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Leadership Roles
International Leadership
Dr. Jennie Ariail served as Course Curriculum Director, “Writing for the Healthcare Professional,” King Abdul Aziz Medical Research Center, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
National Leadership
Dr. Jennie Ariail was named to the Steering Committee of the Medical Rhetoric Interest Group, a division of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. She is also a Consulting Reader for the journal Teaching English in the Two-Year College.
Willette Burnham is a member of the American Council on Education’s Office of Women in Higher Education Network Advisory Board.
Dr. DaNine Fleming is a member of the Executive Board of Tamika & Friends, Inc., a cervical cancer and HPV awareness national non-profit organization.
Geoff Freeman retired as a Brigadier General, U.S. Army Reserve in 2009.
Rebeca Mueller is serving a two-year term on the Board of the National Association for Foreign Students Abroad (NAFSA) Postdoctoral Special Interest Group (SIG).
Bobby Shaw is the State Captain for the Medical Fitness Association.
Dr. Darlene Shaw was elected as President of the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry and is the Executive Representative to the Alliance for Clinical Education (ACE).
Dr. Tom Smith was selected to serve on the Steering Committee of the Medical Rhetoric Interest Group, a division of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. He also serves as an Opinion Panelist for the National Council of Teachers of English. He also serves as a member of the Regional Committee on Interprofessional Education Assessment, AAMC-Southern Group on Educational Affairs.
Dr. Amy Blue is a member of the Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) AAMC Steering Committee as a Past Chair, Co-Chair of the newly developed American Interprofessional Health Collaborative, and a member of the AAMC Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) Committee. Additionally, she serves on the editorial boards of Teaching and Learning in Medicine, BMC Medical Education, and the Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education.
State Leadership
Willette Burnham is a member of the Executive Board for South Carolina Women in Higher Education.
Laurie Charles is Chair, Health Sciences Advisory Board for the Charleston County School District; serves as MUSC Institutional Representative to South Carolina Women in Higher Education, and is a member of the South Carolina Health Occupations Students of America Executive Board.
George Ohlandt serves on the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education Illegal Immigration Reform Act Committee.
Julie Reese serves on the Executive Directors Committee of the South Carolina Health Insurance Consortium.
Dr. Darlene Shaw serves on the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education Advisory Committee on Academic Programs.
University Leadership
MUSC Excellence Marcia Higaki and Susan Fox serve on the Leadership Development Institute Team.
Dr. Tom Smith and Damon Amella are Co-Leaders of the University Communications Team.
Dr. DaNine Fleming, Thomas Hamm, Alicia Lockard, Larry Owens and Marty Rivers serve on the Communications Team.
Wendy Littlejohn serves on the enterprise-wide Employee Recognition Committee.
Bobby Shaw serves on the Standards of Behavior Committee.
Sandra Morris serves on the Measurements Team. Dr. Jennie Ariail serves on the Faculty Development Domain of the Creating Collaborative Care initiative; the Physician Assistant Curriculum Committee; Apple Tree Steering Committee; Advancement for Women Scholars; Humanities Committee, Chair, Humanitas Reception; National Coalition Building Team; and the Selection Committee for the Ashley River Tower Poetry Project. Dr. Amy Blue serves as Chair of the Creating Collaborative Care Implementation Committee, and as a member of the C3 Assessment Team and C3 Curricular Domain. She is Chair of the Junior Doctors of Health Advisory Board and is a member of the Center for Community Health Partnerships Advisory Board, the MUSC Dietetic Internship Advisory Board, the Education Advisory Committee, and the Department of Family Medicine Pre-doctoral Education Committee.
Dr. Larry Blumenthal serves on the MUSC Infection Control Committee and Blood Borne Pathogen Sub-Committee.
Willette Burnham is a member of the 2008-09 Trustees Leadership Academy. She is Chair of the C3 Co-curricular Domain, and Chair of Selection Committees for the Earl B. Higgins Awards and the Student Leadership Society.
Laurie Charles serves on the C3 Curriculum Committee and the University Honor Council.
Patrick Cassano, Robin Hardin, Dr. Cecile Kamath, Wendy Littlejohn, Misty McKee, Sandra Morris, George Ohlandt, Larry Owens, Julie Reese, Dr. Darlene Shaw and Teresa Winful are members of the Student Information Systems Special Interest Group.
Geoff Freeman serves as a Faculty Senator and is a member of both the University Educational Infrastructure Committee (UEIC) and its Course Management Subcommittee. He hosts the Video Teleconferencing Special Interest Group.
Fran Joyner, Pat Cassano, Miriam Gabriel, Sandra Morris, Larry Owens and Marcia Higaki serve on the University Commencement Committee.
Susan Fox and Larry Owens serve on the Faculty Convocation Committee.
Dr. Lisa Kerr served on the Selection Committee for the Ashley River Tower Arts Project.
Dr. Alice Libet serves on the Appointments and Promotions Committee for the Department of Psychiatry.
George Ohlandt Co-Chairs the Colleague Oversight Committee and serves on the PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Admissions Committee.
George Ohlandt, Larry Owens and Damon Amella are members of the Academic Web Portal Group.
Larry Owens and Wendy Littlejohn serve on the Trident United Way Steering Committee.
Larry Owens serves on the Web Standards group.
Julie Reese serves on the MUSC Grievance Committee.
Dr. Shannon Richards-Slaughter serves as a member of the NCBI Diversity Training Group, the Committee for Women’s History Month and the Employee Recognition Committee for ESL, and the Poetry Selection Committee for the Ashley River Tower Arts Project.
Dr. Darlene Shaw serves as Chair of the University Education Infrastructure Committee, the Education Advisory Committee, and the Education and Student Life Advisory Committee. She is also a member of the Deans’ Council, Faculty Convocation Committee, College of Medicine Education Policy Council, College of Medicine Curriculum Committee, College of Medicine Information Management Council, C3 Implementation Committee, Academic Web Portal Group, and Funds Allocation for Educational Activities Working Group.
Liz Sheridan is Chair of the Student Services Ambassadors’ Committee.
Dr. Tom Smith serves as a member of the Creating Collaborative Care Implementation Committee, Chaired the C3 Mission and Vision Group, and serves as a member of the Assessment and Communications Subcommittees. He also served on the Associate Provost for Education and Student Life Search Committee, the Ashley River Tower Poetry Committee, the Newsletter Committee of the Division of Library Science and Informatics, the Earl B. Higgins Award Committee, and as a Faculty Senator.
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