MINUTES
UTMB Faculty Senate
Caduceus Room
Senators
present: T. Albrecht;
I. Approval of
II. Chair report – R. Lederman
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Documents
from the Watson & Wyatt faculty salary study – Overview and Reports for
each School -- are available at the Moody Medical Library on campus. Senators are encouraged to review them prior
to the May Faculty
Senate meeting. Highlights of the tape
will be presented at the May meeting & C. Stroup-Benham will be available
to field questions.
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A
Core Committee will be assembled to participate in the reorganization of the
Office for Research. Senators nominated
are T. Albrecht, V. Braciale, M. Kanz, G. Taglialatela, S. Mitra, and C.
Wisnewski.
III. Chair-Elect report – B. Budelmann
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Per
Institutional Policy (IHOP) a Faculty
Grievance Board has to be assembled At
the request of the President the
Senate was asked to ASAP nominate 20 tenured, non-Senate faculty From the four schools :
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8 SOM – J. Blankenship; D. Traber;
A. Kurosky; E Bello-Reuss;
A. Duarte; L. Song; M. Soloff D. Rassin.
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4 SON –
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4 SAHS – J. Baker; S. Peloquin;
K. Mossberg; B. Niebuhr.
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4 GSBS - A. Chopra; N. Herzog; M. Moslen;
R. Urban.
Additional
nominations will be made by the SOM, SON, SAHS and GSBS Deans. The President
will select 20 faculty from all nominated to serve on the Board. .
IV. President’s Cabinet Awards – V.
Sierpina (handouts)
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Dr.
Sierpina is the Chair for the President’s Cabinet Awards Committee
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This
is an excellent opportunity to consider submitting projects that fall within
the theme of “Creating a Caring and Healing Environment.”
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Proposals
are due by
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Awards
will be presented at a meeting of the President’s Cabinet on
V.
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Changes
to the process were approved in January, 2003
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Most importantly – faculty seeking tenure must
hold a Doctorate; in the past, this was “preferred”
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The
APT committee serves as a guide for the process. Mentoring is done by non-committee faculty
members.
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The
committee reviews all materials presented. They may seek letters from outside
experts in that discipline. The committee then makes recommendations regarding
promotion and tenure to the Dean.
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The
SON does not have departments, so there is no recommendation from Chairs.
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The
same committee reviews both tenure track and non-tenure track faculty
applications for promotion and tenure.
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The
Dean makes the final decision.
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The
application for tenure must be requested by the 8th year (possibly
earlier).
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Stricter
guidelines in the APT process do not seem to have deterred faculty from seeking
promotion or tenure.
VI. APT Processes – what should the
Senate do with information gleaned?
Action taken: Decision made to table discussion till next
meeting of the Senate.
VII. Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools (SACS) Accreditation – C. Stroup-Benham
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Our
institutional accreditation will occur in 2008; we begin providing SACS with
information 2 years prior to the on-site portion of the process. Site visits are done by teams that review
other similar institutions.
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The
university must prepare a Compliance Certificate and
a quality enhancement plan (QEP).
Rudy Guerrero
and Christine
Stroup-Benham requested the Senators’ advocacy. Senate support is deemed
essential for the process to be successful.
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The
SACS accreditation is vital to the organization for tuition, federal, and
research funding.
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Distributed
a list of websites
for the Senators to visit.
VIII. Volunteers will be sought to serve on an
Institutional Educational Evaluation Committee. A purpose statement will be circulated
and volunteers will be sought for representation of each school.
IX. Student Recruitment/Retention – R.
Saavedra (presentation)
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The
State has a goal of reaching 5% of the total population in higher education.
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Difficulties
in reaching that goal include monetary and cultural factors.
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Our
campus has a variety of resources, student groups, counseling programs, and
financial aid advocates. Student Aid manages over 27 million dollars.
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Need-based
funding is extremely low. Grant and scholarship funds are minimal.
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Senator
Pou suggested that UTMB need-based scholarships be
established through funds donated as part of the Family & SECC campaigns.
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The
campus environment/climate is extremely important to student retention.
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The
Office of Institutional Analysis gathers student statistical data for use in
analyzing possible detriments in the system.
X.Committee Reports:
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Academic
and Admin. Affairs – C.
Jansen (presentation/Documents).
The committee has produced a sign-up sheet for Senators to
volunteer to serve on committees. The document also includes a mission
statement for each group. Two volunteers
are needed for each of the following groups, and they may be faculty selected
as Senate liaisons:
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Computing
Standards Advisory Group
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Institutional
On-line Training Advisory Group
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PeopleSoft
Advisory Group
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Project
Leadership for Electronic Medical Record
The list will be distributed
via e-mail to Senators.
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Faculty
Quality Committee – C. Baker
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Continuing
to review Faculty Satisfaction Survey
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Plan
to meet with Richard Moore for update on faculty club
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Governance
Committee – D. Breitkopf
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Reviewing
APT processes
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Reviewing
Core for Labs
XI. The Senate will invite the Core
Committees both for Women and Minorities to give an update at future meetings
XII.
Motion
to adjourn made and seconded – committee meetings followed.