MUSC Catalyst 2-21-2014

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February 21, 2014

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MEDICAL UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA

PREPARING FOR DENTAL MEDICINE’S SCHOLARS DAY 2014 Johannes Aartun, a research specialist with the Center for Oral Health Research Laboratory Core, and Bethany Herbert, a dental scientist training program student in the James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine, print out and review their research posters for the college’s fourth annual Dental Scholars Day event on Feb. 20. Their work will be featured along with 58 total posters in the junior, senior, post doc and junior faculty categories. Other event highlights are the table clinics and presentation by keynote speaker Dr. David T. W. Wong with the UCLA Center for Oral/Head & Neck Oncology Research. The event attracts dental students, faculty, staff, residents, post-doctoral fellows and the MUSC community in celebrating advances in oral health–related research. Visit http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/ scholarsday.

BELL ENDOWMENT

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Thaddeus Bell endowment reaches a milestone.

FITNESS HERO

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Family provides impetus for HCC success.

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Meet Lynn

10 Wellness Column T H E C ATA LY S T ONLINE http://www. musc.edu/ catalyst

Vol. 32, No. 27

photo by Anne Thompson, Digital Imaging

MUSC trustees oppose merger legislation Staff Report The Medical University of South Carolina Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution in opposition of recent proposed legislation that would merge MUSC with the College of Charleston. One MUSC board member, Michael Stavrinakis, abstained from the vote. The MUSC trustees received feedback from several groups during its committees’ meeting session on Thursday, Feb. 13, including the president of the MUSC faculty senate, the president of MUSC Physicians, several college deans, the vice president for development, and the president and selected vice presidents of the student government association, three of which are CofC alumni. All agreed that while economic development and support of the business community is an important collaboration for MUSC, a legal merger would not accomplish economic development without seriously jeopardizing the futures of both schools. Legal counsel who

was asked by the trustees to examine the legislation reported that the bill could result in violations of the state constitution and could violate bond covenants for both institutions. During discussion of the proposed resolution, trustees and MUSC leadership pointed to the work of the committee (made up of MUSC, CofC board members and administrators) designated to review mergers and collaborations in detail. They consistently returned to the idea that numerous other options for collaboration would be less costly, more effective and preserve the two schools’ missions, cultures and reputations. These discussions also engaged the leadership of the Metro Chamber of Commerce for many months. Overall, the committee recommends a focused strategy leveraging structured collaboration between MUSC and CofC. This collaboration, in addition to the strengths of higher education programs throughout the state, would better support the increased need for engineering and technology programs beneficial to the Lowcountry's economic development. The committee also felt this would be the most prudent and cost–effective approach.

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