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UTMB Faculty Senate
January 9, 2006
Caduceus Room 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
MINUTES
Members Present: T. Albrecht, W. Au, S. Ayachi, C. Baker, C. Boodley, B.
Budelmann, B. Camune, A. Cass, C. Christiansen, C. Cooper, D. Freeman, J.
Gallagher, P. Gallagher, K. High, S. Leitch, H. Li, K. Mossberg, M. Olson,
C. Phillips, L. Primeau, R. Rahr, K. Rasmussen, J. Stobo, P. Watson, S.
Weaver, and M. Winter. Guests: L. Phillips, S. Lieberman, and C. Turley.
I. Approval of Agenda of 1/9/06
II. Approval of Minutes of 11/14/05 Approval of Minutes of 12/12/05 - A
motion was made to hold and approve the minutes in January so that revisions
could be made to the Senators Update/Concerns section, the motion was
seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.
III. President’s Comments – Dr. Stobo
1 Dr. Stobo informed the Senate that the Board of Regents was sponsoring
a retreat next week.
2 Dr. Stobo shared several handouts with the Faculty Senate. The first
handout from The University of Texas System’s Office of Institutional
Planning and Accountability concerns Trends Affecting Higher Education. The
University of Texas System is comprised of six health components and nine
academic components. The second handout is an excerpt by Thomas L. Friedman,
It’s a Flat World, After All, which concerns globalization, an important
concept for us to understand. We need to understand the impact it will have
on the U.S., on medical schools outside the U.S., and on graduate students
outside the U.S. The third handout Good to Great and the Social Sectors by
Jim Collins provides outputs that are measurable. These are pretty crisp
simple outputs.
3 Dr. Stobo provided the Senate with an update on the administrative
reorganization. He informed the Senate that he has asked a small group of
individuals led by Ron Carson what changes should be made that better serves
the needs of the institution.
4 Dr. Stobo also informed the Senate that the previous Academic Executive
Council (AEC) has a new name, Council of the Dean, in which the four deans
serve as rotating chairs. This is a collegiate group. The Council of Deans
will be chaired by Valerie Parisi for the next five years. Dr. Stobo also
informed the Senate of Dr. Parisi’s new title which went into effect on
January 1 – Chief Academic Officer and Vice President for Academic Program
Administration and Services. Dr. Stobo attends the Council of Deans meeting
once a month and the group is also joined by Rudy Guerrero, Rebecca Saavedra
and Brett Kirkpatrick.
5 Dr. Stobo informed the Senate that the Faculty Satisfaction Survey was
complete and that the Deans had received copies that would be shared with
their faculty. There are plenty of things that the Faculty Senate can help
with.
IV. Chair’s Comments – Dr. Winter
1 Dr. Winter informed the Senate that he had filled the two vacant
positions on Senate subcommittees with Dan Freeman on Faculty Quality and
Scott Weaver on Academic Affairs.
2 Dr. Winter informed the Senate that the Faculty Governance needs to
understand the institutional budget process as part of SACS reaffirmation:
A. Dr. Winter informed the Senate that the TDCJ had overspent by $1.1
million. UTMB is losing $430,000 a month in Correctional managed care due to
the federal inmates being transferred out of southeast Texas for hurricane
Rita.
B. UTMB has a deficit of $13.6 million; $10-13 million is attributed to
Hurricane Rita losses, while the remainder is due to increased utility
costs. The University is still waiting to hear from FEMA as to whether they
will be able to recover $7 million and the additional $4-5 million from
insurance.
3 Dr. Winter also informed the Senate that the UT System is going to change
how the university invests cash on hand. This will be done by investing in
short-term money market funds, stocks, international stocks, and other
bonds. The university currently receives $16 million per year in interest
payments.
4 All the information Dr. Winter shared with the Senate came from a
PowerPoint presentation from Larry Revill’s office, UTMB’s Chief Financial
Officer. A copy of the PowerPoint can be shared with the Faculty Senate.
V. Chair-Elect Comments – Dr. Baker
1 Dr. Baker encouraged the Senate to encourage their colleagues and
themselves to support the Faculty Lounge. Meetings, graduations, and
end-of-year events are just a few examples that use of the lounge would be
ideal for. Dr. Cooper agreed that the lounge is a nice setting for these
events.
VI. Past Chair’s Comments – Dr. Budelmann
1 Dr. Budelmann provided the Senate with a web page update. The Senate
would like to include current data along with past data. Rodger Marion, a
past-chair of the Senate sent a CD containing files from his reign as chair.
However, the Senate is missing minutes and other data from mid-years.
VII. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Recruitment Update – Dr.
Cooper
1 Dr. Cooper presented a GSBS Enrollment & Scholarship Plan for fiscal
years 2006 through 2010 to the Faculty Senate via a PowerPoint presentation.
The topics included increased enrollment, tuition scholarships, GSBS costs,
and faculty grant costs.
2 Dr. Cooper informed the Senate that enrollment is not sufficient to fuel
the research effort and expand training grants, initiatives at competing
institutions to recruit top students need to be met, and that faculty
members need advance notice of potential changes.
VIII. Senate Business
Dean’s Comments
1 Dr. Watson informed the Senate that as Vice-Chair of the SACS (Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools) Committee, she is working with Dr.
Parisi, Chair, on the reaffirmation of the accreditation of the University.
Dr. Watson informed the Senate that she or Dr. Parisi would be bringing
issues relating to the Faculty Senate and that the collective voice of the
faculty needed to be represented. She stressed the importance of the
university coming together with leadership during the SACS accreditation.
Dr. Watson advised that there might be a need for some additional time
during Senate meetings for reaffirmation issues. Dr. Watson informed the
Senate that this is critical to our status.
2 Dr. Watson also informed the Senate that the university is required to
submit a Quality Enhancement Plan as part of the SACS accreditation.
3 Dr. Cooper informed the Senate that it was important that students be
informed of the reaffirmation.
Committee Reports
1 Governance – Barbara Camune informed the Senate that her committee is
working on the Senate By-Laws.
2 Academic Affairs – Christine Boodley informed the Senate that her
committee is still researching school calendars so a common calendar can be
implemented in 2007. The committee is also working on tenure for part-time
faculty.
3 Faculty Quality – Richard Rahr informed the Senate that the Faculty
Quality meeting in December had discussed Faculty Development.
4 The Faculty Quality Committee would like to get a summary of faculty
development activities being compiled by departments in the SOM for the
LCGME visit and collected by Dr. Parisi.
5 The Faculty Quality Committee would also like to ask if the SAHS, SON, and
GSBS would have a listing of the most salient faculty development activities
being done in their schools.
6 The Faculty Quality Committee would like to see the University work toward
an overall or institutional wide plan for Faculty Development as suggested
by Dr. Christiansen in October 1998.
7 Dr. Primeau did an overview of the Faculty Development Report and
Recommendations from 1998 by Dr. Christiansen which highlighted the
recommendations that had been accomplished or were almost accomplished.
Recommendations currently being worked on include: Campus Wide Faculty
Development Plan, the creation of an Office of Faculty Development,
mentoring programs for new faculty, the encouragement of Best Practices in
education, short courses to foster and improve teaching, and the promotion
of distance learning.
Senators’ and Faculty Concerns – Update
1 A Hurricane Response Concerns form is being circulated to address any
faculty concerns in response to issues raised during the evacuation for
Hurricane Rita.
Meeting adjourned at 6:04 p.m.
Committee meetings followed.
Next Faculty Senate Meeting: February 13, 2006 at 4:30 p.m. in the
Caduceus Room.
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