and state, but of the South in general. He has been among the nation's leaders in demonstrating the economic and cultural values of preservation for contemporary urban planning.

USC Educational Foundation Award for Professional Schools

• David G. Owen (Law School) has pursued his focused research agenda and became an internationallyrenowned scholar in the field of tort law. One of the few top theoreticians in the subfield of products, liability law, and very probably the world's pre-eminent scholar in the subfield of punitive damages.

USC Educational Foundation Award for Science, Mathematics and Engineering

• Michael A. Sutton (Engineering) does research in the field of fracture mechanics and computer vision. He has pioneered the development and application of experimental optical methods to extend the knowledge in the field and improve methods of fracture control. He has led a team at USC in developing the technology and computer vision so that it is becoming useful method for studying the mechanical behavior of materials.

USC Educational Foundation Award for Outstanding Service

• Daniel D. Barron (Library and Information Sciences) has distinguished himself through his untiring efforts to serve the people in South Carolina. The enhancement of the university's reputation is an essential component to the quality of lives of South Carolinians has always has been in the forefront of his efforts. Over the course of his career, Dan has developed a national reputation in two areas: school library media programs and distance education.

Michael J. Mungo Teaching Awards

• Reginald F. Bayne (Music) is a composer, a theorist, and a teacher of music. Dr. Bayne has spent the last five years at USC trying to integrate new technologies into the music classroom. His introduction to computer music offers students the opportunity to use the latest digital and audio technology to create and explore their musical areas.
• Edward H. Beardsley (History) completes his 30th year at USC having arrived in 1966 with a Ph.D. in American History from the University of Wisconsin. The author of three books , Dr. Beardsley teaches the history of American science and medicine and the United States history survey. For students in the latter course, he has introduced four one-man shows where he performs as Ben Franklin, Teddy Roosevelt and FDR.
• Berten E. Ely, III (Biological Sciences and Director of the Institute for Biological Research and Technology) is a strong advocate of encouraging student participation in classroom discussions and providing opportunities for undergraduate research projects. Currently he is supervising five undergraduate research projects in addition to his regular classroom teaching.
• Jamil A. Kahn (Engineering) is a registered professional engineer in South Carolina and teaches heat transfer and several fluid mechanics classes at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
• Richard M. Showman (Biological Sciences) is actively involved in research on the cell and developmental biology marine organisms.

Amoco Outstanding Teaching Award

• Daniel E. Reger (Chemistry and Biochemistry) is a dedicated teacher who teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses. He is the recipient of this award for teaching Chemistry 111, a challenging and even somewhat intimidating course. Professor Reger, like many of his colleagues in the chemistry department and elsewhere on campus, cares very much about his teaching and goes to considerable length to present complex material in a matter that is accessible to the students. His colleagues consider him a truly dedicated teacher who is competent, enthusiastic, knowledgeable and caring. Dan Reger is a superb full-service faculty member.

III. REPORTS OF OFFICERS

IIIA. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT: President Palms

As we speak, the Senate Finance Committee is trying to decide how much money they are going to give the university, so that is a very important process that is going on and we are hopeful still. We still have good words about what we are going to do. Right now there seems to be enough raise money if we can hold it. There is some money for capital projects, as well, plus some programmatic money that we have been needing for EPSCOR, SCAMP and some other initiatives. Since we last met, we had a great deal of discussion about the promotion and tenure criteria and standards and processes, and I announced to the Senate that I was in the process of appointing a committee to review what we have done here in the last 20 years or so, where we stand with the criteria and the standards, and the appeals processes. Since then, I have had an initial meeting with that committee. Dr. Robert Patterson is here today and has graciously agreed to accept the chairmanship of the committee. It has been given a broad charge to look at the entire number of issues that arise yearly about the standards, the criteria, and the processes and the appeals issue, and tit is to report back to the faculty and the Faculty Senate for any appropriate action that they will recommend. We are not pressing this committee to work with great speed. We know this is an issue that takes deliberation and I think dedicated concern and time. Dr. Patterson may want to say something about some of the initial actions that they have decided to take, but we don't think that we will have anything before this faculty before maybe next year at this time. Dr. Patterson, you may want to add to that.

The President then stated that tenure and promotion letters are being distributed. All disagreements within the system are minor. The overall quality of the faculty under consideration is improving.

IIIB. REPORT OF THE PROVOST: Acting Provost Vernberg

This year we had five Rotary International academic scholarships, three Barry M. Goldwater scholarships, three National Science Foundation awards, two NSF graduate fellowship honorable mentions, one Tau Beta Pi fellowship, one State Farm exceptional student fellowship, one Fulbright grant, one Rhodes scholar, one Harry S. Truman scholarship, one Fanny and John Hurts Foundation fellowship, and one national Physical Science Consortium graduate fellowship for women and minorities.

IV. REPORT FROM THE STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE,
David Berube, Chair

V. OLD BUSINESS & VI. NEW BUSINESS: None

VII. ANNOUNCEMENTS

The meeting was adjourned.